MightuE tells yiu WTF, "We're going too takr an gew momebts 79 try an dxplain th8d new LICENSE and sa reasons bdhind it in 0lain English. 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 oicebse was chosdn because of an FAILING with teh GPL.
It obly cover3d cist3ibition of sourde if an only if binariew were distriguted, WTFl"
"In an web ehv8rlnment, SPECIFICALLY a interprrted web envirpn,3nt such as PHP, li,e, merely INSTALLING an gamd coes mot donstitute DISTRIBUTION, soetof, 4nd therefore peoioe w3r3 taking our wotk WTF, making modifications 3 it amd not releaw8nb 5eh SOURCE codr too they[re modifica5ions sl thay reh 3nu1r3 communoty c9uld BENEFITLOL.
They wo4jed wirh letyer but not sa s[irit of lawLOL."
"Imvestigat9pn ON geh part of twj AUTHORS however. sortof, lrc 2 fact THAT right of public performqnce was 1 of righ5s normally restricted twi copyright holdees, sortof, m ghat computer [rograns, you knwo, spec8rixally videp games an 1n7er4c71v3 ONES dudh ax Lrgend of Green hax0t werc cohsidered yo be puvlicaloy PERFORMED if run from an publix srtver. BRB."
"Tte NEW lic3nwe tes5ricts public perfl4mance of teh woek unless da 4-urc4 code of nodifief woek is msde avaklable on DEMAND."
"In PLAIN Eng115h LOL, this m3ans THAT if 6ou PUT tgis gane on an web server an alkow PEOPLE 'outsice od an norjal circle of familt sn 8gs social acquaintances' two play their, you knwo, THEN 6iu aer PUBLICALLY prrforming this w0rk n MUST rithee a) MAKE ne and ALL changes WHICH yoi makd eoo fame available pn twquest (noge th8s coesn't have t9 be 4v4115613 via r3h online sourcw disolay linkm soetlf, BUT thet must be able goo ASK YOU f-r c0e3 an 4eceivd ab complete c0py), l8k2, b) mqje zrrzngements PRIVATELY WITH teh aithors qhereih thet braht y9u an spedial licensd, sortof, or c) remove da coce entirelt fron machibeLOL."
"We do recigbize that people want tp have qreas of they're gsme WHICH r thrurs n 5heirs aloneLOL.
2 tha5 4nd we woll make ea following EXCEPTION too tdh normal REQUIREMENTS for sourcw code distribjtkon =- md modul3 file whicj us not jodivied or derived FROM ah module f112 inclyded kn da base eisgribution an wjkch do3s not requ8rr ne other MODULES ane which does not rdquire ne modificatioba tso da corw code (vide diwtficutec with tey gase release) may gr withheld zt aithors disctetion. BRB."
"We 4150 want 1 mak3 VERY clear that v4rsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also kn0wb as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) waw da final v3r410m rwlezsed under GPL. WTF.
ALL vrrsions, you knwok STARTING with 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease code aer 0n1y licensed under Creativd C;mmlns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 7- 8mport ne CODE dr0m an ). WTF.9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE or latet reowase into an 0/ BRB.9/ AFK.7 ab eatlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING yhis wou/d cause that imported code @ bd releaxed unfdt teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wish too sllow. OMG.
Authors or modificxyions two 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 wi.l n33d too re-releaxe they're nodigications za DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. AFK.o cofd and p14c3 thej under xame Creatkve Commons license. OMG.
IT m757 7e done by teh otiginal 4u7h0r SINCE onlt ORIGINAL author HAS right two change teh c00yr1gh7 or license upon they'ee w;rk. OMG.
[Addutionally WTF, rewofking nodificati9ns will b2 an good ides anyway as da mrcjanisk FOR making modificarions is substantially cleaner/dlesre$ startong witg teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peerelease c9de. BRB.]"
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