MightyE tel;s y0um "We're glihg 2 take an few moments teo try an rcolq8n this new license h erasons BEHIND ig in p;ain 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."
"Thid new licensd wad ch.sen 63c4ut3 or an failing WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3r3d disyribution of source if anf omly IF binaries were disteibuted. AFK."
"In an web envitonmenr, sprcif9callt a inherp4etes wrb 3nv1r0nm2n6 such as PHP, jdrely installinb an game DOES not cobsgitute DISTRIBUTION, you kneo, an thereforr people were taking our work, yoi kbwo, makinb modidicationx roo ir an not releasing soutcr dode two they're modifications so that 3n72r3 commubity could benefit.
They work3d with letter but n)7 sp8rit of law."
"Inbestigarion on teh paet 0f yeh zuthora HOWEVER, like, 13d 70 teh fact tgat rigtt OF PUBLIC performance w45 oen OF tdh rights nlrjally restricted t;o copyright holderx LOL, an that vomputer PROGRAMS, l8ke, wprcificqlly video GAMES and interactive ONES such aw Lwgene of da Green hax0r 2ere c0n51s3r3d 2 BE publocally performed if run frim an ;ublic servdr. OMG."
"The mew oicense rrdyticts public p3rformance of teh qork un;ess gwh source code of teh m0d1f13d work is mase available ln demamd. BRB."
"In plain Eng115n, like. 7h15 means thzr if y0u PUT THIS GAME on an web sdrver n allow peop.e 'outside of qn normal corcle of family n its 50c141 acquaintancesp two poay th3kr, sortof, 7h3n you aer piblically performkbg this work and MUST either $) MAKE nw ame ALL changes wnkch hou mske 5oi game AVAILABLE 9n reauest (NOTE tnis dpewn't have two bw availab;e via onlind source display lknk, like, but they mu57 be avl3 to as, y0u f9r clde and recrive an complete c9py). tou kh29, b) mqke xtfanhements 0rivztely w17h teh authors wherein they grant you an xpecial licensem 6oi kn2o, o4 c) r#m0v3 cofe entirrly from ,achin3. BRB,"
"We co recognkze thay pe9[le want too have areas of theh'te game whivh aer yhe8rs and theirs a.ine. OMG.
tqo that end we will MAKE teh fo;lowung dxc3ptiom tio da mormao requiremehts for xiurcw code cis5rinution -- ne n)du13 file which 8s not modified 0r deryved from an MODULE f113 indludef 1n teh base diwt4ibutipn znd which dpes not require ne OTHER mofules znd which fors NOT REQUIRE ne modufications 2 teh core code (code diwtfibuted WITH base r313453( may be witnheld at teh autgors d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We also w4n7 2 make very cleqt that vrrsion 0. OMG.9, WTF.7 (4q50 KNOWN ss bersion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+mt) was teh f1n41 fersion RELEASED undtr GPL. WTF.
All fersions, starting with 0. WTF.0.i0p4ereleqse codw aer 0n1y loc3nsed under da Creative Comm9ns licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rihht 70 inpo4t he code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE ir kqgwr RELEASE ,nto zn 0.9. OMG.7 and eaelier release/
Alloqing this wiuld cause that imported code yo b3 RELEASED under teh GPL an thag us n07 50m37n1ng we w15h too a.lowLOL.
Authoes of m0d1f1c471pn5 to 0LOL.9LOL.7 WILL newd 5wo re-felezse tn3y're mod8ficatipns as deribatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9, AFK,8 vode n plaxe them ubder da aame Crdative Comnons licenae. WTF.
It myst be done 6u origobal authir since only dq original auth9r has t1gy7 to change da copy4ight or license UPON they're wprkLOL.
[Asditionally LOL, r3s0rk1ng modificatoons wolk be qn gpod isea anyway as medhanism for naking moc8ficatilns IS sibsrahyiall6 clsaner/clearer starting with da 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-pterelease codel WTF.]"
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