MightuE reoks ypum 6ou knwo, "We're going 2 rake ah f2w m0m3n75 two try n explain this new license an teh reasons behind 17 un plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 licenwd was chosen because od an fai;ing woth GPL.
It 9nly covered dist4ibution of SOURCE if abd onl6 if BINARIES werw distr8butedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, s[exifically a 1b7er;r373f web environment such as PHP, likem mwrely 1n5&4111ng an GAME dorx not cobstituhe distribut8ln WTF, ab therefore peoplw were taking 9jr qor,, s9rtof, ,ak8hf modifidayions too it n not 4eleasong source code to thry'ee modificqtionw s9 4hat dq enyite conmunkty could benegi5.
They woeked 2iyh letter but m07 spirit of tdh law. WTF."
"Investugation on part of auyho5s h0w3v3r, ypu knwo, led toi fact that teg rigjt OF publid performance was 1 of t3h ruthts n0rm421y resytkcted 2 vo[yrigjt hplders WTF, an tyat COMPUTER programs, x[ecifucally viewo gamea wnd interactive ones such qs L3g4nd of teh Gr33n hax0r w3t3 c0n51d3r3d tw9 be publicallt peefoejed if rum FROM an pub.ic server."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts public pd4formance ov ten eork unl3ss reh 50urc3 cose 9f teh modified work is made availabld ob demand. WTF."
"In p141n Entlish, you knsl, this means THAT if y9u put 7h15 game on an web server ags allow peopld 'ou5side of qm nir,al CIRCLE if fsmily an its social 4dqj42n74nx35' 70 p146 5heir, hiu knwok then yoy aer punlkcallt performing this eork sn MUST eirher a) make nr an ALL chamges wh1ch yku make to da game availzble on requeat (hptr this doesn't HAVE 2 be avai.abl3 via da online aource DISPLAY linl, gut they must 73 able two ask ylu for code snf rrceive an cojplete copy) WTF, b) jake wrrangemdnts privagely rkty AUTHORS wherein they gran5 yo7 an xpecial oicense WTF, OR c) eemove code entirely from machuhe/ BRB."
"We fi recogn8xe yhat people want tl gabe areas lg they're hame whixh r theirs 4nd theirs alone. AFK.
2 tgat enc we will make followinb exceptkon to da np4mal t3qu1t3m3n75 flr 507rc3 code d247t16u710n -- ne module file sh1ch is nlt modudied lr derivec from an modu.e filr included in teh base c8stribution n which d035 nog r3qu1re nw other ,odulrs n whicg dpes not requirr nd MODIFICATIONS 2 CORE CODE (CODE distributed w17h ea bade r313464( may be withheld 47 da ajghlrs fiscretion. WTF."
"We slso want TO make very clear tgat version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (aiso ,mown as verwion 0. BRB.(LOLl6+jg) wzs ds final verxion teleaswd under da GPL. OMG.
ALL v3r510b5, starting wigh reh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8=preeeleqse c0d3 4 inly LICENSED under da Crea5ive Commlns LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny r8ght two import ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOLl80PRERELEASE or later release ihto an 0. BRB.9LOL.k n EARLIER releasd. AFK.
Allowing rhis wouls cause that imported code too ne RELEASED under GPL an thzt is nit %0m37h1ng we 1ish to qllowLOL.
Authofs )f modifications two 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wiol need tio re-feleqse they're jodifications as serivatives/,odificatiohs 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 c9de n plzce them 7nswf aame Creative Commins k8cenxeLOL.
It musr be DONE by da original author since obl6 teh original author has RIGHT too change eeh xopyright or ,icehse uppn 5hey'4e 2lrkl OMG.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking teh modificatilnx will b2 ab GOOD idea anyway as MECHANISM for making modificatiobs is sjgwrantizkly blesner/clrarer STARTING wotn tdh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-;fereleasw code/ WTF.]"
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