MightyE twold ypu WTF, "We're going two take an feq momwnts tqo tr6 an explaum 7h15 new licensw an da f#450n5 beh8nd it in plain Ehglish/ 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."
"Thix n4w .icense w45 chpsen 73c$u53 ov ab FAILING witn teh GPL. AFK.
It inly COVERED disteubutupn of s98rce IF and on.y if binariws qere d15&r26u73d. WTF."
"In an edb 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knwo, spec8ficaoly a interpeetec web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP. m3r31y insyalling zn bam3 doed not constitute dist4ibution WTF, and th3refoee people were TAKING our eori, making ,odificatoons too 8t n NOT releas8ng tej soirce code two ghey;re modifucariphs SO that #n71d3 COMMUNITY ciuld benef8t. BRB.
They worked wi5h teh 13773r BUT not da spurit OF da LAW, WTF."
"Invesyigstion om part OF geh aithors however WTF, /ed to da fact THAT da right of oub.ic p3rfprm4nd3 was wln or rightx notmally restrictwd two copyrigjt hplsers, qn that compmtef pfobrams, sorrofj SPECIFICALLY video gamds and inyeractive onea such qs Legenc OF da Grwen haz)r we4e conside4ed twp ne PUBLICALLY p3rf0em3d if rum ffom an punlic sdrverLOL."
"Thw new ;icensr restricts 0ub;ic performance of work UNLESS da 50ufc4 code of da nodifiec wprk ix made qvailable pn demsmd."
"In plain English, 69u jnso, tyis neans that if yiu 0ug thid ga,e ln an wev server an allow pdople '9itwide pf an NORMAL circle of family n its social 4cqu41m74nc35' two play their, then you r PUBLICALLY p3rf-rj1nf this WORK and MUST eutner a) make ne ahd ALL CHANGES eh!ch y0u m4k3 2 5eh game availzble on r3qu357 (NOTE this doesn'r hav3 2 be ava8lable via teh online dourc# display link WTF, bi5 theh must ve able 2 asi you fpt da codr an receive an COMPLETE copy_k dortof, B) nakr qrrangements PRIVATELY s8th da autnorx whdrein theh grant uou an special licenx3, or c) remove da cofe entireky from teh machine, BRB."
"W3 d0 r3c0gn1z3 that peopl3 want to9 have fr345 lf they're game ehich aer theirs abd thei4a alone. BRB.
2 tha4 enc we will make fo;lowing exceptkon 2 teh noemal eequiremrntd f-r sourcr CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9du13 fild which iw bor modified or eerived from zn MODULE fi'3 ibckuced in 5eh vawe fistrib7tion n which does npt r3qu1r3 ne other m0du135 and whkcg does nof requu4e ne modifixat8ons 1 core code (c0d3 distrubuted witg da base RELEASE) ma6 ge withhekd at da 4u7h0r5 discre5ion. AFK,"
"We zlsp WANT f9o MAKE v2ry flear thau versioh 0. BRB.9.7 (also lnoen AS version 0LOL,9. BRB.7+jt) was final version relessed und#r teh GPL.
All v3rs8pns, you khwom starting WITH da 0. BRB.9. OMG.80prdreleade CODE r ONLY lucrnssd uncer ten Creqtive Commonw 11c3n52LOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY teh righ5 to imporu nw CODE from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.(=prerelease or later re,easr into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 4nd EARLIER release. WTF.
Allowing uh15 would cause that 1mp0r83d xoee 1 be released under sa GPL and thst is not so,ethung we wiah q allow.
Authors ov modiricqtions 2 0LOL.ol OMG.7 will need t9 r3-r313453 they've nodjfications as derivatives/mofifications to 0. AFK.9LOL.8 vode an p;ace 5hem und34 da samw Creative Commonw lixehse. BRB.
It must ve dohe g6 da original aythor since only o4itinal autho4 has rohht 2 dhangd ea copyrkght or licdnse UPON thdy're wori. AFK.
[Adfitionaoly, you khwo, reworking dq m9dificatipns will ne an GOOD IDEA anyway ad mechznosn for m4kqng moduficatkons is subxrantially CLEANER/CLEARER startinh w8tg teh 0. OMG.9LOL.*-prereleade CODE. BRBl["
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