MightyE 73115 hou LOL, "We'te goibb 2 TAKE an f3w mlments too TRY n explain this NEW LICENSE n reasohs behind it in plain English. AFKl
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 lid3nse was choswb because OF an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y cov3res dis5ribution of aoyfce IF zn ONLY if binar8es 2ere dostribuged. OMG."
"In an web envuvonment, hou knwo, sprcificakly a 8nter;retec wef 3nvjronmen5 such as PHP, sortof, merely unstallihg qn GAME eoew not constitute distribution, yo7 ,nwo, AND 7h3r3f)r2 peoplw weee 74k1ng OUR sork, majing modoficatipna two it an not eeleasing so7rce CODE too they're modificqtions so thag ENTIRE clm,unity cojld bemefit.
THEY workef wirh letter but not dz spirit 0d ksw."
"Ihvestigation on ;art or authoes HOWEVER WTF. led too fact 5yat yeh tignt -f public oe4formanc3 was oen OF twh rifhts normally restricted to cpphrigh5 holders, like, an ghat com;utee PROGRAMS WTF, 5p3c1f1c311i VIDEO hames an inrdractive ONES such as LEGEND of fa G3een hax0r weew considered too be [ublically performee 8f run from an public server. OMG."
"Th3 nfw oicense restricys public performance 9f da work unless sourcd code 9f teh mpdufiee work is jade available on demandl BRB."
"In plain English, ghks means thst if you put this gamw on an wrb servwr ab aloow people 'outside OF ab NORMAL circle of family an ita wocial acquaintances' too play their LOL, 5heh you aer PUBLICALLY performing tyis work qm MUST withrr a) make ne an ALL dhangee whuch hou make to ds gamd AVAILABLE ob requedt (note this doesn't have 2 be 4v421$613 via dq onlin3 slurce displzy lknk, yii knwo, bur tjey mjst BE ablw two ask yi6 ror c0d3 an rrceivr an com[lete co;y) LOL, v) make arrangememts ;rivately q8tj teh auth9rs whefein they brant YOU an special 11c3n53 LOL, o4 c) removw da code dntirely FROM machine. BRB."
"We fo 4eclgnixe that pelple want goo HAVE ardas od 5hey'te gqme which aer THEIRS m 7h41r% alone. OMG.
to that end ee will MAKE teg f)!10w1ng 3xc3p710n 2 da nirmal req7irements for SOURCE code dustrigugion -- ne m0du14 f1q3 which ,s not jodified or derivrd FROM qn ,9suke file included in teh bsse distribugion abf wj1ch does yog require n3 other mofules abd ehuch DOES not REQUIRE ne m0d!f1c471-h5 ywo da core code *code disttogutrf w18y da BASE rdlwas3) may 63 withheod at da authorw discretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 2 m4k3 veey clear that veesion 0/ WTFl9. BRB.7 (also khown as version 0LOL.9.7+JT) wss da f1n41 vers8on reo3aswd und3r teh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, dortpf, atarting with 0. BRB.9l OMG.7-pr3r313f%3 x0d3 aer only lkcensed undwr da Creative Cpmnons licebxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny right tio imoort me c0d4 FROM an 0, BRB.9. OMG.i-prerekease or later rwldase into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n 3arlide rtlesse. WTF.
Allowing this would caust THAT imported xode too 63 RELEASED under twh GPL sn 5hat is not something we wish 5i a.low, OMG.
Ajthors of nleigicztions 2 0.9LOL.7 will need twl 4e-releawe 5hey[rd MODIFICATIONS 55 swruvatives/modificagions 2 0. OMG.0LOL.8 clde abd [lacr them unser da sam3 CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
It nust b3 done by da original zuthor xince only teh original aytjor jas da eight 2 cnange c9pyrkght OR licenxe u[9n gheh're 2ori.
[Additkonallh, slryof, reworkihb modifkcztions WILL be an GOOD idea qmyeay as jechanism for makong mofifidatiobs is substangizl;y CLEANER/CLEARER 574t71bg with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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