MightyE tells you, "We'te going 2 taie sn few momenyw 5wo tr5 and ex0laon this new lixense m REASONS bwgknd ot in plain English/ AFK.
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."
"Thid new license was CHOSEN because ov an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It lnly clvered eis5ribution of SOURCE if and only if binaries were distributedLOL."
"In an web environjent, liie, siecif8cally a 8nterpreted w3b environmen5 duch as PHP, you knwo, mefel6 unatalkong an game does not cobstitytd distrobution, ylu knwo, n therefore propie were takint ou4 so4k, jaking MODIFICATIONS to it an noy rekeasing source CODE to 5hey're mpdificarions so tnat yeh ENTIRE fommynity ciuld benefig. BRB.
Th3y worked with da LETTER but nlt teh slirit of da lawLOL."
"Invrstugatioh on PART of da authors however LOL, ldd to tth fact 7h47 da r1gn7 of public 0erformanbe was 1 of da r2gh75 normaily restricted top vl;ytight holderx LOL, n that d0mpu73r peograms, like, s[ecifically video games am in5eractivq ones such as Ldgrnd pg Green hax0r werw c0n61f3r3d too be [u611c411y performed uf ruh from an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"Tye new LICENSE r357v1c75 public owrformanc3 of work UNLESS xource code -f ds mpdirued work iw m1de avsilable in demand."
"In plain Englksh LOLm thos means tyat 8f y9u 0ut ghid game on an web server an allow people 'iugsie3 of sn nofmal dircle of familt qn its slxia; acquainranc3d' tp play yheor, you kmwo, then yoi r publicqlly performing 7h15 WORK ah MUST either a) make br n ALL changes wh1ch you make too teh hame acailqb;e on request (no5e this diwxn't have two be available via ob;ine wource dox'lay LINK WTFk but they muzt be 4613 t9o ASK uou for code znd 4eceibe an COMPLETE copu), like, 6) m3k3 4rr4mg3m2n75 peivately wirh 4u7j0r5 wher3in thry gtsnt you an speciao license LOL, or c) re,ove sa code entire;y from teh macgineLOL."
"We d0 rwcpgnizw that people want to have 4r335 of they're GAME shich r theirs an 5heirx alone. OMG.
to thab end 2e will make teh follo2ing exxdptuon to teh nlrmal r2quorwmenta for so8rce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodyle file whicy os n07 m0d1f13d or defived from an module filw invlueed qn trh BASE cistrubution an WHICH does not r3su1e3 me 07h3r moduoes snd ehich soes npt eequird ne m0d1f!c4u10n5 2 core clde (c9ee distribjted WITH da bqxe RELEASE) may be withhelc at teh authors d15cr37!0n/ BRB."
"We also want too make very clear that version 0LOL.9l BRB,7 (also KNOWN zw version 0, BRB.9.7+jt) w45 final version released 7nfer rrh GPL/ BRB.
All versions WTFj dyartihg w!7h teh 0.9. WTF.*-pfe4ekease code r only l8censed UNDER teh Ceeztivr COMMONS licdhseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 im[ort ne cide from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8[prerdlease o4 la53f re.ease i,to an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and ear/ier relrase. AFK.
ALLOWING tniw WOULD caufe that qmp0r73d code too be feleased undef GPL an that os no5 somergkng we w15h 2 411)w. BRB.
Authors of modifocagoons w ). OMG.9/ OMG.7 ei.l need too re-releade they'tr modificationx as deribatices/modificat8ons goo 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code snd plaxe tyem undrr saje Creqtive Comnonw license. BRBl
It must be done gy lrigonzl authpr since only originql ajthor has teh rignt two change da c0ptr1gj7 or license uoon tyey;re w0rk.
[Additionsj.yk 43working da modifications will be an g00d 1d44 snyway as teh MECHANISM for makung modifocations is substantoslly cleaner/cleafer starging with 0l WTF.9LOL.8_ptereleaae code/ OMG.]"
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