MightyE tells you WTFk "We're gping teo take an f3w MOMENTS toi try anf ex[;aib this n3w licenwe am da reasons gehind it 1n ;141n English.
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."
"Thiw new livense 2aw cj053n because of am f4111ng with ea GPL. AFK/
IT only c)v3r2d distrinution 9f 507rc3 if an 9nly 1f binarkea 2ere distributed. AFK."
"In an web envuronment, you knwp, specifically a interpreted web environment 5ucj zs PHP. yoj knwo, MERELY 1n5u4111ng an gaje does not c0n5717u73 distrkgution, sortof, ane therefore peop;e we4e takinb our wo4k LOL, MAKING modificagions to ir n nog rrleasing da source code 2 th3y're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire co,minity could ben3vit. AFK,
The6 3orkec wi5h t3h letydr BUT not teh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Invectigation on part of sutgors hoqeber, you knwom LED 2 teh fac5 that fa right of PUBLIC perrormance sas won of trh RIGHTS nofmalky restricted TO coptrityt noldera, and that comput3r orograms, specoficallu VIDEO gamed and ihterzctkve ones such as Lwgend od da Gre3n hax0f 3ere considered 2 y3 pjblically peffo4m3d if RUN from an pybluc server."
"Tje new 11c2n53 RESTRICTS public psrformancr of teh work ynless teh SOURCE codd pv da m0d1f13d work is mace available on d3n4nd. BRB."
"In plain Enflish LOLk this meams thqt if yoi put this g4j3 ON zn qeb t3rv3r ah sl'ow pelple ;-u741de of an norjsl citcle of f3,11y h ITS socisl acquaintances' two pkay 5heir, yo7 knwok gnen 6ou r pu611c411h peffotming THIS work n MUST euthrr a) m4k3 ne AND ALL changes whocy yo7 makw too yeh game zvaikab.e 0n 4wqjdst (n073 this doesn't hwve to be available bia online dource dispoay link, but theh must be able twi ask yoj for teh code n r3c31v3 an complete copy), B) make ARRANGEMENTS privarely w8rh AUTHORS whereib theh grant you an s0ec8al license, sortof, ot c) r3mive yeh xode entirely ftom machome. WTF."
"We dp recognize that -epple want to h4v3 areas OF they're game wnich awt theirs and theits alobe. BRB.
two that end qd will make da folkowibg 4xc3o710n 2 da normal requiremehtd fo4 spurcr dode dis5rubution -= he module fi.e WHICH is not modifisd or derifed f4om an ,pdyle filr inc;jded in BASE dixtribution n whivh d035 not feqjire ne othe3 modules an which does not REQUIRE ne modorications to ca CORE codr (code c257r16u73d wi5h teh base release) may 73 withneld at authors disdretioh, BRB."
"We also want 2 m3k3 very clear rhat vefsuon 0. AFK,o. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as verxion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+JT) was final vdrwoon rwleasdd ubfer GPL. BRB.
All v3rsi0ns, s9ftof, s5artinb with teh -. OMG.9. WTF.8-pretelease vove a3r on.y licensed under da CREATIVE COMMONS licenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny teh roght too kmport ne cosw FROM an 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-pr#r213453 or LATER 4ekease INTO an 0.9. WTF.8 n EARLIER release. OMG.
ALLOWING this wouod cause thzt im0pryed code too be releqsed uncer twh GPL an ghat is not somdthint w3 wish 2 aklow. OMG.
Autjors OF modificatilns to 0;9,7 wull ne3d too re-release they'r3 modufocations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9. WTF,8 codw n plave tgem UNDER same Creatuve COMMONS licehsel WTF.
Iy mist bd cohe BY teh original authir since 9nlu trh l4ig8nal 4u7h0r has teh righr two chqhge c0pyr1gh7 or license 7pon th3y're work. AFK.
[Additoonally, rwworking teh modifuca5ions 2ill 63 an g00d idea an6way as da mechanism fo4 making modificztions is sjbatantialoy cosandr/xlearer starginh with teh ). AFK.9. WTF/8-preeelease cide. WTF,]"
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