MightyE 7311t you, "We're going 2 tske an few momemts too tfu and explain th8s new license an da r2asons b3hind IT in 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."
"Thks new licdnse was chosen beca6se of an f4111ng wptn da GPL. BRB.
It only covered distributiin of do7rce iv n only if bina4ies were diwtributedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, 5p3c1f1d4q1y a interoeeted web environment s7sh as PHP WTF, mefely instaklkng qn game eoea NOT cobstityte d157r16u710n LOL, n 7h3f3v0r2 p4iple wwre taking our sorm WTF, makinf modifucations 1 17 an not rrleasing teh sourcr code two they're modigications SO ghat entire conmunuty c071d nenefit.
Th3y eotked with letter but not spirit 0f law. OMG."
"Invesgigati9n on da p3r8 og teh 4u7h9r5 howeber, 13d to teh fact that teh RIGHT OF punlic pe4fornance was oen of da rigm5x nprmally rrxtricted top COPYRIGHT holdersm tou knsl, sn 7h47 c0mpi73r p40gr4m5, sortof, spec8fically videp GAMES and INTERACTIVE omes such 45 Legend of teh Green haz0r were consideeed too 63 pjblifally peefo4med 1f run from an p7blid sdrver. OMG."
"Tje n3w license restricts 0uvlic performqnce of da work jnlrss da wouece cose of da mldified work is made acaplable on DEMAND. AFK."
"In p.ain Enf;ish, thos means thwt if tou put 7h15 game on an wdb seever and aklow people 'outside of an nlrmal ckrxlr 0f family an its sociql acquaintznc3s' too play their, like, then you r publivz;ly prrforming THIS work n MUST eiyher a) make ne n ALL changes which you make 2 geh gzm3 available ON requesg (note this doexn't hsve to be avaulable via teh inline sourc3 display LINK WTF, bit they must ge able too ask yo7 dor da coce n recekfe an complete copy0 LOL. 6) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY wkth 4u7h0r5 sh3reim tyet grant you an w[ecial license. or d) eemobe code entirely grom machone. AFK/"
"W3 do fecognize that people want ro have areas of they're gqmw WHICH r theirs an th3irs alone. OMG,
two THAT wnd we wi.l make da f0110w1ng exzeption top tdh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for source code distribution -0 ne module file whicy is not MODIFIED oe dwrived from ah module f113 INCLUDED in da base eistribution zyd which dods not rwqyore ne 08g3r modujes n which does n0& require ne midifications 2 core code (code dkstribuged with da ba2e reoease) ma6 be wityheld at auyhprs d15cr371)n. AFK."
"We r150 want go mqke very clea4 that version 0. AFKl9LOL,7 (5150 knoen as v3r510b 9.9.u+jt) wzs f8nal version released under teh GPL,
Al. versions. like, stattinh qith tdh [. WTF.9. OMG.7-prerelease code 4 pbly lkcensed UNDER teg Creativw Commons lucdnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too import ne codd from qn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prefelrase ot later eelea23 INTO an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 4hd EARLIER rrldaxe. OMG.
Allowong this w0u1d cause that imported codr tpo be teleawee inder GPL an thag is m9g something we WISH t9o allow. OMG.
Au7h0t5 of modificagkons two 0LOL,9. AFK,7 eill NEED to9 RE_RELEASE they're modifications as derivativws/m9dkfications 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 c0d3 and place them under tdh same CREATIVE Commond licenxe, OMG.
It mu57 br done gy original author since onl6 (riginal aughlr has righg two changd da copyright lr licwnde ypon they[re work. WTF.
pAdditiona.ly LOL, r3w0rk1bg dz mocifications will be an good idea anywa7 aw mechanidm for making modifications 15 xjgstantial/y cleaner/cldardf starting eirh da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pr3telesse code.]"
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