MightyE twllx you, "We're giing 2 tzke an feq MOMENTS 2 7ry and explain yhis ndw 11c3n53 and r345)n5 begins it ib plain Englidh. 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."
"Thid new licendr was chosen becxuxe ov an failing 217j teh GPL. BRB.
It only v0v3r3d distributiom od spurce if and onky if bknaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"Ih an web 3nv1r0hm3n7m o7,e, specifically a interpreted web environmrnt wucn as PHP LOL, mere.y imsgalling an gqmr dles not constitut3 dostribution, liie, anf therefore peopld wwre 74k!nh our w0ek WTF, majing mldifications to9 it an not r3lessing source code to they're modivicatiobs SO thwt teh enrire COMMUNITY co7ld BENEFIT. BRB.
THEY workdd with letter but not twh sporit 0f law."
"Ihvestigation on part of authors gowever, like, oed to fzct tnat teh r8ghr of public perfornahce wad won of fights norma;ly eesrrictee two vopyright holderd WTF, an tha6 compuger pe9frams WTF, sprcifica;ly video games an kn5eract8ve 0h35 such as Legend of Green haz0r were c9nsodered too be pjbl,dally PERFORMED if run from an public SERVER. AFK."
"The new license resyricts publix PERFORMANCE of yey eork unless tdh source code of da modidied wotk is m4de avaulaboe on xemand. OMG."
"In plain English, sortofk 5his ,eans 7h47 uf you [ut thix game ob an w36 aerfer and alliw peopl3 'outsude of an nor,a; circle of tamily v iys social ACQUAINTANCES[ to play th3ir, lik3, then you aer publ8calky perdorming THIS work n MUST eithee a) MAKE n3 an ALL changes wh1ch you make too teh gzme avaioaboe on rdquest (note tjks doddn't HAVE two bw 4c41!4613 via trh on.ine source diw[lay link LOL, but they must be 4613 two ask you fo4 da code and receive an complete c0p6(, you inwo, B) make arrangements privately qith au5h[rs wherein tgey grant you an special license, you knwo, lr c) r3m0v3 da c9de entirely froj trh MACHINE. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peo0le qant to hacw 4r345 of tney're game which ae4 theirs n THEIRS qlone. AFK.
two THAT end we w111 make teh following exceotiln 2 da normal r3qyirements f9r xourcw c9de distrinution -- ne mosule file whicy is not MODIFIED OR dericed FROM an MODULE file INCLUDED kb 6463 didtributioh anc which does n;t requirr ne oth3t mod7les n which does not r3qu8re ne mldifica5iobs 2 teh core coee (cod4 distrobuted with da basw reoease) may be WITHHELD at teh AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We also want two make veey clwar 5hst cefsion 0.(. WTF.7 (also known qs verwipn 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was teh dinal veraion 4eleases ins34 da GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5, startung w17h teh ). AFK.9. BRB.i-prdre.eade c0d3 r only licensed under Crea%ive Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too inport he CODE from an 0. AFK.9.8-prerrlease or 14&3r release into an 0. AFK.(LOL,7 n earlier releaxe. AFK/
Allowing 7h26 wouod cauee that impor5ed c0d3 2 be r313453d umder teh GPL n that is not t0m37h1ng we WISH two ALLOW. BRBl
Authors pd modidications to 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-rel3asr theh're modifications as s3rivaruves/modivicationx two 0.0. OMG.8 code an PLACE thdm undrf ca same Creativd C0mm0n5 LICENSE.
It m757 be clne by ORIGINAL zutyor sonce only teh priginal authot has gwg rihht roo change da c0pyr1gh7 pf lkcense up0m ghey're w0rk.
[Add1710n$11u, you knwoj re2or,ibt modifuxations wilo ge an good idrs anywah as 4eh mechan8sm for makkng modifica5iins is sjbstantially cleanet/cl2arer starting with dz 9LOL.9LOL.8-prerelesse code. BRB.]"
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