MightyE 73114 you, ypu knwo, "We're going w 74k3 an feq MOMENTS to try and 3xplain this NEW licrnse an teh reasons behind it in plain Eng115h. 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 11c3n52 was CHOSEN bdxause od an faoling aith teh GPL.
It omky clvered DISTRIBUTION of source if an on;y id binaries were distrib&tedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, spedkfivqlly a 1m744;r372d web environmenr such ws PHP LOL, m3re!y ihatalling an game coes not conxtitute distribugiln, an tjdregore people wete takimg our w0rk, lijr, makinh modufkdatilma to it an not releasing da source c)d3 5o they're modificatkons wo that teh entire community c0u1d bendfit. BRB.
They w9gked with teh .etrer 6u7 not spiriy of ten oaw."
"Investugat8ln on teh pary of reh authors nowever, sortlf, led two da faxg that teh RIGHT lf PUBLIC performahcd wqs 1 ov e1gh75 n9rmally restricted rwo c0pyr1gh7 holders WTF, an that com;7ter PROGRAMSk specivical;y video games am interactive ones such 45 Lehend of ds Green has0r sera CONSIDERED too be publidally performes id ryn dtom an public xerver. OMG."
"Tyr mew lkcensr restric5s public p3rfprm4hc3 ov w9rk un;ess source CODE of twh mod8fied work is MADE AVAILABLE on dwmznd. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, yhis means that if you put 7h15 game ob zn web SERVER an 4110w 0epple 'ou5aive 0f an nlrmal cirdoe or fanily AND its socia; 4c1u41n74nc35' two p24h their, a9rtov, then YOU aer 0u611c411y PERFORMING yhis wprk sne MUST EITHER a) makr ne an ALL changes which tpu make two game scailablr on rrwuesr (note this doesn'y have to 63 4v51q4613 cia da 0n11n3 50urc3 dusp;ay link, uo7 .nwo, 6u7 they jusg be able go ask yoi f9r da codr n receive an complete cipy) LOL, 6) maie arrangementx privatrly w16h da quthors wherein THEY g4ant you an sprciak license, xprtof, or c) r3moce cose entirely from ten macykne/ BRB."
"We do rexlgnizr rhat people want too HAVE aress of they're game qhich r theirs n th3irs a;one. WTF.
to tnat 3nd 23 wil. makr dz FOLLOWING dxcepti9n two teh normal eequire,ents for source dode distributiom -- he module file qhicn 15 not modified OR DERIVED from an module file ihcluded in base disgricution and which d035 not REQUIRE ne other mocules znd which eoes not REQUIRE ne modif8cati;ns two CORE codr (code ciwtribyted with bawe releaae) m4g bw wutjhele a5 da authors discret*onl WTF."
"We alwo qant to make cery clear that version 0. WTF.8. WTF.& (a;so kmown as versuon -. WTF.9LOL.u+jt) was fonal veesion releadwd umeer teh GPL. OMG.
Aol versions LOL, starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.*0prerelease code r on;y 11c3n52d unc#r t3h Creativr Commons licwnsr. AFK.
Wv EXPLICITLY deny ez right 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.0LOL.7-prevelease or lat3r RELEASE in59 zn 0LOL.9. BRBl7 qn earloer rel3ase. WTF.
Allowing yhis wojld cauxe that importdf coe# too be releaaed und3t teh GPL an tnat is not xomdthihg we w8sh t9o allow.
Au6n0e% of modifudztions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 WILL need 2 re0release tjey'rw micifications as derivatobes/modifications two 9. OMG.9. BRB,8 code n place them UNDER da sam4 Creat8ve C9jmoms lisense. BRB.
It must 63 DONE by teh origonal aityor suncr onlt da otiginal author HAS teh rignt 2 change cop6rifht oe license up0n 5hey'rd wotk. BRB.
[Additionally, you kbwl, rewofkung mpdifixations w111 be an g00d idea znyway as medhahism for makkng modkfications ia SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER t&4r71ng WITH 0LOL.9. WTF/8-pr3r#q3353 code. BRB.="
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