Mibht6E TELLS you, you kn2o, "We're toing two tske an few momentd to try 4nd ex;lain thus new licenwe n teh reasond behind 8t 1n plain English. 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."
"Thos new licensw was chosrn necajwe 9f an fqiling wuth teh GPLLOL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION od doitce 1f n only ir binaries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web environmenr, you knw9, specificakl6 a ,ntewpreyee qrb environmeny 5uch as PHPm lkke. merely insra.linh an bame DOES not cpnwtityte distrib7tipn LOL, and theeefo4e PEOPLE were takimg our wofk, xortorm making m0d1v1c47q0n5 to it n not feleadinh teh source cose 2 th3y'rw modificayions so THAT teh dhtir3 communigy could benefir.
Thry qorked with tej letter but not dz spirit of da law. AFK."
"Invesriga5ion on part 9f teg authorw towdver. sorgof, LED 2 teh fac5 that right or publid peeror,ance w45 1 OF da rifhts norjall6 restrivtdd too clpyright holde5s, like, n thay computer pr9g4ams LOL, specifically vifwo gam3s an interac5ibe ones sucy as Legdne of da GREEN hax0r were cons8serdd to 63 publocally performed IF eug fr0m an pu611c sercer/ BRB."
"Thw new license festricts public oerformancd of da work un1365 sourfr CODE of da moeified wo5k ix MADE 4v4114613 on demane. OMG."
"Ib plain English, like, ghis n3ans that 1v hou pjt uhq5 bame on ab web aeever n allow people 'outside pf qn normal circle of fajily n !75 social acauaihtamces' go play thei4 LOL, then ypu a3r punkixall6 pefforming this work an MUST eithe4 a) m4,3 be n ALL xhanges which yoh make too bzme availanle in request (note this dpwsn'r HAVE too BE ava8lable via oh;kne source displzy LINKm you knwo, BUT the^ musg be ABLE t9o ask u0u flr teh code n eec2ice an complete cppy)k n) make afrang3ments provagely WITH teh authors sherein yhet gr4n7 tou an special license, OR c) remove da code entkrely vron da machine. BRB."
"We do recohnize that p30p13 want 1 HAVE areas of they;re gamw which aer tn3krs an theitd alone, AFK.
ro that end we will male follo2inb 3xcrpyion ewo tey normsl requirements f9r 50urc3 code distribution -- ne m0duq3 file syicy is NOT modified oe derived from an module FILE included ib da base DISTRIBUTION an which DOES bot tequire ne o5her m0du133 n which d9es not require bd modidixationd 2 da core vode (cpde dust4ibutee with nase release) may be withheld ar da AUTHORS DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want to make vrry ckest tyzt VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (alxo kn9wn AS version 0. BRB.9LOL.7_jt) q4% finzl vrrsion RELEASED under GPL.
All versoons WTF, srarring with 0. OMG.9. AFKl8-oe3te2#453 code r only LICENSED und3r da Cfwative Com,pns license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 70 ij[ort ne code fr0m an 0. OMG.9. AFK,i-prerelease 0r later releaad 8hto sn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 ane earlier release. BRB.
Aloowing this w)u1d vzuse tha5 i,portwd code tlo be rel#axed under GPL n 7n47 is not something q3 wish two z.lowLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wi.l ne3d 2 re0r3lease they'fe ,0d1f1c4710n5 45 derivatives/mldificstions 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code n olace them und3t SAME Crea5kbe COMMONS licenseLOL.
It juat be done vy yeh orkginal autyor SINCE only yeh iriginal author hzs da right to CHANGE teg vopyright or license upon ghey're workLOL.
pADDITIONALLY, slrtor, reworking da modifications will be an GOOD idea anhwsy as da MECHANISM flr makkng modifidatioms iw aubstantially cleamer/xlezrrr startinf with teh p. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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