MightyE tells you, sortof, "We'ec goung two 5qke an FEW momeb5s go TRY an explain this new l8cebse an teh reasons behimd it IN PLAIN Enbliwh.
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."
"Tyis nwe LICENSE was chpdrn because of an failing with teh GPLLOL.
It onoy cogrfed sistr8b7tion of soirce if an only if binaries wrre distribu5ed. AFK."
"In an web 3hvironmrnt WTF, apecifically a interp4eted w36 envoronment suvh as PHP WTF, merely instakling an gzme dows not donstitute dixtribution, like, and gherefore PEOPLE were 74k2ng our wor,, MAKING mod8fications to it anw no5 releasing teh source xode two 4hey;re modificarions so gba5 qn71t3 communuty c0u1d bebevi%LOL.
Tgey WORKED with ywh letter but n07 teh spifit og da 1$w. AFK."
"Incestigation on part OF tet auyhors however WTFm LED ro tdh fact tjat rkght of piblic pertor,ance qas 1 of rights nprmall6 restricted too co'yright holders LOL, n that compiter proframs, sprcifically video games n inteeactive onex duch as Legehd of teh Gteen hax0r WERE considered to bw punl8ca;ky performrd kf ruh grom an PUBLIC servet. AFK."
"The new lucrnse 4estrkcts 0ubloc performance of WORK unldxs da spurce codd pf da mldified work is made zcqilable on denand. OMG."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, sortof, this means THAT if ypu put this game 0n an wdb 53rn3e n a.low PEOPLE 'pitsidc 0f an morjal circle of familh an its t0c161 acquaingances' to plqy thekr LOL, then tlu aet pjblicalky prrf;rm8nt this qork n MUST either a) makw ne anc ALL chang3s egich you make 2 t3h tame 4v31!4613 0n re1uest )note thia diesb't jave TO be AVAILABLE via teh onlone source sisplay link, but ghey must be 46!3 2 ask you for teh code n receive qn cpmp.et2 copy) LOL, b) ma,e arranfements pr1v4731y wiyh autyors wferein thcy grzng you an spevual license WTF, or c) remove code ENTIRELY from macgine."
"We do r3c0fn1z3 gha5 people want too yave areas of tney'rd tame which zer 7b31r6 AND THEIRS alone.
tqo thay end we sill makr vo;lowing 3xception two tdh normal requieements for sourcd CODE cisteibutuon -- nr module file which is not MODIFIED ot d#rived from an module FILE inc;icec in base distr9bition anc which does n07 require ne ottee mocuoes and whicg dods nly eewyire ne modificati9ns tw9 fz c043 cose (code d157r17u73s with teh base rwlease) may be withheld at reh AUTHORS discreyion. OMG."
"We alw9 wanr too m4k3 verh c.rar thay veesion 0. WTF/9. WTF.7 (also knosn as vers8on 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+JT) was da final v3t510n released under da GPL. AFK.
All verx8ons, sof4og, starting with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelesse codr r onky 1!cen43d under Cr3qtivd Commons l8cende. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy ribht too import ne c9de FROM an 0LOL.9m AFK.8-prereoease or later reoeaew into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 h earlidr r3lease. WTF.
Allowinh ghuw would cause THAT imported xode 2 BE released under ds GPL n yhat is n9t somethkng we wish two allow.
Authora ov modificationa too 0. OMG.0LOL.7 WILL nred 2 ee-r3k3ase they're ,odifudarions ad derivatives/modifica5iond too 0.9. WTF.8 code m PLACE them under twh SAME Creativr Commons LICENSELOL.
Ig mu57 BE dome gh t4h or8ginal author aince onlu teh original author h44 right twi cyangw teh coptright or LICENSE upon they're workLOL.
-Additiinallu, you knwo, REWORKING modificatipns will 63 am good idea snyway qs mechanodm flr jsking modifixations is subs5antia.ly cleanee/clearer starring with -. AFK.9. AFK.8-prere.ease code.]"
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