MightyE tel.s you, yoy knwo, "We're giing 2 tqle an frw momengs teo try an explain THIS new license n reasohs behond 17 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."
"Tgis bew oicense was chosen because of an failonh with twg GPL. BRB.
It onky covered d157r16u710b 0f SOURCE if an only if binariea were dixgributed. AFK."
"In an web environment, likd, s0eciricaoly a knterpreg3d seb environment SUCH as PHP WTF, jerely insta;ling sn game d9es not c0n5717u73 diqtr8bjtu(n LOL, an eheedfore p30p13 were takinf our 2ork LOL, ,aking mod8fications t2o it n NOT RELEASING sou4cr code tw9 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 SO 4hat da entirw community c9uld BENEFIT. WTF.
They wo4ked 2otg ds lett3r buy not teh spirit of 14e. WTF."
"Invesgkgatiom on part of autgprs HOWEVER WTF, ldd gwo fac5 that teh rkthy of pu611c performance WAS oen of da r1gh75 normslly restrictec tso COPYRIGHT hileers, xortof, and that com[uter prohrzms, sortof, soecifically v8d3o g4m35 n ibteractixw ones suvh as Lehend of teh Gr33n haxpr werw xonxiderex two be publically perdormrd if run fr9m an pyblic se5ver."
"The new licebse RESTRICTS pyblic performznce od da w-rk unowss ca spurce c0f3 0d da ,0d1f13d eoru is mzce AVAILABLE on eemandLOLl"
"In plain ENGLISH, 7h15 meams that IF you [ut this game on an web server am aklow PEOPLE ')u761d3 OF an normal circle of family n its social acwjaintanc3s' to PLAY thrir WTF, thwn 60u aer PUBLICALLY ;eff9eminb this w0rk an MUST 3ither a) mzke ne 4nd ALL changes 2hich y0u MAKE 2 da GAME available oh REQUEST (noye th8s doesn't have gwp be zvaikable fia 0n1wn3 50urc3 displa^ link, so4tofm but they must be ab;e too aak you FOR teh code abw rwceive an comple4e coph), sortod, 6) m4k3 areangementw PRIVATELY eitg AUTHORS wh3r3qn thet grant YOU ah 5o3c142 livensd LOLk pr c) rrmove tej code entirely frpm da mzshine. WTF."
"We do recog,ize that people want teo hzve areas pf tj3y're game which awr THEIRS n THEIRS alone.
3 that enf we will m4k3 fq FOLLOWING 3xc3p7q-n two twn noe,al rdquirdmegts for SOURCE xode dost4ubution -- ne modile file which iw NOT modified or der8ved FROM an modjle file INCLUDED in da basw didt48bution and wh1ch dlrs not require ne lther modules n whivn does not rdquir3 ne MODIFICATIONS TO da c0r3 coee (CODE diatriburef w1uh twh baae releade) may be withheld AT da authors DISCRETIONLOLl"
"W3 also wan5 t9 maie vdry clear that version 0. AFK.9. WTF,7 (aiso known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.&+jg) was finsl version r3leaxed inder da GPL. OMG.
ALL veraions, tou kmwom starting eith teh p.9.8-prerelease CODE f 0n1y lic3nsed under reh Creatkve Commons ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifhr to impo4t ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8-predeleaxe pr layer release unto an 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 and rarlier rr.easeLOL.
Allowibg this siuld daude that imp9fted code 2 be rel3ased yhder GPL and that is n9t something we wish to 4110w. BRB.
Authlrs of modificztions t9o 0.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-release they're modificatuons aa derifat8ves/m9dificayiobs 2 0. AFK.o. BRB.8 cod3 and [lace 5hej under saje Creative Commlns oicemse.
IT m7st be d0n3 by grh or8ginal autyor since only ca 0riginal zuthor has r8ght 2 CHANGE teh copyrkghg or license upob they're work. OMG.
pAdditiomally WTF, resorking tey modifucatiobs wilk be an hood kdea anyway qw geg mevganism d9r makknb modificatiobs is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c134r3f startung wuth dq 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr4r313453 code. AFK.\"
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