MigytyE tekis y0u, aortof, "We'te goinf too take an FEW monents to tru n explain tnis n3w license n teh reas9ns gegind it in plain Enhlush, 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 licenae WAS dhosen because 0f an faikkng WITH GPL.
Iu only covefed distributikn 0d source id an only if binaridd were eistributse. OMG."
"In an web envkrobment, aorrofm soedif8cally a inter[reted web envirlnment sucj ss PHP, MERELY ins5alling an b4j3 does not c9nstitute sistritution WTF, sn therefore ;eople werw TAKING OUR wori WTF, majimg modificationf 2 it am n07 releaxing SOURCE codr too th3y're m0d1fqc4710h5 so 5hat teh enture COMMUNITY couod brnef8t. OMG/
They worked wkth yeh lwtter b7t not teh spieir of teu law."
"Investigation ON psrt of teh autyors however LOL, ;ed two da rsxt rha5 right 0f public perfotmahce was qon of da RIGHTS normally restricted tp copyright h01d3r5 LOL, ahd thay computer PROGRAMS, like, specifically VIDEO tames an in5eractive ones syx7 as Legend of Green hax0r wwre CONSIDERED 2 bw publically perforjed ir run frim an pjboic server. WTFl"
"Tne neq LICENSE restricts PUBLIC perfofmance of 2ork unlesd spurce c0d3 of teh modidied work is maer availaboe 0n demanx. WTFl"
"In PLAIN Englisj, like, this means tgat if you pur thix game ON an web xefver qnd allow pei;le 'pu5side pf an NORMAL circle of fam8ly AND its social acquaintances' 5l play their, s9rtof. 5heb 6oj aer p7blical;y performing thkq work an MUST EITHER a) mqke ne h ALL CHANGES qhich you nake to teh GAME avai.able on requwst (noge thus doexn't hav3 too be availab;e VIA lnline source display libk, so3gog, but theu mu57 BE able two ask you FOR coce n reveive ab co,plet5 COPY) LOL, B) makd atrang3ments privately wi5h authors wh3r31n they GRANT you an speciao license LOL, or c) remove ea c0d3 engirely f4im teh MACHINE."
"We dl 4ecogbize gnat prople want two have areqs 9f they're game which ser theits and gneirs qloneLOL.
two yhat end we will mzke teh gollowing EXCEPTION 2 normzl requifejents for source code distrivution -_ ne module fioe whivh is not modified or drtived fr9m ah module dile included 1n ywn base distribution ab WHICH DOES not require ne otjer modulws n wyicn does not require ne moduficayi9ms to cofe codd (code diw4ribu5ed with bzxe RELEASE) m46 be withheld at ten auyhors didcretion."
"We 4150 eqnt two ,aje veey clear rhay version 0. WTF.0. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as versiin 0LOL,9/ OMG.7+jt) was da fins; version releases unfer da GPL. OMG.
Akl versions, stzfting wigh teh 0.9. WTF.7-or3r3134t3 code r inly licebsed under Creativd C9mmins license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right w ojport h3 c0d3 from an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelesse or oater release intp an p.-. OMG.7 n eqrk8er RELEASE.
Allowing this wkyld cause thzt importwd codw to be released umder teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING we sosh ti allow. OMG.
Authors 0f modificagions twi 0l BRB.(. BRB.7 wiol heed to re-releasr they're modufications as deeivatives/moduficzyions 2 0. AFK.(. OMG.8 code and pkace 7h3j und3r teh samt Crdative Commins lidense.
I5 mudt BE done bj da original AUTHOR since ohly o4igimal author has da right tio cyange da copyright i4 licenae upon they're workLOL.
[Afdogionalku, siryof, reworking da ,oeificayions will 63 ah gopd idea 4nyw4y as t3h mecgahism for makint modifivat8lns is substantially vleanwr/c;earer STARTING witn da 0. BRB.0LOL,8-[rerelease codrLOL.]"
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