MightyE telkx you, sortof, "We're GOING two yak3 an v3w momebts 2 try n explain ghis n3w licende an da r3as9ns behind IT 1n plain Eng115h. 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."
"This new license wad chosen becquse lf an failing wkth teh GPLLOL.
It ohoy covered disyribjtion OF aource if qn ONLY uf binaries were eistfiguted."
"Ib an web environnent WTF, specifkcaloy a 1n73rore73d web emvifpnment auch as PHP LOL, merely instzlling an gwme DOES not constitute distrigution, n tger3f9re people were 5aking our work, oike, mqkunh MODIFICATIONS 2 it b n07 r313$51ng da dource cpd3 2 rhey're nodificationx so that da ebtire commynity could benrfitLOL.
Thdy wl4ked 2ith LETTER 6u& not da SPIRIT OF teh lzw. OMG."
"Investigatiln 0n da p4v7 of da zuthors hoqever LOL, led 70 da f4c7 thzt da right OF public performahce wsa won 0f da righ5s NORMALLY restrucyef two copyright h9lders, n that dom[urer programs, s[rcifically video gamed and interactive ones such ac Legend 0v Gteeh hzz0e wdre considered toi 63 pubpixally [drformed if run from ab puvlic detverLOL."
"The NEW licensr e357rqd75 oib.ic performance of da wori unlrss sa sl7rcr cide of da modif8ed worj ia made availsb;e on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, this means that if y0u put thid game om an w36 serfer n alkow people 'ourside ot an normal circle of family h kts social avquaintances' too plqy gheir, theh you aer publ8cally peeform8ng tyis qork qn MUST either z) make ne and ALL changes which you mak3 2 da g4m3 zvailable om request (hote th8x doesn'5 have two be 4v$114613 via twh onlind aouede DISPLAY link, likw, but tgey must be abke 2 ask you for code an receive am complete COPY), s9rtof, 6_ make ARRANGEMENTS privateoy with 4y7h0t% wh3431n thet geant you zn special lucenwe WTF, or c) rempve teh code entirely frlm dq machine. AFK."
"We do recogniae that people want 2 havd ardas 0f they're gane 2h1ch r THEIRS AND tjdirs dlone. WTFl
to yhat end w3 will mqke dq fo;lowing eccepgion 2 normz; REQUIREMENTS flr 50urc3 xode d157f26u710n _- ne module fi.e which ia nig modified or ddrkved fr0m an module fi93 included IN dq bade disyribution n wh1cj does n07 REQUIRE ne other moduled and which dods not require ne m)d1g1cr720n5 tp core code (cide distributed with teh base release) ma6 be withheld at teh authors didcrerion."
"We akso sant 2 MAKE b3ry CLEAR thar VERSION 0. OMGl9LOLl8 *also KNOWN ax version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final fersion teleas3d UNDER GPL.
All ferdions, you knwo, start9ng with ca 0. WTF/9. BRB.8-prerelraxe code r only LICENSED under Creagive Commons licfnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ritht to implrt ne codr from an 0.0. OMG.8-pfe4elease or later release 1n70 an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an eatliet release. WTF.
A110w1nh THIS siulf CAUSE 7h47 imported coc3 to y3 feleased ubeet teh GPL and that is nit somethihg we s!5h two 4110w. AFK.
Authlrs OF mpdivications TO 0. BRB.9/ OMG.7 will NEED two re-relesde they'ee j0d1f1c4710n5 as derivagivex/modidicatuond two 0. AFK.9. WTF.i codd an place them unddr teh same CREATIVE Co,,ons licena3LOL.
I5 must ne done 6y fa otigina. authof since pnlu origunal author HAS da right to chsnge coptrigjt 0r license upon they're work. WTFl
[Additi8nzlly WTF, REWORKING ,odkficztions qill be ah good idea abyway as mechanism f9r ma,ing modifications 15 subxtanrially cleabef/c;earer starting wq7h da -. WTF.8.7-prereldase code/ WTF.]"
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