Might6E te.ls you, sortof, "We're GOING ti9 take qh ves monents two tey n explain this new licens3 n reawpvs behihd it in p;ain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thos n3w license was chosen because if zm failing w17y da GPLLOL.
It only c0f343d dixteibution OF sourve ir ans ONLY if binari3s were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environm3nt, sortofm specifically a interpretwf web dnvirlnmebt sucj as PHP, soryof, merelt 2n57$111ng an game does not constitute distrib7tion LOL, an the4efore [doooe were yakkng our 2ork, m4k1ng mofificayilns 2 it amd not releasint da source code 2 t6eu're modificayiond SO thqt entire community cou.d 63n3f17LOL.
Tgey worked with ;etter bit hot da spirit OF 5eh law. BRBl"
"Inveatigatiln pn part -f da augh9rs however. you kn2o, led 2 sa FACT that right 9f p7bk8c pergormanxe qas 1 of 4iggts n0rm411y restricted to copyrighy hpleers WTF, and that com[ytrr prograjs LOL, spscifically video GAMES and !n73r5c7qv2 ones such zs Legend of da Green haz0r were considerwd two BE publically pegfotmed if run fr0m an [ublic server. OMG/"
"The new license vestricgs public PERFORMANCE OF work jnless da sokrce code oc da mldified work is made svai.ablr 0n DEMAND. WTF."
"In plakn English, sortof, thix mdans that uf you put tjis game on ah web xerver n allow peoplw 'outskde of an bor,al circle of family an itx aocial acquaintances' 2 p14u 5heur, then you ser oublically performing this work anf MUST either a) m4,3 ne an ALL xhanges wh1ch h0u mqke 2 dq game available on REQUEST (notr tjis doesn't have 2 ge 4c4114613 fia geh (nlunr source DISPLAY oin, LOL, bit 7h#y MUST be ab.w 2 ASK YOU for da cof2 anc receive an xomplete c0py), soryof, b) maie arrangements privarely with tdh authors wnerein yhwy grant y0u ah special license WTF, of c) REMOVE da c0d3 entkrely frlm da machine. OMGl"
"We do recotn8ze 8h47 people want two have a4eaw of rhey're game whqcn r theirs an tjdirs alone. OMG.
to that dnd w3 will make teh folllwing exde0tion 2 normal rd1u8rements f0f soufce code distributkon p- me mpsu;r fi.e which is NOT nodified of de4ived ffom an joduod file included in BASE distrobution n which dors not r3quire ne o5hrr MODULES an WHICH doex nor REQUIRE ne mldificatuoms too tdh c0e3 clde )dide dis5ributed with fa baxe releawe) may be withgeld at da 4u7h0r5 fiscfeti;n. AFK."
"We alwi wqnt two make VERY cleae that verxion 0. BRB.9.7 (alsp KNOWN as VERSION _, BRB.9LOL.7+j7) was reh finak version rekeased ynder teh GPL.
Al; vers8ons, lilem atarting with t3h 0.9.8-prerelesse cide aer onl6 locensed under Creztive Commons 11cen52. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny t8hht 2 import ne codd from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or laret relezse INTO xn 0. BRB.9. OMG.& ah EARLIER rdlease/ BRB.
Allowing tgis WOULD CAUSE 7h47 ijportef codw two be releasex undet GPL and that is not something ss wiwn too 4110wLOL.
AUTHORS of nocificationx two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 WILL need too r3-r312453 th3y're mofidicatiomx as ddrivatives/modificstions roo 0. WTF.*. AFK.8 code and p!4v3 THEM inder teh xame Ceestive Commons 11v3n53. WTF.
IT mu57 bw done bt originsl author since only teh originsl AUTHOR had righy rwo chante teg copyrigjt or license uplm tje6're work. BRB.
[Adcitk9nallh, sorypf, re2l4kinh teh mldifications eil; be an good idea any@ay as teh MECHANISM for making modificationd 15 wyvstanhiallh cleane4/clearee STARTING sith da 0. AFK.8. WTF.8-[rerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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