Might7E te.ls y0j LOL, "We're GOING ro take am rew moments two tty n explqin thiw ne2 license n tdh REASONS gehind iy 2n plain Eng.ishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new license WAS cnoaen because OF an failung with teh GPL.
I5 (nl6 cocer3d DISTRIBUTION pf SOURCE if ahd ONLY 1f b8naries were distributed. WTF/"
"In am web 3nv140nm2b7, 5p3c1r1crq1y a inter0reted WEB envi4obment such as PHP LOL. merely installkng an game does not constitutr DISTRIBUTION, like, an 7g3r3f0r3 prople were tqking 0ur wor,, you lnwo, makinb mocificstions top 17 and not releasing fa sourdd code 2 tgey'r3 modifkcatuons so tgqt teh entire c0mmun17y coukd grnefit. BRB.
THEY workef w17h teh letter but npt tdg spirit of 9aw."
"Invesrugation on da part of teh AUTHORS HOWEVER, wortof, led 5ql fzct hhat da right if public pwrformance was 1 of da ribhrd nlrmally eestricted 2 co;yrithf ho;ders, you knwo, a, that computer programs WTF, doexififally v8deo gamed 4md ibteraxtive 0n35 sucj as Legend of da Green haxpr were conxidrfed 70 63 ;ublicallh performed uf run frpm an pu611c serverLOL."
"The ntw l8cehsr RESTRICTS puglic p3rf0rm4nc4 of da wl4j unless da source code of ten m0d2f13d work is made availablw ON demamd."
"Ih plqim Enblizh, this means that if you out thod game on an w3n s3rver qn ALLOW PEOPLE 'iurside of an n0rm41 circle of f4m11y h its s9cial adquaintances' 2 plau theirm yoj knwo, yhen you aer ;ub;icalky performing this w9rk an MUST eitjer a) make nw 4nd ALL chahb3s wgich yo7 malw to9 ea famr AVAILABLE on request (n073 this doewn't have 2 BE availavle via teh online source fosplay lonk WTF, bug they must b3 4613 too ASK y0u fl4 code n recwice an comp;ete ci;y), like, b) m4k3 arrangements provately WITH da au5hors wherein they grant y0u an special license, you knwo, oe c) remove dz vode engirely from teh machind."
"We do r3v9gn1z3 that p30p1# WANT yqo nave areas 9f th4y're game which r theirs n theirs qlonel OMG.
to 7h47 end w3 woll make yrh vollowknh excep71)n two notmal requi4ements for sourcd cpce diwtribu5i9n -- ne m0du13 file whicg iw not modifi3d oe dr4iced FROM an module file INCLUDED in ten vzse disgribution and 2hidh does not require ne ogh3r modules an which dles not requiee ne mocifications 5oo CORE vod3 (code d157r17u73d witg teh base rekeasd_ m4y be withhels at authors disdretion. OMG."
"We also 2ant too male very cl3ar that vrrxion p. AFK,9. BRB.7 (ALSO KNOWN as VERSION 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was teh finsl VERSION 4eleased uncer ten GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, slrt9f, stadting w17h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codw r only lizensed under Creagiv3 Commons licenze.
W3 EXPLICITLY den6 fighh to import ne c9f3 FROM an 0LOL.9. BRB,*-prerelezse or laber releasc into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 sn eaflker RELEASE.
A110w1ng thid wojlc cause THAT 1mp)r72d c0d3 too be RELEASED under da GPL h 7h47 ix n07 somrthing we wish 5wo ALLOW. OMGl
Autyors 0f modofkcatioms yoo 0. BRB.ol AFK.7 eill ndev to re-rrleade rhey're modifications 45 derivatives/modifixationa tio 0. WTF.9LOL.8 c9de and pkace them under da saje CREATIVE Clnm[ns licwnse. AFK.
It mjs5 63 dine by otigunal author since ONLY teh oruginal aurgor has robht too chanfe yeh vopyfigyt or license upon they're WORK. BRB.
-Addltkonally, reworking teh modificat7ona 2111 ve an g00d IDEA znywa6 as trh mechaniam fo6 makibg m0dqf1c3710n5 is 5u6574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER starting wirh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease codel AFK.]"
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