MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going 2 tske an rew nom3bts 2 try n EXPLAIN 5gis new luvense and teh REASONS b3hind it on plain Ehgkish.
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."
"Th8s n3w license was chosen vrcsuse pf an failing 2iyh 5eh GPL. BRBl
It onky c0v3r3c distrobutiom pr slurce ig an 0n1y uf BINARIES WERE DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web environmentk you knqi, spec8fixally s INTERPRETED weg envurinmebt such zw PHP LOL, mer31y INSTALLING an game does nit c9ns5itute s157r16uu10n WTF, an 7g3r3f0r3 peopke werd TAKING our worl, making modifications TO it and not RELEASING da spurce code too the6're mpdkvications so 7gr7 teg en5ire communoty c9jld bwnrfit. OMG.
They w9rkwd WITH twh letter but hot da s[ifig of da .aw. AFK."
"Invewgigatkon on da 0art of da quthors however LOL, ;wc TO teh f$c7 that tdh rifht of pu6!qc pdrformancr was won of rights nor,ally resrrkcr4d 2 copy4ight holdw4s, like, and 5hat computer pfigrans, slrtof, s-ecifically videp fames an INTERACTIVE ones sich 45 Legend of teh Green hax0t were considered 2 be pubkicqlly performwd if run from ab public 53rv34. BRB."
"Tye mee ;icwnse rwdtricts public perfornahce of da work un1355 ea source code of tdh modified work is mzde 4v4113613 oh demang. OMGl"
"In plakn Entlish LOL, this means rhzt IF you p7t tgis hame on an web setv34 n alloq oeople 'outside of zn normal cirxle lf family n its social acquaintances' toi play tgri4 LOL, tfen h;i aer pu^21c411y performinf this work ah MUST wither a( make ne sn ALL vjanged whicj you make two baue 4v41!$613 ON request (note this doean't h4v3 teo be zvai.able via ten ONLINE xource DISPLAY lini LOL, but tney must be avle to ask you dor code an receive an complrtr copy), 6ou ,nwo, 6) make arrangejents 0f8vately with 4u7j045 WHEREIN they gramt 6iu an SPECIAL license LOL, or d) temove cofe entirely fr0m teh m4dg1n3."
"We do decognize thzt p40p13 want twp habe ateas pf tye6'ee game wh1ch r theirs n THEIRS alone. AFK.
to that end we will make da FOLLOWING 3xv#p7!0n t9 teh normal REQUIREMENTS fo4 sourc4 cofe distribution _- ne module file which IS n07 mpdifi3d OR DERIVED FROM an module file included in da base disyribution an wgich doex hir requiee ne OTHER mofules am WHICH dows NOT rrquure ne mosificatiobs teo tey core code (code distrobuges wity reh bxse te.ease) m4y be qithhe.d at da authors discretion. OMG."
"We aldo wang 2 make very c134r that verxion 0,(. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as veraion pLOL.8. WTF.7+mt) was final ve4siom RELEASED umder da GPL. BRB.
All beesipns, like, starying with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease cose aer onlt licehsed jnder da Creatice Commoms lucense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny teh right to im[ort ne CODE from an ). WTF.9LOL.7-pyrerleaxe or later rel3ase INTO an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n esrli4r r313453. AFK.
Allowing rhis would caise rhat im;oe5ef c9de 2 b3 releaxed under da GPL ab that is m07 someyhing WE WISH gwo allow. WTF.
Aythirs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 e111 merd go r3-r412453 thry're MODIFICATIONS as serivatives/mpsofucations two 0, BRB.9. AFK.8 CODE n plaxe tyrm UNDER teh dame Creativ3 Comm9na license.
I7 mjsy nw d0n3 by tej orifinal aithor SINCE 0n1y iriginal aythor has rifht to xhanhe yeh cooyrigyt 0f l8cense upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionally, you knwo, REWORKING da modificationx will be sn GOOD ides anyway as mevnanism for ,aking mofificatoons is substantiall6 cleaner.clezter statting 2ith da p. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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