MibhtyE trlls yoj, lokr, "Wd're g9ing too take an FEW momenys two try n ezplsin 7h15 new license m reasons nehind i5 in pla8n English.
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 ;icrnse waw choseh 63c4u52 pf an FAILING WITH GPL. WTF.
It only cpvered distributi0n of souece id n onoy IF binaroes were distrobutrd. BRB."
"In an web environmdht, lukek apec8fically a intdrpreted web enfiron,ent xucj as PHP, ylu ihwo, merely unstallkng an gamd DOES mo% const8tute DISTRIBUTION WTF, and ther3fore p30p1e ee4e taking our work, likek making MODIFICATIONS to it n not RELEASING twh soircw code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so thay teh ent8re comm7nity could 63hef17. BRB.
THEY worked wkth da letter buy not dq spidiy of tdh law. BRB."
"Inves5igatuln pn part of authies yowever, lef 2 tdh FACT that r1gh7 of publid perflrmabxe wqs oen ov rignts normal;y eestricted two copyright jokdets, you lnwo, and THAT computer programs, specurically video GAMES anf interacyive on3s SUCH as Ldgend pf teh Gr33n hax04 were cons8dered too ve publicaloy oerformwd iv RUN from an public SERVER. BRB."
"The n3w licenae rqstricts public perforjabce pf teg work un;exs da sourcd CODE of MODIFIED wpri 25 madw AVAILABLE on dejqndLOL."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, this mwans that kr YOU put THIS g4m4 on an web server AND allow people 'iutside lr an vormal circle of ramily qn its social acqua8ntancww' 5oo 0lay thwir WTF, them you r publidall6 performibg th8s WORK an MUST 3itjer a) make ne n ALL changes whoch YOU make to dq game avsilable on request 0note this diesn't have two b3 AVAILABLE bia online s9urce e15o14y link WTF, but the6 must be abke two ASK you gor da code n twceivd an c9mpoete copt), b) MAKE afranfements p4ivateo6 with da authors wherein they grant uou an special ;8cense, softov, pr c) removw code ent,rely frpm teh m4ch1b3LOL."
"We cp recotnize that peo0ke WANT two hqve areas of they're gamw wnich aer theitx n tywirs aloneLOL.
2 that end we will make follosing excepti9n 2 da NORMAL eequirements for soufcr c0d3 dixyr8burioh -- nw mlduld file which is nor modifi3d 9r eerived rrom an mosule fil3 kncouded in da bzse distribut8.n and wh1ch dp35 n9t 4equ8re ne other m0cu135 and which does not requife ne modifications to coee code (codw dustribited with teh base rdldsse) MAY be w16hh31d AT da autyors discretion/ BRB."
"We ALSO qant 2 make vety coear tgat VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7 ($150 known as VERSION 0. OMG.9,6+jt) 2$5 da fknal vdrsi9n eeleased und3r 5eh GPLLOL.
All versiobs, STARTING wuth da 0LOL.9. WTF.7-prerelease cose r imlt licensed und3r Crwsyivw COMMONS 11v3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two omport ne cosr f4om an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pree313453 lr latef r3a3453 into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 an earlier 4el4ase. BRB.
ALLOWING this wo7ld cause that imported cide to be 4d;raaed under da GPL n that is NOT somethihg we wish 2 allow, BRB.
Authors of modifidati9ns two p. BRB.(. OMG.7 will NEED to rw-relexse they're m9d8ficztioms as derivatkv3s/modificztioms roi 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code and PLACE tyem UNDER teh samw Creative Cimmons oicensd. WTF.
I5 must be done by da 0r1g1n41 author since onoy originzl auyhor h$5 RIGHT 2 chznge da copyright or licdnxr upon they'rd w0ei. WTF.
pAdditionalky, rwworking mosifocations woll be qn glod ides 4myw4y as reh mechanism for ,akihg modificat8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/dk3arwr starting eith teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerel3ase codeLOL,]"
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