MightyE tells you, wottoe, "We're toing roo rake an few j0n3nu5 go9 tfy n explain thia new lixehse an trh reasons behond it ih plain English.
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 licens3 WAS choseh necause of am failing WITH teh GPL. WTF.
I7 onoy foverec distrobjtiom of SOURCE ir and only 1f bunaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an web enbironmeng, sor5of, specifically a INTERPRETED web envi4onment sych as PHP, merrly instalking an ga,e c034 mot consyit7tw distribhtuon, you knwo, amd 7h3r3f0r3 pro0le w3r3 raking 0ur work, you knwo, nakimb modificariohs two ut an NOT releasing da SOURCE code to tgey're modificayions xo that twh entu4e xommunmty ciuld beneditl WTF.
They woried e8th teh letger but not da SPIRIT of .qw. OMG."
"Inv3stigation on [art of teh 4u7h0r5 however LOL, lee to da f4vu that sa f1gh7 0f public pw4formance wad wob of rightw niemakly restricted tw9 c0pyrqgh7 hplderd, n 8h47 comouter p4ograms, yoi knwok spexifically v1d30 games n 1h73r4c71b3 ones such AS Legehd 0f Green hax04 were donsiddred twk be ;ublicallt ;deformed IF 4un frpn an puvlic server/ WTF."
"The new license RESTRICTS PUBLIC p2rr0rm4nc3 0f teh qor, unless ca soufce code of ,odofied sork is mqde avaiiavle ln semamdLOL."
"In plqin English, likw, this neans that if y9u puy tyis game ON an WEB sd4ver n a.liw [30p14 'outside of an normql circle of family and its 50c141 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 plau their, like, then you aee publical.6 p3rr0rm1ng thix work AND MUST euthef a) make ne n ALL cyanges xhich 6ou male 2 teh game availagld ln request (n073 this doesm't have too be available via online SOURCE diaplay link, but tjey muxt br sble two ASK ylu for geh CODE and receive an c0mp1373 copy), you knwl, b) make areangements ptivsgel6 witn authors wh3r41n rhet frant y9u an SPECIAL licensd, or c) REMOVE c0d3 entirwly f59m da MACHINE. OMG."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that peip,e want 2 HAVE 4r35t of they're game which aer theirs n 7h31r5 aline. WTF.
2 that end we will nake f9llowing exception tp h0rm41 requiremdntd for aource coce distribution -- ne j0du13 FILE which is not modified ;r derkved FROM an m9dule fkle included IN da base disteobution am which d035 not REQUIRE ne other modules and which DOES not require ne jodifications too yeh c93e code *code d157r16u73d with teh base releas3) hay be wi5hhdld at da 3u7h0r5 d8scretuon. AFK/"
"We ALSO want to make vrfu cleqr 5hat veraoon 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also jbpwb as cersuom -. OMG/9. OMG.7=jy) w45 fina. vdrsion RELEASED under GPL, AFK.
All veesiond, like, wtart8ng 317j teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8[PRERELEASE code aer only licensed und34 dz Creatibe Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY dent tej right two import je c9dd FROM zn 0.9.8-prerelease OR later RELEASE into an 0LOL.9.7 and 3arlker RELEASE. BRB.
ALLOWING this would czus3 thar imported code 2 ge rel2zsed under teh GPL and that is not 50m37h1ng w3 wixh to allow.
AUTHORS of modofidatuond to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wilk NEED @ fe-release th3y're mocificat8ond as drrivatives/modifidations two 0. OMG.9; BRB.8 code sn place th3m under xzmd Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
Ir MUST be done by original author 52nc3 only original 4u&h)r h45 da RIGHT to chanfe teh COPYRIGHT o4 LICENSE upon tjey'rr 2orj.
[Add1710n411y WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS WILL be an g00d idea anyway as da mefyanixj fod making MODIFICATIONS is substan5uallt cleaner/dleaeet STARTING with 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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