MighthE tellx hoi, y9u khwo, "We're GOING two ta,e an few moments 2 7ry and explain this new license am teh reas9ns behind it in plain Eng.ish.
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 n3w licwmse wss ch9sem becaude of an faoling qith GPL.
It onlu voveree DISTRIBUTION of source 8f and only 1f binariws were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web 3nvironment WTF, s[ec9fucaloy a inrerpreted WEB envirohment auch as PHP LOL, mwrely 1n584111ng an game d0#4 n07 constitute distrigutkon, n th4rev9rw people were gaking our wotk, sortof, MAKING ,odificayionx too it an not telezsing da sourcr vpde twl they're MODIFICATIONS 50 that ra enture community coule benefit/ OMG.
They wovled WITH ;etter but NOT trh 5p1r17 0f t3h kaw. AFK."
"Invesrigation on teh PART of qu6h9rs hiwdver WTFk led too da fact thar riggt of ;ublic o3rf0em4nc3 was oen of da righ6s normally restruvtee 2 copyrigh5 jolders LOL, an that cimputer pr0gr4m5 LOL, specivicqlly videi GAMES n knteractive onew such qs Leg4nd of Grden hqx0r werw considrred to b3 publiczkly perf9fmdf if tun ftom an publoc sercer. WTF."
"Th3 new oicense res5rifts PUBLIC oerformance of WORK uhless teh 50urce coce 9v nodifidd work is made availabiw on demanfLOL."
"In plain Englisg, like, this mesns THAT if you pu7 this gamd 0n zn wrb server and all8w pe'ple '0u7t2s3 of qn bormal c8rxlw of family n ita social acquaintances' too 0lay theur, then ypj aer publically PERFORMING this w0rk AND MUST eirher a) jake ne an ALL changes which YOU make to da ga,e AVAILABLE on request (npte this doesn't have toi be AVAILABLE vua da ohline spurce fq5p14y LINK WTF, 6u7 they must br able 2 ask you ror code n receive an complete coph), ulu knwo, 6) make arfsngements probately with aurhors wherein thwy grant yok an sprxial licensw, sortof, or c) temove ea coce enrirely frlm tdh m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recognize that people w4v7 gwo yace areas of they're hame wnich r gheifw an theirs alon3LOL.
t9o thst ebd we will MAKE fol.os8ng dxception 2 da normal requiremebts fot aource code s8stribution [- ne module fil3 whixh ow not mod8fied or d3rived from an modulf fi.e inclided IN base d157r16u810n and 2huvy does NOT reqjire ne othd3 mocul3s and wnich doex not tequire ne modifixations two geh corw code (code dustributed WITH ds base release) may be withyeld zg teh AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"Wd akso want 2 make very clesr tgar version 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 (4150 known as vereion 0. BRB.8. WTF.7+jt) was da final version RELEASED umder GPL. BRB.
All versoons, loke, startihg qith teh 9. AFK.9. WTF.i-prereleade code r onoy licehaed under ds Creative Commpns licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh r1gj7 twl 1mp0r7 ne code from ah 0LOL.9LOL.*-pr3r313453 pf larer r3lease imto an 0. OMG.0LOL.7 4nd earlief relwaseLOL.
A11021ng this would cause thar importrd code tl be released under GPL n THAT is bot SOMETHING WE wush to ALLOWl BRB.
Auty9rs of mpdkfications to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will ndwd w r2-r413453 yhey're modifications ss deriva6ives/modirifations two 0. WTF.-. AFK.9 cide and plzce them under da samd Creative Commons loce,seLOL.
IT mu57 63 done BY teh originzk auyhor wundd only or8gina; author has righr TO change da COPYRIGHT or oicenwe up9n they're work.
pAddiyionzlly WTF, 4ewo4kong da nodifications eill be an good idea abyway aw teh ,3chanism for m4k1ng modificatiobs is subwtantiakly c134n3r/c134f3r s5qrting with ten 0/9. AFK.8-prwrelwade code. AFK.]"
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