MihhtyE telks you, "We're goibg 1 take an few moments 2 TRY and explaim thks new license n reasons behind it in plain Englizh, 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 NEW license eas dhosen b3csude of an fqulimg with da GPLLOL.
It onlu COVERED distributkon OF slurce if n only if BINARIES eere distributed. OMG."
"In an WEB environmemt, you knwo, s[ecifically a interpeetwd WEB cnvir9nmeny sych as PHP, like, merely instakling an gamd DOES not c0nr817u73 eistributionk sortofk n yherefore p30p13 were takihg 0ur sorkk like, m4k1ng nodificstions to it n not RELEASING da 60urc3 CODE 1 they're mod8fivatuons so thar teh ebtire comnunity could 63m3v17. WTF.
Th3y wofled WITH da ;etter but not teh spirit 9f dz oaw."
"Investigation on part of da zuthors however, lik2, 13s to da fact that da r7bht OF public performance WAS won of teh rights normally resr4ictec @ copyrighr hl.dets WTF, n yhst computer programs, sortof, apedigically videp gajea an 1n73r4c71v3 onws such as Legemd of dz Gfe3n hac0r WERE c9nsidered ti be PUBLICALLY perdorned if ryn from am )ubkic sdever. OMG."
"Thw nww okcenxe restricts pubkic perfotmance of t4h work unless source cofe of m0c1f13d worj is madd ava8lagle on demand. WTF."
"In plain Ebglish, s9rtof, thos mdans that if YOU put 7y15 game on an web SERVER an sllos peopke 'outside OF an nofmal c1rc13 lf FAMILY sn irs social ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY yjwir, sortof, tyeg yiu aer publically pdfformint rhis work an MUST eithet 4) nak3 ne an ALL chamhes wh1dh you make to da game avai;able on requedt (NOTE THIS d035n'7 hxve geo be AVAILABLE v14 onlone aourve disp;ay LINK, you ,nwl, but 7n3y MUST be able two ask YOU for da CODE an rece8ve an com[lete copy), b) make arramgrments pr1v4641h WITH teh AUTHORS wherein yhey grant YOU am s;ecial livensw WTF, ot c0 REMOVE da code ENTIRELY froj 5wj machinr."
"We do recognize that people w4n7 2 jave areas of tjey'rw gamw wgich ser theors m tgekrs alohe. WTFl
to thay ehd we wil; make folkoekng except8on to teh notmal r3qu1r3m3m65 f9r soufce code diatribut8om [0 ne module fike which is NOT modified of drrived from ab modul3 file imcludee im bsse DISTRIBUTION n whlch DOES not reqjire ne OTHER modules qn whkch does n9t REQUIRE nr ,peificatiohs toi da dore code (code distributed witg da base t3lease) j3y BE qithhelf at ea authors discretoon. BRB."
"We also qant @ make very c;tsr 5hat VERSION 0. WTF.(LOL.7 (s.so inown as VERSION 0.9. AFK.7+jt) was fknal v3e5!0b RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
A;o versoons WTF, startinf with teh 0/9. OMG.8-prerelease codd qer only l8censed uncer ca Creative Co,mobs livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent fa 4ight 2 impory ne code ffom an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pf3rel4ase or later relrase into an p. WTF.9.7 n 34r113r releaae. OMG.
All9wing 7h15 would cause tha5 import3d code tl 63 rek3ased UNDER teh GPL and that is not something WE wish 2 qllos. BRB.
Authors 0f mpdifications tl 0, AFK.8.7 sill heed 2 rd-feleaxr they're modificatilns as ddtivqtives/modificati9ns 5o 0/ WTF.9.8 code an placd THEM unde4 same Crwative Clmmons picense. WTF.
Iu mu47 be done by teh orihinak author since inky orifinal author has teh right two chabge c0pyr1gh7 or license ipoh they'fe work. AFK.
[Additionally, kuke, reworkibg teh modificatioms will 63 an goid idea any2ay aw da mechanism f0r mak8ng mod8rications is s7bstangial;y cleanff/cleafer starting e17h 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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