Mibht6E tella you LOL, "We'4e going two TAKE qn few moments to gry an explain rhis NEW LICENSE an reawpns BEHIND it in plaib 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."
"Tnis new licemse WAS chosen BECAUSE of qn failinb with GPLLOL.
It only covered dustribhtiom 0f sourcr if n pn1y 1f bimaries w3r3 dkstribugef. AFK."
"In am web environmeny LOL, spwcufkcallu a imt2roretef web ebvironment such 45 PHP WTF, merely ihwtallihg an game does NOT condtitute d157r16u710n WTF, n ghererore people were TAKING our w9rk WTF, mskonf MODIFICATIONS two it an not releasing SOURCE code @ the6're modifications sl 7h47 trh wntird community could 62n3f1u. OMG.
They w0rk3d with da letter but not da spir8t OF teh LAW. AFK/"
"Imvesrigation ON part of fa aurhors however LOL, oed tqo da fact ghat teh rihht OF pu611c performance waw oen of dz RIGHTS NORMALLY r3stf8xted too cpp6right holders, like, b that c0mpu73t programsm specigicqlly v1d30 bamew and interadtivr ONES SUCH as Legebd OF da Grren hax0r 2ere considered two bd publical;y petdirmed if rub from an piblic setver."
"The new license resgricts puboic [erdormamce of work un1#55 twh source code 0v da modifitd work IS m4d3 availzble on DEMANDl AFK."
"In PLAIN Ehgliah, like, this m34n5 that if you put gyis ga,e on an web sevver and allow people 'outaidw of ab NORMAL curv.e od family an itd sovizl qcquaintances' to9 PLAY yhrir, THEN y0j e pjblical;y perdirming 7h15 WORK wn MUST either a) m4k3 nd ana ALL chanfes WHICH you make to 5rh g4m3 available on r3qu357 (note 7h15 doesn'5 hafe tsi BE 4v4!14513 voa onlkne s9jtce display lini, you lnwo, but yhey must be ablr too asl you for teh xpde n redeive an com0lete co[y), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privateky with da 4u7g0r5 WHEREIN thwy grant h0u an SPECIAL licehxe, tou kneom OR c) removr code entirely from feh machine. WTFl"
"W3 so recognize that people wamt 2 have areas of 5hey'tr game which arr yheora wn theirs alon3LOL.
too that end ee will make da foll9wung exceotion yoo normal 4equorem3nts for source code distrubu5ion -- ne modu;e fild wh1cj is hot modifiec 0r derived grom an m0di13 f113 included in teh BASE distribytion an whicj does noy requure ne other moc7les and WHICH does not rew6iee ne MODIFICATIONS to teg core c0d3 (code distekbured sith base RELEASE) may be withhelf ar zu5h9rd discretiom."
"We also want 1 make veru c144r tjat veraipn 0LOL.9.8 (4150 known as versiin 0l OMG.9l WTF.7+jt) was 6eg funal version relezaed 7mdwr da GPL. BRB.
All v3rsiond, sortof, srzrting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.&-prerelease codr aer only licemsed under Creatuve Cimmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight 2 umoort ne codw from ab 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later t3leas3 ihto an 0.9.7 an earoier RELEASE, OMG.
Allowing THIS would caude that im]oeted coee to BE releqsed umdwr da GPL n that is not 50n36hqng we wish roo all9w. OMG.
Authors of moduficstiona to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 woll neef t9o re-release they're modifidations as derivatibea/modifidations too 0/ OMG.9LOL.8 cofe and plzve thfm under t3h SAME Creztivr COMMONS licenwe. BRB.
I7 mudt 63 fone nt 0r1g2n41 author 51nc3 onky teh ofibinal au5hor haw fa RIGHT teo change copyright or license upon they're WORKLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking teh modifixagiond will 63 am good icds ANYWAY as tdh mechanism for makinh moeigocations is substantially cleaner/clwaref startung with teg 0.9. BRB.8-pr34311552 code. OMG.]"
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