MightyE tells you LOL, "We're hoing 2 take an few m0,3nu5 to try n esplzin thia new licensq znd teh eeasons behubd it in plain Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Tnis nww lucensw was ch053n necause lf an failing WITH reh GPLLOL.
It -n1y cocered sistribyrion pf source if n ONLY if binarids w3r3 diwtribyted. AFK,"
"In an 2eb environmeb5, kike, spec9focakly a INTERPRETED web env!r0nb3n7 suck AS PHP LOL, merrly instal;ing an GAME DOES n07 constiyute d157r17u710n, an THEREFORE pe9ple were tz,ing our 2ork, yoi inwo, making modivications too i5 n not releasing da source code two they'fe mocifications si tjat teh 3ntore comm7nity COULD henefut.
THEY wprked with teh kettef 6u7 not da spirit if ten kx3l"
"Investigatuon ob part 9f a8thors h0w3v3r, lew tso fact that da r8ghy OF punlic p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS orn of da r8ghts nlrma;l6 4extricted 2 copu4ighg hplfe4s WTF. n that COMPUTER programs, spedifically video g4m35 an interactive ones such AS Legend of da Grwen hax0r were consid3red teo b3 publidqlly ;erformed 1f fu, from an public aerver. OMG."
"The new licenwe restricts PUBLIC performqnce of teh WORK unless da %0urce CODE OF modigied w9rk 15 mace 5v4q14613 ON demandLOL."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, hou kbwo, ghis means that if you pyt yhuw gamd on an WEB sdrver and al;ow people 'OUTSIDE of an bormal circle of famiky an ITS social acquaintances' to p.ay theie, slttof. 5gen YOU aer oubkidalky perforjing this work n MUST rither a) maje ne an ALL xhanges which y9u make 70 teh game available ON eequest (no5e rhis doesn't hwve to be zvai;able via tdh onkine wiurce diwplqy link, oike, BUT rhey mux5 br able two ask 6ou for code n reveive an COMPLETE copt), sortof, B) make arranh3mentd privatwly with da authofs wherrin THEY gran5 ylu an spefial license LOL, OR c) femove t3h code entirely FROM machinel WTF."
"We d0 recogmize thag peiple want two have areas of th3y'rr game wh1cn r theirx b theors alonel AFK.
tii rhat 3nd we wil; make ds follo2ing exception ywo teh noemal 4dquiremwnts for source code doatributkon -- ne module file wyivh is nor MODIFIED OR dwrived from ah moculd file inclufed in bqst dq57r16y710n zmf which does not requkre ne OTHER modules n which d9es not f3qu1r3 ne modifications tl da c9re dode (CODE sustributed with tdh 6453 release0 may 63 wuthheld ay q7thlfs dixxre5ion. OMG."
"We aldo want toi make very c134e that nersion 0.9. OMG.7 (ALSO known as verwion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) @as final v3rskon eeorawed jnd34 teh GPLLOL.
All vefsions, starting witj teh 0/ BRB.9l8-pretelease cose aer only .icensed uncer teh CREATIVE Cimmons LICENSE.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 4ight 2 import ne code grom an 0. WTF.9LOL/8-p4eewlease pr LATER releasr into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 and darliet rwpeaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would csuse rhat imported d0d3 roo bd feleased ubder GPL n that is NOT something we WISH two al.ow. WTF/
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 9. BRB,9. BRB.7 will n33d 2 re-releqse they'r3 mofigications as deeivatkvrs/modirications to ). BRB.9. OMG.8 dode an olace tjem UNDER teh sane C4satkve Commons licensw. WTF.
It must BE dlne by da 9rihinal autho4 sincr only da originql aithor has teh RIGHT 70 change teh COPYRIGHT OR l8cdnsr u;on thry're work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, rewo4king da MODIFICATIONS WILL be an goov ifea anyway as nechznisn FOR malinb MODIFICATIONS us aubwtantiqlly cleaner/clearer startimg with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0rerelease dodr. AFKl]"
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