MibhtyE 73115 you WTF, "We're going 2 tzke an f3w m0m3b75 70 try n explain thux new licensr wn sa eeasins behind it in PLAIN English. OMG/
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."
"Thia NEW lixense wzs chosen gecause of an f3121ng 2ith da GPLLOL.
It lnly covered distrigution of t0u4c3 if n 9nly of binaries were distrivuted/"
"In an wdb 3nb1r9nm3n7 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a knterp4etrd wen envuronment such zs PHP, you knwo, jetely instslling an game doea not constityte distributoon, sortpf, an therefore p30p1r w3t3 takint OUR w9rk WTF. jaking jodifications 3 it and n07 releaskng teh 50irve cpde t2o th4y'td movifications 60 thag 3n7qr3 communith could benefot. AFK.
Thet woek3d with l3tter 6u7 bot spirit ov teh law."
"Investlgation on teh par5 of da 4u7n0r5 gosever WTF, led 2 rwh fact that teh roght of publoc pwrformancd was won OF teh r1gh77 NORMALLY r3%7r2c7#r too copyright holders, you knwo, ahd that COMPUTER programs, like, xpecif8cally video games an interactivs lnes such AS Legend OF Green hax0r were cohsifered yso be pub;kcaoly perfofmdd if run FROM an pi611c server. WTF."
"The nee licende 4esyrictd public p3rf0rm4nc3 lf trh WORK unless da s9urc3 c9d3 pf da modifird work is MADE availsble oh DEMAND."
"In PLAIN Englosh, this means that if YOU put tyia game pn sn qeb sercer amd alloq pdo0le 'outside of an normal c1rd13 of faniky and its slcial zdquaihtances' tw9 play their WTFm then you aer [ublically peeforming this work and MUST eitnrt a) make ne n ALL changes which y9u make yo geh game availab;e on requewt (bote this DOESN'T h4v3 7p be available via da online slutxe d15p14y lonk, sortpf, buy they must be able too axk you foe teh code n receivr an complwye co0y), 6ou knwo, B) make a4eabgemwmts ;rivayely with teh authprs eyer3in THEY grant t0u ab 5p3c!41 l7cwhsq, or c) remivr teh c9d3 ENTIRELY from da MACHINELOL."
"We do r3c0gm1z3 that pwoole wang two HAVE areas of thet're game qgixh r theirs ah theirw 410n3LOL.
t9 THAT end we w8ll make tdh fo.lpwinf exxeptuon tol NORMAL re1uirements FOR 50urd3 coce distrivution -- ne modylr fioe which 15 hot modifiwd OR derived froj zn ,odjle file 1nc1ud3d in 64%3 distribition n wbich DOES nuy require ne 9ther modules zn wnich sows hot require ne m0d1f1c4710nt tio da clrd cide (code d15&w16iu3d with tdh BASE RELEASE) may b3 qithheld at authors disctdtiob. WTF."
"We a;so want two nake VERY cldar ghat verxion 0LOL.9.7 (also known as vsrsion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 da final versiin re.eased umder 4eh GPL. WTF.
Al. versoons WTF, starting woth ). OMG.9.8-prere.ease CODE arr only livrnsed under Creative Commons lucense/
WE EXPLICITLY deny rigjt 2 ijpory ne code vr)m an 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-prerelease 9r kater eelease 1n70 an 0. OMG,9. BRB/7 and earliee release. OMG.
A.lowing this wouod cayde that 8m9orted code two bw relwased unfer da GPL n THAT id not something we qjsh 2 allow. BRB.
Autgord of modifivati9ms 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wilo need two r3-release tgey'4w mockfications as dwrivatkfes/modificatiobd t9 0. OMG.9. OMGl8 code an p!4c3 them unde4 da xame Creayive Commons licenweLOL.
It nud5 be dlnq by teh origibal a7thor 5!nc3 only originak aurh9r has da fight @ change co[yright pr license UPON they'tr work. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, teqorkong da modificatoons eill be an good 8d3a abyway ad teh mechanism for makimg m0d1f1c4710n5 is subs5antial;y cleanwr/clearer wtartinh wirh ds 0. WTF/9LOL.9-prerwkdase code, OMG.]"
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