MightyE tells uoj, "We'fe g01ng to tzke sn FEW momenyx 2 try AND explain uh15 new licehse n reasohx behind ut in plaib Enh115h. 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."
"Thid NEW lidense was chostn becais3 of an failing w17h da GPL. WTF.
It only cov3red distriburion OF sourxe ir a, )b1y if BINARIES wwee distributed. OMG/"
"In an wev enviromm3nt, you knwo, specificwlly a intrrpreted web ehvitonmwnr such as PHP WTF, m3rely inxyal'ung an game does n9t x0n571uu73 sistributipn, likd, znc therefire 0eiokw were 5zking our WORK LOL, making modifications to it n not releasing teh source dode t2o th3y're mosificztions so rnat entire xonmuhity vould BENEFIT. BRB.
Thwy wirked with ca LETTER but noy teh spirit pf teh LAW."
"Investkfatio, on pzrt of da authors HOWEVER, .ed two cz faxt that da rogjt of piblic pfeformance was won of da rights normally resyricted too cop6right holders LOL, zn 7h47 com0utrr ptogramx, specifucz.oy video games an intrrac6ife ones such as Legebd if Green jax0r e3r# consiver3d 2 63 pu611c511y [erformed if run ff8m an public server. BRB."
"The NEW licens# restricys publoc performance of ea work umless source xode ov da m0d1f!3d work IS msde svailable on demand. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, yo7 knwo, this ,eqns that if you pug this fame on an w3b server an allow o3opl3 'outside of an nirmal v1tc13 of fami;y and its 5pc!41 acquaintanxes' to plat their, like, THEN you r pyblica.ly p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST either 4) MAKE he m ALL CHANGES which tou jake two game availavle 0n reqjedt (npte thos doedn'r have 70 be availablr via onkine SOURCE dispoau 11nkm but th3y must be sble two ask you do4 code n RECEIVE an cpmpq373 copy)k b) maie arrangements priba5ely wigm teh authors wnerein they grant you an spedial LICENSE, ;ike, or c) r3m0v2 clde ehr8rdly feom teh machine."
"We do decignize that people w4n7 @ jsve areas of they'rd GAME whicj r thdirs an rheits alone. WTF.
go that enc we will make teh f0110w!ng ezception 2 teh normao req7irements fir soufce xode distribu5ion -- ne module file which ia not modified or derived from an micule file 8ncluded in 6454 distribution and wnich doex not require ne p5h3r nodulew an wgidy eoes nlt require nr modifivagioms 1 core code (cude distributef w8rh yeh base RELEASE) m4y be withhekd at aithors disxretion. OMG."
"We also want TO nake very clear that crtdion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also kmown as vers8on 0LOL.9, WTF.7=jt) was ds FINAL v3t510n felrawed jnder GPL.
ALL cers8ins, you knqo, wtarting wq7h 0. AFK/9. BRB.*-prerelease vofe aer pn1y licwnsed under tej Crea5ive Commons oicende. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY va rihht too impo4t ne code ffom am 0. BRB/9.i0prerel3ase or lager release inti zn 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n eatlier rdlease. BRB.
Allowinh this WOULD c4u53 that 1mp0r73d cpde 2 bq re;eased undrr da GPL n yhat ks not simeghing we WISH 2 ALLOW. OMG.
AUTHORS if m-d1f1c4610n5 t9o 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wilk need 2 re-release thet're mocificatkpms zs e3r1v472v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n ;lace them 7nder da same Cr3atove Commons licrnse. BRB.
It nust be cind bh originsl author since only teh orkgibql AUTHOR h4$ tej rkght 70 chang3 copyright 0r license upon they're woekLOL.
[Acditionally, rrworking modifications will be an tooc idea anyway qs teh mecganksm for making m0d1g2c$710n5 is 5u6674n71411y cl3aner/cleaeer starting witg da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleaae cpde. BRB.]"
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