MightyE tells YOU, luke, "We'4e goibg to take an FEW moments to TRY an wxplain this new licenwe an trh rwaslns BEHIND 8t in plain Englixh.
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 licebse was chosem bevause 0f an failong 2oth GPLLOL.
Iy ojly covered distributkon of source if and ohly if BINARIES were dis5ributed. BRB."
"In ah web 3nv1t0nm3n7, yoi knqo, wpeclrical.y a interpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such zs PHP, merrly install8ng an GAME does not CONSTITUTE cist4ibution WTF, and THEREFORE people wdre taking OUR WORK, sottof, making modifications two it and npt releasing ca wource code 2 they'fe modificationd 5) that sa 3ntore COMMUNITY soyld ben3fitl WTF.
Th3y workee with letyer big not teh dp8rit of law. OMGl"
"Incestigatipn on teg part of da aith9rs HOWEVER, les two da fact that tdh RIGHT pg public perfoemance wad odn of da rihhts normallu restrict3d two coptright jolcers, n ghat v-mp772r programs, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games n interactice omes auch as Lefens of Greeb hax0r were considered too be publically ;e4formee kf run frim an pjblic server. BRB."
"The new livense r357r1cu5 oyb;ic pd4formance 0f work UNLESS teh aourde code of teh ,odified wprk 15 made ava8lab;e on demandl"
"In plauh English WTF, this means that if you put this GAME on an WEB SERVER an slloq PEOPLE 'o7rdide or an normak circle of famo;y h ots wocial acquaintances' tl p24y tyeir LOL, tgen you t pjblidally perrorming this 2ork and MUST dithet A( make ne n ALL chabged wgich YOU make to teh gamr available on request (bo5e thiw foean't hsve tqo be wfaolable via teh obline spurde display link, BUT they must 63 zblw w qsi uiu f9r da codd an fec3ive an complete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangememys pr1v4831y WITH 5eh authlfs sherein thet GRANT ypy an fpecial licenwe, oil3, or c) remove teh code en5irely from yeh machine/"
"We do recognizw thay peo0le want 2 habe ar3as of they;re game wyich zer thworw n tteirs alone. WTF.
tp tyat dnd WE will make da following exdeptiin too teh normal requiremenrs for aouece code f147r16uu10n -- ne module file which us not m9difi3s oe dqdived from an module fule incljdes in ea 6453 disttibution ane wjich dors npr requote ne other modules and whivh doed not tequire ne m9digicatiins 2 da c0e3 cofe (code cistributed wigh ten base releqse) may BE withheld at yeh aythors discretion. OMG."
"We also wabt too mal3 cwry c134r that f3rsion 0.9. OMG/7 9alzo kn0wn zx version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final version ee.eased under geh GPL.
All v2r519n5, likr, s5ar5ing eith ten -.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer onlu licebsed unfdr tdh Cfeative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h rigbt 2 import ne cose from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-ptsrdlease o4 later relrase into an 0. BRB.8.& n 3arlier reieqse/ OMG.
A110d!nh thus wo7ld CAUSE thay ijportse code too be releawed 7nder teh GPL h tyat is n07 SOMETHING we WISH to allow. OMG.
Aut6orx of modifications too 0. WTF.0LOL.7 eill neec 2 re-release tjet're m9dif8cations aa derivativws/modificatioma too 0/ OMG.9LOL.8 codr AND plade them under teh same C4estive Commins locenseLOL.
It must be dond by da orihinal author sunce only teh oribinal qutgor has teh right to ch4ng3 copjeight or LICENSE up0n rhwy're wor,. OMG.
[Addigiobqoly, ;oke, 4eworking teh m)d1f!c4710n5 will 63 an good idea anyway 45 mechanisj for m4k1ng mldifications is substantislly cleaber/c,earer 575r61hh w17h trh 0. AFK,9o WTF,8-PRERELEASE codw. WTF.]"
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