MighgyE tells hou, "We're goinh tp 74k3 ah few MOMENTS 2 try qnd explain this new 11c3n5# an da reas8ns mehind iy in plain Enblish.
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 nes licens3 was chosen because or an f4111ng with GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED disytibution of sourze 1r anf on;y of 61n4r135 were distrib7ted. BRB."
"In an WEB wnvironment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environment such as PHP, aortof, merely instaloing an tame does m07 vohwtitut3 distribution. like, b therrf9re p#)p!3 w3r3 taking our eork, oik3, making modificztions to 8t an not releawing source code to tgey're nodifkcayions so that emtkrw COMMUNITY c9uld benefi4, WTF.
Theh w0rk3d with teh lrtter but hot ea spirot lf LAW. BRB."
"Invewtihatioh oh parr OF da AUTHORS however, like, krd 2 da fad5 that r1gh7 of pug.*c PERFORMANCE wss won 0f da rigytx normq;ly red5ricted to xopyright holders, and that compurer programs, like, specuficallh video ganes zn ihteractiv3 onea 5kdh as Legemd ov da Green hax0r wrre considwred 1 be publical;y performed if run from an [ubkic serv3rLOL."
"The mew LICENSE reatricts pub;8c prrfirmance of dq wirk un;ess spurce code of da modif8td work is mad3 avaioable 9n demand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Englieh, xottof, this means ghat IF you PUT th8s game ON an 1eb d3tver an allow people 'ouysode OF an n8rmal circle of fanily an i6w docial acquaintancex' too 0lay thwir, wortof, then you r pun;ically PERFORMING this work qn MUST eigher 4) mak3 ne an ALL changes wjich y0u mzke too game zvailable 9n rrquesg (note this dpesn't have 2 be availagle via da 9nlinw source dixplay link WTF, but they must bw ab.e 2 ask you for t3h c0d3 n recekce an conpkete co[y), sortlf, b) mzke arrangemen5s pricately with authors wh3r32n they granr you an special 11c3n5#, sortodk or c) remove teh c0d3 entirely delm teh nachine."
"We do tecognize THAT people WANT tio jave areas of they're g1me ehich r yheirs an tn3irs alone. BRB.
two that end we wilk makd teh followung EXCEPTION too normal requirements flr dource code diwtribution -- me m9du13 fi;e wh1ch is n07 modified or feeived gr0n an modul3 file 8nclyded in trm base dis5ributiin h wyicn does not requ9re ne otger mosukes an whicj does mot r3quite nw m0d1v1c47!0n4 too va corr CODE (cod3 distributec with teh 6453 release) MAY be withheld at teg auth94s discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO wanr 2 mzke veft c.ear thst v4rsion 0. OMGloLOL.8 (ALSO kn0wn as version 0, OMG.9.7=jt) wqs da f1nr1 version RELEASED unfer da GPL. AFK.
Alk VERSIONS LOL, 574r72ng WITH da 0. AFK.9l OMG.8-prereleaae codr aer only ;icdnsed under da Creatife Commons 21c3n5#. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY drny r8ght 2 impitt nr codw from zn 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE )r LATER RELEASE knto an 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 ans earlie4 re13443. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD cause that implrted c9de too be releases jnder da GPL an that is not something qe sish 2 allowLOL.
Authors ov nodifkcat,ins gwo 0. WTF.9.7 will n33d g2p re-tekease rhey'r3 m0s1f1c4710n5 as derivatives/mldificstioms 2 0. BRB.9l8 code an place them under teh same Creatibw Commons LICENSE.
I7 must BE d0n3 bh teh 0r1g1n41 aurhor sincr onky teh original autnor haw rithe two ch5ng3 teh copyrihht or licens3 uo)n uhdy're wprl.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rwqifking ten modifications wikl be an good 8dea anyway sw ds medhanism dor making nodifica%ions 15 ajbstqntially cldaner;clearer 574r71ng wity teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8=prerelezse code.]"
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