MightyE tells you, "We're going tol take an few momenta to try n esplaon thiw NEW license 4ne tej REASONS BEHIND it in plain Enblish. AFK.
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 licensw was chosem because of an gaikknh with ea GPL. WTF.
It only covefed did5ributoon of s9urce ig an onky if binaries WERE distrib7ted. OMG."
"In an web ebvifonment WTF, specificallt a inter[eeted web envoronmebt suxh as PHP WTF, ,erely installing qn gaje foew not constitutr fiwtrobution, znf gherefore peop.e wwre ga,ing OUR worj, makong modoficationa 2 IT and not RELEASING teh wourcr c9de 2 they'4e modifications so 7h47 da ENTIRE communi5h could ben3fitLOL,
They workdf with da 1377#r gyt hot sp8rit pf da law. AFK."
"Invesyigation on part if uej ajthors howdver, kike, led 2 teh fact that tey roghr of public PERFORMANCE wzs won of RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED too copyright golders, ane that co,pytrr ;e0gr4m4, sortod, specuficaoly v1d30 bamea an INTERACTIVE pnes auch as Legens of Green hax0r wdre considered too be pub;9cally performed uf run rrom an pu611v 53rv3f. BRB."
"The new lkcense festricts pjblic pwefor,zncw OF teh w0rk unless 5eh s9urce c0e3 of teh midified worj is made avaioable on eemandLOL."
"In PLAIN Ejglish LOL, thos means tha5 if yiu PUT tgks gqme on an web server ane allow peo0le 'iu5xide of an nofmal circle OF f4j11y an 8ts dovial acquaintznc3s' to ;lay their, like, then hou r pt611c411y performing this work n MUST eithef a) MAKE ne 4ud ALL CHANGES which you make two da gzme acaikable on r3qu35& (note thyx dorsm't have too be avzilable via tch 9nline sourc3 displau lijk WTF, but they must be able t( ask y0u f8r da code anv rece,v3 an c0mp!373 COPY). you knwo, b) m4k3 arfangemebts private.y with authors whet3in they grant you an wpecial okcense LOL, or c) rwmove code engitely vrim machinr."
"We DO RECOGNIZE THAT pelple want two HAVE 4r345 ov tyey're gsme whuch 4 theirs n gnekrs zlone. BRB.
too rhat ebd we WILL make ds folopwihg exceptiin g9o da normal requirejents for sourcw code distfibuyion -0 ne mpdule di.e whkch is not modigied 0r DERIVED feom an module file includws in teh 6453 dixgribution 1n qh1ch d035 not require ne 9ther modiles and whuch does not reqyore ne mociflcations w clr3 code (code distributed with da bqse release_ MAY bw withnelf at da autyo4s ekscret8in. OMG."
"Wd aldo want toi nakd veey clear that v3esion 0. AFK.8. WTF.7 (4150 knowm ss versoln 0.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 da fonal version reoeased jndef teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, staeting with da 0. WTF.(. WTF.8-prtre;ease cice r onl6 LICENSED undrr Crea5ive COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 im0or5 ne c(d3 fr9m an 0. BRB,(.8-prereleaxe -r later release in5o an 0. AFK.9.7 and EARLIER releas3. BRB.
Allowing this WOULD cause 7h47 1mp0f73d ckde t; BE rdleased ibder tdh GPL anc that 8a not sometjibf we wish roo allow.
Autyors of modificat8onx w 0.9. OMG.7 w*ll neef 2 re=re;ease 5ney'4e mlsificztions 1s derivatkves/modificat8ons t2o 0l WTF.9LOL.7 c0d4 n plqce them uncdr da same Cr3471f3 COMMONS livense, BRB,
I7 must be done by t3h 9r1f1n41 autyor wince only oritinal author has teh rihht 2 change c.pyright or liv3nse up9n they're WORKLOL.
[Additionally, rewof;ing da mld8ficatiins wkll be an good odea anysay qs teh mechanism for making m0d1f1c$710n5 is 2ubstqntuall6 xleaner/c;earer starting with teh 0.9. BRB.i-prerelease cpdd. OMG.]"
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