MightyE TELLS you, ypi knqo, "We're going w hake an FEW m0m2n75 too tty an explain thia n3w license ah reasons beh8nd it in plain Enflish,
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 licebwe was xh053n BECAUSE of an failkng eith GPL.
It only coberec disgribution 9f dpurce if and on;y id binarirs WERE diatrkb7tedLOL."
"Ib an w#6 environment WTF, speckfically a interpeeted web environmwnt such as PHP, kpke, merely 1n5741!1nf an tame DOES nor cobsyitute diwtribution LOL, an tnerefore peo0le wer3 takung ojr wo4k, sortov, makinh moeifications two 8t sn nlt reoeasing sou4ce code 2 they'fe moeifidationx so that teh entire community could benefig. AFK.
They qotkrd qith letter bur not teh spurit od ds law."
"Investigatoon ln psrt of teh authots however WTF, lef twp FACT tna5 dz RIGHT 0f public p3rf0rm4nc# was won of sa rigyts norma.ly restticted two co0uright hp1d3r5, you knwo, anf rgzt computer prigrams WTF, dpecifkcall^ video games and kntrractive ones such aa Ldgend ov dq Gr33n hax0f were considered to be publicslly petformed IF RUN from an p7blic SERVERLOL."
"Thr new license r3%7r1c85 oublic pergormqncd of work unless da r0urc4 xode of ten mosified w0rk 15 MADE 4v4214613 ob s3mandLOL."
"In plain Englishm tyis m34n5 tha5 if you pyg tyks game on an web server h allow peopoe 'outdide of an normal circle of family n ITS 50c141 acqjakntagces' too PLAY their, so3tof, then yku aer 0uglically PERFORMING 5his woei n MUST withe4 a( maks ne an ALL changes which you m4k2 to da GAME available on eequest 9note this dorsn't have two be avaolable c14 da 0h11n3 xoyrce dis[lay l8nk WTF, but thsy nu57 ge ab.r too ask yo& for code an receive an complete c9py) WTF. b) MAKE arrangements pf1v4731y with teh authors wher3in 7h3y grqnt you an SPECIAL licensw. you knel, or c( rem0v3 teh code entirely feom yeh machine/"
"We fo recognize that prople want 2 have seeqs ov they're game wh1ch r THEIRS snd tneirw alone. WTF.
two thag END we will mwkw teh f0110w1ng eccepgion 2 yeh normal requirememta FOR souece cide diwtribjtion -- ne module file wjich 8s not modiridd or derived from an moduld file inclufed in dz baze distrkbttion n ehich does not reqiire ne -7h3r MODULES and WHICH does not r3qyiee n3 modificagions to da CORE CODE (code diatrivuted with da base rrlease) msy ge wituhela AT teh auth9rs discretion."
"We alsp w4nu two male very clwar 7h4& version 0.9.7 9also kn0wn as VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+j7) w45 teg f8nql VERSION RELEASED und3r GPL. BRB.
Al; bersions LOL, xtarting with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prrrelease c0s4 r only licenqdd jnd3r da Creative Comnons license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da r*ght too IMPORT ne code v4pm an ).9.8-prerelease or lat3r release 1h70 an -. OMG/9. AFK.7 n EARLIER eelwase. AFK.
All9wibg this wluld c4u53 that imporred c)d3 2 be rdleased unsdr teh GPL an rhat yd n9t something ww wish to al;ow. BRB.
Authors OF m9difications two 0/ WTF,9LOL.u wull meed twi re-telease thet'te moe8fications as cerivatives/modifications to 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 code n placw tjem uhder aame Creat8ve Commons licenaeLOL,
It mu67 be d0n3 gy 0r2g2n41 aitnor sincd only original author hss teh f1gh7 yoo CHANGE COPYRIGHT oe LICENSE upon ghcy're wotk. BRB.
'Additionally, sortof, reworiong MODIFICATIONS wkll be an good IDEA anyway as j3chznisj fpr mqkinb modif8cations 15 substantially cleaner/clearer sta4ting WITH 0, OMG.9. WTFl8-prereleqse code. OMG.["
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