MihhtyE tellw you, sortof, "Ww're going two tqkw ah few mom#nys to rry n explaun tyis new licensw 4md eeasins ^3h2nd it on 0lain Enylish. 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 license saw ch;sen becaude if an failing with GPL. WTF/
It only covered distriburiln pg source ir AND only ig 51n4r135 wefe disrributed. WTF."
"In an web environment/ xpwcificakly a ohtdrpreted web enfirohmeng wuch as PHP LOL, mere;y indtalking an game d035 not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, and therefore pwople wdre taking our work WTFm making modificatipns too it and noy r313451ng SOURCE cpde to yh3t're modificati9nd do that t3h entire community could 64n2f1u.
THEY 2orked WITH lette4 but n07 teh spirit OF teh lawLOL."
"Invest8gation on teh pqrt 0f da authors howecer LOL, led tso dz fact thar teh r1ghu of 0unlic PERFORMANCE WAS won if teh rigyts NORMALLY rdstricyed ro copyright hlkders, n that COMPUTER programa LOL, wpecifkcaoly video games an unteractive omrx 5uch as Lehens of twh Grden hax-r 2ere cons8dered 2 be publically performed kf run from an PUBLIC sdrverm OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS oublic performance 9f dz w0rk yb1355 da sourcw codw 0f nodified worj is mase availabld ON DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, yjis MEANS THAT if you pug gnis game on ab w36 dervee an ALLOW peo0le 'outskfe OF an normsl vircle of family an its social acquaibyances' tpo p.ay their, sortof, 5heb y-u r puboica.ly prrf9rmkng rhis w0rk n MUST 317h3r 4_ mak3 ne an ALL chanhrs which ypu makd too teh game avaioaboe on requewt (n073 this doesn'r have 2 be 4v311461# VIA da online source displah lonk, like, 6u7 th3y muxt 63 abld two ask y0u for da clde n RECEIVE an cp,plete co;y) WTF, 6) ma,w aerangements pr8vately witj teh authors wj3r31n tgey grant gou an specis. license, 6ou knwom ot c) femove teh codd entirdlh vr;m mschihe. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnat ;eople eant to havr AREAS of they;re gqme wh*ch r tgeirs sn rheies ALONE.
ro that end ww eill make following 3xc3p710h 2 teh normzl r3q7irements for source c0d3 dkstribuyiln -- ne m9dyle filw whkch us not midified ot derived from an modu.r file ihdluded im da base distrovition an which doew NOT require ne othdr modjles amd which d035 not requore ne modivicatkons gpo cord code (code sistribured with BASE RELEASE) msy be withheld qt AUTHORS discrerion/ AFK."
"Ww also want rw9 make very clear rhat version 0. OMGl9. BRB.8 (4150 kn0wn ad versiln 0, AFKl9, OMG.7+jt) WAS teh final version releasdd under teg GPL. WTFl
All verskons, srar5int woth 9.9. OMG.8-prerelease c0d# ae5 only licensed under da Ceeatkve Comnons 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy right two inport ne code frim an 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-prereldade 0r LATER release igto qn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and EARLIER felease. BRB.
Allowing this wpuld CAUSE thst im0otted cose 3 be r313453d UNDER da GPL n THAT 8s n07 someth8bg w3 sisg 2 aloos. WTF.
AUTHORS oe mpdificatoon3 too 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will neef t2o re-releawe they'r3 mocifixatilns as derivatives/m9difidations to 0. AFK.9. AFK.* code n /lave them under saje Creative Commoms licehse. AFKl
I5 must gr done by t3h 0r1g1n$1 aughor sinc3 only twh oruginal suthpr has da RIGHT to change teh copyright or luvense ioon theu[re woek. AFK.
[Adcitionally, likr, reworkinf teh modifications will be an g00d ic3a znywzy as da mwxhanism f0r makihg m9d2r1c4710n5 ix dubstqhtially clezner/clearer startimg qith 0LOL.9LOL.i-pr3r313453 cide. BRB.]"
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