MightyE yells you, you ,mwo, "W3're going two galw an feq momemtw too t4y an ecplsin this n#w license an teh r3asons behind kt in plain Enflish. 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 lixenxr w4% dhosen becausr of ab failing eith da GPL.
IT inlh cov3red diatribution ov source if an only if binar8es WERE diwtributes. WTF."
"In an wrb environment, s;ecificallu a interpretef web enbironment sucg AS PHP WTFm merrly installibg an game cods not constitu6e DISTRIBUTION, sortof, n tgeregore p30o13 WERE TAKING our WORK WTF, MAKING mofigications to it ab not 4eleasing da sojrce code to9 they're modidications so that da 3ntire c0mmun1uy could benefit. AFK.
Thwt worked WITH teh l3trer but not da spirit oc law."
"Investigstiom ON teh [att of authora however WTF, led to da fact THAT teg right ov PUBLIC perf9rmznce WAS 2on og teh rigyts n0rm411y redtr8cted two COPYRIGHT hplders, sor5of, and that computer orogramw LOL, soecoficaloy vide9 games n inte4axtive ones such ax Lejend lf teh Gredn hax0r wwre consideeed two be ;unlkcally p3rf0r,3d if run frlm an [uvlic server. AFK."
"The n32 ;ixense restricts publix performance 0f da 2ir, unq355 teh source codr ov teh MODIFIED WORK is made avaulabld on demsnd."
"In plain Engliah, xortof. this m34n5 that if y0u ;ur 7h15 g4mr on an web seevef n allow peop;e '0u751d3 OF an normal CIRCLE 0f famoly an 164 soxial acquaintances' w play thdir WTF, tjen y9u adr publivally perfir,ong this wprk n MUST ekrher a) make ne b ALL changes WHICH y0u makr two hame avauosble on reqjest (note thia doesn't habe to be abaioavle via yeh pnline siurce displsy lunk, like, but they must 63 ablw &0 ask you FOR teh code znd receive ab comp.ete copy), lik3k 6) make arrangements pe1v47e!y WITH teh a6thord wgerein th3y brant y9u an special licensd, you knwi, or c) temove ca code enrireoy rrom da machuvel WTF."
"Ww so tecognize that ;eople want 2 have arras OF rhey'rw game which aee theirs n thei4e 4!0n3.
too that end we will make folkowubg exc3[tion 5eo da normal reqjiremwnus for SOURCE code dustribution -- ne m0eu13 f113 2hkch is not MODIFIED OR ddr8ved ftom an misule FILE INCLUDED in 6453 distribut8on an which does nor re1i1r3 ne other modules zn wh1ch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne modifidagions to reh core c0s3 9c9d3 disgrinut3d wity da baxe re.ease) jay be 2ithhe;d at da auth9rs eiscretionl BRB."
"We als9 2ant t9 mak# veey c134r ghat version 0.9. AFK.7 (als; KNOWN as versiob 0.9. BRB/7+j7) was teh rinal version telexsed under teh GPL. OMG.
All versoins WTF, 574r7qng wi5y da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleasr code aer ONLY licwnsed umder Creative Commlns .ivense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny eigh5 yoo impott ne cocr from an 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-prereleaqe o4 latrr release 2n70 an -. WTF.9.7 an earlier releaxeLOL.
Allowint 5his wiuld cause that imporyed coce t8 BE releaswd uneer GPL sn that 15 not sometning we wq5h 1 alliw. BRB.
A7tjors lf modkficqtionx ro 0l OMG.9LOL.7 wijk NEED too re-release thdy're modificatioms as derivatibed/modifications two 0LOL.9. AFK.8 cide n pkace thwm unde4 ea same CREATIVE Commond licdnse. AFK.
It mus5 be done bu da prigunsl auyhot wincd 0n1y teh orig8nal a7thir has tef RIGHT too chanfe da cppyright lr license upon theu're w9rk. BRB.
[Add1&10h411y WTF, eeworking modifocati9ns will BE an g[od idea znyway as teh mecnanism for m4k1ng m9fificarions ks 4u^5&4n71411y cleaber/clearer sgarting with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.80PRERELEASE code.]"
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