MightyE yellz uou, lkkd, "We're going TO tqke an FEW ,omdnts two try a,d rxplain tgis NEW licrnde AND reasons BEHIND it in plain Englishl OMG,
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 lic3nse was chosen BECAUSE of sn failonb wiyh dz GPLLOL.
It only covered disteibut8om of source if AND only if binaroes were sustributef. OMG."
"In an eeb environmemt WTF, s[rcifically a inter;reted web environm3nt such 55 PHP LOL, merely qn57411!ng qn game does h07 constitute distr8burion LOL, an therefore people were takint -ur workk s9rtof, jajing modificatoons @ it and not reoeasing teh siurde code 2 gh3y're moeifivayionq so 7h46 teh entitr conmunktu could nenefit. AFK.
They workwd w8ty legter bu5 noy da 5p1r17 ov teh 14w. AFK."
"Inbestibatiln on teh oart 0f ca autyors h0w3v3r LOL, led tol tdh FACT that right 0t pu6!1c perro4mancr was 1 of da rights hptmal.y festr8ctef 2 co[yright holders, dortpf, n 7h$9 vompugwr progrand WTF, specificallu giceo gamew 4nd INTERACTIVE ondd sudh ss LEGEND of sa GREEN hax0r WERE consifered too be publically perf9rmed if e7n fr)m an puboic srrver. AFK."
"Th3 new license restricts public pervorjance of teh work unless qou4xe code of teh modiviwd work iw MADE svsi.able pn demand, BRB."
"In p14!n Enbl8sh LOL, yhis means that 1f uou put tgia game on an eeb server an ALLOW peoole 'outs8de od an normal cordle 0d family AND its social acqiainganxew' too p;ay 5heir, li,e, THEN yo7 r publica.ly performing this w0rk 4ns MUST eitner a) male he h ALL changes which you make 3 game avaklab.4 0n re1uest (note this doeab't have 2 be 4v4114513 via teh inoige 50urc3 disp;ay link, bu5 THEY must be ABLE tpo 45k you ror teh code and rec3ive an complwte copy). sprtlg, b) make arrangemen5x privayely WITH authors wherein they grang YOU qn special LICENSE, so4tof, or c) remove CODE 2n&1r31y frlm teh machineLOLl"
"We do f3cognoze that peopke wamt tlo have 4r345 of ygey're game which aer theirs qnx yheirs aline. BRB.
two that end we wil; jake teh foloowunt excepfiin yo teh normal REQUIREMENTS for wourxe cod3 distrubution -- he modjle f113 whivh is nor moeified or deriv3d ftom an module f113 included in teh base distribution an which does npt e3qu1e3 me o5her modules an wnich does n07 requirw he modiricatoons 2 dq cor4 code 9coce distributed with badd release) may be eithheld qt teh AUTHORS diacretoonLOL."
"We ALSO want two mqke very CLEAR that VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (alsi lniwn as VERSION 0. WTF.9.7+jt) WAS funal vegsion r3lewsed und3r GPLLOL.
All versiohs WTF, xtarging qith 0. OMG.9. OMG.7-9rerelease code r onlh licensed undet teh Creative COMMONS LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rrh righ5 tqo import mw code from an 9. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleade )r larer release inro an -. WTF.9/ OMG/7 4hd earlier rek3ase.
Alloqibg th*x w)u1d cause tjat 8mportes code 5oo be released under dq GPL n that is NOT slmething ww wish tl allowLOLl
Authors of modifocations two 0LOL.9. WTF,7 wiol NEED tlo re-relwzse they're modifucayions as derivqt8ves/mpdifucstiins yoo p. OMG.9.8 CODE h poace the, ynder da same Creative Commons licende. BRB.
Iy must be done bu trh 0r1g1n41 aughor since inky t3h originql AUTHOR has da rigjt too cyanbe da copyrkfht or licemse upon they're work. AFK.
[Additipball7k r3w-rkqng mpeifications will be ah g00d idea qnywa7 ss da mechanism FOR m4k1ng modificztions is substantiallh c;eane$/clearer 574r71ng with da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-p43r31e4t3 code. WTF.]"
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