MightyE tells you, hpy knwo, "We'4e going 2 take an few moments two try am EXPLAIN this new licemae an da REASONS behind it in p.ain Eng;ish. 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 was chos3n bwcajse pf an failimg w17h GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE lf n ONLY 1f bonari3s w3e3 distributedLOL."
"In an wen environmejt, liie, speciricallt a interpreted weg envirinment wucn AS PHP, aortof, merely unstalling am gamr does not constoture d8srribution, you knso, an thwrefoee peopl3 were takong our WORK, lije, ma,ing midificqtiobw ro it and hot r323451ng teh 50urc3 cofe two they;re modudicatu9ns so thay enrire communitu could benerit. OMG.
They w9rk3d with teh lett4r but NOT spirit og teh lsw. AFK."
"Investofation on teh part of da authors howevwr LOL, led two fact 8h47 tight of [y611c 0erforjanxe was oen uf teh 4ights normally RESTRICTED too coptright holdersm sortof, anf THAT c0mpu73r prohrams, doecifically video GAMES n ingeractiv3 obes sjdy as Legebd of da Grr3n yax0r edre considerwd to be pybl8czllt perfoemed IF rjn from an punlic 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new licenwe restricts public performance OF work unldss tey sourxe code of teh mod8fied work is made available on ddmand. WTF."
"In plain Eng2!5g, xoetof, this means thar IF uoi pi7 this GAME on an web aerver n allow p30p13 '0u751d3 os an normal cirvle of fz,ily an its social ac1uaintances' 2 play theif, you knwo, them you aer publicallh PERFORMING &h15 work n MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL CHANGES whidh y0u maje too da famw available on request (not3 rhis eorsn'r have to 63 availablr via da on;ine sourcw displqy 11nk WTF, buh tydy MUST be able TO asi yli foe teh cofe abd teceive an clmplete copy0m tou knwo, b) m4j3 arrantehents privatelu wiyh teh authors wh3r31n 5gey hrzmt you an special 11c3n53, you jnwo, or x) REMOVE twy coee ENTIRELY FROM machine. WTF."
"We do recognize 7h4& people w4nu goo HAVE ardaa of rgey're gqme wnidh r thwirs and 7h#1r5 410n3. OMG.
5oo that 3nd we wil; MAKE da following exdeption 70 teh norma; rtquieenents for soufce CODE diatribition -- nd mpdule file wtich is not MODIFIED or derived from an module fior imxluded in teh base distribytion n which does nit require me other mldules , 2hqch does not require nf MODIFICATIONS 1 core xode (vode distributed with bade t2!3$53) may be wurhheld a5 dz aithora discretionLOL."
"We ALSO want t2o make very vlear thzt version 9. WTF.9. OMG.7 (a.so kn-wn as versiob 0. WTF.9.6+ut) was teh f8nao v3rsiln rwlraard ynder da GPL.
All versoons, sort9f, startong qith p. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code zer ONLY licenwed under da Creative COMMONS licebsd, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY tifht to import ne code fron an 9.9. AFK.8-prwrelease or LATER releade into an 0. OMGl9LOL.7 an earloee eeleaseLOLl
ALLOWING thid wouod cause that im[orted cofe to be r2.eawed undef da GPL n that IS nor something we 2osh too a;lowLOL.
Authors of modifkcsyions 2 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 will beed 2 re-release theh're m0d1f1c5710nt 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 cide 4nd pldce them under teh same Creative Commons 11x3nt3. BRB.
It MUST be dobe by da original author sincr only teh 0r1g1n41 suthir HAS teh right 2 vhanhe ds COPYRIGHT or locense 7[0n thet'4e workLOL.
[Additionallym you knwo, rrworkimg modifications w111 be an good ides 4nyw4y as da MECHANISM f0r MAKING modifocations is s7bstantially cleabef/clearer star5ing wiyn teh 0. WTFl9LOL.8[prerelease c0f3l AFK.]"
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