MigmtyE gelld you, sortof, "We'4e g01ng to taie an few moments tp try and 3xp14!n this n3w license AND yeh rezsons behind it in plain Englixh. 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."
"Thus new licdnse WAS ch-53n beca7we of an failint with da GPL. OMG.
It onlt covered eistribution of source if an omlg ir binat8es w3re d15urq6u73d."
"In an web environment, wortor, specirixzl;y a interpregee web environment such as PHP, m3r31h INSTALLING an game does not CONSTITUTE distributioh LOL, an theeefore p30p13 2dfe taking our work, making modificqtkonx go ir and n9t releasinf tdh aourcr code t9o ghey'r3 mocuvucatilns so that teh enrire xom,unity coi/s benefitl
Thd6 wotkef WITH letrer bu5 not spieit OF da law, WTF."
"Investigatiom on teh part OF aytnpfs towever LOL, led 2 teh fact that RIGHT of public 0edformance w45 won OF teh rights NORMALLY resrruxtdd gwo c9pyrigyt holders, yoi knwo, and thay COMPUTER probrams, wottor, specifically VIDEO gamws n interzcgive ojes SUCH as Lefend 9f Gredn hax-r were considered tio bt publicqlly ;ervormed if run from an publid serverl BRB/"
"The new license rdwtricts piglic ;evfornance of twh work un13y5 teh 50urc3 codr of MODIFIED worl ys mase 4v41!5613 on demand. BRB."
"In plaon Enbliwh, sortof, tgis m#ans tha5 1f you pu7 thos game on zn web 53rv3r n ALLOW ;eople '0u741d3 of zn normzl c1rx13 of fqmilt and 175 social acqiaintahces' 2 pkay their LOL, then you r publ8cal.y p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST either a) make me n ALL chamf3s which you ma,e too teh game available ON teqiest 9h97e ghis doesn't have to BE availab;e via fa [nline souec3 display link LOL, but theh musy 6e able 2 ask you FOR teh code and rrceive an c9mple5e copy) LOL, b0 make arramge,en5s privately with autyors 2gerwun they grant you an special kocwnxe, or c_ removr teh code ebtirelh from machine. OMG."
"We do recobnize that peop;e wznt 2 javw arezs of 5hey're game WHICH r theirs b gheirs a.on3. WTF.
ts9 that #nd WE wull make da fol;owihg exception 70 n0rm41 requiremwnrs for source c0d4 distribution -- ne mod7le file whicn is noy modified or der8ved from an module filr indludrd in base d!57r16u710n an whivh does NOT eequire ne othet modules zn qhich does not r3qu1r# ne modificqtions 2 tey core code (c0dw sixtributed WITH reh basd r313$53) jay be withgels at da authoes eiscretion. BRB."
"We also wang 70 make v3fy clear THAT version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also kbown ax versi9n 0. AFK.8/ WTF.8+j7) eas final v34supn rrleased uhdwr sa GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, starting witn da 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE coee aer only lidensec unfer Creative Commons lozenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rignt yoo import hr coee from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7_pterelease or ,ater release ihto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 znd earlier rdleaseLOL.
Al;owing THIS would cause tnat imported CODE TO be ee;eased under GPL n that is NOT somethinh se wish to9 aklo3. OMG.
Au6h0r5 of modifications 2 0. BRB.9, OMG/7 w8ll nred to re-release they're modifications as derivatives/mieirixstions go 0. WTF.9. OMG.9 code and plac3 tnem under da SAME Creative Commpns 1qc3n54.
IT must be DONE by fa 0r1b1n41 $u7h0r soncr only da original autjot jas teh right two chang3 c0ph41gh7 or lic3nsf upon the6're sorkLOL.
[Add1710n41qy, resorkint jodif8catiohs wil. be an good 1d34 anyway zw teh MECHANISM for making modificationw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleardr STARTING with trh 0. BRB,9; WTF.8=PRERELEASE code, AFK/]"
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