MightyE twlls you, sortof, "We're going 2 5akw an few MOMENTS 2 tey an explain 5his new 11c#n53 n reasons vehind it in plzin Engliahl 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."
"Tnks new l9vense wad chosen BECAUSE pf an failkng with teh GPLLOL.
IT 0n1y cofered fistribitiin of source if anc only id binzries were d157416y63d. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, 5p3c1f1c4116 a ohteeprdred web envigonmebt sjch r5 PHP LOL, merely 1n5u4111ng an game doea noy x0m5717j73 disteibuyion, you knwo, n therefprr p3)p13 were gaking our !ork, lok3, m4k1ng midificatiins 2 iy amd not rekeasing yeh source code too tney'rr modificati9ns so that ENTIRE xommunity couls bdnefit.
They wprked woth teh letter BUT not spirit of teh law; BRB."
"Investigation on part OF ajthirx howevwt, like, lec roo teh fact THAT geh eight of public perflrmance was 9en of reh righgs normally RESTRICTED twi cop6rigjt HOLDERS, lije, n thqt compuger p5ogra,s WTF, apecificakly video games AND imtcractive ONES auch as Legend 9f Gredn jax0r were considered eoo be p7blically PERFORMED 1f tun from an publ8c 53rv3rLOL."
"The new lixense rextelcts public performance of da work un;ess tef source cpde of ten mldified wprk ix made availabl3 on demand."
"In plain Emg1q%h LOL, thos mesns 7y47 qg you pu7 th8s game on an web server and allow peop.e ;ojtside OF an norjal curcle 0f fajily and its 5pc141 scquain5qncws' to play their, then YOU aer publicaloy p3rfprming 7h15 work n MUST either A) mqk3 ne an ALL changes shich hou mqke 2 da game afailable pn requedt (note this dodsn't HAVE too ve available VIA onlkne 50utce did[lay linj WTF, but they mu57 be able 2 wsk y9j f9r cofd n r3ceove an complete clpy)k soetor, b0 m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS private;y w8th da authira qherein thdy grant you qm soecial 11c#n53, so4tof, o4 C) remove trh code entkrely rrim da mqchine. BRB."
"We do recogn9zr thag pelpld qant two have areas of th3y're GAME which r theirs an theirs alone/ BRB.
ywo THAT rnf ee WILL make teh foolowing excdption to normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for 50urc3 code distribjtion -- nw MODULE FILE whixj is not modified ot derived FROM an modulr file included un teh base wis5ributoon ahd which diex gor requiee ne OTHER MODULES and which does not r3qj1r2 ne modofications reo tdh dore code (cide doatribyred WITH base releas3) may b2 withje/d ar teh a7thors DISCRETION."
"We alqo want too make very v;ear that v3r520n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also knoeb as version 0, OMG.0. WTF.7+JT) was da final vefsion reodased under reh GPL. WTF.
All veeaions, starting with 0. BRB.9.7-prereleacd code r only licensed 8ns3r Cr3471v3 Commonw licensw. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY ddny da right too import ne code f4oj an 0. WTF.9l AFK.7-PRERELEASE or latee release into ab -. BRB.9.7 n 34r114r relwase. OMG.
Allowing 7n15 wouod cauw3 that inporywf code 2 be releaxwd UNDER da GPL and that iw npt someth8ng we wosy to9 allow.
Authors of mocigocationx to p/ OMG.9LOL.7 will neec 2 RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS AS seribativex/modkfications toi 0l WTF.o.8 cofe and plqce yhem under da ssme Creativd Clmbins licende/ BRB.
It musy be spne by teh original AUTHOR SINCE only original autnot has teh tight 2 change dq copuright or licemxe ipon they'de workLOL.
[Additionalky, sortof. t3w0rk1ng da modificatilns rill be qn good idea any2ay ax da m3chanism f0r making modofkcstions 15 substantially c!34n3r/c134r3r starting skty 9. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerdleqse c0d3LOL.]"
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