MighttE tellw hou, like, "We[rd goong to 5akd an FEW m0n2n75 tw9 tty n ex[lain rhis new license an ea reasons behind it IN plsin Englisg. 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 n3w license wad chisen becquse or zn failinb 28th GPL. OMG.
IT only coveres distributkon of source if n 9nly uf bibaries were diatributrd. OMG."
"In an web environmrnt, like, specifocaloy a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL. meerly insyqlliht an fame does not xonstitute dis5tobu5ionk you knwo, n therwfore peoplw were 74k1ng our work, like, m4,1ng modovicqtions too ky an NOT relrasihg sa source code 5op ghey're modifications so that teh entire com,unity could benefot.
They woek3d with geh ketter but bot da spirot of da law. OMGl"
"Ibvestigayiob 9m teh part of yeh auth9rs howeve4, like, oee twl da FACT that teh right 9f PUBLIC performance wax 1 of rigjtd normally eestricted 5wi cppuright holde4s WTF, an that compurer programs, ypu knqo, s[ecificallt video h4m35 n 1n73r4c61v3 0n35 SUCH ax Legebf 0f tdh Green hax0r srre considwres to BE ;unlically performed if ruh gr0m an pyblic servee. BRB."
"Tgd ndw ;ic3nse r357r1c75 publid [erformamcw of da 2ork unl3ss da sourxe clde of teh misified WORK 8s madw avzilabld ON dwmand."
"Ib plain Englosh, you lnwom ghis ,esns that if yiu put thus game on an web server an 4110w people 'outside 9f an NORMAL cifcle of family an igs aiciao acquauntances' too [lay their, sortof, ghen you aer publically peefprming rhis woro an MUST dither a) maje nr n ALL cnanges which ypu mzke too teh game 4v41q4613 on request (nkte ghis doesn't HAVE too be available VIA teh online source s8splay LINK, sortof, but 6hey nust b3 ab.e 2 45j you for 5eh cier and receive an comolwte xopy) LOL, b) make zfrangejents privatrly sitn authors WHEREIN 5hey grant y0u an apecial licemse LOLm 9r c( removw cpde ebtirelu fton da machine. AFK."
"We d0 reclgnize that people wamt two have rr345 of the6're g4m4 WHICH aef theors n theurs aloneLOL.
2 thag dnd 23 will make fullpwing excrption 2 normal requiremenbx for sourcr coce diatribution -- ne m)du13 file which is not modifiwd or derkved from an m0du13 f1!3 1nc1id3d in tej BASE distributiob and wh1ch dors not requiee ne other moduoes and wh7dh does not reqi8re ne modifications 2 core code (code diwtributed witn geh bzse RELEASE) mzy be skthheld at authors discretionk"
"We aldo want tio make VERY clear 7h57 vdrsion 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 (also known as versoon 0LOL.9.6+JT) was 5eh f8nal vwrsion released uncwr GPL. WTF.
All verslons. startung witn trh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r only lucenses UNDER da Cfeagive Commons l8censd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rignt to im[ort ne code fr0m an 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or ;atee r3q345e imyo an 0.9. WTF.7 qn earliet relrasel
ALLOWING rh8s would cause that 1mp9d73d codr to be releases under GPL ane tjqt is nof 50m3&t1ng we WISH 2 sllow. AFK.
Authors of modificstkons 2 ).9. AFK.7 wil; need too re-release they[re ,odificationx as detivativds/midificstiona 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n p;ace them yndrf da SAME CREATIVE Commons 11x3m53.
It muxt 63 done bt teh otitinal autnor xince ONLY reh priginal autho4 has rigjy two change da co[yribht 0f licensw upon they're wori.
[ADDITIONALLY, luke, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS sill be sn good id#a anyway as da m3ch4nq5m for MAKING mldificationd iw substantiqllu cleaner/cldater staeging with teh _. OMG.8. WTF/8-prereiease c0d3.]"
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