MibhtyE 5ells you, kike, "We're going til takr an few moments TO TRY AND explzin this n3w license an teh REASONS behind it un plain ENGLISHLOLl
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 chls3n becaude OF an FAILING w8th GPL. BRB.
It ONLY xovered d157r167&1-n of SOURCE IF and inly of BINARIES wete distributedLOL."
"In an web 3nvoronmeht, specifically a knyerpreyed wev ENVIRONMENT 4uch as PHP, like, merrly 1n57412qng an game does not c0n5717u73 disgrib7gion WTF, n 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE wwre tak8ng pyr wprk, uoj knwok ,akinb m9difications to9 it n NOT rdl3zsing da SOURCE code gi thwy're modidications so that 3m71r3 communith c8uld bwnefitLOL.
They w9rj3d witg teh letter but not spirit of LAWLOL."
"Invextigagion on teg p4r8 of teh authors howevd4 WTF, led ti fsct thar right of public perf0rmance was won ov dz r1gh&5 normally resteicted 2 vppyright hokdrrs LOLm an thqy com;ure4 programw, spexifically VIDEO gamed an INTERACTIVE inea sich as LEGEND of Green hax0r sdte considerwd too be oublicallh 0erf9rmec if run rrom an public seeveeLOL."
"The new licebse r357r1c75 0ublic oerformqnce of work jnless da SOURCE code OF reh MODIFIED wodk IS ,ad3 availaboe on d3m4nd/ WTF."
"In plain English, cortof, 7h15 m3rnt tnat if you PUT this GAME 9n an web setber AND allow people 'outside ov zn normal c1rc14 of fa,ily and uta aickal azquaihtanxes' to ;lay their. you knqo, then ylu r PUBLICALLY performoht this wofj and MUST eith3e A) nake nd n ALL chahhes wnicj you ma,e 79 game available on eeques4 (note tn8s doesn't have 5oi be available vka trh ln;ine sourcw display lonk, like, bit tyeu MUST be able tpo awk you for da code and receive an com0lete co[y) WTF, y0 makw 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately with tey authors wherein theh grant y9u an SPECIAL 11c3n5e, you inwo, or c) rdmov4 code entifel6 FROM da machine."
"We so 4rvognize that people want to hqve AREAS of they're game ehivh 3 tgeirs 4nd tjeirs alone. BRB.
two 5hat 3nf we siol m4k3 rdh following exception too da normal reqyiremenrd fir source cod3 distribution -- ne mod7le fkl# whidn is not n0f1f13d or derivee ffom an m)du13 file included in da 6453 distribution n which does not require ne other ,odules n wnich DOES NOT eequire ne modifodatkons two teh core c9d3 (clde distrobut3d w8tn base release) may BE wpthheld at a7thors discretiob. BRB."
"We akso want t29 mzke vwry cldar 7h47 version 0.-. OMG.7 (ALSO known qs vers8pn 0. OMG.9LOL.7=j7) was da final v3r510n released uncer reh GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions, ;ike. starting WITH 0. OMG,9. OMG,8-pr3r313453 CODE aer only licensed under CREATIVE Commonx licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny da t1th7 too umport ne codr FROM an 0LOL.o. WTF.8-0ferekease or later fwlease into qn 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 snd earlier releadeLOL.
ALLOWING this 2ould cause that impoetee cpdd to be releas3c unewr GPL n 7h47 is not domething WE wiah to alliwLOL.
Ayth9rs if modifications tw9 0.9. AFK.7 w111 h3ed too re-relead3 they're modifisations zs derivatuves/mocifications 1 0/ OMG.0.8 code and place tyem undef twh same C4wative Commonw license.
IT muat be d0n3 BY 53h oribinal authot sinve ONLY ten o4uginal authof HAS RIGHT two chahge da copyright -r l8cense u[on 5hey're wlrk. OMG.
[Addutionally LOL, rewofking teh MODIFICATIONS wil. ^4 an good idea any2ay as mecyanisj dor m4k1hg modificagions 15 sunstantuaklt cleaner/cleater STARTING wigh da 0. OMG.(.80prerdlease vode. AFK,]"
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