Migh56E 83215 y0u, yij knwl, "We're boiny 2 tale an few miments goo try an EXPLAIN thix NEW license m r3450n5 behind it ih plaon Engl8shLOL.
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."
"Thia new license was cyosen neczise of an failing qiyh GPL. WTF.
I5 0n1y covered dustribution of soyrce if h pn1y kf binarues were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an 2eb wnvironmdnt, oike, specir8cally a interpretdd web ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, like, merely onwtal;ing an game d035 not conxtiguge distribution, you ,nwo, amd theredore peo[le we4r taking oyr e0rk, likem MAKING m-d1f1c5710n5 2 it n not relwasimb da sourcr dode 2 tjry're modif8catilns SO that rntir3 community could benefit. WTF.
They eorked w17h LETTER but not spirit lf law. BRB."
"Investigation on parr of teh authors hpweve4 WTF, .ed t2o teh dact 7j48 da right or public perfo4manxe WAS qon of f8ghgs n[4mally restricted 2 copyright holdera LOL, an that co,pyter programs, specifically video games n ihteractige on3s such as L3gwnd if da Grwen hac0t were comsidered 2 be oublically ;er4ormed if tun fr0m an public 53rv3rLOL."
"Tgs new license r36&r1c75 pub.ic pefformabce if tej work unless da source dode of da mofiried work ia made 4v4114612 on demand."
"In plzin Enflish, yoi knwo, this ,eans THAT if ypu PUT tyis bame ON an wwg servef an ALLOW p2ip;e 'lutside of an nirmak circle of family n its slcial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 [lay their LOL, 7n3n you r pyblically [rrformung tgis WORK and MUST ekther a) makr ne an ALL changes shicy YOU nqke too da fame availabke on requewy (note this dlesn't hqve two be available via onl8ne so7rce display link, but they mjst b3 abld two ASK tou for da cpde n receive an complete cipy) WTF, b) MAKE rrr4ng3m3n75 privayeky 2ith authors wherein 7h$y GRANT you an s;ecial license, sotyof, OR C) remofs da cocd entirely from teh mrch1n3. BRBl"
"We do rwcognize that people WANT too HAVE ateas OF yhey[re game wjich e yheirs an theirs alone. WTF.
too THAT end we wilo make gollowing exception tw9 da normal rewuirementx for source c0d3 distribution _= nd module file whicn id not modified lt derived frim an mocu;e file 1nc1yd3d in base disgribjtion and ey1ch dies n07 REQUIRE nd 9thdr modules an whidh coes npg REQUIRE ne moeificatilns 2 dore code (CODE DISTRIBUTED wigh da 645w release) may BE sithheld 47 authies discretion. AFK."
"We aoso WANT two mske veru cleaf thqg vdrdion 0.9LOL.7 (aoso known as VERSION 0.9. OMG/7+jt) was fibal vdrs8on RELEASED ynder GPL. WTF.
All versi9bs, like, starting with teh ).9. WTF.*-9rerel3asd c0d# qer ONLY licenaed under teh Creayive Cojmons licebse. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right to IMPORT ne code frpm an 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-pterelwase 0r later release 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 snd earlirr rdleasr. BRB.
Allowing thks would cause 5hat IMPORTED code too be fdl3ased unxer GPL 4nd that 8s not something we wich tlo al;ow. OMG.
Ajthors of mldofications to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wi;. nerd two re-release they'rd mocificatiins aw der8vatives/modifieatuobs 2 0, OMG.9l WTF.7 coe3 and okace them unsdf teh same Creatkve Commons licebse.
It mixt be done by sa oeigonql aughor since 0n2y da 0f1g1n41 ajyhor has righr two change teh copyfight or licwnse uoon 4hry'rr work. BRB.
[Additionaloy LOL, reworkung da MODIFICATIONS WILL BE an glod 1d34 anysay AS mechanism for mziing modoficat8ons is xubstantially cleaner/clearer starting with da 0. WTF.9.([prefeledse c0e3LOLl]"
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