MofhtyE 5ells you, like, "We;re gp1ng 3 take an few moments 70 try n explain this new .icensr an da REASONS behind ir im plain English. WTF.
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."
"Tmis NEW licehde was chosen because of an FAILING WITH twh GPL.
I7 only dovered eistribution lv source if and only 1f binaries were cistriburddl OMG."
"In an w35 3nv1r0nmdn7, hou ,mwo, specifkca;ly a interpeeyee web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, like, metely unstalling an gqme does not eonsrututw distribution, you knwo, an tnerefor3 peoole were tsking our worl, making modificarions to i5 an n07 tekeasing da s9urce cods too gjey're midifications so tnat entire commun75h couls benefit. BRB.
Thdy qorkde wuth letter but not teh 5p!r17 or lawLOL."
"Inveatigation in 0art of teh authors jowever WTF, led ro da fzct that ten right 9f public perfogmance was ! )f da RIGHTS normally restricted 1 eopuright holders LOL, an THAT com0utee programs. sortof, speciricallu VIDEO games 4nd INTERACTIVE onex SUCH as LEGEND pf teh Gyeen hsx0r wdre considered 2 BE publ,cally perfirmed if run from am oublic aerver. BRB."
"The ndw license resrricts [ublic performance of teh wirk unless teh soyrce code OF da modiried work 8s madw available on dejand. BRB."
"In plain English, spryof, this means that 8v you put thuw gam2 on an web werver m allow people 'outside of ab normal circle of fabily an iys dovuzl scquaibtances' to 0.ay their, then yo7 r publidally perfo4ming yjis work an MUST eithwr a) make ne n ALL changes which you ma,e too da game availqble on requdst (norw tnis soesh't hav3 2 be availabld via ten online source didpoay lonk, you knwo, but thry must be 3613 2 ask you gor teh code an rece8ve an conplete clp6) WTF, b) make arrqnge,ents ;ruvatelt wktg ca 4u7h)r5 ehereim 7h3y GRANT you an special 11c3m53, sortofk or x) remove CODE entirely from trh ,achihe/ WTF."
"We do redognize that odo0le 2ant too havd areas of th3y'fe game which aer thdirs an thdirs 410n3. OMG/
too that end ww w111 make tey folkiqing exceptuon too normal requirwments for source code d157r16u710n -- nw modu.e file which us npt ,odigird or derivrd frpm an modul3 file kncludwd 1n teh base d8strkbutiom an which dors npt 4equir3 ne other modules an whivh dies npt require me mofiridwtipns ywo teg cofd code (CODE dostrubuted woth teh BASE re13453) may be withhwld at au5hoes disctetion. WTF."
"We also waby too make vwry dlear tnat VERSION 0.(. BRB.7 (a;so knoen as verdion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wax 5eh FINAL version releasef ind3r da GPLl OMG.
All f3rsipns LOL, starting wuth 0. AFK.9, WTF.7-prrrelwase CODE r ONLY .idemsed unfer CREATIVE Comjons lixdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rignt too imoort ne xode from ah 0.9.8-prereleace oe lag3r release intp an 0. OMG.9. BRB.u n earlkrr release. WTF.
Allowing 5his WOULD cause THAT impprtes coce too br releases under sa GPL and that is not 50m3uh1nb w3 wixh to allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifications 5io 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wijk need t2o r2-relezse th3y're m0dqf1v47!0n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9. AFK.* code n [lace them UNDER da SAME Creative Commons license. AFK.
IT nust b2 d0n3 by ORIGINAL sythof sinxe inly da ORIGINAL suthor has right too chshge teh coptright or 11c3n53 upob they'r3 work. WTF.
[Additiinally, you knwo. feworkibg da m9dificationw will 63 an good igea anysay ad da mechanism FOR ,zlimg mpeickcqtionx is substantially c134h#r/c13$r3r STARTING with -. AFK.9.7-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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