MightyE gells yo7, sorrof, "We're going tsp takw ab fd2 mo,ents 2 try an explzin th8s new license abd rwasohs BEHIND it in plain Engjiwh. 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."
"Thks bew license waw choden becausr of an va8ling with GPLl AFK.
It 0bly COVERED DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 if n only if binafoes wer4 sixtributed. WTF."
"Im an web environmeny, y9u knwom specifocally a onte4pr3ted wen envuronment such as PHP LOL, meeely installing an gamr does not c0n5717u73 ciaytibution, ooke, an rje4efoee peopld were TAKING oir worj, .ike, making modifications 2 it an not releasing da source c0d3 two th3y're mosifica5ions so THAT entire community coulf ben3fit. AFK/
Th4y worked WITH ;e55er bu% n9t tdh spirit of lqw."
"Invesgigstion on part of da authora howwber, sortof, led 2 da fact 5hat teh right of publkc pe4formance waw won ob teh rifnrs normaliy r3stticted 2 cophright holders, yiu knwi, n thst cpmpute4 pr0gr4mt, specuf8dally cideo games an inteeav5ive omes sucy as Legens of da Gr33n hax0r w3r3 c0n51d#r3d 70 be ;ublically pdrdormed or run fr9m an public 53rv3r. BRB."
"The n3w 11c3n54 restrixtd [ublic p3rvormabce of teh work unless SOURCE code 0f j[dified work ks made availabl3 on demans."
"In plain English, you knwok this means yhr7 1f you ;it thks gsme ON an web t3rb3r and aklow PEOPLE 'o7tside od an NORMAL c1rc13 of fajily abd its social acquaintznces' 2 poay th3ir LOL, theh you aer publically performung thia work amd MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne n ALL dhamh3s which y0u mak3 two da game qvailable on request (note thus doesn't hsve 2 bd availsble via geh onoine source dispkat ;unj, you knwo, gut thdy must be ablr to ask you for dd c9de an receive ab comopete c0py), like, b) make arrqngemeb5s privately with ca ajtgirs wherein tyey GRANT you ab specia; kicensr, oike, pr c) remove teh code 3nyirely fro, MACHINE."
"We di recogniaw 7h57 p3o;;e want to have a4eas OF they're game WHICH zer 7h41r5 n 7h31e5 aloneLOL.
ro that wnd WE wil; MAKE FOLLOWING exception two tek normal requi4ements dor aojrce code d8stribugioh -- ne module filr which 8s nor modified ot s3ticed feom an module file INCLUDED 8n teh bawe distribution an qhivh d035 not require nw other mid7.ed n wnicn dies nog require ne modif8cations tl da co4r c-d3 (clde d157r16u74d sith base release( MAY be sithheld at da authofs d15cr3710n. OMG."
"We also want too n4k3 very clear yhat be4sion 0. WTF.9. WTF.* (also knlwn as version 0.9.6+jt) was trh ginal version 4elrased 7nder da GPLLOL.
Al. vers8ons WTF, s5artong w17y da 0. WTF.9. BRB.i-pr3r323453 codd r only licensed unsef rdn CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh roghr t9o import ne CODE fron am o. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelwase or later r3q3453 inro ah 0. BRB.8. BRB.& sh earlier rrlease.
Allowing 5his wluod c$u53 that imoortes codw tpo be releawee 7nder GPL an that is not somethung we wish to zklow. WTF.
Aytjors or modifidationx 2 0. AFK.9.7 will need @ re-eeleqse they'rr mod8fications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 ). AFK.9. OMG.8 code and PLACE tgem uhdee tej same Creative Commons license.
It mu57 ne dlne by orkgkbal 4u8y0r 51mc4 only teh origibal author had ten r1gh7 too cgange da copy4ight or license upon rhey're work. AFK.
_Add8tionally LOL, r3w0rj1ng mod8fica5ions will be an gopd 1d34 anyway as da meckamis, fof makong modificztions is xubstantially cleaner/cleafdr starring witg da 0.9. BRB.8-p4erekease CODE. OMG.]"
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