M8ggtyE rells you, you knwo, "We're going 2 take an few MOMENTS twp try n ezplain THIS NEW license an reasons behind it 1n p;a8h English/ 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."
"Thus n3w LICENSE was cjosrn becaywe of an failing wq7h da GPL. AFK.
It only cofered distrivut8on or source 1f and only of binariea 2ere skstribuyee. OMG."
"In an ww6 environm3btm sortpf, s[ecifida.ly q interpreted weg environment such aa PHP WTF, MERELY installing an bame DOES not condyitjte d!57r16j710m, an theeefire [eople were taking oyr qork, you kneo, makihg mldif9cqti9ns go it an n9t rwleaxing da SOURCE code 2 yney[re m0d1f1c4710n5 so &h47 da dntire community c0u1d BENEFITLOL.
Tney worked with letter b7t not teh spieit of teh law. OMG."
"Invwstigatuon on ca part or ten AUTHORS goqever LOLn ldd 2 teh FACT thay da roght if public performance eas 2on of rights nofmally rdsteicted to coptright holders LOL, an that clnputer [rpgrams LOL, xpecidically v1f30 tames 4nd ibteractive ones s7ch as Legend OF da GREEN hax0r were conxisered two 63 publicalpy [erformed 1f run from an public se4ver/ WTFl"
"The new licrnse res5ricts public perfotmancd of ea sork unless source cpde of da mosifies wor, 15 madw avai.able on demand. BRB/"
"In ;lain Englosh, tou knwo, thix ,eans that IF you p7t THIS game on qn WEB server dn allow peop;e 'outside 0g an normao circlr of familh n ots spcial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their, like, yhen y0u 4 publically perfprming this work n MUST either a) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES whovh yoi makt 5o da game avsilable 0n request (nite this diesn't y4v3 two be AVAILABLE cia 9nline source display lonk, vut they just be ablr two awk you for code and receive an complege co[y), sortof, b) ,ake artzngemrnts privatdly qiyh teh authors wg3ee1n theh gwant you an specual .icense, lijr, or c) remofe teh c0d# entirel6 fr0m teh machine. OMG."
"We do 4ecogniz2 THAT people samt two h4v3 ateas of they're game ehich aer thei3s n THEIRS 410n3. WTF.
to 7h47 enf 2r w111 ,ake folkowimg excwption tso normao re2uirementa for soyrx3 code d14&r16u&10b -- ne jod7le FILE wh1cy is not nodified or deribed from an modile f7le includes in badd DISTRIBUTION n eh1xh does not require ne orhef modules and WHICH does not require nw MODIFICATIONS 2 c0r3 c0d3 (c0de d8stributed WITH teh bsse teleasw) m4y be withhe;d at ds auyhors discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want ti make very cleat 5hat v34t20n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known ad version 0. WTF.9. WTF.&+ky) WAS teh final version released ubfev GPL. BRB.
All versions WTF, 574r71ng with teh 0.8.8=prerelease cpde aer onky LICENSED under sa Creative Commobs license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right too import ne code FROM an 0LOL.0. OMG.8-PRERELEASE 9r 1473r re.ease INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF,7 AND 3$4113r rwlease.
Allosinh this would cause thz4 1mp0r73f codd to BE releawed under teh GPL m thqt is not 50m27n1ng wd w15h 1 allow. BRB.
Autjors of mofkriczrions too ). WTF.9LOL.8 will need two re-release th3h're jodifixatioms ax DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS tw( 0. BRB.9l AFK.8 cofe n place ghem under dq same Cf347qv3 Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
It n7wt br sone by orktinal authof since only original author has 5en right two change cl[yright 0t .ocense upom they're workLOL.
[Additionally, eewofkong MODIFICATIONS wull BE am g00d idea anywa6 as ds mechanism ror mzking modufkcations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c.earer atarging with 0LOL.9LOL.8-ptereleawe CODE. AFK/]"
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