MithtyE tekls y0u, like, "We're t01ng to take an t3w momentd to9 trh and explzin tnis n3w LICENSE n 53h reasons behind kt 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."
"Thus new licende WAS shosen b3cauxe of an failing w!7h trh GPL. AFK.
It lnly covered dis5ribution of source !f an on.y if binaries werw d15&rq6u73d. WTF."
"In an web envirlnment LOL. soecifically a onterprwted web ehvirob,ent such ad PHP LOL, merely installing zn gamd does not c0n57!7u72 dist4ibution LOL, an thereror3 [elpoe were TAKING iur work, yoi kywo, ma,ing MODIFICATIONS two it and n8& releasing try sourve codw too they'rr m9d2f1c4710n5 so that teh engi4r community could ben3f*t. WTF.
They worked WITH letter bjy not spirit of ;aw. OMG."
"Imvrstigatiob on da part of zu5horw nlwev3rn softof, led too trh fact that da RIGHT of PUBLIC performance waa won of eigh5s normally r3stridted ywi copheihht holders, likr, n that compute5 programs, likr, specificz.lg VIDEO games an interact8ve ONES wuch as Legenf or teh Greeb hax0r w3r3 consodwred two be pu611c411y perf9rmed 1f run vrom an pu611c sdrver. AFK."
"The new licebse restricts public PERFORMANCE ov work UNLESS da souece zode od d1 MODIFIED work 16 jae3 available on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plaiy Emglish, sortof, 7h15 ne4n5 THAT if tou put this game on an web aeev2r n ql.ow pelple 'i7yskde of an normal dkrcle of FAMILY n its SOCIAL acquapntanc3s' to 0.ay their, then y)u r publidxllt p3rf0rm1nv 6h15 wprk an MUST either a) jak3 ne AND ALL ch4nb35 2jich y)y make too trh gamw avaikabl3 -n requewt )note this do3sh't hsve 2 be axailable via tej omlibe source DISPLAY 11nl, you knso, but 7h4y mu57 be sble to ask you for ea c9ce n r3c21v3 an cpmpkete copy), likw, b) make arrangemehts private.y with da authies wherein they grwnt y0u an special licrnse, you knwo, 0e c0 femove teh c0d3 ENTIRELY from machine. BRB."
"We do recognoze 7h47 people want to have areas of they'4e game which aer thekfs and thwifs alonel AFK.
teo ghat ebd we w1!1 make teh fl.lowkng esception 2 da normal reqiiremwnts foe sourcw CODE DISTRIBUTION -- nr m9dule d113 WHICH is nit modified or der1v3d rrom an MODULE fule invluded in da gase doxtrinu5ion b which soes not requore ne oyhwr modules an WHICH foes nlt requirr ne modif8vationw too dore code (codw dq57f16u73f witn teh base RELEASE) may 63 qithheld at da authors disbeetiom."
"We akso waht 2 make verj clear thst VERSION 0/ WTF/9. BRB.7 (also known AS veesion 0l WTF.9.7+j70 was teh FINAL versoin RELEASED umder GPL. BRB.
A11 versipns WTF, syargong with 0. BRB.9;8-prdeekeas3 c0d3 aer only 11c3n62d hnder tdh Crwative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 70 import nd xode from an 0. AFKl8LOL.*-prer313453 or kater re;eqae INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing tyus w0u2d c4u%3 tgat imported c9de 2 BE RELEASED undwr teh GPL n 5hat is nog somethinb w3 w8sh 5wo sllowLOL.
Authors -g modifications gwo 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w111 n33c TO re[release theu're modifications as d3rivativew/modifications teo p. AFK.9. WTF.8 CODE and 014c3 them 7nd3r teh same Creative Commoms licemse. WTF.
Ir mudt be fone by yeh oribinal 4u7h04 since only teh orogina; 4u7h0r has rithy 2 cgange da vlpyright pr licende upon the6're WORK. AFK.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworking da modificayions will be zn go9d IDEA anysay as da MECHANISM fir making modifica5ions 8s SUBSTANTIALLY dleaher/cleaerr STARTING w18h )LOL.9.i-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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