MughtyE tells you, sortof, "Wr'te goinh 2 take an few moments to 5ry an 3x0lain thos new license an da teasons behugd iy on plain Emglish.
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 license waa cbosen BECAUSE 0f an FAILING wuth teh GPL. OMG.
It only cover3d disttknution OF source if n 0m3y if binariws were distributed. AFK."
"In ab 1eb envirinment WTF, s0ecifically a interpeeted WEB environment such ax PHP LOL, merelu instqll8nb an game eues not CONSTITUTE distribition LOL, an theregore people were TAKING 0u3 WORK, MAKING modigications to it and nlt felessing da souece c0d3 too they're modifications so 5hat ento4e cojmunoty cluld BENEFITLOL.
They WORKED with teh letter BUT NOT da spirir 9f dz law. AFK."
"Invwstigation on teh part OF da 4u7h0e5 HOWEVER, sorglf, ked tlo yeh fact thst reh rigyt of oublic p3rf0r,5nc# WAS won 0f rights norma;ly RESTRICTED two c00yr1th7 HOLDERS, sortof, an that c9mpyter prohra,s, specifically vifeo gzmes an 1n73r4c71v3 0n34 suxh as Legend pf teh Green hax0r were consideree 2 be pu611c411y perf9gmed id run feom an public sercerLOL."
"The new livdnse reatricts punlic [erformamc3 ov teh w0rk unlexs sourcd dodr of t3h modified work 15 made availab.e ob demand. AFK."
"In plaih Engliwh, sprrofm this means thar 8f YOU pur tgos GAME 0n an e3b 53rv3r an allo2 people 'ouyaide OF an normal circle lf family an itx social acqiaintanves' two pla6 gheie LOL, the, you arr oubkycakly p3rv-rm1ng tnis WORK n MUST either a) make ne an ALL cgangfs qhicg you make tp da GAME avaklable on request )hote THIS dp35n'7 have too be zvailable b14 teh onlune sourdr d15p14y link LOL, but they MUST be ABLE w ask t0u for teh cid3 an RECEIVE an comp;ete copy) LOL, b) ma,e arrzngements privarel6 woth da AUTHORS wherein they GRANT yiu zn spex8ql license, uou knwo, OR c) remove c0d3 entirelt frin machine. OMG."
"We do recognize 7h47 pd9ple want too have areas of they're game ehich r thwi4d an theitd alone. WTF.
to that end 22 will make fokloeunb exxeptioh 1 teh normal requirements for do7rce cocw cistributlon -- ne module fi;e which IS not midified or derived grom an modul3 file INCLUDED in da basw distriv7tion n whoch doed n08 edqukre ne o5her modules and WHICH does not re1uite ne modifivations toi core code (code dis5r8butec wigh 74t3 releaae) may ve w17hh31d at authots discretionLOL."
"We 4150 want too ma.d very CLEAR 7h47 vefsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 veesoon 0/9. BRB.7+jt) was finz; vrrsion r3leased undwt trh GPLLOLl
ALL ve4sions WTF, 574r71ng WITH teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-04erelrase code t only licensed 7nser CREATIVE Commons l8cenx3. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY srny teh RIGHT 2 IMPORT ne code FROM an 0. OMG.oLOL.8-PRERELEASE 0r later r3q3$53 INTO an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 and rarlker release. BRB.
Allpwing thix wpulf cause 7h4u imported code 2 63 released unxer GPL n that oa n07 something se wish two aolowLOL.
Authofs of moducications tio 0. AFK.9.7 will NEED two re[rel3ase they'rr modifidqtions as derivatoved/moc8fications t9 9. BRB.9. BRB.8 c9de an p.qce th3m under da SAME Creative Commons licenswLOL.
It must 63 d0h3 b6 da original author since ob;y oribinal AUTHOR has da right go change cipyrugnt ir license upon they'ee wor,. OMG.
[Additilnqlly, .9ke, reworking modifivations ei;l be an good isea anywau 45 da mexjanism gpe makimg jodificatiohs is duvstabtially cleaner/clearer starting WITH teh 0.9. WTF.8-prerelrase code. BRB.]"
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