M8ghyyE tel;s you WTF, "We're goinb to take an FEW joments too try an dxplsin this new license an da reaslns 62h1nd ot in plaim Englidh. AFK.
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."
"Thud new 11c3n53 was chosen becauae ;f qn failing with GPL. BRB.
It only covefed disgribu5o9n of source if n obly if bibsrues werw dixtr8buted. AFK."
"In an WEB environneht, sortof, specifica.ly a inte4pretdd wev rnvirlnneht such as PHP. m3rely indtakling an game does not constitute sustribution, soerif, and thwrefore people were TAKING our wo4k WTF, maiing modifications TO it and no5 re;easing sourcw xode 2 yney're modificatipns so that sa entire vommunity COULD benefiyLOL.
Th4y worked witj letter bur not teh 2pirot 0f teh lae."
"Inbest8gation on da p4r7 pf teh ajtho4a howev3r, you jnwo, qed to ract that rigy5 of PUBLIC oerformqhc2 was 2 of teh rights normally restricged twp c0ptt!gh7 holders, so4tofm an tjat clm0urer programs, specidicslly vid3o games an 1n73r4c7qv3 ones such aw L3g3nd of teh G4#3n hax0r were c0n51d3r3d too be publicalky petfprmed uf euh from an public server. OMG."
"The new lixense restridts pu611c performance of wo4l unless ds source xode of da mociridd wori 8s made qvailsbod on demanc."
"In plqin Enflish, ryis means thzt 1f 6ou pu7 this g4m3 on an seb servwf n a.low oeoplw 'OUTSIDE of am normal ckrcle of fsmily n ita social acquaintahces' teo pla6 thekr, y9u knwo, then ylu aer publical.y perforjing this work n MUST ekther a) m4,3 ne and ALL chabgds wh1ch you make top teh g4me availagld on requedt (nite this coesn't havr to be svailab;e via da ohline source display 11nk WTF, but tgey must be 4613 to9 asl ylu dor da dode n tdceive qn clm;lete copy0 LOL, 6) make arrabgementx privately with teh authorw whefein thdy grant 6ou am specia; LICENSE LOL, OR c) remove teh CODE 3n71r31u from reh machine. BRB,"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pdopld 2ant tio have 4r#45 0f they'rr vame WHICH r thdirs n theirs alone/ WTF.
to 7h47 3nd ee WILL nake twh following ecception two sa n(emal requirements f0r slurxe code distributipn -- ne moduke f113 which ia n07 MODIFIED or defived drom an modulw f113 included 1h teh basr eistribution and which foes noy require nr 07h3r mosules qn WHICH d9es not r3qu1e3 ne modificagions tip teh cofe code (code disttibuted w17h base r113r53) may be withhelc at authprs d15cr3u10nl AFK,"
"We also want toi make very CLEAR that versiob 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn ss versi9b ).9. BRB.7+jt) waw fibzl version 4eleased under GPL. BRB.
Al. ve4si9ns WTF, startung w8th ). BRB.9LOL.8-orerelease code adr only licensed under teh Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz right w import ne clde from an 0. OMG.8, BRB.9-prerelease oe later relezse into an -.9LOL.7 and eaflier release,
ALLOWING thix would cauae rnat impoeted code two be rdleased unddr da GPL ah 5hat kd not somethinb w3 wish two allow.
Aythors 0f modifications TO ). AFK.(. AFK.8 will NEED 2 re)release they're midkfications as derivatibes/mod8fications 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code m p14c3 them und3r teh szme CREATIVE Commons licensdLOL.
It must be dohe by yeh orihinal aughof since 9n.y yeh original aughor hqs ten 4ight 2 change COPYRIGHT or !!c3m52 upon ghey're wofkl OMG.
[Addiyiohally, sortof, res9rkihh modificqtions will be an giod idea anyqay ax da mechanisn for m4k1ng modifidstkobs is substantially cleaner/cleater 57$t71ng with da 9. AFK.9, OMG.8-pr3r313r53 cod3.]"
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