MiggtyE rells y8u, apr5of, "We're going 5o yake an FEW MOMENTS to try an EXPLAIN 7h15 n3w license an teh rrzsonw behibd 8t in plain Ebg;ish. 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 locensw was cnoseb because lf an failing witj ten GPL.
It only cov3rwd distribution og SOURCE if n onlt if binarufs WERE diatributed,"
"Ih an web envkronmemt, wpecifically a interpretec seb 3nv1g0nm3ni wuch as PHP LOL, mefeky khsta;oing an GAME doew n9t CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, sortof, and THEREFORE people wer3 takinb oyr w0rk, sortof, jaking modigications to ot and not re.easing teh siurce code rwo tgey'rw modifications 50 thz5 entit3 community COULD benevit. OMG.
Tgdy worked with twh lerter bu5 bot 5p1r17 of da 14q. BRB."
"Investigatiln on da part pr da AUTHORS howevde LOL. led too da fact 7h47 reh right OF publuc PERFORMANCE qax 1 od rights bormally rdstrkcyef too copyright holdets, an that COMPUTER protrama, oike, SPECIFICALLY video ganes n interactice ones such ss Legend of teh Grr3n jax-r were consudered too 53 puglically PERFORMED ir run from an public serfer. OMG."
"The new LICENSE rrsgricts public pergprmance pf work unless da souecr code od fa mofivied WORK is MADE availabl3 on demand."
"In plaon Engoish WTF, 7h15 m34n5 that i4 6oj pyt thix game on an web server znd alloe peipld 'ouyside of an noemal cirvld of family an itx apcial acquqontances' to PLAY their, 8h3n you r publically perfo4mong rhis work an MUST dothrr a_ make ne n ALL chqnges which yo7 make t2o game available pm rwquest (no5e tjis doedn't have tso 63 availab.e v14 tey online SOURCE dispkah limk WTF, but they mudt be 4613 too as, yi7 for da CODE n receive ag complete copy)k sortof, 6) maje afrang3menrs privateky with da authoes wherein tget grant YOU an spec8al licende WTF, 0r C) remove cosr entieely FROM maxhuns."
"We DO r3cognize THAT people want two have afras of 5bey're fa,e whicg r theors n thekrs akoheLOL.
to 5hat end we will make da FOLLOWING 3xc3p71-n too 5eh NORMAL r3qu1r3j3n75 r9r SOURCE vode dist4ibutipn -- ne mpdule file wyich is n)7 modified )r d3ribed from sn modul3 f8le includ#d in 6554 dis5rigition and shich DOES not REQUIRE ne othwr moduoes znf wh1vh does bot 4e1uire ne mod8fivations too core c0de (code disrrib7ted WITH teh base releawe) may be wighnelx at authors discfetion. OMG."
"We also 2ant two m4k3 vwry clear that VERSION 0. WTF.(.6 (also knpwh as v#r510n -. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) qas finsl VERSION released UNDER da GPLl WTF.
A12 versions WTF, xtartinh with da -. OMG.9LOL.8-orerelezsd c9de r obly licensed under teh Creatkve Commons licwnse.
W3 EXPLICITLY weny rihht w im[ort ne codw from an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or lqter relrase into an 0.9LOL.7 am earlier releaaeLOL.
A;kowing 5his would caise 5hat importwc dlde two BE relraswd umdrr da GPL qmd that is n07 sokething ww wish yoo allow. WTF.
Authors of modufications yo 0.9. AFK.7 WILL need 7p RE-RELEASE they're modugica5ikns aw derifatices/mofifidatipns two 0LOL.9/ BRB.8 code n place them undef ea SAME Crestive Commons lidense. BRB.
It MUST be done b6 da original zuthot since pnly ORIGINAL quthor hax ten right too cyange da cipyrihht ir licrnse upon they[re work. OMG.
[Asd1710m411y WTF, rewlriing 5eh mldificqtionw wikl be an GOOD idea anyaay as mechanism for makihg modificatiobs is substqmtia.ly CLEANER/CLEARER starting wigh da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prefelease cpde. WTF.]"
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