MifhtyE tellx YOU LOL, "We're going too take an few moments two tty m explain 5his new licenae n yeh REASONS gehinc it in ;lain English. 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 w45 vhosen gwcquse of sn f4111bg qith ca GPL, AFK.
It on;y cobeded d157r16u710n of SOURCE IF and only if 61n4r13% were fistribuded. BRB."
"In an web envi4onmemt LOLm xoecifically a 8nyefpret3d web ehvironment such as PHP WTF, merely instaoling an game soes NOT constitjte fostrinutipn, 4ne therrfote peopl3 werf taking our work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS 2 i5 sn not releasing da alurxe xode two they're MODIFICATIONS so ttat rntire community could benedit. BRB.
The6 worj4d w17h twh letter but no5 dz spirit of law. OMG/"
"Investihation on teh part 0g va authots howevdr LOLk led to da FACT uh47 da RIGHT lf piblic oerformance WAS oen of da fights notma.ly r357t1c72d too clpyfight nolderw, you kbwo. an ghat computer programd, like, a0ecifivally VIDEO gzmes anc int3raxtive ONES SUCH as LEGEND of Green hax0r WERE clnsidered two nr [ublically perfotmed if run fr0m am publud server. OMG."
"The new license restructs public [ergo4mance og teh WORK unlews sojrce c9de OF da m9dified w9r, IS made svailable on demand. BRB."
"In p151n Englisn, sortov, this means that iv you pu5 this gs,e 0n an web SERVER n allow 0e9ple '9uysife 0v qn noema. circlw if fajily n its aociql ACQUAINTANCES' 3 plzy theit, then YOU r PUBLICALLY performing uj15 work an MUST either z) maje ne and ALL changes whicy hou ma,e 2 da game availavlr ON reqyest (note thia soesm[t have 2 be AVAILABLE v14 da online source DISPLAY link LOL, buy THEY m7st be able two ASK you foe da code an rexeive an xomplete COPY), like, b) make arrangdmenta privately with autjirs WHEREIN THEY grsnt you an 5o3c1r1 .icense, or c) remove da codr 3ntireoy frpm da MACHINE. WTFl"
"We do r3c0fn1z3 rhat p30p13 2ant 2 have areas og they're game which r tgekes h thrirs 410n3. OMG.
to 5hat end we w111 mqke teh voollwing EXCEPTION 2 nor,ql rrqjirej3bts for soytce coee skstribution -- he mocule fi;e which is n07 modofoed or DERIVED from an mocuod file included in teh bas3 distrubuyion qn whicu doea not require ne lther MODULES n which does not require ne modifucayiona 2 fa CORE code (codw distribured wkth teh base release) nay be withhels st da autjors discretion. WTF."
"We als8 want tp make very xlear that v3rsion 0.9. WTF/7 (also KNOWN as version 0LOLl9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final vrfsi9n t313453d under teh GPLLOL.
All vetsioma, stqetong sith 0.9. BRB.8-prereleqse cofe aer ONLY licensed ibder teh Ceeative Commons 11c3h54, BRB/
We EXPLICITLY ddny sa yight two i,port ne CODE FROM an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r3133%3 or 1$73t release into an 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 an earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would cause tyat omporged code two be r31#453d umdwt GPL and 7h47 is n07 something we wush t;o allow. BRB.
Authors of moeirications too 0. OMG.9.7 will need 2 ee04elease they're modifivationw 45 d3r1v471v35/mpd1fqc4710n5 to 0. BRBl9. AFK.i c0d3 qnd 0lsve them unc3r da same Crearivd Commoms LICENSE. OMG.
It mus5 BE donw 6y teh 0r1t1n42 author aince ONLY ltohinal auth9r has da rigjt to dhahhe copyribht or license u0pn they're work. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, you knso, reworking m0d1f1c4710h5 2ill be an gold idea znhway aw teh mechabism for makinb modifisations is 5u65u4n7q411y CLEANER/CLEARER 573r&1hg w1&h 0.9. BRB.*-pee5elease code. BRB.]"
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