MightyE te.ls ylu, sortof, "We're goihg 2 takw an r3w momebrs ti try an 3xplain this n3w license sn da REASONS 63n1nd it in plain English. BRB.
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."
"Thia NEW license was chowen necause of ah fai;ong wuth teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered dostriburion og sourcq if snd on;y if 61n4r145 were dis5ribjted. AFK."
"In an WEB envir9nment, sirt9f, specidically a inteepreted WEB environmemt such as PHP LOL, merelt ins5allint an game do3s NOT donstituye d147r16u710n, ab therefore peopoe w3r3 gakinh our eorj, likw, making m9sifications to i5 abd not releaaihf aource code two tjey'ee modificatuons xo 5gat da ENTIRE commubity could benef8t.
They w0rj3d w17h da LETTER but not da spirit of sq law. OMG."
"Ihv3stigation on teh part of dq sithors hosevdr, y97 kbwo, led too vaxt that right of public pwrformance w45 oen of RIGHTS np4mally restrkct3c to cop6right holderam ;ike, n 5hat computer pfograms LOLl specifida[;y v!d3p games ah in5erqcgive ines 5uch as Lwgwnd ov teh Green hax0r WERE conskdered to be publicaoly perrormrd if rum from am PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts [un.ic PERFORMANCE of sa WORK inlewa teh s9urce cpse 0f modified work 15 made available 0n demand. WTF."
"In plain Engoish, 7h15 meqnx that if YOU put this ga,e on an web server an allo2 people 'outaide of an NORMAL circle of family qn3 its social avquaintahces' to9 pq5y tneif, like, then you r puboically petgo4ming this work n MUST eithet A) mak3 hw an ALL dhanges wjich you majr tlo dz game available on request *note tyis dlesb't have too be available bia teh ohlind s9urce disp.ay link LOL, but they mudt be ablw too ask you vor code n receive an conplet3 co;y) LOL, b) makr areangements ptovateky with tey authorw 2her4ih they grsnt you qn specuq; !!c3n63, sortof, or c_ renpve dq v0d4 3n7qr31t from teh ,rcm1n3. OMG."
"We do rscognkze tyat peo0le sant to HAVE areas of tjry're GAME which r rheirs b yheirs aloneLOL.
to yhat end we will make fo;lowung dxception 2 teh normao tequirements fpr 50uec3 codd d8stribution -- ne m9dule file WHICH is not modified o4 derkved frlm an mod7ke fild inxludef in sa basd distribution n wy8ch d9es npt r3qu1r3 ne lyhwr m8du135 ab which does NOT rewuire ne modivications two vore cpde (xode d157f16u63d with teh base RELEASE) may be withheld AT autyors discretion. AFK."
"We also want two m5k3 very clear that vwrsipn 0. OMG.9. WTFk7 (ALSO knosn as versiob 0. WTF.8.7+ht) was teh final verskon releqses unee4 da GPL. AFK.
All bersions, hou knwo, 664r71ng 2itn 0.9. WTF.8[PRERELEASE code e lnku licensed under Creativd Com,ons 11c3nt3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY een6 da RIGHT tw9 impoft ne c0d3 from an 0. BRB,(. BRB.i-pr3r213352 o$ later re.rase INTO ah 0. WTF.9.7 b 24r113r eelease. BRB.
Aloowint thid w0u1d dauwe tgat im0ortre coee 2 be 4eleased under da GPL n THAT iw n0& somethibg we WISH 59o allow.
A7thors of jodigicatilns to 0LOLl9.7 will need 5o re-releqse thsy'5e modificqtions as defivatoves/modigications 2 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8 code and plqce tgem under da same Creativw Ci,mins lkcense. OMG.
It mjst BE done by teh o4iginal author 51nc3 only da otoginal author has teh right 2 change da copyright or okcense jpln they'fe wprll WTF.
[Additionally, sortpf, rewprking da m0d1f1c4710n5 wkol be am gpod psea anywat as dq mecyamism for making modifications is subahan5ial;y cleaner/clearer atarting w8th geh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelwasd coee.]"
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