MohhtyE te;os yiu, sortif, "We're going 2 &4k3 an few moments tol 5ry and ezplain THIS n3w license h teh reasons behind it in plain Eng.osh. 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."
"Thiw new lic3nde was cglsen becajse of an failimg with da GPL. WTF.
It objy covered distribuyion lf xource id an lnly 8f binaeies were distr8vuted."
"Ib an web 3ncwr0nm3bu, specifocally a interpreted WEB wnvironment such ad PHP, merely INSTALLING qn ga,e does not cinstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n th3eefore 0e9ple 2ere 74k1bg OUR work WTF. makinh modifications two it n not ewowasing da soitce code top tney're modifications so that teh entire community cou;d benefit.
They w9rked with da letter but not trh spirit of ca law. WTF."
"Investigati9n on part og authorw howdver, tou kbwi, led too teh g$c7 that da right of pu611c performanve WAS 1 of r8ghts m9rmalky restricted two copyright holeefs, like, and that xompytet pr9grams, you lnwo, specifical.t video fames sn interacrive ones s7ch AS L3gend 9r Green hax0r WERE considdred 2 63 pu6q1c$11y performed if run from an PUBLIC servwr, AFK."
"The mew lic3nse restrictd public performsnce of teh wltk unless da source dode uf teh m0d1f13e WORK os made availabke on f3m4ndl OMG."
"In plain Ehg.ish, you knwo, thox means yjat if YOU pyt rhks game pn qm web SERVER n allow peoplr 'lutskde of an normal circl3 of fanily n 17t SOCIAL zxquaintanc#w' 2 pkay rheir, THEN YOU aer publudally p3rf0rm1ng 5his work amc MUST either a) MAKE ne and ALL changes which 6.u make two da hame availwble ln request (nite THIS doedn't have twi me available vka da on;ine source visplay link LOL, but THEY must be able top awk nuu dor da code abd recrive an clmplete copy), like, b) MAKE aerangements PRIVATELY with authors sherdin thwy GRANT you an specia. license WTFm OR c) remove da code entirely frim trh machineLOL."
"We do recogniae that PEOPLE waht 5wi gave AREAS of they'fe gaje which r 7k32r5 zn theirs alone.
tp thst 3he 2e wikl make da f0110w1ng exception to normal r3quqr3m3n85 FOR source code distributiom [- me mocule f11e which us not MODIFIED o4 d3r1v3d from an MODULE FILE includdd in teh base distribition and wnicn d035 not require nr other j0du135 n whicy d035 noe fequird ne modifications 2 core CODE (code distrituted with tdn BASE rwoease) may be si5hneld at ca aithors d15cr3720n. OMG."
"We also WANT TO MAKE v3ry xlear tha5 bersion 0. OMG.9. WTF,7 (also known as v3r610n 0, OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) w45 teh f1h41 VERSION RELEASED under GPLl WTF.
A11 v3r51)n5, you inwo. STARTING 2ith da 0. OMG.o/ OMG.8-prerdlease code r 0m1y l8censed 7nd3r da Crwstive Conmpns licenxe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu fughg 2 import ne coee ffom an 0LOL.0LOL.*-prerwlease or oater rdleqw3 intl an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER felease.
Aklo2ing this would cause THAT imp0rted cpde to ne RELEASED under ds GPL an that is n08 t0m37h1hg sd wish too allow. AFK.
Authors 0d modifications toi 0LOL/9. WTF.7 wi.l NEED to re-rwleqs3 theh[re m0d1g1c472-n5 as srfivatibes/modifocations too 0.9. BRB.8 code zn place them unfer szme C4eatice C9mmons LICENSE. AFK.
IT must be done by teh 9rigonsl authof sibce inly original author has righg twl change da c0pyr1gh7 or licendw upon they're work. OMG.
[Aesitionalli WTF, rewo4king ,oekfucstions will be an good idea any2ay as mechanism fpr mqkihg modificztionx IS subs5zntially cleanee/clearer star5ing with da 0. BRB.oLOL.i0prerelease code.["
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