MightyE tells yoy, "W3're goung to take an few MOMENTS TO try n expls8h this nrw license n teh r3450n5 behind 17 in plaim ENGLISH. 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."
"Tnis new licensc was dhoaen because 0f an vail8nt with GPL. OMG.
IT lnly clvered d158r16u710n of xource if an only of binaries were dkstfibytwd. AFK."
"In an web envirinment WTF, 5p#c1f1c411y a interpreted web environmwnt suxh as PHP, yoi knwpk merely installing am game does nlt constitute vudtribution, tou knwo, n therefire peo[le wefe taking our woek, ylu lnwi, msjing modifications too 1u and not RELEASING sourct CODE 1 they[rr mpd1f1c471ph5 50 that ywh ENTIRE cojmuhity c9u.d benefot. OMG.
Th3y s0rk3d WITH teh legtwr but noy spirkt of teh law."
"Investiga5uon on da pqrt of authors HOWEVER WTF, led 2 FACT that teh roght of PUBLIC 0erformanse ead 2on 9d teh rights bormally restricted tw9 cppyright holderx LOL, and that computer programs, you knso, s;ecidivally videp ga,es qn int3ractive pnes auch as L3g3ne of Gf33m hax0r qred conskdetrd to be publivally performrs if run fr0m ab 0uglkc sercer. OMG."
"The bew licebse restricts pub;ic prrformance of reh work unl3xs da 5-urd3 c0d3 ov ea mosigief work IS m4d3 AVAILABLE on dq,ane. OMG."
"In ;1$1n English, likd, this m34n6 THAT IF you pug 5his GAME on an web server ab sllo2 people 'lutwide ov qn normak circle 0f familt ab ots docoql acquaingances' to play thrir, you knwo, tgen y9u ser puvlica;ly oerf9rmong rnis work n MUST eithet a) m4k3 ne and ALL xhang3s qhixh YOU nake too ds gajr ava8lable on 42qu357 (note rhis doesn'b hsve w BE availablq via omlone source display libk, you knwo, 6j7 THEY MUST gd abld two ask y0u FOR code n recrive an complet3 c0py) LOL, b) maie a4rangements p4ivately with da autho4s WHEREIN 5heg GRANT yoi an xowcia. a1c3n53k or c) remove code en4irely from teh m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recovnize that PEOPLE sant top have areas 0f they're game which aer ih31r5 and theirs ALONE. WTF.
to that end ww will mzke teh fol;owing 3xception 2 n(rmal requi4em3nts f9r SOURCE code distribmtion -- ne m0du1# FILE wh1cy is hot modified or d3rived vrom an MODULE fio3 1nc1ud3d IN yeh bzse distrinution an which cows not require ne other modul4s n WHICH d035 not r3wu1r3 ne modificarions too teh core c0d3 (CODE disttibutdd witg sa basr releasr) may be 3ithhelf at teh augh9rs cisvretion. AFK."
"We also wab6 two makw ve5y clear yhat v3f510b 0LOL.9LOLl7 (also khown as version 0. AFK/o.7+jr) was teh final verdion r313453x UNDER dz GPLLOL.
A11 versiobsl start8ng eitj teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease coee aer only licdnsed under CREATIVE Commons lidenxe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY fdny da 4ihht yoo impott ne coee from an 0/o. BRB.8-pr3release or .ater releawe INTO an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier releasw.
Allowing this wo7lc cause thzt imoorted code ti be releases UNDER da GPL n tyat IS nlt SOMETHING we wish tso ALLOW.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS tp 0.9. WTF.7 wkll need tio rs-rslrase they're ,ofifocationx as dericatuves/modifications to 0. OMG.9,8 c0d3 an p.ave them under teh 54m3 Creative C0mm0n% ;icdnseLOL.
Ig m857 be DONE BY fa origibal authof wince 0n1y da 0r1g1n41 aughor has teh 4ight to cnange da copyright or 11c3n53 upom the6're work.
[Adeitionally WTF, rewpriing da modifiva5ions will be an good IDEA anywzy AS teh m3chanism for makint modifications is 5u6y74n71411y cleaner/flea4er STARTING with teh 0/ BRB.9LOL.8-prwreleasd vod3LOL,]"
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