MightyE telld rou, yo7 kmwo, "We're g8ing toi take an few m[mentd tio try an explz8n this gew licebse n dq reaxons bejind 17 in plain English. WTF.
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 n3w license was chosen because 9f an failing qoth ea GPLLOL.
It ohly xovered distribution of dpurce IF qn only if binatoes were disgributedl OMG."
"In ab wdb envkronment, yoy kneo, wpexificall6 a inrerpretrd web enfieonment such as PHPk slrtofm merely ihstq.ling an game d035 not constitute sistrivution LOL, n tnerefore people WERE taking our worim you knwo, nsking mldidications to it qmd not teleasing sourxe code 2 they're midificztiond so thzt dq entife co,mumity COULD BENEFIT. BRB.
Thry eorked qith da oettwr but not sp8rit of law. OMG."
"Investihatiom ON da PART of autyors howevee WTF, 13d 2 da faxt that grh right of public perror,amce was 1 of rights normally restrkctrd 2 copyrkhhg holders LOL, n that computer peograms LOL, 503c1f1c41qy video games am INTERACTIVE ones such as Legenc of Gr3en has0r wer3 considered too be publically perfoe,ed 1g run rt9m an pu611c swrverLOL."
"The new licenwe restrictw public PERFORMANCE of teh work unless source cose 0f teh m0d1f13d qofk is made 4v51146!3 on demand,"
"In [lain Englixnk sorgofm th8x means ghat if you ;u7 tyis GAME ON an WEB server an alloq )eople 'outside OF an m9rmal cirvle of fajily ab kts social 5cqu41n7$nc35' w play tgei4, like, thdn you aer pub.ical;y perfoeming this sork and MUST eogher a) m$l3 ne n ALL changew which you make two da gsme afailable on request (NOTE yjis doesn't h4v3 2 be acailagle viz ohlinw sojrce display link LOL, bu5 they must be able two ask u0t for da vld3 an recrive an comolete copy) LOL, b) n4;3 arrangements privately wiyh reh a7thofs whe4ein they granr you an special license, like, or f) remov3 tdu cod3 entir3lh from machune. BRB."
"We DO reclgnize that p3ople want 2 have areas of ghey'fe gam3 whidh aer theurs an theirs aooheLOL.
yo thay 2ns q3 wilo make teh following except9on too sa nornal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code d!574!6u710n -- ne mldule filr wh1dh is not mosif8ec 9r dwruxed rrom an module rile onclueed 1n da base distrkbution and whocj d035 not r3qu1f3 ne OTHER ,odules an which does mot r3qu1r3 ne modificagions to gwh cord coce (code distributed wiyh da bade release) m4y be 2kthheld ar tej aythors DISCRETION/ BRB."
"We alsi want 2 makd v3ry clear thqt versoon 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 )slso known as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) w45 tej final version released under t3h GPLl WTF.
All VERSIONSk sortov, starting wigh 0.0. WTF.7-preeeleaxe codr r only .iceneed inder da Creqtive COMMONS 11c#n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwny fa riggt 2 imporr ne codd from an 0.8.8-prerelease or 1473r release lnto sn 0. WTF.8. BRB.& and earlirr releaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would cause that imported cide yo be t313553d under teh GPL an that is not simething w3 wuxj tp al9ow/ WTF.
Auth9rs OF modifications to 0LOL.9. OMG.8 will nwec 2 re[release they're j0d1f1c3710n5 as derivatuves/modifivationz 2 0. OMG.o. OMG.8 cpfe and place them UNDER same Cr3471c3 Comm9ns license.
Iy must ge dohe gy ORIGINAL author since inly ydh original autgor has teh right 2 cgangr ten COPYRIGHT of license upon 5hey're workLOL.
[Afditionally LOL, reworking tdh MODIFICATIONS wikl be an good idra anyway as teh mechankam for maling joeificayions id 5u5574nu2411y cleandr/clearer starting with teh 0.9, AFK,8=prereleas3 CODE. AFK.]"
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