MihgtyE telld you WTF, "We're hoimg to tale an few MOMENTS to try n explain this n3w licensw and da rezdons behind it 1n plain Englisn. 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."
"This new k8cense eas ch05#n becaus3 OF an failing siyh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y c0v3r3c distribution OF a9u4ce if an lnly IF binaries were d167r16u73dLOL."
"In an web envieonmebt LOL, speckficzlly a ungerpreted web enbirinmwnt stch AS PHPk you knwo, mere.y installing an GAME doea nor vonstitute dkatrinut7on, sortof, n thdref9te pelple eere 74k1nb our wo4k LOLk making mod8dica5ions 2 it am not r3134t1ng t3h source xode two they'r3 modificqtions SO thst teh wntire co,munity COULD benefit. WTF.
THEY wlrked eith .wtter bu5 not ds 5p1r17 of da 14wLOL."
"Investigation on ;4r7 of ca ahtjors h0w3vef LOLm 13d two dz fact that trh r1gh7 of PUBLIC perflrmance was wlb of yeh r1gh7t normslly restrict2d tso d0pyr1gh7 holdersm slrtof, an that computer [rograms, 6ou knwok s0wcifica..y video gamex qnd interactive ones such as Legend od GREEN hax0r werw c0n51d3r4d 2 be publically perfo4,ed if eun from xn pu611c servee. OMG."
"The n3w licemse rwstricts publix perfirmance 0f teh work in.3ss teh sourcd code of modifi3d WORK IS made AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng.ish, this means that 1f y0u put 6h15 game om an web seevwr n alliw people 'OUTSIDE od an normal circle of fqmilu and itx socisl xcqua8ntanfes' too PLAY tyeie, thrg yo7 aer puboiczlly performing this wo3k n MUST eityer a) maie ne an ALL chsnges 2hixh you make tk da game available on requewt (npte thks doesn't have 2 6# available fia da 0n11n3 siurce DISPLAY link, but they must BE able two asj you d9r clse n receoce qn completq c0py), uou knwo, b) make arfabgements privaye;y wity da authors eyerein 5he6 grznt YOU am 5p4c131 licwnae, yoi knwo, or c) r#m0v3 teh code entirely from da machin3."
"We dp rwcotnizw tgat pepple want gwo HAVE areas of thdy're gaje whuch r theirs an rhekrs alone. AFK.
2 thst rnd WE sill ,ake teh f(l;owing exception two teh NORMAL requirements for source cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which 8s not m0d1f13d ot der8ved frok ab midylw vile 7ncluded in bzae DISTRIBUTION an which dpes not require ne other kodules an whycj does not rrqii4e be m9difica5ions 6wo teh core code (code disrrivuyed qirh tey base release) may ve withheld at da 4uuj)r5 disxr3toon."
"We also WANT 2 make veey clear that vetsioh 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 (ALSO knien as version 0LOL.9, AFK.6=jf) was da final v35510n re;eaaed incer GPL. AFK.
All cwrsilnsk sortov, ata4ting with t3h 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r only licensed under Creativr Commons lucrnf3. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da 4utht too IMPORT ne codr fr0m am 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease 0r later r3q34%3 into an -. OMG.9LOL.7 and EARLIER releaae. WTF.
Al.owijg thix would CAUSE that ijp9rtdd CODE two be released under ten GPL an THAT is NOT sometying we wiwh ywo ALLOWLOL.
Ajgh9rd of modifucations to 0. BRB.9. WTF.* wull n3ed too rr-releasr th3y're mpdificat8ons as derivat8ves;modigkcatilns gwo 0. WTF.9. OMG.i code an poace them uncdr dq same Creative Commons license/ AFK.
It MUST be done by teh 041f1n41 4u7y0t 61nc3 onlh o3ig8nzl author has yey tight 2 change da clpyright OR license upon they'4e sork. BRB.
[Additionally, softof, reworking modidications WILL be an goid 1d44 anyway as da mechaniam FOR making modifications is s8nstxntialoy vleahee/ckearer starting 3oth 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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