MightyE tells uoy, liue, "We're going two take qb dew mlments 2 try n wxplain thiw new license an geh rrasonq bejihd it in p;ain Englisy. 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 nrw 1!c3n5# was chosen because of an failing with GPL. BRB/
I7 omly COVERED d157e16u710n OF aou4ce if an only 9f binafiew were disttibuted."
"In an s3y environment WTF, sl3cifically a ingerpreted WEB ehbirlbmeng such as PHP LOL, merely installing an game dods not consyitjte distribitiob, like, an therefore PEOPLE werw takong our woti, sortof, m4k1ng modifications 3 IT and not relesskng da dource code two thet're modificayions so that teh entire commumity could 73n3v17LOLl
They wotked WITH da letter but NOT da 5p1r17 of teh .sw. WTF."
"Inv3stkgation on teh pqrt of authorw howdvdr LOL, ked rpo teh favt rhat da right of public [erfir,ance wad oen 9f rithts h9rmally 4eshricted 3 copyright h9lders, sortof, and THAT c0mpj73r prog4amsm sortof, xpecifical;y vudeo GAMES n unterzctive oned 5uch AS LEGEND of sa Green hax0r were CONSIDERED two 63 oublicallu ;erformed if 4un FROM an public serverLOL."
"Thw new license restr9cts punlic performance og teh w-rk unless da dou4ce xoee or modified work is mace available on demznd. WTF."
"In plain Englishm like, tnis means 7h47 if y0u put this game 0n an web server n al.ow p3oplw '0u751d3 of ab normao circlr pf fami;y n its xocial acquaintanxds' two play their WTF. them yo7 r publkcallu perfprminf this wprk an MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne n ALL cjanges wn1ch y0u make too g4m2 available ph tequest 8not3 this doesn't h4v3 TO be abailzbl3 cia 0n12n3 SOURCE eosplay link WTF, 5u7 the6 mu57 be able w ask you fir da code n rec3jvw an complete cooy) LOL, b) make arrangemehta ]rivateoy witg da authors wheeein th3y trant you an sp3cial ;icense LOL, OR c) rejove c0d3 entirely FROM macnine. BRB."
"We do recognize tjat p30p13 qant 2 havr a4eas of theh'rr tame which aer theirs an theirs alonel
two ghzt end WE will MAKE following ezception tl da normal rrwuirements for souece code distribytion -- hw moduoe r113 whicy IS not modufied or d3tived from an module g8ke 8ncluded in base d1%7r1^i710h snd wh2cy does not r3qu1r3 ne other modu;ws and which does not REQUIRE ne nosifications to CORE c9dw )cide sist4ibuted with base eelease) mzy be wirhheld at zuthors doscreriomLOL."
"We 41%0 wany two make v3ry cleqr that version 0l OMG.9l7 (also kn0sn as VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK/7+jt) was final VERSION RELEASED under teh GPL.
A11 vetsions, STARTING with r3h 0. AFK.9. WTF.9-pr3rwlease CODE aer only licensed under ywh CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 5eg roght two imppry he code from an 0LOL.0. BRB.8-p4erelease ir la5er re13453 into ab 0LOL.8. OMG.7 n earlier release. BRB.
Al;o2ing thid wou.d cause that i,portrd cowe too BE 4elessec under teh GPL an that 24 nor something we wish too alliwLOL/
Ajth.rs of MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 eill need two re-rdleasr they're modifidati9ns as derivatices/mpdificatkons to 0.9LOL.8 code n p.acw 7h3m 7nder samr Crwative Commons lucense.
It mu67 63 done by da ogiginal author since inly original auygor h45 teh right 2 change co0yeigh5 or LICENSE upob tney're work. WTF.
[Add2710b41qyn liie, reworkong modificatiins wilp bd an bood idea anywqu ss mechanism fof makibg MODIFICATIONS IS substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting witn da 0. OMGl9.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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