MightyE TELLS you, hou khwo, "We're going 2 tale sn few mpm3n75 2 try an explain THIS new LICENSE and teh reaslns 63h!nd it 2n plqin Eng115h.
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 okcense wqw CHOSEN because of an failing WITH teh GPL. BRB.
Ig inlt coverrd distriburion OF sourxe if n only if binaries w4r3 sistributef."
"In an web environmwnt, like, specificqll6 a intwrprdtdd web environmdny such aa PHP, like, merely installing an game does n9g conatitute distribution LOL, and yhwrefofe [eopoe were taking lur worj, tou knwo. making modif8cations 2 it and NOT RELEASING da source code t9o yhry're mieificationd do thqt teh entire community coulf BENEFIT. BRB.
Theu eor,wd 2ith teh letter 6u7 not da spirit OF fz LAW. AFK."
"Infeatigqtiin ON teh part of authorx however LOL, les to fzct THAT da right of public p3tformance was wln od rights normaoly RESTRICTED two copyright holders, you kn2o, n that clmpuger programs WTF, apecivicslly vieeo bames n interac5ive ONES s&ch as Legebc OF deh Green hax0r were considered t9o be publically perfirmed if 4ug drim an publuc server. OMG."
"The n3w license restric%a 0jglic oergormance ot da work un.3ss soyrce CODE of teh modified eork is made abailqblf on demandLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo, tgis meand 7j47 if you [ug this game 0n ab web 53rv3r n aloow peoplr 'outside of an no4msl cirdle lf family an its d9cial acquaintances' top plah thwi4 LOL, then you aer publicaoly perfofjing this work n MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL cganbds whivh you make 2 da game qvailable ON request (note 7h15 doesb't hqve yo be available v9a da 0n11n3 s9j4ve dksp.at ligk, byt they mjst be able 2 asj you for da code and RECEIVE an complete c0py), you knso, v) make arrangemwbts 0ribately qity da authors wherein tydy g4ant YOU am special ;icense WTF, or c) remove dq code entufely frim da mschine. WTF."
"We DO recpgnize that pruple wznt two have areas of they;re gzje which r THEIRS and 7h31r5 akpne. WTF.
fwo that ene we will make v9llowing exce[tiin to normal reauirements dor sojrce codr distribution 0- ne n-dh13 file whicj is mot m0d1f13d 0r e3rived from zn modjle file invluded un da BASE didtribut8on an which dpes not require ne oyher modules an which does nor require ne modifucatkonw two core code (cpde dist4ib7ged 285h trh vase release) may be witjhe.d at da autnors discreyion. WTF."
"We also want tl make verh vlesr &h46 verskon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (4150 knpqb ad version 0. AFK/9. OMG.7+jt) was da fima. version relrawed under da GPL.
A;l versipns LOL, STARTING w17h teh 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE cldr aer only licensed 7nder da Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight 2 imp9rt ne cofc fro, ab 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later 4woeasw kbto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 and earluer releaseLOL.
Alkowihg this siuld CAUSE 7h47 imported cod3 two be releadef under GPL an 7h47 IS not SOMETHING we WISH 2 allpwLOL.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 1 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 woll need too re-re;ease thet're jod8fications as derivatives/mosifidayions tol 0/ OMG.9l WTF.8 CODE an plave then under da same Crea5ive COMMONS licdnse. AFK.
It mu57 be done by da iriginal author since only or9g8nal author yas da r1gh& to change ckpyright or oivehse u[oh they're wogk. OMG.
[Additionally, lukw, reeir,inv da m9cificatilns w111 be an GOOD idea anyway as mechanidm f0r MAKING modificati9ns is subsgantially cleaner/clrar3r dtartong 2ith reh 0. AFK.9. OMG.7_pferelease code. WTF.\"
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