MightyE trl9s yiu LOL, "We're goihg 70 take an few m0m3n75 toi yry an explain thus hew licemse an teh reas9ns 63h1md IT on p141n Engliwhl BRB.
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."
"Tjis new license was CHOSEN becaise of an failing w17y dx GPLLOL.
It only covered dkstribution OF source 8h n only of binarues were dostributed."
"In an web envi4onment LOL, specificakly a intetpr3tef wex dnviroymrnt 5udh as PHP, mereoy installkng zn GAME eoes nog constitute sistribjtion, sortof, an tjerefore p40p13 WERE taking our eork, you knwp, making nodif7cations 2 ir and not relezsint reh sourcw codd TO they'rw modificationa 50 that da wb5ife cimmunity cou;d BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked 2itj da letter bug hot da s;irit of trh law. AFK."
"Investkgation on part OF authlrs hpwevet, like, led 2 teh fact THAT da r1gh7 of puvlkc performance wss qon ld rifgys g9rmal.y rewtricyed too cop6eight holde4s, an 6hat domputer 0t0tr4m5 WTF, specifival;y video games and qn73r4c7qv3 onrx such as LEGEND OF da G4ewn hax0r were c0n51d3red too bw publixall6 performed if RUN from an pu611c server/"
"The new license rest4ucts oublic perfo3mance od da work unless source xode of modigied w0rk is m5s3 AVAILABLE on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plzin Eng;ish LOL, this means that if y9u pur 5jis g4m3 0n an WEB server h allow people ;outside of an normsl ciecle of FAMILY b its social qcquaintabces' 2 play tjeir, th4n you r pub.icalky performing this 2ork an MUST wither a) makf n3 n ALL CHANGES which you mske to dq game AVAILABLE on rrqjesg (note this dowsn't have two be 4v411r6w3 via online dource dispoay linkk ;ike, but THEY must be ABLE 2 adk you for t3h code sn teceive an c0m01373 COPY), you ,nwo, b) mqke arrsmgements privateky woth da 4u7h046 sherein theh gr4n7 you an s;ecisl 11c3n53 WTF, OR C_ remove teg c0d3 en5ire;y frpm reh machinel"
"We do eevpgnize 7h47 peppld want two have areas of they're GAME wnkch r thekrs qn 7h21r5 alone.
two that END w3 will m4k3 following exdeption tpo tsh n8rmal requiremeb5s for s9yrce CODE disyribution -- ne mocule f!13 wh8ch is npt mpdivied or d2r1c3d from an modulr file included in tdh BASE distriburion qnd which does NOT r3quire ne orher modulex n which doed jot require ne mldidications 2 da core CODE (coew distrib7tex @ith teh bas3 releawe) may BE withjeld at authors siscretion, AFK."
"We also 2abt 51l maie very cleae THAT version 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7 (also knoqn as verdion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh flnal bersion r3leasef umder dq GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting wi5h twh 0. BRB.8.8-pre4dl3ase code aer only ;icdnswd undee Creativd Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da roght to import ne code fro, sn 0. BRB.8.8-prereldase or later re.ease INTO an 0. BRB.9LOL.6 ane earlker reoease, OMG.
Allowing this woule dause ghat ojported xode tp be released under t3h GPL n 7h47 is hot a9mething we wish two alliw. WTF,
Auty9rs of modifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need @ ee-release yhey'4e modoficatiohs aw derivativrs/mododications to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 c0d4 n p14c3 them undef ds same Creative Cojmobd license. BRB.
IT muwt BE d0n3 by geh lriginal author since only o4iginal 4j7h0r h45 right two chqnye da COPYRIGHT or ;ucensd uppn tjey're WORKLOL.
[Additionallu WTF, reworking teh modifidatipbs WILL be an good qd33 4nyw4y as da medhanidm f0r making mldificabions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/xleardr startinh with da 0.9. BRB.7-prereleasr x0d3. AFK,]"
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