MighgyE &3q14 y9u WTF, "We're going 2 take an f3s m0m3n75 t2o TRY n explain this new license n REASONS 6eh1ns it un PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 ch053n becsuse ov an f4111mg with GPL. AFK.
I7 only cove4ed dostribution ov SOURCE if and pnly IF binaries WERE dostribjtedLOL/"
"In an wen environnent, you knwo, specifically q kbtrepreted web 3nv1epnm3n7 SUCH as PHP LOL, merely ibstqlling qm gamd does not constitutr DISTRIBUTION, and therefire people were taking our woek WTF, ,skint moc8ficatipns 2 it and not RELEASING teh wiurcw code 2 thwy'ew moejfications so ths5 dz entire communitt c0u1d benefit. OMGk
Tney worked WITH oeyter BUT not spirig of da lzw. OMG."
"Investigzripn on da part of ajthors howevet LOL, led to ds cact that da riggt of public PERFORMANCE sas wob of r1gm75 n0rm411y resteicted too c.pyrigh5 holders WTF, abd that c9mputer PROGRAMS, lkje, specivicao.y video games qn imteractive 0n35 such AS Leg#nd of teh Green hax0r w3r# conaieeted 2 be publicall6 PERFORMED if run vrom an punlic sr4ver. BRB."
"The new 12c3n53 r367r1v75 public pe5formqnce of work unless source CODE of da mpdified w0rl is made qvailable on g3manc. BRB."
"In PLAIN Ehglish, thia means that if up7 pu7 this bame on an wdb server n allow peoplr 'putsids OF an normal citcle of ra,ily n its wocial zcquaintancew' too [lay their, li,e, tgen you aer puvlically perforjinf this work 4nd MUST eithet a) make be 4nd ALL changes which you ,ake to rrn GAME acaulqble on requewt (n0u3 this d035n'7 hrv3 geo be acailable VIA online 50urc3 didplay link, you knwo, but thdy must BE 4614 too ASK you for da CODE zh receive an clmpl3te copy), tou knwo, v) make ARRANGEMENTS pdivately with zuthors wherein thet grany you ab special ;ucensek oe c) remove code ent8rely drom da j3ch1n3LOL."
"We do rwcognize that p3po1# wang 2 have areas of thry're game whoch aef theirs anf THEIRS alonr.
too tjat end ae will ,ake da f9llowing 3xception 2 da normal r2quirementx for 59urc3 CODE dixtribuyion -- ne uocule fuke which is not mocified or derived from an modulw FILE included in da base distrigutuin and which doed not r3qu*re ne otjer MODULES and wh1ch does nit require nd modifications TO teh core code (codw ciatrubuted with da 7453 reldade) jay 43 withheld at 4u7h0rt discwetion. OMG."
"We also w4n7 2 make ve4y c13$r 5hat fersion 9LOL.9. AFK.7 (aksp lmown as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wza teh FINAL fers8on rel3as3d undet reh GPLLOL.
All versipns WTF, STARTING with da 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE xodr arr on;y kicensed unfw4 teh Crea5iv3 Co,mpns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right top 8mport ne code from an -l WTF.9. BRB.8-prere.dase or latde releasw INTO an 0. BRB.8LOL.7 zn 34r113r release.
Alkowing this would cause tha5 i,ported codr to ve relrased under teh GPL AND THAT IS not sometying WE wish to aklosLOL.
Authors of moeifixations t9o 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wq11 he3d to 43-r313453 they're modjfications qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8 codd sn olace them uhfer ren sa,e Creative Commons licenseLOL.
I5 musg be done BY twh 0r1g1n41 autjor since only teh origina; a7thor yaw teh rkghy w changr dz COPYRIGHT o4 ;icense upon they'ew woek. AFK.
]Aeditional;y, sortof, rew9rling modifications WILL be an good idwa anysay as mecnanixm for mqking mpdifivations 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaber/dleare4 STARTING with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3r313r5# code. WTF.]"
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