MightyE 4wlls you, "We're going t9o take an few monrnts tio tty ahd explqin this new license an teh reaspnd behind it in plaib English. OMG,
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 hwq livense was cjoden because of an failing wuth da GPL/ WTFl
It obly c0v3r4d distr8butiob of soirce if n ONLY 1f bina4ies eere d8stributedLOL,"
"In an web environment, sortof, spevifically a 8nter0rwted wdg enbieonjent SUCH as PHP LOL, merely imstalling an ga,e does not cimstitute dixt5ibutkln LOL, AND therevpre peopl3 w3r3 takkbg 0ur work LOL, making modi48carions two it an nog eeleasibg teh dourxe CODE twl thdy're mosifications so THAT ten entire communitt could benefit. BRB.
Theh wofked w17h ds letter but nlt teh spiyit OF da law."
"Investigation on teh part of teh auth9fs gowev3r, led rso FACT ghag da rityt of [ublic ;erformsnce was pen of da rights normqllh RESTRICTED two copyright holsers, an thqt cpm[j5er programs WTF. specifically video gamex n inteeactibe onew such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were considd4ed tl be publocalky peeformec if run from an public serverLOL."
"The new licens# 4estr8c5s pubkic p3rformande of teh work UNLESS teh so74ce code of teh mldifiwd work is made availabke oh demand. AFK."
"In plain English, 5hkd means THAT ig you put thid g4m3 pn an web servee n allow peopoe 'outside pf ah normal c8rsle 0f family 5nd i5s social acqusintsbcew' tol PLAY their, then ypu aer pub.kcallh PERFORMING this wofk zn MUST EITHER q) make ne and ALL changes which you maie twi gamr available on request (note this doesn't have to bd availanke via tey onoune source DISPLAY link, likem gut theu must v3 zble 2 zsk uou r9r c9de and receive an complete copy), like, b) male qrrzngements privately w17h quthord wherein ghey grznt y-u an SPECIAL license. sortof, OR c) remove code ENTIRELY fr0m sa machine. OMG."
"W3 do recognize thag people 2ant too have zreas lf thwy're game which r theirs n theirs alime.
to tgag end we wi;l mzke teh following exceptiln to n0rm41 teqiirements f0r soirce CODE dis5ribution -- ne module file whish 15 NOT mosidied or derived from an module fi.e includef in base fistekbution n whicn doew npt requite ne othew ,od7les ab wh1ch d03t not require nr moeifica6uons tol yeh vorw coae (code DISTRIBUTED WITH reh base release) may be wuthhe;d a5 AUTHORS discretioh."
"W3 also w4n7 2 makd veru clear tjag version 0/ OMG.9. WTF.7 (also known as versiim p.9. OMGl&+jt) was da fina. version released under teh GPL. AFK.
All versiins, you knwo, srartinf witj 0. OMG.0. AFK.8=0r3r323453 code s3r only licenswd under teh Creative C)mm0n5 11c3n53LOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 5eh tignt to implr5 ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. WTF.*_prerdldase or later te;ease into an 0. AFK.9.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 would ssuse that imloftee dode TO 63 teleawed under teh GPL n that IS not something we wush 2 ALLOW. OMG.
Au5hors or modigicztions two 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 w111 neec to re-release they're ,lsirivatuons as derivztives/modifications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 cofe n placd them under same C4eative Commond 11c3n53LOL.
Ig must be done by iroginal author since on;y ORIGINAL author has dz rigyt gwo chqnbe copyright or license 7p9n rhey're workLOL.
[Additiohally WTF, REWORKING da jodifications w111 ne an GOOD IDEA an6way as ds mschznism fot making mocificatilns ie subxtantially cleaner/ckeqrwr stqrting 2ith teh p. AFKl9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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