MightyE tells youk sortof, "We;re f9ing too take an few moments 2 try 5nd EXPLAIN this new livense snd reasons behibd IT on plain English. BRB.
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."
"Thia n3w lidensw was CHOSEN because ov an failing WITH GPL. BRB.
It ohly cove4wd distributiln of source if and pnly if bihaties w3r3 distrobutedl"
"In an wdb environment WTF, specifically a kntdfpretec WEB environment 5uch as PHP LOL, merdly 1n57e111ng am gamd does not constitutd distrubution. soryof, and thwr2fore pe9ple 2ere takinb our work, makihg MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not RELEASING soutce c0d3 to they'tr modificatiins xo that emtire comm8noty could benedir. BRB.
They workrd woth sa ;erter but not da wpirir of da law. BRB."
"Ibvest8bation om reh 0arr of 4u7h0e5 however, ked too dz fact tjat teh eifht od PUBLIC performance w45 odn of da rigjts norma.ly restrivyes too c9pyright holdwrsk s9rtod, ans that computer ;r0tr4m5, yoy kbwo, soecidkcally vieeo games ane interact8ve obed such as L3g#nd of Geeem hax0r were CONSIDERED 5po be punlivz;k6 perform3e if RUN from qn public server. BRB."
"The new .ivense tedyricts public p3rformanxe of da wori inless teh 50urc3 code of teh MODIFIED w0ri is MADE avxulable pn dekandLOL."
"In PLAIN Engoixh LOL, THIS means that if 6pu pu5 this gqmw on an web seever an aklow people [iu4akde of sn normal curcle of famlly an ITS xocia; acquaingqmces' 2 [lay their, 5hwn you aer publically pervoeming 5h15 wprk and MUST euther a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which you makr 5o teh gqmr avaikable on r3qu357 (nite ghis doesn't have to 63 5v511r51e via online sourcr display lkhk, li,e, but thwy mu57 be able &0 adk you for da code ans receive ab cimp.ete clp6) WTFk B) make zerangements p41c4731y wirh suthors wh3f31n they grant you an SPECIAL lic3nwe WTF, OR c) remobe da code entire;y fr0m da machkne. WTF."
"We do revognize 5har peo[le want twi have areas of they're game whifh r tgrirs n th3irs alonrLOL.
2 that end se WILL make teh foloo2ing excwption too normsl requirements for SOURCE code distribition -- nd module FILE which IS noy modified or derived from an joduld file inclueed in da base DISTRIBUTION ane qh,ch does mot eequurw be OTHER modulex snd qj1ch dows not eequire ne moeifocations to core code (cose cistributed witn 6453 r413453) may be WITHHELD at suthors dkscreyion. AFK/"
"We ALSO wang to nzkw vwry c234r 5nat veraion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (ALSO ,nown as bersiob 0. BRB.9LOL.7+j7) wzs 5eg finsl version RELEASED umder teh GPL. BRB.
Alo veysuons, likd, startinb wity teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelesse dode e obly lixehsed under Creatovr Commons licwnse. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny tej ritht to 1m0)r7 ne cidr from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prer3lease or later releasr into an 9. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earli3r RELEASE. OMG.
Allowinb this would cause that importec doee to ge rekeaded inder GPL and that id not slmething se wkwh too al.ow. AFK.
Authors of modifications tpo 0. BRB.9.7 wikl m3#d 2 r3-releaxe they're mod8fications as ee5kvatives/moeificagions two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 cide an pkacd tyem ubeer teh samd Creat8ve Commons lic3nse. WTF,
It musr be done b6 oribinal authir sibce only da 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r yas rygyt to cgange tey copyroght or kidense upon theu'4e w0rk. WTFl
[Additionally, reworking teh modirica5ions will be an good idea anywa6 as jechanism for majing modufications 8s subetantialkh c.eaner/clearer startung 2ith teh 0/ BRB.9LOL.8-prereleas3 codw. OMG.]"
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