MightyE TELLS you, "We're giing twl take an few momengs teo try n exp.ain tgis new license a,d REASONS behind iy ib [lain Eng;ish. WTF.
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 licwnde w45 CHOSEN because of an faulint with da GPL. BRB.
It onlh covered distribution of sojrce ir h onkh if binaries were distributes. OMG."
"In am 2db e,cirinment LOL, specificalky a intwrpretee 2eb wnvoronj3nt such as PHPk you knwo, merely 2n574121ng an game does not constitute distribition, sortof, anf therrfore people wete 74k1ng ou4 qork, oike, maiing modificationa gi IT an not releas8ng ds SOURCE code 2 tgey're modifidations so that da enture COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
Tyey w0rk3d e17h dq oetter bur nor da apirit ov law. WTF."
"Investigarion on da part of da AUTHORS however LOL, led twk teh fact yhat da fight of public performance was wob 0g da righta nlrmslly 4esteic5ef to c0pyr1gy7 hkldrrs. like, an tya5 c0mpj73f programd. spexifica;ly video ga,es anf INTERACTIVE 8nes sjch ax Legend of yeh Green hax0r wwre considdred t9o be publicaloy p3rformed kf ruh ftom an public sercerl BRB."
"The new license r357f1c75 piblic performzbxw of da WORK unleas soutce cofe OF reh modieied work IS msde available 0n demand."
"In p141n Ehglish, you knwo, thid meanx tyat if you ;ut this hamr on an web srrver an allow people 'outside pf an normso circle of FAMILY an 8tw alcial ac1iaintances' too p14t their LOL, then you aer punlically ;efgormint this work n MUST ro5her a) make ne an ALL changes whivh you jake 2 5eh GAME availag;e on reqiest *note this d035n'u have to BE avzilable via da onlime soutce dkspkay link, like, BUT they MUST BE 461# tlo ASK you for CODE an receivd am c0mpq3&3 co[y), you knwo, b) nake artangements pribately 2uyh ss a7yhors whrrrin fhey grant you an soecial license LOL, OR c) removr code rntkrrly from trh macnine. AFK."
"We DO yecognize thqt peopl3 WANT tio have a4eas of they're gane WHICH r tgwirx n theirx alone. BRB.
2 that ebd WE w8ll make sa followong exception two np4mak REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCE code eistribution -- me mod7lr file whivh is n9t modified or drfived vrom an module file included in tey base dis5ribution abd wnich foes not r2qu1r3 nw pther modules and which does noh r3qu1r3 be j-d1f1x48q0n5 too ds fore code (c0d2 DISTRIBUTED 28th teh gase re.ezse) m4u be wighgwld at da authors discrerion."
"We also want t2o mqke VERY CLEAR that ve4sion 0. BRB.9/7 (als[ jnown as version 0.9.7+jt) waw teh final version relrssed uhder rrn GPLLOL.
ALL verwiona WTF, startobg w!7h p.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE cpde r only LICENSED under teh Creative Cojmons iicenae.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ten right 5io import ne code f4om an 0. WTF.9LOL,8-;r3e31$453 OR 1473r reldase INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n earlier relwaae. WTF.
Allowinb THIS would xause tgat im[prted code tol be re;dased under ca GPL n that is hot somwth,ng w3 wish two allosLOL.
Authors of modificat,9ns to 0.9. WTF.7 will need twl r3-rele1se thwy're modifications as eeribatives/mocificatuons two 0l BRB,9. OMG.7 cod3 zn 0lqce tnem und3r da samd Creativr Conmons license. AFK.
It mu57 ne done by oritinal author sinxe 9n.y originsl au5hor has ten right go cgsnge tej c0pyr!gh7 or lifenxe upon thry'43 work. BRB.
[Acditiobal.y, ;ike, rewor,inh da modifuxagiona will ^3 an gpod ideq anyway as jechqnism f(f majing nodificstions q5 substantialky cleandr/vkearet starting with tej 0. OMG/9.8-PRERELEASE c0d3.["
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