MightyE teo;s youk "We're going 2 take an f2w momentx to try an dxplaim this new licensr and dz reasohx gehinf 17 1n plain Enblishl 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."
"This n3w LICENSE was chosen becaus3 of am railing with da GPL. OMG.
It onlh cpvered distribution od sk7rcw if snd only id binqries w3f3 distriguted."
"In am web snvir9nment LOL, 5p3d1f1c411y a interpreted web environnemt xuch zd PHP, m3rdly INSTALLING an game dies NOT constitute distrinution. AND the4efore people err3 taking our woek, sortof, ,akinh modkficationd 6oo 17 n no5 releasong soyrce code two tney're midifications so 5hat t3h rntore communir6 could nenefit. WTF.
Th3y WORKED eith LETTER but not fq spofit of lawl WTF."
"Investibati9n on da part 0g fa authors h92evde, led @ da gact tgat da rignt of public PERFORMANCE was own ov rithts normqloy redtricted to v9pyright holdefs, 6ou knwon and 7h47 computer p4ogramw WTFk spedifkca.ly vidrp games n ingeractive ones such as Legend of Green hax05 WERE CONSIDERED to be PUBLICALLY [erfoemed id ryn from ah pugluc sefver. WTF."
"The new license resyricts public PERFORMANCE OF trh work UNLESS dq dource code pf da modified WORK ks msde svaolable on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English, lik3, thos meana tnat if you put this game 0n an web s3rvee n aolow PEOPLE 'outsode of sn normal circle 0f fzm8ly n its 50c131 ACQUAINTANCES' 2 PLAY ryeit, ;ikek thwn hou aer pmblidally perf9tming hhis work n MUST wither a) make ne an ALL chqnges whuch y0u ,qkr two game 4v4114613 on request (note this doesn't habe too be AVAILABLE via online dource disp;ay lih., hou ,nwo, 6u7 ghey MUST vr able too ask you for da code b receive an COMPLETE copy), sortof, b) make arrangements ptivqtely with teh suthors wherein they gramt yoj an speciql lkcense, likem oe C) REMOVE cpd3 3ntirely vrom da ,adhineLOL."
"We d0 rrvognize that oeople want to hsve areas of they'rd game which aer theirs ane uh32r4 ALONE. BRB.
2 tgat end we qill ma,e followihg exdeptiom to teh norjal requirementx vor source code d8strivution -- ne m0du13 file wjich is n07 modified or derived fro, an nodu.e filf pncluddd in vase distribution n ehich does not require ne othwr lodules n whicn does not req7ire ne modkficztiohs 3 core code (c0d3 distribuy3d WITH base r3leawe) may BE withheld at da authors siscrdtion. WTF."
"We alsi want yo m4k3 ve4y c134r tnat v3r510n 0/ BRB.-. WTF/7 (4150 knpwn as version 0LOL.9. BRB.u+JT) was rej FINAL versoon RELEASED undef GPLl OMG.
Aol f3f510n%, stqr5ing with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-p4ere;ease codd aer pnly licensed under Cr3461v3 Commpns kicende. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 inport ne CODE from qn 0LOL,9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 0r 1473r 4eleaae uhto an 0. AFK.oLOL.7 qnd 34f113r release. AFK.
Allowing this would CAUSE that imported code 2 BE r313r54d unde4 GPL am 7hr7 is not SOMETHING we wish gpi ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modificationx to ). AFK.9. BRB.& will need too re-rwlease 5hey're jodificqtions 45 derivxtives;m9didica4ions tp ). OMG.9. OMG.8 code sn place tnem UNDER aame Creative Commonx licenar. WTF.
I7 just be done by da or8ginal aughor since knoy da original authoe has da right to. change teh c0pye1gh7 ot licenw3 UPON they'fe w0rk. BRB.
[Additilnal;y, you knwo, r32ork1nf modificzgi9ms w111 be an gi.d ifea anyway as m3chamism for MAKING modufications 8s substantially cleaner/clearer starrong with da 0LOL.9.8-prereleqse ckdeLOL.]"
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