MightyE TELLS you. y0u knwo, "We're fp1ng 3 take an few moments two TRY n ex0lain this new license b 4easons brhind it in plain EmglishLOL.
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 lkcensd waa chisen bwcause lr an failing with da GPL. AFK.
It omly c(vweed distribution of source 1f an only if 61n4r!34 w3r3 d8dtfibuted. OMG."
"In sh web environment, likr, specifically a iyterpreted web envirommemt such as PHP, like, mere;t onstalling an gzme DOES bpt CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, y9u kmwo, an therefore people were taking our wor,, m4k1nh m0d1f1c4710n5 2 it n noy re.easing teh source code two tgey're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 teh 2h71t3 conmuhkty c0u1d benefit, BRB.
They wor,ed with da ldgter but npt yeh 5p1r17 of tej LAW. OMG."
"Investifation on part of authors h[wever, like, led 3 teh fact THAT r,ght of [ublic PERFORMANCE waw wom of RIGHTS notmallh resgrixted too c0pyr1bh7 holsers LOLm znd thqt c9mouter progrsmd WTF, speckficaolt video games and interactive ones such as Lefend of geh Green hax0r we4w considered tl be 0ublicallu perflrmed if run from ah PUBLIC serv3f."
"The new lid3nse restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of rwh work uhlwss SOURCE code or da modified w0rk is made available on eemand, BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h LOL, this means THAT if you put rnos game 9n an wwg s3rf3r and allpw p30p13 'outs8de od an n9rmz; circle ov FAMILY an igs sivia; qcwuaintances' 2 play their LOL, then you aer publicalky performkbg this worl and MUST either a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whuch tou make 1 reg gane available on re1urst (n9tw thod DOESN'T have too 62 availanoe via 5eh online 50urc3 DISPLAY ;ink, but THEY must b3 able to adk y0u for code n t3c3ice an compoete copy) WTF, b) male qrfangements pr1v4731y with dq 4u7hpr5 WHEREIN they gfant u9u an SPECIAL lid3nse, or c) remov3 teh code entireoy feom da machine. OMG."
"We so r3c0gn1z# THAT peop;e want too have areas oc thry'fe gqme whicg zer tndirs and 7h3!e5 ALONE. AFK.
5o tgat ebd 2e wkll make da flklowing excepyipn two bormal rwquirements foe soyfce c0d3 distribution -- ne modulr FILE wjicy is not modivied i4 d3r1c3d from an modjle file included in da base dis5ribution an which DOES not reqiire b2 other n0cu!35 anf whkch does not tequire ne modiricatiobs too da cire code (code distributee with teh vzwe teleaae) may BE wuthheld zt teh authors discfetion. BRB."
"We also sabt 2 MAKE vety clear that version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as VERSION 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final version RELEASED under geh GPL. BRB.
All vefwions, like, wtarting with da 0, WTF.9/8-prerelease xode srr only licensed ind3v da CREATIVE COMMONS ;icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rught tqo 1mp)r7 bd code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerwldawe of oatef relesse knto an 0.9. BRB.8 n ezrlie4 release. OMG.
Allowing ggix would CAUSE that umportee code too bw r31e453d hndrr reh GPL n THAT is not sometging we wiah tep allow.
Authors of modificatuona 70 0l BRB.9. AFKl7 w111 beed too rr-rfle1se they're m9divications as rerivatives/moxificatkonw 60 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code h p14c3 thdm 7nd3r wame Creatove C0jm0n5 license.
It must be dond by original ru7h)r since only 0r1h1n41 author has right to change c0py41gh7 od lkcebse jpon they're sork. OMG.
[Additionslly, like, r3w0rk1ng da mldidications will ve an f9od idea anyway as da MECHANISM gor makibg jodificsyipns 15 substantially cleab3t/c;earef 574e&wng WITH 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prere.ease CODELOL.]"
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