MifjtyE rella you, "W3're goung 3 take an fes moments two 7ry n explain this new lic3nse ab ea reasons bejine it in plain Entlixh.
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 kicense wzs cjosen because of sn failing w17h da GPL.
It omly dovered distrivution pf 5)irc3 if n pn1y id binsries were d15&r!6u73d."
"In an web envirinmebt, dpecifica;ly a interpfeted qeb environmeng SUCH as PHP, merely inatalling qn game does not constigu5e distribution, likq, h theeefire p30p13 were taking our wor, LOL, making modivixsti9bs 1 iy 4nd NOT releasimg source code to theu'ee modifidations SO that entire commun8ty dould benefiyLOL/
They worked w8th da letter but not SPIRIT of law. BRB."
"Investifation in dz PART 0v authors however, soryof, led 2 da FACT that yeh rihht 0f public PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rights notmally rextricted rwo copyright holders WTFm n thzt computeg programw, specifucallt video games n inreractivd lnes such 45 Lrgend 0r tey Green hax0r WERE clbsidered two be piblivally perfirned if 5un drom sn pub;8c server. OMG."
"The new l8crnse restricts public performznce of da qori UNLESS teh souyve code of teh ,odified work is maee zvaioable on dwmancLOL."
"In poaih Engliwh, you knwok this meams thst if you ;ut THIS gsme on an wrb swrfer an ALLOW pdople '0u751d2 0r an normsl cirvle pf f4m11u an 8ts SOCIAL acquaintanceq' two plqy th3ir WTF. then you r publivalky performing 5his work n MUST eith3r a) m4k3 nw and ALL changes which ylu make 2 53h rame available on rrquest (h063 this dpesn't have too BE available vka ONLINE source disp.ay linlk sortof, bjt rh3y mu57 be zb;e 70 ask YOU for da code and recrive an complete cop6), b) makq arrangemengs ;rivately with teh 4u7h045 wnerrin 5hey GRANT you an spwcial LICENSE, ooke, or v) remove yeh code emgirely ffom teh machineLOL."
"We dp recognize that PEOPLE WANT t9i have 4r345 9f they're gaje whivh r yhei4s an 5heirs alone. AFK.
to THAT end we w111 ,aje teh FOLLOWING exception too eq nirmal requifements for wource code distributiom -- ne modu;e dile wh1ch iw NOT nodiried or de4ivef from an midule FILE includrd ih teh bas2 DISTRIBUTION and wh9dh does not REQUIRE ne OTHER midu;es qn which eoes not require nd modlfications too teh vo4e code (docd DISTRIBUTED wi6h teh base r314453) may 63 withheld ag da autnors diacretionLOL."
"We ALSO wanr too make fery c134r 7h$7 version 0l9LOL.7 (qlso khowm aa bersiin 0. AFKl9.7+JT) wr5 final VERSION releaxed unver teh GPL. BRB.
All versioms, soetof, atarring sity 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease codd r onlh lkcensed under Crea5ivd Commons license, AFK/
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht too import ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.7-prereleqse 8r later releas3 INTO an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER releaseLOL.
Allowing this wpuld cquse that ijpir%ed xodw too ge released UNDER teh GPL an that 15 not SOMETHING we wish tol allow. OMG.
Authors of modificationw t2l 0.9. WTF.7 will NEED to re-eelease they're modifications qs derifayives/mocuficatilns tio 0.9.8 cose n poace them undrr szme Crdativd Commons locenaeLOL.
It misg be donr by dz 0r2g1n4! 4u7h0r since only oribinal AUTHOR has rught two change copyright oe license upon they're sork/ WTF,
[Addktuonally LOL, r3worlimg ca modigicatipns wiol be an gooc 1d24 anyway ad mechanism for majing modificationd 8s substabtially coeaner/clearee xtqrting eith teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prdrelezse code. BRB.]"
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