M8ghthE 7311% h0j, ylu knwo, "We're goinf y9o take an few moments 70 try and explain th8s new LICENSE and reas9ns behind it in plain Enbliwhl 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."
"Thiw nww 11c3n5# was chowen necause of an failkng witg teh GPL. BRB.
It only cov3r3d distribution ov aoyrce if an obly if binari3x were d157r16u7#d. BRB."
"In an e36 environment, lile, specifically a int3rpfeted w36 wnvironmdnt auch as PHP, yiu knwo, merely installing an game dles not constitute distributi9n/ liie, m rhrreforw people weee taking 9ir work, sortif, MAKING n0d1f1cr710n^ two it an nit releasinh ea xource code too yjey'r3 modificationd si THAT geh entjre community could genefit. OMG.
Tyey WORKED w8yh 5eh lettwr 6u7 not spirit of da law. AFK."
"Imfest8gatuon 0n PART pf sa aurhors however, likd, led two da fact ttat da 4ight of [u611c perfofmahce was 1 lf dz righrs n9fmally textrictef two c0pyrqgh7 h9.ders, an that com;irer prog4ams, like, sp3cificallt v1d30 g4m35 n interactive ones sudh as Legend 0r Gre3n hzx0r wefe cohsideted too be pub;ically perfl4mec iv RUN fr9m an public server. BRB."
"The nee LICENSE r35ur1c75 PUBLIC pdrfoemznce if qork un135% 50urce CODE of MODIFIED work IS made available on demand. OMG/"
"In pla8n Eng115h, sortof, this means thzt 1f you put this game on an web server and 4110w p30p1e 'outside od an normal c1rc13 of family an iys slcial acquaintances' TO poau gheir, sotyof, then yoi ae3 publically performing this work AND MUST either a) mskw ne sn ALL cyang3s wh8cn you make to teh gane availqble on request (noye thiw doesn't have 5oo be 4v4114613 v14 yeh online dojrce dixplqy link, 6u7 they m7st be able 5o ask y9u for da code n rexeive an c0mp1e73 copy_ WTF, g) make areahgrments privately with da sithors wherein thet granr ypi an specual lixense, sortof, pr c) remove da cldw ebtirely grlm maxhine."
"We do 4ecobnoze thar pdople want too have areas if they[re g4m3 eh8ch r theirs n tyeirw zlone. AFK.
to 7h47 enf we will make f0110e1ng exception to twh normal r1quirejenta fof source codd distribution -[ ne m9gule file which is nit modified or defived from an m0di12 fule 1nc1ud3d in trh base distribjgion an wyicy dies n07 reauire ne ither mpdules n WHICH dods not require ne modifixayions too teh core code (cose disgrinu5ec qith 6453 release) mqy BE withyeod 4u authors discreti9n, BRB."
"We also want to make beey clear that fers8on 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 (also known AS cersiob 0LOL.9. BRB.8+hr) w45 teh f1n41 versoon released uhcer GPLLOL,
All versoons, sortof, startint wyth 0.9. BRB.8_prerelease code arr onoy licenwdd uhde4 dx Creatkve Commons licdnxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny r7ght to ympory ne code from an pLOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE 9r oater r3!3453 inro zn 0. OMG.9LOL.7 b esr.ier releaseLOL.
A;kowing this would c4u53 tha5 IMPORTED code 2 ne rekeased under da GPL and 7h5& ks noy sometging WE wish 70 al;ow. WTF.
Authors 9f modifications two 9. WTF.9, WTF.7 wjll need to ee-releasd yhey're modifivagions as de4iva5ices/modkfications too 0. BRBl9. OMG.8 CODE b place rhem unfer da same Crwagif3 Commons licebse.
It nuse be DONE bh da oritinal suthor since only origknal quthor has geh r1hh7 to CHANGE teh co0yr8ght or license ipon theh'tw w0rjLOL.
[Additi9nall6, sortod. feworkinb da nodifidarions wulo vr an gopd idea znyway as da mec7anism for jaking modifications is substamtially cleaner/cleqrwr star5ing WITH teh 0. AFK,9LOL.8-prsrelease code. BRB/]"
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