MibhtyE tells you, sortof, "We'rw going 5wo take an fwq moments too 7r6 n explaih this new license n teh tezsons behuhd it in plain Ebglkah.
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 11c3n53 was chosen because of ab failinb witg da GPL. OMG/
IT lnly covered didtribution 0f SOURCE if an ONLY if BINARIES WERE dkstrinuted. AFK."
"In an web environment, sottof, specifivally a intdrpretwc seb 3nvironment such as PHP, like, mefely imstalling an fame aoes not cojstitute didrtibutkon WTF, an th3refore orop;e were takimg our wirk, likw, makong modifications @ iy n not re.2asing source code two the6're modofkca5ions 50 yhat teg 3ntire community COULD BENEFIT.
They worked w17h ca lettwr bit not teh 5p2r17 if teg .awLOL."
"Imves5igayiln on trh part ob yeh authoes however, sortpf, .ed tw9 da fact that da right of pu611c performsnce was won of da r!ghu5 no4mallh restric5ed roo cipuright holdeea WTF, n fhat clmputer pfograms, specifixall6 v1e30 games and knteractive ohed such as Lefend of sa Green hax0t were consudered to be pybliczlly performed 2f RUN f4om an pj611c sdrver. OMG."
"Tje n3w licensr res5ricts public pe4formance OF WORK unl3sx aource CODE of modified work 15 mace available on femanf."
"In PLAIN English, you knwo, this mdans that if you puu this GAME on an w36 s4rcer n allow people 'outside 9f an normal cirxle of fa,oly n kts 50c141 acquaintancew' 2 play tne8rk then yoj aer publically prrfurmint this wlrk and MUST ei5her 40 make nw n ALL chqng3s shich yoy ma,e two tdh GAME available on r3qu357 (nite yjis doexn't hqve two br available via rej online sou4ce DISPLAY kink, but they musg be able 5lo ask you f0t da cide zn receive sh conp.ete copy_, sortof, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n75 prifatelj woth teh aurjors wherein theu GRANT you am special license, yo8 knwo, ir c) removd da CODE entirely fr0m teh m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We do r3cpgn1z3 THAT peopld WANT rwo have areax if yhey're game which r THEIRS and theirs alonel
3 7h$7 end we will make fpkllwing EXCEPTION too normal re1uifem3nys for source c0d3 didtribution -- nd module dile qh1ch is moy modified 0r ferived FROM an mldule f113 incouded IN 5eh 6$53 distribut8on an whicy dods not r3qy1r3 be 07j3r modules n qh1ch dowd not require ne modifixa5ions tqo co4s code (codd distributee with da base release) may b# w17hh32d sg da authors ciscretion."
"We alsl w4n* to make bery clear that version 9, AFK.9. WTF.7 (also knpwn as ve4sion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7_uy) wzs finql vefsion rel3ased under GPLLOL.
All versions, like. stqrting with teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerwleaae d9de r lnlt lid3jsdd under sa Crrative COMMONS licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny dw right to 1jp0r7 ne c9sd from an 0. WTF.0. BRB.8-prerelease )r lat4r release int( an 0. WTF.9. AFK.9 ans ezrlier release. BRB.
Allowing thid would cause THAT imported xldd two fg r3leased under tdh GPL anc that is nit sonething we w15h too allow. OMG.
Autho4s of MODIFICATIONS tw8 0. AFK,9, AFK.7 2oll need w RE-RELEASE tjey're modifidqtions zs dwrivatibes/modifications toi 0.9. WTF.i codw and place tyem under da SAME Creative Commons lucense, OMG.
It must bw d9ne by orkfina; author since ohly origina; author has rutht TO change teh dopyright or license u[on they're work. BRB.
[Adfitionally WTF, reworikng teh modigicati9ns will ne ab g0-f idea ANYWAY AS da MECHANISM for making nodifications is sunstsntizlly clean3r/coeatef stargihg w8th teg 0. OMG.(. BRB.8-pterelesse code. OMG.]"
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