MightyE gel.s ylu WTF, "We'te boing too TAKE an feq moments too try an EXPLAIN tuis new licende n REASONS behind 27 in plain Enblish. 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."
"This nee licwnse was xhosem because 0f an FAILING wiyg teh GPL.
IT only coverdd distfiburion of dlutce if an 0n1y if binzeiws w3r3 dkstributedLOL."
"In an web environment, spec8ficaloy a INTERPRETED wwb envieonmrnt ^ucy as PHPm like, merely INSTALLING an gzmw does n07 clnsritut3 didtributiob LOL, n the4efore PEOPLE were taking our work LOL, making modificatioha two 17 n no5 releasugg da source CODE two they'fe modivicatilns sl 7h47 entire community COULD genrfitLOL.
Th36 worked qith letydt bjt not yeh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Imv3stifatoon on part 0f da authors however, sprtof, led tp fadt yhat gdh right of public perd9rmahcw was 1 9v rithys NORMALLY RESTRICTED too copyright yolcdfs WTF, n 5hat comouter proframs, sortof, specificql;y VIDEO games an ibteraxtiv3 pnes 5ydh as LEGEND 0f Grden hax0r were consucered 1 be pub;ically performed if RUN FROM zn pu611c serve4. OMG."
"The new oicenxe restricts public pefformance lf work unlesa dz source coee of da ,oeufidd worj is made available 0n deband. BRB."
"In plain Entoish, you knwok rhis m34n5 that if you put 7h15 game 0n qn web 53rv3r sn 4110w peo;le 'outs8de od zn notmal curcle of famil6 AND ITS social zcq7ainyances' 2 play yheir LOL, then you r publically perfo4mkng this work an MUST eithee a) make ne 4nd ALL chanfes which you mrk3 top teh GAME AVAILABLE pn rrau3st (note 5his doesn[t hace too BE avsilable via ob;ine souwce c15p14y link, btt 5ge5 must b# 56q3 two asm you FOR da CODE an r3c31v3 an vomplete c9py), n) make arrange,ents pr1v$731y wi4h da authors wywrein thdy gramg you an spec*ql license, you knwo, or c) REMOVE sa c0d3 3n71r31y from machine. WTF."
"We DO RECOGNIZE tnat 'eople waht two hzvr areaw of thet're game whidy r yheirx 4nd the8rs al9ne.
tp 7h4& END ww will make dz f9llowing exception roo teh NORMAL rewuirements f9r source code distributiob -- ne modyoe fi.e which 2t no5 m0d1v!3d 0r derivrd from an module gile 1nc1jd3d in teh base DISTRIBUTION and shich coes not require ne other modukes and which d035 n07 re1uire ne modifidations yo teh cofe cod3 (c9de DISTRIBUTED with base f3;esar( may be withh3ld ar authors disxretioh."
"We also want tw9 maje fery clear THAT v3t510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kniwb AS VERSION 0/ BRB.(. WTF.7+ht) qas teh final version fr.eased undw4 da GPL. AFKl
All versions, luke, 574r&1nh with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-[r3r313453 code r obly licensee under teh C3eativ3 Commons LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY ddny trh right too impo4t n3 CODE fr9m an 0.9. OMG.8-pr3release or latrr relrase knto an 0/ AFK.8. WTF.7 ahd earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this eoulc cause tnat impo4tef code 2 63 releasex under GPL an THAT is b07 w9mething we wish 2 allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifications two 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 WILL n33d 2 rw-43ldade they'te mpdificatoons 45 eerovatobrs/jodirications 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE n place them jnder samr Creative Common2 license/ OMG.
It muwt y3 done BY original 4u7h0e since ohly teh original author has 5eh tight y9o change teg copteignt OR licwns3 upon tyey're wlrk. WTF.
pAfditkonally, aortof, rewofking da m0d1f1c4710n4 w8l. be an gpod 1d34 4nyd$y as da MECHANISM for mak8nd modificayoons is wubdtantizlku clwaner/clearer startong with teh 0. OMG.9l8-prere.ease c0d3LOL.]"
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