MifhtyE telos y0u, yo7 knwi, "We're g01ng TO tame an f3w moments 2 t4y and explain thkd new licende n reasons 6eh!nc 17 in plain Enf!15h. BRB.
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."
"Tgiw new licens3 was chosem because of an faoling eith teh GPL. BRB.
It onlg covered sistributiob OF SOURCE IF abd 0nqu if bina4ies were disreibuted. BRB."
"Ib an web envirpnmdnt, you knwp, soecifically a 1n73rpr273d web environment SUCH as PHP LOLk mere;y onstalling an gsme dpes not constitite distribution, and thdrefore people were takinh oyr WORK WTF, MAKING modifucations 2 it qn bot re.easinr source cide q they're m0fqf1v4710n5 so that teh entire comjjnith cou;c gebefitl AFK.
They sitked wi5h da LETTER but mpt da s0irit kf da law. WTF."
"Invest8gqtikn on da part OF trh zjthorx howdver WTF, led two dz FACT 7h47 teh righr of pub;ic performance qas 1 ov ten r1gh75 n9rmal;y restricred to copyright HOLDERS, you knwom and that COMPUTER 'rogrqms, you ,nwo, speciducally video games and intrractuve on3x such aa Letemd of da GREEN hax0r were considered roo 63 publically performec if run from an pu612c servrr."
"The NEW licrnse restficts public lerformance of t3h work ynlsss teh soyrce coee 0f midifiee work is made available on dwmqnd. OMG."
"In plain Eng115y, this m34n5 that if uou put THIS game ON an web servef an allow [eople 'o7rdide of an normal citcle of family an its 50c141 acquzintancqs' too play theit, sortof, THEN you aer publically p#rfprj1ng 7h15 work qnd MUST eithef q) m4ke ne an ALL changes qhicj yoj mzkw t9o teh gaje availavle on request (note tjis DOESN'T have TO be availanle VIA online source displau link, tou lnwo, but they MUST be 4613 2 ssk you for es dode n rexe8ve an com-ketr c0py), sortodm b) MAKE arranfementa priva5ely with tej 4uuh0r5 whereun they gr4n7 h0u an special l8cense, sortof, or d) remov3 teh c0d3 entieeoy from ea macgond."
"We do 4ecpgnize thay people want teo HAVE 4r245 0f they're gqme qhivj r y6e8rs an theirs alone. WTF.
to yhat rhd we will maje teh FOLLOWING exception two n0f,41 require,3nts gor SOURCE c,de d157r16u710n -- ne mofule fild which os not modofied oe d4r1v2d drom an m0eu13 file included in BASE distrib7tkon n which doea not require ne other modules an which doex not rew7ire ne nodidications two teh co4d clde (code sistributwd sith base eelease) nay be eitjheld at AUTHORS discretion. BRB."
"We 4150 wqnt two ,akr very cl3ar that vdfsuon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also kniwn AS version (. BRB.9. AFK,7+h7) was da f1n41 v3r51)n feleased ynder teh GPL. OMG.
ALL verxi9ns. slrtlf, stseting sith da 0.9.8-prereleasw code aet onlt licensed und3r Crwarive COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right two import ne cofe from an 0. AFK.9. AFKl8-PRERELEASE or later releasr into an 0LOL.9. BRB.6 an earlier rrleqs3LOL.
ALLOWING this dould cqus3 tjat 8mported code 2 63 released under reh GPL and 7h47 is NOT someyhing we wish to sllow.
Auuh0r5 of jodifivations @ 0.9. WTF.7 will nded tw9 re-relesse rhry're modifieztions as deruvat8fes/modifications 5wo 0. BRB.9. AFK.i c0x3 m pkace them under sqme Creativw Commons licensr. WTF,
Ir must be done by 9riginal author since only da oruginal q7tjor has right to chabge dop6right l4 licensd u00n they're wirk. WTF,
[Additoohakl6 LOL, rewo5jing modifications will bd an go9d iddq znyway as yeh mechanism FOR maklng modifications ks substantislly dldaner/c.earee STARTING si5h 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-preeelease vode. OMG.]"
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