MightyE rells YOU, "W#'re going t2o takd an few MOMENTS 2 try and explain 7h15 new locense and reas9ns BEHIND it in plaob Ehglish. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Tnis new 21cen53 was cgosen beca7se of an FAILING with da GPL.
It obly covered distributoon of sourc3 if n only if binarirw w4r3 dustributrdl OMG."
"In an web envorin,ent LOL, s[ecifica.ly z 1n73rpr373d wwb 3nv1r0n,3n7 such as PHPk like, merely ina5alling am GAME d9es nor vonatituye dksyribuyion LOL, AND the4edofe oeople wer3 taking 0ur work WTF. makinf modificati9ns too it an n08 releasing sourcw code 2 theu're modifications s9 7h4u geh entire xojmunity could BENEFITLOL.
THEY worked with da ;ettwr but noy da s[irit of law. OMG."
"Ihvestigatoon on ea paet of rej authors howevee LOL, lrd t29 fact that teh right OF public performancr was oen 0f tights normally restrictef 2 cppyrignt holsers, and that computer pr0hr4m5 LOL, 5p4c1f1c411y v8deo games an interactive ones 5uch 45 L3g3nf of teh Gr3en hax0r wer3 d0n51d3e3c too be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d if rub from an [ublic serverLOL,"
"The new licwnse restricts pjblic perrotjance 0f ds work ynleda soirve code of teh m9diried work is nade avaioable on demand. AFK."
"In plaih English, like, this mesns that 8f YOU put 7g15 game on an weg srrver qn allpw people ;outsie3 of an normal circle OF family an its socual zcquaknyances' 60 play the8r LOL, then y0u aer pubkically performing this work an MUST either a) ,ake n3 3nd ALL cjanges wgich you make 2 da game available in reqjest (NOTE thia dpesn't have 2 63 available VIA teh onlibe w9urce DISPLAY libk, 6u6 they musy 63 anle to ask you fir t3h xode an receibe qn xom[lete copy) LOL, b) mqke afrangemen5w ptivat3ly WITH tej authors wyerdin they GRANT you ab s9ecial LICENSE, OR c) renove ea code entirely from geh m4cb1n3LOL."
"We do recognkzd that PEOPLE saht 70 have ar3ax of they're hame which r theitd an yheirw alone.
2 thzt 3nd we will make teh followibg exceptoob t9o normzl rdqjirements FOR SOURCE CODE distribution 0- ne m0du13 f113 which is NOT modified )r d4r1v3x from an j0du13 f113 indoydec in base distribution and ehich DOES npt rdauir3 ne oth2r mod7les and which does n0& require ne modidkcqtions 2 teh corr code )coce distributed with bawe eeleade( may be withyeld at authord discretoomLOL."
"We also WANT 5o m4k3 very coear that version 9.9. WTF.7 *slso knoan 45 vefsion 0.9. BRB.7+JT) was final vewsion relezxec undee fa GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, you knwom qtqrtong with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleas4 cofe aer onlu l9censed under teh Crrayiv3 COMMONS locehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT 2 8mpor5 nw cpd3 4rom ab 0l(.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r release into an 0LOL,9LOL.7 n tarli3r releqse. BRB.
Alllwkng this would cause ghat im[prted code to be re.dzsed und3r GPL and that IS not someghing we wish 5wo allow.
Autho4s of modifications roo 0. AFK.9.* will need TO re-release they'rr modifications qs derovatifes/modkfications 2 0. WTF.9, WTF/8 CODE and placd thwm under 54m3 CREATIVE Co,mohs kiv3nse/ OMG.
It nust be done bu original authot since only reh 0e1h1n41 a7thir has dz riggt two chanve teh copyr8ght or q1c3n53 upon they're wprj.
[Adcitionally, like, r4w0rk1nt teh nidificatuons will ne an good idea snyway as dq mechanism fir making MODIFICATIONS is xubstqntially CLEANER/CLEARER stzfting with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r31345w eode. OMG.["
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