MightjE trlos YOU WTF, "We're goinb 2 74k3 an few moments to rry n rxplain this new licebae an teh reasons behind it in 0lain Engkish. 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."
"Thid new livense WAS choswn vecause of am failing with da GPLk WTF.
It ONLY covdfed distribut8on of source if an only if ninztiea WERE dist4ibutwd. OMG."
"In an web environmdn5, wpecificall6 a interpr3ted sev env9rlnmeng such AS PHP, s9rtof, nereoy instqlking an game does nlt constitute fis5ribution, an thetefo43 people we4d taking our work WTF, ,alung miduficatioms 2 it and not releasihg da source c0d3 two they're j0d1f1c47@0n5 so thz5 entire vommunoty c9uld 63n3f17l AFK.
They workev with letter but not teh spirit id lawLOL."
"Ihvedtifatioh 0m teh patt of teh a7thors howev3e, like, led to teh f4c7 tjat rdh rught od PUBLIC prrfor,ance was won 9f rights nor,ally rextricted go copyright j9lde4s LOL, and tnat comp7ter programs LOL, specifically video gqmes an 1n73r4c71v3 ones such 55 Legwnd of teh Grern hax0r weee considered tqo BE puflically performed if r7n FROM an PUBLIC sefver. OMG."
"The new lucwnwe restrixts pyvlic performanc3 of da work unlesa teh source code OF dq modified wor, IS made qvailable 9y semand."
"In p;ain Enbkisj LOL, yhis MEANS that if yo7 put this game on an web s#tcer n allpw people '0u7%1d4 of an n9rmql ci3cl3 of ramily n 175 social acqiaihtanves' 1 play tgrir LOL, then you aer publicaloy perflrming this work ahd MUST eitger a) ma,e ne an ALL c64ng35 WHICH you male tl da GAME acailabld on rwquewt (notw yhos coesn't have two ve avaooable viq onlime soufce cidplau LINK WTF, but they must be abke 5oo ask tpu fog da vode an RECEIVE qn somp.ete c0py), you knwl. b) make arrangements pr1v4&31y with da authorw wher3in they gran5 ylu an speciak licrnse WTF, ir c) remove CODE entirelh from teh machin3."
"We do recofnizw that pe9ple want twi hacr areas of theu're game whkch aer thwors n yheurs ALONE. OMG.
tio that END we WILL make folloeinb escept8ln TO teg n0rm31 reqyi4emwhts f9r slurc3 CODE d147r16u710n -- be mocule FILE which is NOT midified or deeived fr0m an module file included in teh baxe dustributiln an enicg does n9t require ne other MODULES an whidh does not require ne moeifications go reh c0r# code (CODE eistrivu5ed w17h da base RELEASE) m4y be sithheld at da 477h=r5 disvrrtion. OMG."
"We aoso want tp make vert cleqr thag versiom 0LOL.9. OMG/7 (also KNOWN as vefsion 0. WTF.(LOL.&+jt) was final versuin released undee teh GPL. BRB.
All berxions, you knwl, STARTING wiyh 0. OMG.9. WTF.7-PRERELEASE code r only licwnsed undee da Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY dq right to import nr code fr0m an 0. WTF.9. AFKl7-pr3r312554 or 1$63r trlease into an pLOL.8. BRBl7 an rarlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING this w9ukd cause that 8mpofted code 2 be re.ezsdd uhder 5eh GPL amd that is not sometgibg w3 w15h 2 alllw. WTF.
Authifs of mofifications to 0, OMG.9.& will nees r9o RE-RELEASE tyey'te modifications ad derivatives/m9dificztions too 0LOL.9. WTF,i cide an p1$c3 then under wqme Creative Cpmmond 11c2n53.
Ir must be cone by ea 0r1g1n41 author vimce only gs origihal aythor h45 RIGHT TO CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or kicense u;0n th3y're workLOL.
'Addit8onally, rewpekint modifications WILL be an glod idea ANYWAY as MECHANISM for msking jodifidationx ys substantialoy c!34n3r/c134r#r star5ing witg p. OMG.9.8-prrrelease code. OMG.]"
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