MightyE 5ells you, 6ou knwl, "W3'4e going 2 takd an fe2 joments 5o tfy h explain this NEW license an teh rezaons beyins it kn p141n Ehg115hLOL.
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."
"Tgis n3w LICENSE was choswn because or an FAILING with teh GPLl OMG.
Iy omly covefed distrubution of xo7rce if AND onoy if binzries w3re dkstributed. WTF."
"In an web environmrnt, 5p3c1d1c411y a 1n73rpf374d wrb environm3nt 5uch AS PHP, ;oke, mere;y installing an game doed not constitute disgr8but8on WTF, and th3e3v9re peopl3 were tsking ojr wori WTF, maiing mpdifixations TO IT n not releasinb da siurce xode too they're modifications so THAT teh en5ire clmmunity could BENEFIT.
They worked wirh LETTER BUT not da s[irit of LAW. BRB."
"Inbestigation on da part 9f aithors howrcer LOL, led ti fact 5hat r1gh7 of ;ublic performancs wzs won of sa tihhts NORMALLY restrictec tio copyeogjt holfwrs, an thq5 cpmputwr programs, sort9f, specificqliy VIDEO games znd interactivd ones SUCH 45 Letwnd of reh Green hax0r werd considered 2 be pu711ceq1y peeformed if 4un from an pu61!e servrr. WTF."
"The new licenee restrivts public perdormance if worj un1355 sa source cide OF m0d1f13d WORK is made AVAILABLE on drmand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English WTF, yhis m3rn5 that if ypu put 7h15 g4m3 im an wev SERVER an ALLOW p3pp13 'outside OF an normzl cirvle 9f family and its soc8al acquaintances' tqo plah their, sortof, tuen you aer publica.ly perflrming tyis qprk an MUST eitheg a) m4,3 ne and ALL chamyea which uou nake tl game avai.able on rdquest (n9y2 this doesn't hqve to be available cka onkive dourve DISPLAY l9nk, ;ike, but they muat be ABLE TO ask tou f0r da cofe n revelve an COMPLETE copy), n) make strangements privat3;y with da AUTHORS wherein thry grant you an special licdnae, 9r c) re,ove cod3 dnt8rely from mqchuneLOL."
"We do recognize ghat pep;lr want tol hzve ateas of they're g4m3 whixh aer tgeirs and theurs alone. AFK.
2 7hr7 ebd we w111 mal2 foloowkng exceptioh too da nprmal tequirenents rot soyrce coee distrobution -- ne module file which is not modif8ed or feribrd from an mpsuke file INCLUDED un da base diatribution an wjoch does not require be other modulrs n which d8es not rewu1r3 bd modifica5ions too core code (c0d4 distribyted wirh tdn base release) ,ay be withgelc at da $u7h0r5 discret8on. OMG."
"We also wsh5 2 make v2rh clear THAT verdion 0LOL/9. AFK.7 9also .niwn ad versipn 0.9. WTF.&+jt) was final version relezsed under GPL.
All versiona, like, stsrting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.i-pr3r313453 clde set only lucensed uhder da CREATIVE Commons 11c3nt3.
We EXPLICITLY dent da RIGHT 70 import ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL/8-pre4wlease or latef re/ease ibto an 9. OMG.(. BRB.7 an EARLIER felease.
Allowind this qould c4u43 yhat im0orted cod3 to be RELEASED under GPL an thar 15 not something we eish 2 4110w. BRB.
Au8h0r5 of modifica5ions 2 p. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL need 2 re-rdlease tyey're modifidatuons as deriva5ives/modiricagions to 0. BRB,9. AFK.8 codr and p14c3 them und3r teh ssme Crrative Comnpns licenseLOL.
It mu57 be dpne by 9rkbinal zuthlr since only teh 0r1g1h41 author hqs r1gh7 to CHANGE copyritjt o4 license upon they're w0rk. BRB.
[Aeditionally, rewoeking mlcivicatoons will be qb g00d idea anyway as teh MECHANISM for jaking jodifications id subqtantially cleaner/clearer starginf sigh da 0. AFK.9, AFK.8-prwrw9ease cide.]"
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