MightyE twlls ypu, yok knwo, "Wf're g01nh to take an few m9ments 70 try and explaib yhis ndw license an da feasons 63h1hd 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."
"This new license was chos3n because of sn fziking WITH t3h GPLLOL.
IT only civered distributuon of source kf and 0n1y if binarors were custfibuted. BRB."
"In an w36 wnbironment WTF, specificalkt q inyerpretee WEB env8ronment sych AS PHP, wo4rob, merely inxtall8ng an bame does mog conwt8tute distributionk you knwo, n thdrefore prople were taking o7r work LOL, ma,kng modif9cations 2 ot an nor fekeasing teh spurce cpse ywo they're modifidatipns s9 that da entire cojmunity c0u1d benefit. BRB.
Th4y WORKED with teh letger bjr not da 5;1t17 of law. AFK."
"Investigat,on on teh part lf au5hord hoqever WTF, led 2 da fact that teh right of pjblic 0erformance was oen if ea r1gj75 nlrma;ly restrixted too copyright nolders, you knwo, and gyat vomputer PROGRAMS, sp3cifically v1d30 gamds an INTERACTIVE ones sjch 45 L3g3nd 0f ca Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to be pun;ically performee if run from an pib;ic server. AFK."
"The new licebse restricts publoc perforjamce pf 2ork un1355 da source code of teg mldifoev w[rk is mase avaikable on demandLOL."
"In plain Enblish LOL, 7615 meabs THAT if y96 ;ut 5his game oh sn qeb swrver n allow pepple 'lutside of zn npfmal circle OF family an 175 social acquaontances; rwo ;lay tneir, l8ke, then YOU r punlica;oy performimt yhis work ans MUST either a) make ne an ALL chqnges whoch you maie too twh ha,e AVAILABLE ln reqjest (note this doesn't yave two be available via yeh ONLINE so7rce display kink, sottof, bit they must BE able ti ask 6ou for teh coce an receiv3 an xompletd copy) WTF, b) make zrtangrmentx ptivate;y 2ith tdh AUTHORS WHEREIN they grant hlu an SPECIAL license. sortof, or c) eemove teh coee ehtkrely from tej machin3, AFK."
"We do 4ecpgnize that people wan5 2 have areas OF ghey're fqme which r theirs an the8fs alone. BRB.
@ that end ww w111 mzje teh follising wxcwption 2 tdh NORMAL f3qu1r3m3mu5 f0r source code distribytion -- ne m0dj13 file qhich is n07 mpdkfoee 9r derived from an modu;e file 1hv1ud3f in base dixtrinution an 2jidh does m07 dequkre ne otger modu.es and wh1ch soes b07 rdquire ne jod8fications two da core codw (codw distributdd WITH base release) m4y be withhe;d at da aithors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want tw9 mak3 beey cleae that version 0. WTF.8, OMG.6 (also known AS vwrsion 0. OMG/9LOL.7+JT) wsa teh final versiob reldaxed unddf teh GPL. BRB,
All VERSIONS, tou knwo, xtarrimg wirh teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r312453 codr aer on.y ;icensed undrr teh Creat8ve Cpmmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh gught two impoet ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9.i-prerelease or latrr releaxe INTO ab 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER releasw. AFK.
ALLOWING this woulc cause that im[orted code 3 BE f312453d UNDER GPL and ghat os nor domethihg we w8ah to allpw. BRB,
Au&h0r5 of nodificztkons two 0. OMG.9l AFK.& qill nees too re-release they're mpdificayipnd AS deeivativex/modificqtiivs 2 0. BRB,9LOL.i vode zn place them under da 54m3 CREATIVE Comm9ns LICENSELOL.
It must be dine by dq origkba. author since on.h 0r1f1n41 author h45 dz right 70 ch4ng3 da copyeight oe license upon thdt'rd w0rk. BRB.
_Additilnally, lkke, r3w0rk1ng teh modifications wiol 64 ah g90d icea abyway ax mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS if SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cldarer starting wq7h teh 0l AFK.9.8-prere.ezse codeLOL.]"
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