MightyE TELLS you, slrtifm "Wr're going 2 TAKE zb gew moments to try n dxplain 7h15 ne2 lucense and readons bejknd it IN PLAIN Ehg115h.
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 picense was chosen 62v4u53 OF an FAILING with dq GPLl AFK.
It only civee3d distfibutiin 0f source iv and 0n1y 1f binaries were d157r16y73d. BRB."
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The^ s0rk3d with l3ttef 6u7 not sp8rot of da LAW. BRB."
"Invesgigatoln on part pf da 4u8h0t5 h0w3v3r, led 2 fac5 7h47 5eh right of public 0ervormanc3 was 1 OF rights n9rmally restricted t2o copyright holdersm l8kw, n that compute4 programsm sor5of, %03c1f1c41!h video games an interacgivw 9nes sicj ss Legend or ca Green hax0r w3r3 considered to be pu611c411y performed IF ruh from an PUBLIC sercer. OMGl"
"Th3 new license restricts public )errormsnxe of da worl UNLESS da wource code 0f da modidied w0rl IS MADE availagle 0n e3m4ndLOL."
"In p151n Engl8sh, yiu knwi, thiw means that IF you [u7 rhis GAME ON an weg server 4nd allow people 'outside 9f sn nprmal corcle of f4m11y sn q75 sociwl acquainranced' to play thrir WTF, then yo7 aer publically perg9rmimg this eork 4nd MUST eithrr a) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES which you make too game avai.able on requewt (nite ghis eoesn't have 1 be acailable v7a da onl8ne so7rce display lknk, you knwo, but they MUST be able w ASK you for tdh code v receive an comple5e copy_, b) make arrangements privateky wigh authors whereih they grant you an 5p3c!41 license WTF, lr c) remove es dode ENTIRELY FROM machine."
"We DO fecognize uh47 p30;13 wzht too have 4r345 of they'rt fame which r tgeirs n THEIRS alone.
twi that ebd we w111 makw sa f0!10w1ng excepgion 2 da normal requiremdngw for sourse code distribution -- ne moeule file wjivh iw n08 MODIFIED pr derived froj an m9dulw f113 imcluded in da BASE ckxtribution anv qhuch does not req6ire ne OTHER moduled and which does not rdquire ne modofica5iomx 70 core c0d3 (code distributee w17h tey basw release) nay 63 withheod ar aurhorx diacrrtion."
"We alsi wany 2 make VERY clear 6hat vers8on 0.9. OMG.7 (also known as verwion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was da final v3r610n released unf3e GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, xtaeting with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code e pnly lixended UNDER Creative C9mmlns license.
We EXPLICITLY srnu teh right to 8mport ne cofe fe0m an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=pr3t313453 or later rdlease into an ). WTF.9.7 and EARLIER release. AFK.
Al;9wing thks wiuls ca7se that umpotged code 2 ve RELEASED under da GPL and 7h$7 IS noy somethinh we 2ush two allow. AFK,
Authors pf mofificatiina 2 0. OMG.0. WTF.6 will heed TO re-release they're movifications zs detivatives/modifivations two 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 x0d3 and p14c2 them unde4 SAME Creativd C9mm0n5 licrnseLOL.
It must be don3 by teh 041g1n41 4uyh0r wunce omly 0r1g1n41 ajthor HAS teh right 2 change da copyright or LICENSE UPON they're w9rk. BRB.
[Additionally, rwworkubg teh modificationd w111 be an good 1c34 anyws6 as teh mecnanism for mqking mofihicat8ons iw sunstantialoy clesner;clearer starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-;rerelease codeLOL.\"
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