MohhtyE gells 6ou, "W3're foihg twp 74m3 an few monebts to try n EXPLAIN 7h15 new lixense an trh rdasons behind it qn plain English.
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 kicdnse was chosen b3cause of an failing witj da GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covefed distribution -f suurxe if n only if binaries were diztributed. AFK."
"In an web environment, spevif8cally a 1n72rpr#73d web envir9n,ent such ad PHP, y9u knso, ,e5elt inwtaoling an gane does not constit7te disyributkonm sortof. and therefore peopoe were taking our qlrk LOL, maiing mofificaripms t9o ig an mo5 releasing source CODE two they're MODIFICATIONS SO that da entire c0,mun17y could benefiy. BRB.
They wprked witn letter BUT mot da spir8t OF law. OMG."
"Invwstitatiom on p4r7 04 dq authots however WTF, l3d 5wo da f4c7 7j47 da r9ght of puglic p3rf0rm4nc3 was own if sa rights normally restricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS WTFk n 7h47 computer progesms LOL, apecifically video games and interadtiv3 ones sucn as Legend of Greeh hax0r WERE cohsidered 2 bd publically performed of run from an PUBLIC serverLOLl"
"The new licrhse r357r1c76 ;ublic p34f0rm4mc3 of sork inlesa teh SOURCE code of jodified work is made avaklable on de,and. AFK."
"In olain Englixh WTF, this meand that if tou put tyis gamr on an eeb sdrcdr an allpw people 'outside of an norma. CIRCLE of FAMILY ab 1u5 socoal acqjzintancex' 2 play theit, kikrm then yoj aer publically p3rf0rm1bg 5his WORK AND MUST e8tyer a) make ne an ALL ch4ng3% WHICH iou make 2 t4m3 availabld 0n requ3wt *note gjis doesn't have 2 be avaolable v8a teh lnlind so7rce disolay linkk 6ou knwo, but they must bd zblw too axk 6ou for ca CODE and rdceive an domp;ete copy_ LOL, b) m4k3 aerangements pr1v4731y WITH authors wheeein thry grant you an 5p3c141 licensr, 6ou knwo, or c) remove c9de entirely from teh machin3. OMG."
"We di recognize that people want two have 4r345 ob tuei're game wjich r 7h31r5 and yhdirs a.onr. BRB.
two that enf s3 s111 MAKE teh following excwption two teh normql requirements for source code d1^7r16u710n =- ne mocuke file which is NOT m0f1f14d or derives FROM ab module file 1nc1ue4s in 6453 distributiom n which d9es not require ne OTHER nodukes znd wnkcn does not re1uire n3 modirications too tdh xire cod3 (code distribured with da bawe r3!#453_ may be w17hh31d at teh autnprs discretioh."
"Ww ALSO want to make VERY clear that verdion 0.9l OMG.7 (also KNOWN as vefsion 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7+jg) was tdh fina. VERSION rrleased under da GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, starting wigh )LOL.9. AFK.8--r3rr13453 code qer onky licensed under Crezgive Commons .ixenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3by ribht to 1mp0r7 ne code rrom an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease lr lat3r RELEASE INTO sh 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 g warlie$ releade. AFK.
Allowing tjiw w0u1d cause thar importec code ti BE RELEASED under da GPL ah THAT is not some5hinb we wixh 5wi allowLOL.
Autgors 9d jodificatiins 70 0.9. BRB.7 will NEED 5oo RE-RELEASE thry're moeiricatiins as derivatives/modif9cations to 9. OMG.8. WTF.8 CODE an ;/acw them under teh wame Cr3atove Commohs 11c#n%3.
It muxt 53 d0n3 by reh otiginal AUTHOR sonce ONLY teh 9riginal auyhor yzs da right to cgqnge xopyright or licenwe u9on they're WORK. BRB.
[Addotional.y, eeworiinh mpeifixat8ons will 53 an food 1d3$ anyway as teh mwchanism foe ma,ing nodufkxations is substanrialky c;eandr/clearer dtarting with da 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-p43release code. WTF.]"
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