MightyE yells you, "We're going two tak3 an few moments 2 TRY ah ex[lain this nrw licens3 ab teh reasins behimd iy in plain Engq15n. OMG.
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 lixense wss chosen necause or an faioibg w17h teh GPL. WTF.
Ig only coceree distrobutipn of source if an only IF bijaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an q36 ENVIRONMENT. sottof, specifically z ingerpreged WEB enbironmeh5 such as PHP, yo7 kn2o. merely installing sn hamr coes NOT constitut3 d8str8bu5ion, n 7her3f0t3 [eopld were 74k1hg oir qork, you knwo, msking modifications too kt an not rekeasing sou4ce cod3 two they're mosificarions so that teh entiee c0mmuh8ry could brnedit. OMG.
Tg3y wprk3d with 13773r bit npt da fp7rit of teh LAW."
"Investihation ln 5eh o4f7 of da authors hoqever, likem led 2 da fact 7h47 ridmg 0f PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 was w9n of rkghtw normal;6 restricted 2 copyright holders WTF, n thzt clmputer prog4ajs LOL, specifixallu video g4m35 n interac5ivw ones 5uch as L3gend or trh Green haxor werr CONSIDERED 2 bd publocally peefofjed if RUN from am public servet, WTF."
"The new lic3nse rdstricts piblic perf0rm4mc3 lf da WORK un1455 da source c0r3 of jodified work is made aca8labke ob demand. OMG."
"In plain Ebgoish LOL, this MEANS that uf you ;ut rhis game on an web se4ver n zll9w people 'outside of an noe,ao CIRCLE of vamily ane 185 SOCIAL acauakntances' to play thrir LOLk rnen yoy r PUBLICALLY perfotming tjis work an MUST either 4) MAKE ne and ALL vhanges WHICH you make w teh game availagle on requesy (no5e this doesh't h5v3 roo be 4v421561# via tej 0n11n3 soircr dusp.ay 11nk, sortof, bug rjdy must BE able 2 ask tou FOR da code an RECEIVE an com;lete COPY), uoi kmwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with ss 4u7h0r5 qhrrein they grant you am special license, or c) rdnove cod3 3n71r31y from mach8neLOL."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that peop.e want to have areas of 5hwy're gxne whizh r thei4s n theirs alone. BRB.
to tyat ens we w111 make da follow8ng EXCEPTION too teh no4mal fequi4ements foe source cose distrobition -- ne module fil2 which is not mpdidied OR derif3d from an mls7le file inclided in dz base distributiin n whicg dles NOT requife ne othwr moduoes n which eoes bot require me moeificatioms tol core code (code distrib7ted w17h da base release) may be withheld at cs 4u7h0r5 discretion. WTF;"
"Ww also 2ant to make very clear that c3r510n 0. AFK.9LOL.7 )a.so known 45 VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.8+jt) was teh f2m41 version r323462d und3r da GPL. WTF.
Akl versoons LOL, startong with 0,9. WTF.8-prerelezse code r 0n1y kicrnsed ubder Ceeat8ve Commonx LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT 2 8mplrt ne cpde from an 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prereleqae or latdr felease INTO an 0.9LOL.7 n earliee re.dase. WTF.
Aolowing this would c4u53 that IMPORTED code too be RELEASED under da GPL n THAT ks NOT SOMETHING we eish 70 slkiw/ OMG.
Aughors of modifications toi 0. WTF.9.7 will need tw9 re-reldasr they'4r modificationa as ferivativex/mldivicatkons 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 cosd an p;avr THEM under SAME CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
It must be dpne vy teh peifibal author SINCE onky ueh origihal suthor has da rihht two chanje copyright ir license uppn tgey're w9rk. AFK.
[Adfitoonally LOL, reworkimg yrh mod8ficatiobs eu.k be qn goic idea anyway 45 m3chanism for making modificqtions is subsgantiaklh cleanee/clearer ztarting w16h da 0LOLl9.i-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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