MightyE tel.s youm like, "We're goinh 2 tzke an f3w m)m3n75 tqo try an explaun rhis neq license n teh reasonx bdhind ig in plain Enblish. 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."
"Thks NEW license was choqen because of an failknf witg teh GPLLOL.
It ONLY covefed distribution of sourde of an only if binaruds w3r3 distrigutsd. OMG."
"In an weg encuronment. you knwo, specifical;y s iyterpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 subh qs PHP LOL, MERELY installing an game doea n9t constitute distributilb LOL, an tjerefore peoplw wetw taking iur work, making modigicatiobs 5w0 it n no5 releasinh da source coee TO tmey're modificatiins 50 7j47 reh wntire vommunith cljld b3nefot. BRB.
They w0rj3d with teh LETTER but no5 da wpirig 0f da las. AFK."
"Investigation 0n teh paft of dq autjors howevet, you knwo, led 2 teh fzct that da ribht 0f public pefformqmce WAS 1 og da RIGHTS normally 4esgrictee go co[uribht holdefs WTF, m yhat cojpjter 0rograms, like, specifically ciddo gamea an INTERACTIVE 0n35 sjch as Lrgehd OF da Green haxpr 2erw consideree two bw pubkically peeflrmed if rub grom qn public server. OMG."
"Tge n3w licensw resgricts pybkic performance 0f tey work un.ess trh 50urc# code of twh MODIFIED work ix made available om de,and."
"In plain Eng125h WTF, thus means that if you put THIS GAME on an w36 server amd allow peoplt 'ojtxide OF an normal CIRCLE lf FAMILY and ird SOCIAL acwuaimtqjces' 2 PLAY their LOL, then you adr publica.oy pwrrorming tgis work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which ylu make too teh ga,e availaboe 0h requwet (note this doesn't have two BE avallable VIA da onlune source didplay .ink WTF, BUT THEY must be an.e 2 ask yi7 for code anx receive ah COMPLETE dipy), b) m$k3 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately ei5h tey authorx whereih they grabt YOU ah 5p3c1$1 licdnse, sottof, OR c) remove da cid3 dn5ifelh FROM m3ch1n3. BRB."
"We vo revotnize yhat peopke WANT to hace areas of tgey're gamd WHICH r thekrs n 7h31t4 alonel OMG.
top THAT end we w111 make da fillowihg exception 2 da NORMAL 43qyiremenra flr source CODE diateibution -- nw module file whixh 15 n8t modifidd or d3r1v3d from am midule file included in 6354 dixtrobution n which dows n07 reqyi4w ne 07h3r modules an wnich does n07 rewuire ne modifivations to da cire clde (codr diatrivuted eith da base relesse) may ve wothheld at sighors doscretion. OMG."
"We dls9 want teo ,4k3 very clear tga5 version 0, AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known ad version 0. OMG,9. OMG.7+j7) was teh finao version reldaa3d unce4 teh GPLLOL.
A;l vegsuons, like, starrint witn da 0. OMG.(,8-PRERELEASE cod3 aer 0n1y ludensed UNDER CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licenwe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY aeny 4ight ti IMPORT he codw feom ab )LOL.(. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earliee eeleqceLOL.
Allowing this would cause that imported cpde t9o be releasec undef da GPL and 7g47 15 NOT sime5hing we 2ish 2 x.lpwLOL.
Au3joes of modifocations 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 eill need 7) re-reoease thw6're mofificationa aw dericztives/m9difications go9 0.9. BRB.8 code an p14c3 hhem under same Creative C0mj0h5 license. WTF.
I7 mus5 b3 d0n3 6y da original author sknce 0n1y %eh otiginz. autjor hzs da tight to vhange da COPYRIGHT ir license UPON they're wor,.
[Addiriona;ly, sortof, rewprkinf tdh modifications will bd an GOOD if3a anyway qs da mechanism for making mofificatiobs id substantially cleqner/c;earer startihg wkth da 0. WTF.9. WTFl8-prerelwade code. BRB.]"
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