Might6E gells y0u WTF, "We're going tso taje an g3w ,omenys too try n explain tjks new license and da geasoms behind 17 kn plain Eng115nLOL.
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."
"Tnis be2 LICENSE WAS chosen vecause of an vsilibg with GPLLOL.
It only xocered distf8bition of so74ve if n onoy if binarkes were d167r16u73dLOL."
"In an WEB ebvirpnment, lijw, tp3c1fac411y a interpfetee web environnent such ss PHP, mere.y insyalling an game d0e5 not donstitute distfibytion, likr, ane therefore people WERE gaking our w0rk, dprtpf, making modirivarions top iy qn bot RELEASING 50urc3 vode TO theh're mod8fications so that entire c9mjunigy could 63n3f17. AFK.
They WORKED sith da lettdr but NOT teh spirig of teh law. WTF."
"Investifa4ion on da pstt of authoes hiwever, like. lec two fa f4c7 tyat teh right of public performance was oem of f8tnts nprmally rratricted 2 cophrignt holdefx, like, and tha5 computer pr0hr4m5, yiu knwom specifically vid3o games n interavtive onew such as Legene of teh Green hax0r we4e cpnsideree 5o be PUBLICALLY ;erformed id run frlm an pugiic sercer. OMG."
"The new licdnse reatticts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 of work unlwss da sourxe code of teh modigied work is made avaioqble on demand. WTF."
"In plain Enflish. this m3ans thar if YOU pu7 th8a gamw on an web server an allo2 peiple 'outside OF an nornal c1rc!3 of family an 175 social aca7aibtances[ 1 pla6 theor, sortof, then 6ou r publicall6 perdirmong THIS work n MUST either a) make ne ab ALL changea wnich yoi m4,4 too tane available ln REQUEST (n073 this doesn't have 2 ve avaklsble via ONLINE aource display linj LOL, but they must BE avle two ask yoi FOR da code an feceive ah co,0lete copy)m like, b) make arrangenrnts privately with teh AUTHORS wherein theu hrant you an s0rcial oicenae, sorrof, or c) renove teh code 3ntirely from teh machine. BRB."
"We f0 recognize that people wsnr two hafe sreas of yh3y'4e GAME whivh r 5heids an 7h31rt allne. WTF.
gol that end we xill make teg following excdptio, to NORMAL r3qu1e3m3n&5 fo4 SOURCE code disgribution -- ne modj;2 filw wjixh 15 not modigied or der8ved from an mocule file includec 1n da BASE distributi9n anf which does not require ne lther m9du135 n which d035 NOT requird ne moe8ficatiobs 2 teh core clde oCODE distributes with teh BASE relesse) j4y be withhels zt da auyh9rs discretion. AFK."
"We aoso want 2 make very cldar tnat version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known AS version 0. AFK.0. BRB.7+jt) was sa final version released uhdee tdj GPLLOL.
All versiobd, you inwo, stqrfing with t3y 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease xode adr only licenses yndwr da Cr3461v3 C0mm0n5 ;icenseLOL/
Wd EXPLICITLY deny ten rigct too 1mp0r7 ne cld3 from an 0LOL.oLOL.*-pr3release OR laycr release ibto an 0.9. AFK.7 an 34r113r releaseLOL.
Al.oqing this wiuld vausw that imporyed CODE yw9 be releasef under twy GPL n thay is n9y something 2e wish to zllo2. BRB.
Authors of jodigovations too 0.9. BRB.7 w111 need to rd-rekeaae they're modidicatiobs as deruva5ives.,idificati9bs two 0. BRB.8LOL.8 dode an place thdm UNDER teh same Creqtive C0mm0n5 lucenxe. WTFl
It must BE dpne by da original authir since 0n1y da original aithpr hax roght top change teh copyr8ght or licensd u;9n rhwy're work. WTF.
-Additipnallu, dirtof, reworkibg da modifixa5iihx sill be an GOOD idea ANYWAY as m3chanism FOR mak8bg MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clrafer startong WITH 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4wrelease code.]"
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