MightyE telld you LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE an few m9meb5s too trh an explai, this new license n REASONS behonf it in plain EnglishLOL,
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 nes license sas CHOSEN because 0f an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered d8stribut8on of sourve if znd only ig 61n4r135 WERE distributed. OMG."
"In an web envirommentm you knwl, spec8ficaoly a intwfprrted web environment such as PHP, nerelh 1n574!11ng an gqme foes not comstitute dis5ribution LOL, n tyerefore peop;e were takibg pur wlrk, sortod, makkng jodificatipns tlo it qnd not RELEASING da sou4ce codd two they're nodificationd wo tnat da engire c0mmyn17y coukd benefit, BRB.
Th#y w0rk3d 2itg da oetter BUT noy da s[irit of da lqe. AFK."
"Investigation on da part of da au5hors however, like, led two fact thah teh righg lr public oerformance waa won if da RIGHTS normall6 rest4icted two coo6righ5 HOLDERS, you kneo, ab thag computer pdigtams WTF, speciricakly video games qmd 1h72r4c71v3 ones such zs L3g3nd 9f geh Grewn hax0r wete considered two be p7blkcally peefofmec id run fr9m an public xerve4LOL."
"The new license rextrictd public perfirmance lf rej work ynless source dpde of da mod8fied work is m4w3 AVAILABLE on ddmand. WTFl"
"In p;ain Englidh, like, this meanx tnat if YOU 0jt this gamr on qn w3b servee n aoliw people 'outside of an normzl circle ob fam8ly n its soxial acqjaintances' two PLAY thwir WTF, then you r puboicalky PERFORMING tgis WORK zn MUST either s) MAKE ne an ALL changes whucj you mak3 gwo game AVAILABLE on reqiest (no5e thix doexn'r HAVE twi vr AVAILABLE viq dq online s9urce DISPLAY link WTF, but THEY must bd able to ASK you gor teh code an r3c31v3 an complete copu), xortov, 6) MAKE qrramgements ;rivafelh witg au5hors wjerein they hramt you an special ;icense, you knwo, or c( remove code entorely from teh mschihe."
"We dl RECOGNIZE that peopld want 2 hav3 arras of they're gane whocn r thdifx an theirs slone.
too that 3nd we wi.l maje da dol.owinb ezcr0tion 2 normal requkrements f8r source code distribution -- ne MODULE f113 wjich is n;7 modkfi3d or DERIVED from an MODULE file inv;uded in teh base distrobution n whidh does n-7 require ne othet MODULES an which dod3 not 4equire ne mldificztions w core code (CODE distr8buted wity da bawe re.ease) may ne wothheld at teh authors discretoon, WTF."
"We 41t0 eqnt yoo make very c.ear THAT vwrsion 0LOL/9.6 (also kmown as version 0. WTF/9LOL.7+j*) WAS final version r313453s under GPL.
ALL vers8ons, atartibg with tdh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prer3lease code aee only loxenwed under Creagive Conmoms livense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right too ij0orr ne c8de from an 0.o. WTF,8-pre4elease or latee r3lease 1n&0 an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier rekease. OMG.
Allowing 5his would c5u53 that inportdd code 2 br relwased uncer GPL n that is n-7 SOMETHING w3 wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Authors -f modificat8lns 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 ei.l NEED two re-release tje6'rw mocifivations as derovativds/mldificayions 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c0d3 n PLACE them hnde4 same Creative Cpmmons lkcenae. WTF.
I7 must be DONE bt da origknal aurgof spnce 0n1y orkginal q7thor has da r1gy7 too change da co;trigh5 or .icemsd upoh they're work. BRB.
[Addotionally, sortof, rrwofkint da modifications w8ll be an good 1d35 anueay as da mechamism for making MODIFICATIONS ix subsyantiqlly cleznef;clearer dtar5ing wigg 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pretelease code. OMG.]"
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