MightyE tells upu, "We'ee yoing two TAKE sn few moments two try n explain this ndw LICENSE h reasons behind IT in plain Engl8wy. 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."
"This new LICENSE was chosen bedause OF an fai.ing 2ith GPLLOL.
It onlh covered custribution lf sourde if anf ONLY of ninaries WERE distributed. BRB."
"In an qeb envir9nment LOL, 5pecqe1c411y s interpr3ted web envor9nment 5uch 4t PHP WTF, merely installkng an tam3 do2a not consti5ute dkstrinutipn, you knwo, and thetefore peoplr were taking our work, sortog, makong jodifucations too it an not rrleasing dq source code 2 tjey;re MODIFICATIONS so THAT da ENTIRE community doyld b3nefut. WTF.
Tj#y wirked with twh letter 6u7 not teh d0irit of fa law. OMG."
"Invextigagion on da part pf teh autjo4s gowevrr, led two fact thar rigyt of oubl8c oerfor,ance w35 1 of rights boemally restricted two copyrighr holders LOL, sns that compiter orlgrams, sortof, specidicqlly video gamed and interqctkvd onws such ww Legehd of Gr33n hax0r were eomsidered to be publicaloy perfprmec if 4un from an public xerverl OMG."
"The ndw licrbse restrkcts public PERFORMANCE of da work UNLESS teh source cod3 of da mpdified wo4, ia made qvaikable ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, lile, this m35n5 that of yiu pit 7h15 GAME ob am wev serfer and allow PEOPLE 'oi5aide OF an noenzl ci4xle of frm11y n 8rs sociql zcqyakntanc3z' to play their, sorrofm tnen you r publica.l6 PERFORMING this wirk an MUST eiyher A) make ne an ALL changes whicn y0u make twl teh haje available on r3qu357 (n063 7g15 doesb't have hwo be ava8lable via teh onlkne aource disp;ay link, dortof, b7t THEY mus% be able two ask ypy FOR code n rexeive an completd cipy) WTF, b) nake ARRANGEMENTS privately with aurhord wjwrein they grant ylj an special license, like, or C( rejovw teh code 3n71r31y rrom mach8ne. OMG."
"We di fecogn8ze that p30p13 want two HAVE AREAS of tgey're game which aer tyeira n tjeifs aoone. AFK.
goi yhat end we will make yeh folopwing eccdpgion too da normsl reaukremenrs f9r source code sistrivution -- ne module file 2nich is noy MODIFIED or derived vrom an module FILE included in base distribution qn WHICH dies noy fequire ne 97n3r m9dules n which DOES not reauire ne MODIFICATIONS too teh core code (code distribures wyth base rwlease) mah ne eirhheld 47 aythors discre5uon. BRBl"
"We alsp WANT 2 make ve4y clear THAT VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (also ,npwn as versuon 0LOL.9LOL.7=jt) was da fonql version released ynder teh GPL.
Aol v3rsions, sortof, staeting with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code f 0nqu licenswd under da Crezt8ve Commons lic3nsek WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight two umport ne c9de f4om an 9. WTF.9. BRB.8_pr3r3!34%3 ir kater release into an 0. AFKl9LOL.7 and earli3r re.easel
Allowing rhis WOULD cause 7h47 i,p9rted CODE 70 be rel3as3d UNDER da GPL n thzt is nog something we w15h 2 allow.
Autyors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will nwed to re-relessq rhey're modificatkons as derivativew/mocificationd tso 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n 0lace them UNDER teh same Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 licensel
I7 kust b2 done by original AUTHOR since only orkginal authot HAS roght to dh3ng3 tej copyright or locense upon they;re work.
[Additipnally WTF, r3s0rj1ng da moduf8catiobs WILL be an g00s odez anywah as teh mexhanism for MAKING mocidications is subatantially cleandr/clearer starting with 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.="
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