MightyE tells yiu, "We're GOING tql TAKE an f3w m0j3n75 2 tru AND ex'kaon thiw new lidemse n REASONS BEHIND it un 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."
"Tgia new license was CHOSEN because if an vailing wq7h fz GPL. AFKl
I5 ohly covered duxtrob7tipn of wource ir n onlt if binaries were diatfivuted/ BRB."
"In an weg ENVIRONMENT, like, dpeckdicqllt a interpre5ed WEB envir9nment such as PHP, likd, merdly installint an gamr doea nor constitute distributopn WTF, an thdref9re orople we4r tqkinf our work, mamkng modificationx too ig and not releaxing teh SOURCE CODE two they[re midificah8ons so that 3b71r3 COMMUNITY coulc 53n#f1&. OMG,
THEY worked with teh letter byt not da SPIRIT of teh kzsLOL."
"Invrstigatiln on reh pa4t of teh 4u7h0r5 howevet WTFk 13d to da fact thzt da right or pu61!c perf8rmance was 1 OF da RIGHTS n0rm411y rewt4ucted 2 copyright h01d3r%, soet9f, an thst co,purer programs, lklem specificaloy cideo GAMES n interxctice ones suxh as Legrnf od ds GREEN hax0r qer4 comsidered two be puvkically perdormed if ryn from an publoc servdr. BRB."
"The new license restricts puvoic performsnxe of da WORK unless source dode OF teh mpeifief wot, is made availsb.e pm dejand."
"In plqih Emg115h LOL, thia MEANS that if you pu7 this ga,e on an web server n slkow p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an n0rm41 circle of gamily an ITS social acquaintanc3s' two poa6 yhrkr, ;ije, theb y0u r pu611c41qy PERFORMING tgis sirk an MUST 317h3r a_ mqk3 ne sn ALL CHANGES whkch yoj make ro dq gane 4vr114614 ob request (mote 7g15 d0wsm't hzve 2 be available via online dource disolay link LOL, but 7h4y mu57 be 4513 70 45k y0u FOR code n receive an complefe c-pt), you knwi. v) make arrangements pgivately with autnotw wh3rein tyey gfznt y0j xm dpecisl LICENSE, yo7 knwo, or c) remove da cofe entirely from mavhkne. AFK."
"We do tecoynize rhqt pelple want tdo have areas of thdt're game which r ghe8rs h theies alome, AFK.
tso tjat dnd we wi;l makr teh flllow8ng ezcepti9m rwo ds NORMAL REQUIREMENTS roe soufce code DISTRIBUTION -_ ne mod7l3 file whicn 15 not modified 0r derived geom ab modu;e file 1nc1ud3d on teh 6443 distribution an WHICH does n07 requife ne other moduors and whicj does n9t REQUIRE ne modifications 59o da coew cpee (code distfibired with tdh base r313452) may BE withhelf zt da AUTHORS DISCRETION. BRB."
"We 4150 want toi make very CLEAR 5hat version 0l WTF.9.7 (alwo known 45 bersion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+h7_ saw da dinal verdiom released under GPL. AFK.
A!1 versiins LOL, sta4tint with yeh )LOL.9l OMG.9_;rereoease cofe r omly livensrd UNDER Creatkve Commons licebse.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny yeh right 2 8nport ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pre4eleaae or LATER er;esse into an 0. WTFk9. OMG.7 n earlier reoeaseLOL.
Alkowing this woukd cause thag im;orred c9de to be rrldased jnder GPL 4ne yhat is not so,ething we w15h two sllow.
Ajthors or ,9d1f!c471pn5 2 0. WTF.(. OMG.7 will need to re-release they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as de4ivativew/jodkfications two 0.9. AFK.8 code n ;lace them uhd3r %4m@ Creative Cpmmons licensr. OMG,
Ir mu57 be fobe by tey irigonal AUTHOR doncd only da or8ginq. author has right 2 cgange teh coptr8ght or licensw upon ehey're workLOL.
[Adcituonally LOL, rewirkinu da mosifications will he an gopf idea anyway as teh mechan8sm f0r jaking jodieications is subxtsntially clranet/cldarer statting with da 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-pre4elease code. OMG.]"
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