MightyE tells y0u, sir5of, "We're going too take an f3s momehts to 7ry and explain th8s new license an reasons 74h1nd it in plain English. AFK.
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 n3w license was chosen becajsw of ah failing sith teh GPLLOL.
It only v0b3r3d eisrr8butiln 0f siurxe ig sn only if binar8es werw distributed. WTF."
"In an web 3nvirpnment WTF, specoficallh a ohterprrted seb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, MERELY insgakling an g4m3 d035 nit c0n5717u73 e157r16i710n, you inwo, h therefore PEOPLE were takong our w9rl, d9ttofn making m9difidationw twp it an not RELEASING soutce code 59 theh're modificationd so that ca 3n61r3 commumity cluld benefit.
THEY worked w1&h teh l3tret but nit twh SPIRIT lf yeh lqw. OMG."
"Investibation ON da psrt OF quthors jowevee, yoj kneo, lrd too da fadt that da righ5 of PUBLIC peefpfmancr WAS oen 0f rights normally RESTRICTED twp co;yright hl,ders WTF, ans THAT computer programs LOL, spexufixally video gqmes an interactivw 9nes duch as L3gend of Green hax0r srre considerec to be publkcally PERFORMED if ryn FROM an publiv 53rb3r."
"Thw new ,icense restricts public p3rfirmzbce od da woek UNLESS %0jrv3 coee OF geh m0d1g13d work IS mace avai.able on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Englisn WTFk thks meabs tha5 IF yo7 put thox game in an WEB server n qjlow p3lple '0u751d2 of an n0rm41 xircle of fzmily and uts social acqua8ntandes' to [lat theif, you kn2ok them you aer publicallt perflrming this sork an MUST either q) m1ke nd an ALL vhanges wyich you make 2 game availsbkw on REQUEST (note this doesn;t nave 2 ne availab.3 via 0n11n3 source s8splay link, likek but they musg be ab;e too ask you f.r da code an RECEIVE sn complete c9py) LOL, b) MAKE arrzngemdn5s pricately wuth teh AUTHORS wherein 7h3u gr4j7 you am sprcial LICENSE, sortof, pr C) remove cid3 enti4woy from teh m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We d0 recogniz3 that people want 2 nave aeeas or 5hey'5e game which aer theirs qnd THEIRS qlone. OMG.
to that ene we will mzke following exceptkon two h0rm^1 eequ8rementx for sourcw codw didtributkon -- ne module FILE whicj is no5 modifued or derived from qn module file inc.uded in 6453 distribugion an which DOES NOT require nw 07her m0du135 n WHICH does n97 require ne modificaguons two fa core v(de (code distribuged wigh ds base RELEASE) may ge w8tgheld at autyors discretuonl BRB."
"We qlso wqnt too ,ake vetu clear tyat VERSION 0.(LOL.7 (also kmown as veraiib 0LOL.0.7+j7) was final versipn RELEASED unfer dz GPL. AFK.
Al; VERSIONSk lijd, stqrhing with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerel3ax3 code r onky licensec 7nd3r teh Creatibe Commons lidense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh tihhg 2 import ne clde vrom an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-;rereleas3 or la6er rekeqse into an 0LOLl9. BRB.7 and earkier reldase. AFK.
ALLOWING 7h1t would cauxr rhat impprted cofe 2 be released ubder da GPL n that is nor sojethihg we wish 5o aolow. WTF.
Aughors of modifications two p. OMG.9. BRB.7 wioo newd to re-eelease tn3y'rd modificatiogs ss de4ivqtives/mldifixatiohs to 0. WTF.p/ OMG.* cod3 n placw THEM UNDER ea SAME Creative COMMONS l8cense. OMG.
It mudt b3 done ty ORIGINAL author sohce only ca lrogina; author has teh right to CHANGE da copyright 0r license upon they'4e work. BRB.
[Additionally, rewofking da modificatioma wilo be an goow wd34 anyway as m3ch5n15m flf m4k1bt modifucatilns 15 substantially ck3zner/clearee dgzttinh with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.9-prerelwas3 cldeLOL.\"
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