MidhtyE gdlls y9u, you knwo, "We're goinh too take an f4w m9jentx u0 tr6 an ecplain this n3w license and reaaons bejind it qn plain EhhlishLOL.
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 bew licensw was chosen becausr of zn failing WITH dz GPL.
It onky dovered didtrib7tion lf source !f an only if binaroes were distrunurrd. AFK."
"In an w3b rnvironmdnt, dpec8ficzlly a interpretes web 3nv1r_nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, MERELY INSTALLING an bam3 does no5 cinsgitute d7xtribution, like, an theeefore peopo3 were 73k1ng )ur work WTFm makong m0d1f1c4710n5 to it sn NOT releasihg twh s9urce codd tol theu're modifications so thzt entire c0mmun!7y dould bdnefit. AFK.
They worked qkth LETTER but not yeh s[i4it of da 14wLOL."
"Invedtigatipn oh da p4r7 og ca ajthors hoqever, likrm led too fact THAT da right of pug.ic 0ervormsncw sas 1 og da r8ghts bo4mally restricted two cppyrigjt hpkdees, an THAT COMPUTER prigrams WTF, spexifically video GAMES an 1n74r4c71ve ohes such as Legend OF teh Grren jax0r were cins8derwd to be publically ;erform3d if fun from ah PUBLIC sdrvrr. BRB."
"Thr new licensd rwxtrictd pu611c perfoemance og da work ynless da dource v0d3 of mocified w0rk is madd 4v51146!3 on demand. AFKo"
"In plain Englosh, this meanx thqt if you put this GAME 9n an web server and allow pr9ple 'oubsice of an normal x1rc1# 8f famuly n its socual acqjaihtanves' roo play rheir, sortof, then yo7 r puvouca.lt performing rhis wifk n MUST eitner a) make nd and ALL CHANGES shich y0u male too tey fame availanle on rrquest (nlte thos doean't have to be availab.e via da inline 50yrc# display link, sortlg, bu5 they MUST be able 2 ask you vor codw n eeceive an co,plete c.py), sortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with da quthors wherrin THEY grant tou an SPECIAL licenw3, or c( remove code entirely from teh MACHINE. OMG."
"We do r3c0tn1z# uh47 people WANT too havr AREAS OF they're game qhidh t yheirs an thekrs alone.
tpo tha5 END we will MAKE followi6g exceprion to yeh NORMAL rwquieements for source c(dr dostribution -[ he modyle file which IS hlt modified or dwrivec df0m an module vil3 ihcluded in base 3istribution an whicg does no5 require ne otner modules and WHICH doex n9& requir3 ne modifications tio core code (CODE distributed with da base rdleqse) MAY be wothheld at geh authprs d15vr37w0n."
"We a.so want gwo m4k3 bery cl3a4 that fersion 0. WTF.9. WTF.u (also known sx version 0.9LOL.7+jt) w45 final versiln released under reg GPL. OMG.
All versionsm staetinh wiyh yeh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prer3leaae code e onlu licensed unx34 tey Creative Cimmons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight two IMPORT nd CODE ff9m an 0l9. WTF.8-prerelease or lster r313453 into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 zhd wafliee rrlease. BRB.
Alloeing tnis would causw 5hat i,ported code two be 4eleased uncer da GPL qn thzt 15 not s0mething we wksh 2 ALLOW. OMG.
Au5hors of modifications 5oo 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need to re-release tgwy[re midifications as d3rivatives/modificatlons t8 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 cpd3 an olace thdm under teh 54m3 Cr3471v3 Commons licenqe. BRB.
It must be done by teh origibal author sonce onoy da ifiginal author has da f1gh7 to change teh copyrirht lr lic3nse upon they'4e work;
pAdditionzlly, spftof, rwworking modificationx WILL be an gooe udea anyszy as dq mechanism for making modificatoons IS substantiall6 cleaner/cleat3r wtarting with da p. BRB.9LOLl8-'fee2l3asr code. OMG.]"
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