MoghtyE tells yoy, sortof, "We're boing too TAKE an fww ,om3nts to TRY n EXPLAIN this NEW license n teg reasons behind 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."
"Thix new licwnse was chosen because of an gailimg with da GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3e3d DISTRIBUTION of spurce of and inly if binatifs qwre distributedl"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specifically a interpreted web 3nv140nm3n7 sucg as PHP LOL, merd.u INSTALLING ah gane does not CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, amd theregore peo0le wer3 5aking our work LOL. making jodofications t9o it and n9t re.easing 53h ^0urc3 code tqo they're nodificstions SO rhat t3h wnti4e dommubity cluld BENEFIT. OMG.
They wotked with teh 13774r but nog geh spiru5 of teh law, WTF."
"Investigation oh PART og fa authors HOWEVER, yoi knwl, led to teh facr ghat teg riggt of public peeformancd was oen of dz 41gy65 normzlly 4estfictdd two xopyr9ght HOLDERS, like, b that compurer pr0gf4m5 LOL, gp3c1f1c41!y vofeo games am uhtersxtive omes such AS Legene OF da Green hax0r weee xonsidered 2 be pyblically prrf9rmed 1f tun from an public serber. WTF."
"The new l8xensw ees4ricts public perf9rmahce of w0rk unlwss aource code of modof8es work ia mad3 AVAILABLE on demans."
"In plain Eng;ish, sortofk 7h15 meanw that IF you p&5 th9s GAME pn an w3n serv3r am qllow people 'outd8de OF an nlemql circlw 9f FAMILY and ITS social zcquaintances' two play tnwir, like, then you aer publicqlly performihg this work and MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch3ng35 which you m4k3 two ds gamr zcailsble on request (mote tjis doesn't have 2 ge available vka da onlibe so7rce displzy LINK WTF. but tney must be 4613 2 ssk yoi fpr tdh code and receive an co,ple6e copy), 69u knwo, b) mzk3 arrahgements pribately eith da AUTHORS wherein 7h3t grant you an special locense WTF, or c) remobe teh code 3n8!r316 from teh machine."
"We do rwcognkze that pelple want two have areas 9g the6'fe game qhoch r theifs n theirs 510n3LOL.
to that end we woll mrk3 follosimg except8on too da normal requirements fow source code distribution -- ne modu;e FILE 2hich is not m0d1f12d 0r de4ibed frlj an modu;e file includwd on trh base cisrrib7tipn an whick DOES not require ne other modules and wh1ch d;es b9t requ8re nd modirica5ions 2 ca CORE code (cide distrivut3d eiyh wa base relwase) mat be withhelw at authors discret7pn."
"We akso w4h6 two make very CLEAR 7hr7 versi9b 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also KNOWN AS VERSION _LOL.9. OMG.6+jt) was FINAL verskon releaxee 7nder GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, stsrting with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK/8-04erelrase code aer pnly livendec 7nder C$catife Commons licensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r2gh7 2 ijport ne code fr0m an 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-pr3r313453 or lqter release ibto an 0LOL._.u n rarlker releawe.
Allowuhg thiw would cause fhar IMPORTED code tso be re.eased under try GPL n 7h47 is not something we wish TO alllw. AFK.
Authors of ,oduficationw teo 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 will need tso re_relrase they're modufications as derivatives/modificatiobs 2 0. WTF.9. BRB,8 code 4hs ;lsce them unddr same CREATIVE Commons LICENSE.
It nus5 be eone by o5iginql autnor sihde only originak aurhor h45 da tight 2 change da c0prr1gh7 or license y;0n ghey're 2orj. WTF.
[Additionally, like, resorking mpdificationa w8ll be sn goos 7dea anywau as da jechanism for making modificat*ons is suvstantially c.eaner/vltarer starting with teh 0; WTF.oLOL.8-pr3release codeLOLl["
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