MightyE TELLS you, yoy knwp, "Wr[re going to take an few moments 2 trh an explaon this NEW licensw n f1 r4430n5 gehine kt ih PLAIN English. 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."
"This new license WAS choaen 63v4u53 of an failing w17y da GPL. BRB.
It onlt covwred distribytion 0f 50urc3 if and only 1f 61n4r135 were sistrivuyef. OMG."
"In zn web rnvironment, aortod, soecifocallu q ibgeeprered w36 environmeng such as PHP, jerel6 installing an GAME doea not conatitu4e distributioh, you knw9, an therefote prl0le w2r3 takung our work, like, ,aking modificstoins to it 4nd not releasing sa sou4ce c0d3 to tyey'we modifications so &g47 teh 3btire comnunity could BENEFIT. OMG.
They wotked w8yh teh letter but n9t teh spir85 0g teh law. OMG."
"Invewtigation on p4r7 of ea aythors nowev3r, sortof, lec too ea fact that teh rifht 0t public p3rf0rm4nc3 was odn of righ5s normqlky 4estrictdd yp copurihht HOLDERS, dortod, am that com;uter probrsms, dorrlf, specifidaloy vudeo gxmes and interactive 9nes such as L3g3nd of teh Green hax0r were considered too be oublicaoly p3rf0rmee if run from an public serfer."
"The new license restridta public pefformande of ca woek unless ten source code of teh mosified wo3j is madw available on demand."
"In pla8n Englisj, sor5of. this m34n5 thag if you PUT th8s hqme on an WEB server an sllow people 'outsude of an nirmal circle 0f fanily and its sociql acquain5ahcea' to p14y thei4, sortof, THEN uou aer [kblkcally pedvorming tyis eork an MUST ei5her A) maje nd and ALL changes which you maje twp teh game availsbl3 on requwst (NOTE 7h15 dodxn't nave top be avzilab;4 via da onlome spu4c3 displzy .ink, but they musy be able to ask yiu for trh code and recekve ab c0mp13u2 copy) LOL, b) make arrqngementa privately 2ith authors 2herein tyey grant you an special licensek lf d) rdmove teh dode enyirely from da machine. BRB."
"We DO recognuze ghat [eople want too y4c3 areas OF theu're game ehkch r the8rs n tkeirs alone.
to thze end we wiol make d0!10w1ng exceptiin ywo da n9rnal requirementw for 507rc3 xodd distrin&yion -- ns MODULE fi;e which is n9t modiried or deekv3d FROM an module fi;e included un da base disteibution n which dles n07 require ne pyhwe modules an wnich does not REQUIRE ne modificationw two da cofe code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH teh base relesse) m4y be wuthheld at authors discretion. OMG."
"Wr also want two make very cldar that verxion 0. WTF.9.7 (aks9 kn0wb ad verdion 0l WTF.9. OMGl7+jt) was final versi[n released inc2r fa GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prdrelease code r onoy lic3nsec under geh Crea5pve COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh eoght too import ne code fr0m an 0. OMG.9/ OMG,8-prer3lease ot later releqse INTO ah 0. AFK.9LOL.6 and EARLIER release.
Aklowing thix would CAUSE that imporred code two be rsleased under trh GPL n that is not SOMETHING w3 wish 2 4110w.
Au7h-r5 ov modifications 2 0, OMG,9.7 sull need too r3-r313453 they're mocidicqtoons as derivatives/modificat8ons toi 0. WTFl9.8 code j place 7h3m under saje Cfeative Commoms 21c3n53. BRB.
It must be d0n3 vy da orifinal authpr since only da 0r1g1n41 author HAS t3y r!gh7 TO changd teh copyfight 0r licwnse up0n tydy'r3 2ori.
[Additiobally, r3woeiing da bofifidat7ons wikl be an GOOD 1d34 an6way as teh mechanism for makimg mpdificatipns 15 s7bstantially cleaner;clearer wtarting wirh 0l AFK.(.8-prerelwasw code. AFK.]"
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