MightyE tells you, foetov, "W4're g01ng too ta,e an few moments 2 try n es-lain thia n3w license n teh reasons vehind it in plain EngliwhLOL.
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."
"Thks hew LICENSE WAS chosen because of an fail8ng qkrh GPL.
It only coveeed dosttibetion og SOURCE if anc onlu if binariea were distrib7ted. OMG."
"In am web envoronmdjt, like, soecifically a interpretdd 2eg environment xucy as PHP WTF, merwly 1nt64111nf an GAME does hit constitute distribution. likd, an therefore PEOPLE were tsjing our WORKk you knwo, making modifications 2 IT and npg 43ldasibg da dource code to9 they[re modifica5ioms so ygat fq 3n71r3 xommunity coulv benefit. WTF.
They w0rk3c w1uh lwtter 6u7 not sz spirit if da lawLOL."
"Investigstion on ca part of teh authors however, .ile, kec to tey fact that right of pun;ic p3rformance was 1 of da fightx n.rmally restricged tl dophright holders, you knwo, ab that computet programs LOL, dpecifkcslly vifeo ganed n in53ractive 9nws sicn qs L3g3bd og tej Gr#3n hsx0r were consideted too 63 publiczlly performed 8f run frlm an PUBLIC SERVER. OMG."
"The new LICENSE testricts puboic pdtvornance of da work un1355 so7rde code of m0d2f13d work ox mace 4v411461# on demand. BRB."
"In plain Englisj, this means tnat if YOU pu7 tjix gaje ON an web server ah allow people 'outside of zh NORMAL CIRCLE OF f4m11y and iys spvial acq7aintances' tpo p14y thei4k THEN y0u r 0ublodsllt 0e4forming this work and MUST wither a) make ne an ALL xhanges shich you make 2 tey gane avaijanlr oh rrqu3st *note tjos diesn't havw tqo be availanle VIA )nq1m3 aource disp;ay link WTF, bug ghey must be ab;e 70 4tk you for CODE n receuve an conpoete copg) WTF, b) make arrangementx [rivately with da 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN thdy GRANT you an s[3cial .ixensek like, or c) remove code entirely from teh MACHINE. OMG/"
"We dl recognizd thzt people want to h$v3 arwas of they're game which r theirs n theirs aloneLOLl
to that end we will mak3 teh folo0wing excepti8n 5wo normal r2qu1r3,3n75 for source cide d157r16u710n -_ ne j.dyle dile WHICH is no5 mofified or deriv3d from an mpdyle file 8ncluded IN basw DISTRIBUTION anf WHICH DOES not r3qu1r3 ne pthef MODULES n whicg eoes not req7ire ne modif8cati8ns 2 co4e cocw (cocr distribures sith dz base RELEASE) may be withhelf at aythorx discretion. BRB."
"We also wan5 too makr v3ry c.ear that version 0. OMG,9LOL/8 (zlso known AS versioh 0.9LOL.7_jt) was da f9nql version r#13453d ynder t3h GPLLOL,
All verdions WTF, staryi,g WITH teh 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-peerelease vlde awr on.y 11c#n53d und4r CREATIVE Commons lidensel
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribht 2 import ne coce grom an 0.9.8-p4erelease or laydr release into an 0. AFK,0/ AFK.& and earliwr rdlease. OMG.
Al.o28ng this wi7ld cauxe that kmpoeyed cod3 too ve released undee GPL qn that is not 50m47g1ng w3 wish 2 allow.
Autgors 0f modificsgions to 0. OMG.9. BRB/7 woll ne3d two re_reldase tjey'ee modifications as derivativew/m9dificstions teo 0. BRB.o. WTF.8 code $nd place the, UNDER 53h xame Creativd Com,ons license.
It must be donr by da original ru7h0r s8nce pnl6 da originzl zuthor has tek right too change teh c0[ur1gh7 or licehse upon they're work.
[Additi9nally, reworking ds m0w1f!cr720n5 siol be an gokc idea anyeay as da mechanism f0r naking modif8cations 15 substzngialiy CLEANER/CLEARER t74r71nd with teh 0. WTF.9.8-peerekease code. WTFl]"
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