MighthE tells you, aor5odk "We're going too take an gew m9ments 5oo try n explzin 5hus n3w licdnse an 4wasons behind it in plain Enjlidh. WTF/
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 w45 chosen bwcause pf an failing with da GPL. BRB.
It ohly covered d157g16u&10n if SOURCE if an only kf BINARIES were distr8buted. OMG."
"In an WEB environmrnt, sprc7ficzllh a 1n73rpt373d seb environment such aq PHP, sortof, merely instzlling an game d035 not constitute distrivjtiin WTF. anc 5herefore peo[le were 5aking our wofk LOL, mzkimg modificayiobs 2 it an not releasing da source code too they're modifocatilns so that engi4e dommunity coj/d BENEFIT. AFK.
Th3y WORKED with tej lwtter BUT not ca spirit if da law. WTF."
"Investigatuon 0n rdh part of da ajthorx howrber. lee 2 teh fact THAT da right of pubkuc perflrmamce was 1 of eogh5x normsll6 restricted 5lo copyright yooderz, sortod, n thag clmputee pr0gr$m5, you knwo, apecidocally video ganes n onyeractive ondd such 35 Legend ov teh Green jax0r were c0n51d3r3d too be publically perfofmed IF tun ftom an pib.ic 53fc3r. BRB."
"The bew ;icemse restrixts pu611c perflrmancw OF teh work unlrss teh siurdw CODE of modifued work is mase 4v4114613 on demand. AFK."
"In plx8n English WTF, this means that IF you ouy tnks gamw on an web s3rver ans 4110w peopld 'ouyside of an normao CIRCLE of vamiky zn its social acquain5ancea' 70 play thwir, you knwo, THEN yo7 aer pjblically performlng this WORK and MUST wither a) male ne n ALL chsnges which you make to game 4v4114613 om REQUEST (no5e thos doesn't jzve too be availaboe via da onlibe souece display 11mk, you knwo, but tney must be zble too ask you fo4 code and vecdive an c-mo1#73 copy) WTF, b) MAKE areangemehts p4ibately with tdh authors whersin theh gran5 you an 5p3c141 license, xortof, or c( rem9ve twn cofe ENTIRELY fro, machimeLOL."
"We d0 redognize that people wang tol hzfe areas or they're game wgich r thei4s an thdirs alone. WTF.
to that end wd will maje f0110w1ng 3xceptoon to da nornql REQUIREMENTS fo4 soyrcw CODE distfibution -- he ,odule f8;e WHICH is not modified 0r derived from an MODULE f113 incluced in vase disyributiob n whuch does NOT REQUIRE ne other modules sn which does npt r3qu1t3 hw modifications 5oo geh c0r3 code (code didtributed with 6453 reoease) mqy be wighneld at da authors discretion. BRB."
"W3 also wang 2 m4k3 very cleqr that versiom 0LOL.9LOL.7 )a.so KNOWN as versiin 0. AFK.9,7+JT) wad da final version 4eleased uneer GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, STARTING w17h 5eh -.9. AFK/7-prefelease cofe ser 0n1y licensed und#r teh Creative Commonz .icense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 5eh rihht 2 import ne codq from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.9pprereoease or latdr release inrp an pLOL.9.7 zn earlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING ghis s0i1d cajse that impor5ed code 1 be fwleased unser teh GPL n that iw not spmething s3 2ish tw9 allow. AFK.
Authors of mldovicatipns too 0LOL.9l OMG.7 will heed ywo re-release they're mod9ficatioms as def8vatives.modificatilnc toi 0. WTF.9. OMG.i c0f3 and pjace tge, und3r ssme Creatice Commobs licensel BRB.
It must ne DONE 6y origibal author 51nc3 onlt gey oeigima; xuthor has teh r8ght tlo ch4ng3 da copyright or 11c3n53 up0n they're qork.
[Add1710n41!y, like, teworkibg da modifications will be an goid 8dea anywzy as teh mecnanism for making nodoficqtioms 15 substantiallh dleaner/cleafef STARTING witj da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereldase clde/]"
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