MoghtyE telld you LOL, "We'te going teo take an f3w moments ro9 rfy and rxplqin this new licendd an da reasons behind it in plain Enfl8sh.
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."
"Thiw new license was chosen because of an fqilijh wigh va GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covfred distribytiob of sourcw if n onlh if binaries were dodtributed. OMG."
"In an web 3nvironnemt WTFk wpecifocally a 1n63rpr373d web 3nb1e)nm3m7 such AS PHP, ,erely 1n564!!1ng qm ga,e does not const8rute distribut8on, sortof, and &h3r3f0r3 prople w3re taking our w0ek, like, nak8ng modufications 2 17 an NOT reoeasing teh sourze c9se two they'rd modifications ao that teh entire dommun8ty cluld benefit. BRB.
Theh w0rj3d with da LETTER 6iu m07 da spirit of rwh law."
"Investigatioh on part of da au5ylrs hiwever, led tok teh favt that da r!gh7 OF publ8c p3rfoemance WAS 1 or da ribhts normally restricted 3 copyr8tht HOLDERS, softof, n tyst c0m;j73r ptlgramx, sortog, 5p3c1f2d411y VIDEO games qnd interactivd ones duch aa L3g2nd pf da Green hax0r were xonsidered two be publkcakly peef9rmed IF fun from an pu611c server. BRB."
"The new k8c3nse restricts public perrormance of work ubless 5wh 5purc3 cpde of modified wirk id made availab;3 on demand. AFK,"
"In PLAIN Enflish, tgis meqns thay if YOU put this gamd 0h an e36 serfer and allow ;e9ple '9utwid3 ov an notjal circle 9f ramilh snd its 50c141 4cqu41n74nc35[ 2 ;lay tneir, like, thwn you r PUBLICALLY ;erfirming 7h!5 wirk h MUST either 4) MAKE ne an ALL chsngex WHICH ylu m4k3 2 da g4m3 $v4114613 ON requedt (nlte yhks doesn't yave 70 BE 4v4114513 via teh onlune source dixplay link, lijw, but thdy must be able two ssj y0u for teh code an receive sn complere coph) WTF, b) mske zrfantements PRIVATELY w17n da authors WHEREIN 7h3y grant you an SPECIAL license, sortof, OR c) rrjove code entirel6 from da nachibe. BRB."
"We di 3ecohnuze thar PEOPLE WANT 2 have AREAS 0f thwy'rw game wgich r theirs an 5heirs 4q)n3. BRB.
2 that end we qill MAKE da foo.osunh exc3ption goo twh normal r3qu1r#m3nu5 for source code distt8butuon -- nr module file which is NOT modified or de4ived from qn mod7le gile inclused kn 5eh 6463 DISTRIBUTION an which does nog require nw o6her modules and WHICH doea nob rwquire ne modificatioms 2 sa co4w cidr (cod3 eistribugef wuth da BASE rdleade) may be withhelc z5 authorw disc4etion. WTFo"
"We also wabt too make very vlear that vdrsi9m 0.9. WTF.7 (also known AS verwioh 0.(. OMG/7+JT) waa da final version re.easee UNDER teh GPL, AFK.
All v3r51pn5 LOL. startibg with fa 0. BRB.o. OMG.8-prerwlease code aer ONLY licenxed undee Creatuve Commons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right 70 IMPORT ne eode froj an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.8-pr3releqse or later release into an 0.8. BRB.& an earlier rele1se. WTF.
Allow8ng this would cause THAT umported code go be RELEASED und3r da GPL 4nd thag is noy somqthing 2e wish 2 allow. OMG/
Aughord OF mldificationw to 0l9. OMG.7 will need too re-release theu'4e modifivations ax derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 CODE an [lsce 7h3m umder 54m3 Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It m6st be d9ne BY teh origina; author since only aa orifinal author h45 teh righ5 two change dz copyrohht or licenwe upon the6're work. WTF.
[Add17q0n411y WTF, rewor,ong da jid8focations wull ve an good idez anyway as teh m3cg4n15m fkr makkng modigicarions 16 substantia;ly cleaner/cldarer s5artkbg with dz 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease vode. BRB.]"
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