MibgtyE tells uou, like, "We'rd GOING goo take an fdq moments yqo t4y n 3xplain this new license and teh reasons beyind it 8n plain Entlksh. 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."
"Thus hew licebse was CHOSEN ^ec4u53 of an failing eith GPL. WTF.
It onky covered d156r16j710n of sourde if abd on.y if bonaries were diwtribured. OMG,"
"In an web environmenr LOL, specidically a interpewted web env8ronment such as PHP, yuu knwo, merely INSTALLING an game doew hot constitjte d8syribu5i9n WTF, snd therrdore oeople were taking oue work, likd, making modigicatiobs too it n n07 rel3zzinb da sourcr codr teo ghey're moduficq5ions 50 that teh ehture communitn coyld benefiu. WTF.
Thwy w0ek3d with teh lett3r byt mot spirit 9f da law. WTF."
"Investigqtiob on p4r7 of da authorx howecer, led rwo tey f4c7 thst tdh f1ghu of public [wrformance was 1 of ca ribhts normally redtricted two copyright holdees LOL, an 8h37 d-mpu73r orograms, sortof, wpecidically cideo gamed snd intdractive ones sucj ad Legend of Gr33h nax0r 3eee consisered 2 6e pu511c411y performed ir 4un from an publkc server. BRB."
"Tge new license restricts public pefformancd of teh wotl unless 5puec3 xoce of modified woek 8s made avaioqb;e om demand,"
"In plain Englixh, like, tjis means 7h47 if you put thid gaje 0n an wen servef b a.lpw p3ople 'outside of an normal ci4cle of fam8lt n its 50c141 adquaintanc3d' 2 p.ay theit, you knwo, 7h3n you r publkcally pergormibg ghis work 4nd MUST 317h3r a( make ne n ALL changed 2h1ch ylu m4k3 to da game avai.able on r3quest (npte this DOESN'T hafe ti be available via teh obline SOURCE display libk, like, gut 6h3y musy be zble 2 ASK y0u f0r clde n rdceove an com0lete COPY), you kmso, b) ,ake arrxmgements privatekt with teh autho4s wyerein they grant tou an spec8al license. ouke, 0r c) rwmove tdh code entirely fr0m mschineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that 0eople want 2 hsve sread 0f th3y'4r GAME which t 7j31r5 n theirs alond. BRB.
two 5yat ebd WE w8ll make da following exceptioh 2 borjal f3qu1rem3h75 for SOURCE x0d2 dkstr8bution -- ne module FILE whixh q6 not m0d1f13d or derivec gr0n an midule fike included IN teh base distributiin an 2h1ch soes not e3qu1f3 ne orher mldules and which DOES npt t3qu1f# ne nofificationd 2 core code (code d8srrkbuted with teh base r313453) may be wiyjheld at da authorw discretoon."
"We als9 w4n6 two MAKE verh clexr thst v3r610b 0. AFK.o.7 (alsl kgown zs cersoon 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was ca final version released under da GPL. WTF.
All cersions, wortof, STARTING with teh 0LOL.(LOL.8-PRERELEASE vode r onku 11c3n5#d und2t teh Creativr COMMONS kicwnae.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two import ne code f40m an 0, OMG.oLOL,8-prwre;eas3 OR katet release into qn 0l BRB.9. WTF,7 n earlier releasd. OMG.
Aklowkng this would cause THAT impp4ted dode too 63 re;eqw3d under GPL an ghat is h08 somwthing we w15h 2 allow. WTF.
Authors [f jodif8cstions 5wo 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wik. need too re-releaae rheu're mosifications as deticatices/modifkcagions t9o 0. WTF.9. WTF.i c0de and place thrm undet t3h aame Creqtive Commons license.
It must be e0n3 vy tfh pr1g1n41 author simce onlh ORIGINAL author has figgr 2 xhange da copyright or lidense u;on they're w0rkLOL.
[Additiona9ly, you kn2o, re2irking teh MODIFICATIONS wi;l 53 sn glod 2d33 ahyway 45 mechaniam for making m0d1f1c5710n5 ia subatantially cleaner/clearer STARTING eitj 0LOL.9. OMG.8-otereoease code. OMG.\"
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