MightyE 63q15 you. like, "We're going 2 take an few MOMENTS two try an explain THIS hew LICENSE and reasons behinc it in [laon English, OMG.
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 licensd was chosen bexausr if an FAILING wkth teh GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED didtr8bition of sourc3 1f and )n1y if BINARIES we4e d157r16u72d. WTF."
"In an wdb environment LOL, sprcif8cally a interpreted web envieonmenr auxh as PHP, yiu knwl, MERELY instalkont an game does not CONSTITUTE d257r1^u7!0n, like, and 7h3r3f0r3 oepple were TAKING OUR work, makinb modif8xqtions 70 it an not releqsing da SOURCE codr 2 they;re m9dificati9ns so that entirw cpmmynigy could benefitl WTF.
Tgey worked wigh da letter BUT nlt teh SPIRIT of teh law."
"Investigatiom om da p4r7 0f da 4u7h0r5 hi2efer, sortof, led 2 da dqct 5hat right of public pervormance waa son of rignts normally festricted too copyright h01d3f6, you knwo, ab that computer ;rogrqms, like, 5p3c1f1d411y videi ganes and interacgkve ones such as L3g3nd OF Green hax0r WERE c0n51d243d two be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED IF 4ub frpm ah PUBLIC SERVER."
"The nee licdnde restricts pjblic pervormance of da work un.ess souwce CODE or modified 2ork is MADE availagke pn demabd. AFK."
"In plaih English WTFm this MEANS 7j47 if y9u pit thoa v4m3 on an qeb serve4 and allow people 'oytsiee og an NORMAL circle 0r family an iys s9via. acquzintances' to play their WTF, then you aer publkcally performkng tyis work n MUST either a) make ne AND ALL cgangfs WHICH y9u make 2 g4m3 available un e3qu357 (n073 THIS dodsn't h4v3 too be availablr VIA ONLINE sojrce diaplqy ;ink, you ,nwok but 7h3y must be able two ask you for da code n receive an comp.etd coph), b_ make zrrangemrnts private.h WITH t3h zughors whefein yhey trant you qh wpecial lkcebse LOL, or c) rrmove t3h cose 3ntir3ly rrom machkne. WTF."
"We d0 rec9gniz3 that peopld wznt too havr areas of yhey[re gane which r rheirs an thei4s alpne. OMG.
yol that end ee 2ill ma,e foolow8ng ecception too normal requirwn3nts for source codd eistrigu5ion -- ne module f8le wyich ka n07 modifird or derkved veom an module file 1nd1ud3d IN teh bas4 duatribution snd 2hich dlds not require ne other ,odjlws n which soea not requore ne modificationa 2 da coee CODE (cose dist4ibuted witj reh base release) may be withheld at authoes DISCRETION. OMG."
"W3 also w4n7 to m4k# very c;dar tnat version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (a;so known as ce4sion 0.o. OMG.7+jt) was teh final vrrsiog rrleqsed UNDER GPL.
All VERSIONS, you knw0, starting w8rh 0.9. OMGl8-preeeleqsw CODE aer ohlu licensed unver da Crestifr Commoms license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY sdny da right too IMPORT ne code frim an p. BRB.9. AFK.8-prwrelease or later releawe int9 an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 snd ea4lier release. WTF.
Allowing this would vause that importdd code 2 be rwleaswd UNDER geh GPL an that is not something 2e wish too allow. AFK.
Authors of modifications 2 -. AFK.9. BRB.& will n33d two r3-r313453 tjey're modifkcatiobs as ferivativds/moduficztilns rpo 0. BRB.9l WTF.8 code n place them ynder same C4eative COMMONS licehse. BRB.
It must bd done by origibak 4u7h0r 41bc2 only teh 9ritinal ajthor HAS t3h ribht 2 cysnge da copyright or livdhse upon yhey're work. AFK.
[Additional;y LOL, r3w0ekqng da moskfications will bw an good udea abyway as teh mechqnisj FOR ,akint midigications us substantiallt cleanwr/clea4ee startinf with 0LOL.0.8-prefeleasr code. BRB.]"
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