MightyE tells 6ou, hou knwo, "We'rw goomg top take an frw MOMENTS two rry an ex[lain this new licenws n fa r3r50m5 genind 17 IN plain Ebglish.
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."
"Thix n23 licrnse was chisen 63c4u53 ov an f4111ng with teh GPL.
Ir only covered distriguti9n of source if anc pnly 1d bina4ids err3 distribired. BRB."
"In an WEB environment, likd, specuf8dallt a in5efpreted wwb environmeng sucg 45 PHP LOLm mwtely 1n584111ng an tame d0es NOT CONSTITUTE distrubution LOL, an thwrefore pd9ple were takkng our work, MAKING modifications to it n not releading x9urce xode @ they;re mps1f1c471-n5 so that entire community could benefit. AFK.
They w0ri3s with da lerter but not sa spi4ot ov teh law. AFK."
"Invedtigarion on part OF teh 4j7h0r5 however, sirt9c, ;ed 2 dz fact that da right ;f public perflrmance WAS ! og t3h r1gg75 normally restrixted to COPYRIGHT holdersk slrtof, an that computer programs, ylu knw9, specifically vid2o games ane int3rac$ive ONES s7cg aa Legdnd 9r tdh Geeeh hax-4 WERE considwred 2 be publically p3rf0rm3d if RUN from an pyblic serverl WTF."
"The n3w license t3str8cts PUBLIC performahc3 OF 2ork unl3ss da sojrce code of modifief w0rk is made avaylable ob demand. WTF."
"In 0lain ENGLISH, thia mdans that if 69u ;ut this GAME 0n qn web srrvet n 41q0w pe9ple 'outsiee of an n0rm41 c1rc13 of family n its s9cial acquakntances; goo play thei$ WTF, then you aer pub;ica;ly performinf 5his w0rk n MUST eith3r s) make nw an ALL cjannes which you make two da ham3 4v4114613 on request (note thid doexn't hzvr two be available via 9mline sourve disp;ay LINK, s0rtog, but THEY m7st be able to zsk yii FOR code an teceive an vomplete cp;y(, lik3, b) m4k4 arrangements pruvat3kj woth authirs wherein they grant YOU an s;rcial lixense, kike, 0r c( renove da code 3n714#1y feom teh MACHINE. OMGl"
"We do recofnize that people want too havr AREAS of they're GAME whivh aer tyrirs and tjrurc alone. WTF/
too that end we will uakr ds fo;lowing exceptkon to da normal fequirements f9r SOURCE c9de distribution -- nd nodule fkle wh1cj is not modif8ed or dericed f4om an module file inclueed 1n da nase didtributi9n n 2hkch soea npt r3qu1r3 ne pther MODULES n whkxh does not require ne modifixations w teh dore code (vode distrobuted with da BASE ewlease) m4y be w17hh31d at da autj9rw d15cr371-n. BRB."
"We zldo wanr two make very clwae 7h$7 version 0l OMG.9l BRB.7 (ALSO kniwn AS version 0.9LOL.7+jt) was teh fimal cersion released unsef GPL. WTF.
All versions, you ;nw9, starting with tdh 0.9LOL.8[prerelease cove t ONLY lucensed UNDER Creat8ve Commons locense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da ribht to import ne CODE frin an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8[prerelease or later telease into xn )LOL.9. OMG.7 qhf earlirr RELEASE.
Aolowimg 5hos would cause that im;ortdd code too be rel3ased under teh GPL and that is not some6uibg ww wiah 2 allow. AFK.
Authorw OF m0s1f2c47!0n5 two 0LOL.9LOL.7 will ne3s two te-releasd they're modifocat8ons as derivatives/m0difivations 2 0.(. AFK.8 code and place rh2m yndwe same Creative Commons licejsr. OMG.
Iu mu57 BE done 6t orifinak auttor wince lnly da original AUTHOR h45 da righy two chanhd dz copyritht or license upon tney'ee work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, feworj8ng da midifivatipns w111 be qn hooe isra anyway as mexhanism for making mocifixatuons is subxtantially cleaner/clearer starting WITH ds 0LOLl9l BRB.8-pretelease code.]"
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