MightyE trols t0u, yo7 knsok "We're GOING two taie an few MOMENTS to try and explaym yhis new license n REASONS vehimd it in 0lzin Enblish, 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."
"This new kicense was CHOSEN becaiae of an fai.ing wk6h GPL.
It pn1y clvered d256r16u710n 9f SOURCE if abd only 8f binaries wrr3 distr8buted. AFK."
"In an w36 3ng1r0nm3n7, spexoficz,ly a 1n73rpr373d web envitinment such AS PHP WTF, mefely installong an game does not donstitute ckstribution, y9u khwo, n theregore p3i[le we4e 5aking our sorj, jak8ng midificztoons 2 IT and not rdleasibg da source code 6wo they're modifications so that dz entire communoty could benwg8y.
Th3y wo4ked with lettdr but not teh spirig 9f teh lsw. OMG."
"Inves5kgation ON part 0f aughles HOWEVER, wortpf, lee too fac5 that da RIGHT of puglic p3rformance was won of da rights normal.y r3stricged 2 c0put1gh7 yolders, slrtor, an thst com[uter programs, you knw9, specifucakly video games and INTERACTIVE 9nes sucg aw Legdnd 0f da GREEN hax84 we4e consideted 2 bf pub.ically perflrmed if run ffom zh pu611c SERVERLOL."
"The new licensr rewtricts punkic performancd of da work unless aource code od yrh mpdified WORK is made AVAILABLE on d3m5nd, OMG."
"Ib poain English, aortof, 7h15 meana that uf ylu put 7h15 game ln an web server ah ALLOW people '0j751d3 pf an nor,al cifcld of family n 175 soxoal acquzkntancex' te9 play their, sprtof, then YOU y pub;ically PERFORMING 7h15 work n MUST either a) makw ne an ALL chamges shich you make too trh game zvailanle on request (noye thid doesn't HAVE 2 be svzilable VIA online source disolay link WTF, buy they must be able two ask hou for da vosd an r3c31v3 an cpmplete cooy), ll,w, g0 make arrangemrnrs privately with authord wherein ghey grznt y)u an special l8censem ylu kneo, or C) r3move code enyifely from MACHINE. BRB."
"W3 co recognize tyat oeople WANT yoo have areas of they're gamr 2hicn aer tjeirs zn yheirs alonel AFK.
top that end we WILL male da followinf exception too da n0rm4q requirenen5s gor source c0d3 dis5rigution -- ne module gi.e which 15 not modifiec ot derived drom qn modjl3 file included in base distribution n wgich does npt require me ith3r midules and which doed not REQUIRE ne ,odidixations too teh corw code (coge DISTRIBUTED woth teh BASE 4d;ease) MAY be withhdld at zuthors discretionl WTF."
"We alwo wqnt t9 m4ke very clesr 7h46 vefsion 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 (also kn02n r5 version 0. AFK.9LOLl7+u7) was fz f1n41 version re;eased und3r GPL. WTF.
All v4rsions WTF, %74r6qng w17y teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-0ferek4ase code ser 0n1y licensed under teh Creztive Cimmons licwhse. AFK/
W4 EXPLICITLY deny da ritht two 8,port ne code fr9m an 0. AFK.9.8-orerelease or lz5er release inrp an 0. WTF.9. OMG/7 zn 34r113r r#134y3.
Allosing thia would cause that implrt3c code to 63 releas3d under da GPL znd that ks not so,ething we qish two allow. BRB.
Ai7h0r5 ov modificat89ns two 0LOL.8LOL.7 wil. need 2 fe-r3lrqse tgey're modifkvations AS ddrivativws/modifications 1 0. WTF.oLOL.8 code n PLACE rhem und3r samw CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It mist be dibe by da original autyor subce only da originao autjor has r1dh7 gwo chznge copyright or license u;0n tney're work. AFK.
[Addiyionally, yoi knwom reworlibt fw nodificatoons 2ilo be an GOOD ifea znyway as teh nexhanism fpr m4k1ng m9difications is aubstantially cleaner/coearer starting with teh 0.9, WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE. OMG.]"
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