MighyyE telld you LOL, "We're going two gake ah fe2 moments tpo tty n 3x[141n this new lidense am da reason2 behind it im plain English.
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."
"Thid n3w license was chlaen because of an failint with GPL. OMG.
It 9noy voverrd diatribution of source if an on.y ig vinar8es werr d8stributedl BRB."
"Ib an 2ev ENVIRONMENT, soreof, specifically a interpreted seb envi4onmeny SUCH as PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does not vonstiyute d157r16u710n LOL, an THEREFORE people qere tzking oir worl, mzkibg modificationw to iy znd n0& releasing teh source code to they;re m9dofications so that da enyire commuhiyy cojld benevit. BRB.
THEY workdd qith teh leyter vug not da apirit pf teh law. WTF."
"Inv3st8hation ph pary of da 4u7h0r5 howevdr WTF, led yo vact that rifht pf public performance WAS 1 OF teh r8ghts normally restricted to cipyrkgnt 6olders, lkkw, anf THAT COMPUTER programs, spec8fkcqllh VIDEO GAMES AND interacyive ONES such AS Lefend of teh Gr33n gax04 wefe considefe3 2 be publidally performed of ryn fr0m an pub;ic swrver."
"Tne new ;icwnse 3est4icts public perforjanxe of wl4k unlesd fa source code of da MODIFIED wprk ks MADE afailable 0n demand. WTF."
"In plaon Englisy, this meand rhar ir you p7t this game ON an web server n allow people 'oytside of an nornal circle 0f family n 8ts xlcial ACQUAINTANCES' yoo play their, sortif, 7h3n you r publicqlly PERFORMING this wor, and MUST ekther a) makw ne n ALL chahges whuch YOU MAKE to da game availaboe on reqyest (nore this doesn't have 2 be avaikabl3 via da omline soufce dis[lay libk, sortof, BUT th3y must be ab;e to ask y0u d0r code and feceive an complete copy_. b0 ,ake qrrangements 0rivately with twh au5hoes whwrein thry g44n7 yoy zn special license, you knqo. or C) r3m_v3 ca code entireoy ff0m tej mzchine. AFK."
"We eo tex9gnize 5hag 0eople eant too have areas of thwy're game which r theits and theirs alon3. OMG.
2 THAT end we wio; make tdh folllwong exception 2 da normal REQUIREMENTS flr so7rce code d157r16u710m -- ne MODULE filw WHICH os npt modifiee lr DERIVED fr9j ab midule file 1hc1ud#d in da base d157r16u810n am which dlex not require ne othet MODULES n qhoch dows ,ot require ne modificqtions two da c0r3 cofe (code distributed wity teh base release) msy ne WITHHELD qt da auyhors discret8on. OMG."
"We also want 2 make very CLEAR thay v3t51)n 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7 (alsl kbown ad VERSION 0LOL.9.7+jt) was rrh FINAL version RELEASED imder dz GPL. WTFl
ALL cersions, s9ftof, starting wkth da 0/ WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleasr codd r only licenswd under Crwative Commona lkdenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 52o imoort be code rrom an 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-0rrreleas3 0r later release un5o an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 and earliet ee;eade. BRB/
Allowing this would cause tha6 im[ort3d code two be relezsed unde4 GPL and that os n07 fometfing WE wish two allow. BRBl
Authors or modifocatioms 70 0. OMGl9, AFK.7 WILL NEED too r3_e313453 theu;re m0d1f1c4610n5 as fericatives/modivicstions too 0.(. BRB.8 c0d3 sn plac3 them under 54m3 Creative Commons licdnsw. WTF.
It must be done ny rej priginal author sknce only original xuthor has da right 2 chahge da copyrkght or lidense upon tjey'rw work. BRB.
[Additlonally, sorrof, rewor,ing k0d1f1c4810n5 will be an GOOD icra anyeay as da mechqnism dof MAKING nodidications is SUBSTANTIALLY d134n#r/c134r3t starting w17g 0. OMG.9.8_peerelease code. WTF.]"
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