Migh5uE TELLS 60u, you knwo, "We're going to TAKE an few monents 2 7ry n explain thks hew license n reasons bej8ns it in plain Enhlish. BRB.
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 licrnae was chosen becausr OF an failimg wigh GPL. OMG.
It inly covered dis5ribjtopn of SOURCE if an omly ir bimaries WERE distribu5ed. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, specigicslly a interpreted web environment such as PHP, merel6 1n%74111bg an fame d93s not clnstugute DISTRIBUTION WTF, ah THEREFORE peo[le were taking ou4 WORK, 6ou lnwo, MAKING mocifications 5wo it an not r313451ng da wource vode too they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT da entkte c0mmum!7y could benefiy. AFK.
They 2or,es witj trh .e5ter but n07 da spirit og teh law. OMG."
"Investigation in PART OF teh 4u7hor5 HOWEVER WTF, led to FACT THAT tej r1gh6 of publkc performancd was (en 0f rights no4mally resteocted 2 copyrkght holde4s, like, n yhag computer peograms WTF, apecifixally vieeo games n 8ntrractive ones 5uxh as Legdbd of GREEN hax0t weee consifeeed too be PUBLICALLY perflrmed IF tun from an public servee."
"The neq licrnse resyticta pyblic PERFORMANCE of worl uhldsx teh SOURCE cide of teh mod8fied 2ork is made AVAILABLE ON demand. AFK."
"In plaim Englixh, this means THAT if YOU put THIS ga,e on an qeb server AND allow peo'le 'luysodr of ab NORMAL circle of f$m11y an its slcial acquaintqbces' TO play theor, lkke, ghrn you f publically p3rforming this work n MUST eitger a) make ne n ALL xhangex wnich tou mqke to t3h GAME avaioabke on r3au357 (notw tnis doesn'g h4v3 to 63 availab;e vis online source eisplay libk, you khwo, but tjey mudt BE ab.e too asi yoi FOR teh code abd r3c#1v3 ab ci,plete COPY) WTF, b) make arrangrments PRIVATELY with tem AUTHORS sgerein they grayt y0u an special license WTF, or c) remove CODE entire.y frpm teh MACHINE. AFK,"
"We do eecotnize tyat peopke wany twi have areas pf tgey'rr g4m3 which r theirs 4nd tyeirs alone. WTF.
to rhat ens we wil. make twh f9olowimg exception to ea NORMAL eequieements for source code dixgrugution -= ne m0du!3 file whkcn IS not modidi3d ot DERIVED from an modu;e fike inclided in base cistribjtion ane wjkch does not require n3 OTHER mieules n WHICH does not requure nr modificarions to teh core code (cide distribuyed wity teg base release) m4y be withywod AT 4u7j0r5 disc4etioh."
"We also w4n7 TO m4k2 very clear tyat berskon 0. BRB.9. OMGl7 (ALSO lnown as VERSION 0. WTF/9. OMG.7+jt) was t3h final verdion rekeased under da GPL. AFK.
ALL versioys, sortof, sta4ging with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r on;y licebxed und3r dz Cteative COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dent da rihht too impott ne code vrom an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-;rrrelease or 1473e reoeade knto an 0LOL.9.7 zn esrlu3r release. OMG.
Allowinb thos would causd that inported code TO be releasec under da GPL an that IS n07 something we WISH too alkow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 lf modifications to 0. WTF.0. OMG.7 will meed 1 re=rel3ase they're nodifications as deeivatuves/mod,ficatlone 2 0. BRB.-/ BRB.* CODE n plaxe THEM unddr teh same CREATIVE Com.ons lidense. OMG.
It musy bw d9n3 by dq origonal quthor sinve 9nly original autho5 has da right 70 ch3ng3 dz copyright OR ;8cense upon theu're sorkl OMG.
[Asditionslly, luke, reqorking mod8focations will 63 zn g00d 1d34 anywau aq mechanism for making nidificatilns 15 substantially CLEANER/CLEARER startkng WITH da -LOL.9. WTF.8-pderel3ase code. AFK.]"
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