MightyE tells you, wortof, "Wr;re going yo yake an FEW moments two try b explain this NEW lic3nwe an teh eezsons behind it on poain Ehglish.
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 licens3 2as chowen because of an failinf wuth GPL. WTF.
It only covered dixtrinugioh 0r so7rce ig abd only if BINARIES were distributed."
"In an web 3nv1f-nm2n7 LOL, dpecifically a interpreted web enbironment s7ch as PHP, ,3r31y inwtallong an g4m3 does nor consritut3 distribution, y9u knwo, n tjwrefore pe90le WERE taking OUR work, sortog, makimg moeifixato9ns two it an n9t releasing dz 50urc3 code tl they're nodigications so thay teh wntire communuty could benefit. WTF.
Thwh worked with legter 6i7 niy xpirit of sz law. OMG."
"Invrstogation 0n dz p4r7 or da auth9fs how3cer, like, led t2o da FACT ynat right of pyb;ic performqnce sas oen of da rights n0rm4w1y restricted too cop6right holders LOL, an that c-jpj73r probrajs LOL, s[ecificalou VIDEO GAMES 4nf INTERACTIVE 0n35 such as Legend of da Green hax0r were considered two BE pjblically PERFORMED if rin ftom qm pubkic srtver. OMG."
"The bew LICENSE resg4icts public perfobmanv3 og work unl3sw source cpde of modified w94k is made available ON semandLOL."
"In plain Egglish, sortpf, thid means that id you put THIS gqme on an web servrr an aloow pe9ple 'outside of an no4mal c1tc13 of f4m11y AND 175 soxia; acauain5ances[ 70 play their LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY perf9rming this work sn MUST either 4) make n3 ans ALL changes which t0u MAKE @ da game avaioable on REQUEST (n073 ghis doesn'5 h4b3 to be avai;anle v7a omline source DISPLAY linl LOL, bjr they must be abl3 too 45k y07 for da code n rwceivd ab c-mp1383 copy), lile, b) make arramgements p4ivately eith teh suthors eherrin tney grsnt you an 5p#cq41 license, yoy knwo, lr s0 re,ive teg c0d3 engifely frpm da MACHINELOL."
"We d9 rwxognize tjat peoole WANT 2 hav3 aread 9f they'r3 game which aet theirs amd THEIRS a;9ne. OMG.
two tha% ehd we wikl make da folkoeing exc3ptiom two teh nlrmak r3qu1r3m3n75 for source code distriburion -- ne m9dule file which is not MODIFIED or derivee from an module fi;e imcluced in da bqse distributoon an wh1ch coes not require ne otyer modules am wh1ch do3s not reajir3 ne modoficat8kns too teh core code (code distributed wi5h ea base release) ,at be withhelc at da aythors diseretion. WTF."
"Wr alsi sant to9 make c3ry xlear that verwiln 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO known as verxipn 0LOL.9LOL.7_JT) was final fersion rrleased uneer fa GPL. BRB.
Aol verxkons WTF. ararting with ez 0.9. OMG.8-pterelease c9de r lnoy licensed under C4esrive Commobs LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby da e1gh7 tso IMPORT ne code fron an 0l9. AFK.8-prerdlease or later release 8nto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earo8er 4elease. BRB.
Alloqing THIS WOULD cause that imported code to be released under twh GPL ab tyat IS npt something we wisn to aokowLOL.
Authoes of modificatoons too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wilk need two 4e0release they'rr modificatkons as derkvqtived/modifucatioms tso 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cpde n place thrm under da sqme Creative Cpmmons licem2r. BRB.
It must be dome by tqh iriginal autgor since ONLY origibal author n4% right 2 CHANGE copyright ;r licwnse upon ygey're work. WTFl
[Additiomally, reworking da modificstions will be an g00d 8dea antway AS teh mechanism for mskint mpd8gications is subxtantially cleaher/cleafer STARTING 2ity ca 0LOL.(. WTF.8-peereleaxe code. WTF.]"
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