MoghryE td;ks y0u, tou knwo, "We're g01ng two take an few momenys two try sb explain thos nes license m 5eh reqsons behind uy in plain Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Thos new locdmsw was chosen because of qn fai.ing eith da GPL. BRB.
Iy onlu COVERED distribitoon of soyrce IF and only if binar9es werd DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an wrb environment, you knwom 6p3c1f1cr11y a imter[reted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH ax PHP, you knwo, merely 1n574111ng an gzme does not constitute dis5ributi9h WTF, and yherefore peo0le wrr3 taking oyf work, like, mqking m;cificatuohs 2 17 zmd not r313441bg da soutce coee 2 they're midigications so tgq5 enyir4 community xojld behefit. WTF.
Th3y w0rk3d qith letyer 6u7 not teh 5p1r17 of teh oqw,"
"Inveatigation on paet if dz aut6lrd however, .ed to teh fact that ca right od pibl8v performancd w$5 ien of ribhts normally rextficted too copyright HOLDERS, sortof, an ggat computer prigrams, lukr. xpecificallt video games an in5ersct7ge ones 5uch as L3g3nd of ds GREEN hax0r were considered to be publically performed if RUN from an puglic SERVER. AFK,"
"The new licenww 4estricts public oerformamc3 of teh w0rk unlesw teh sourxe clde of modified w94k 15 m4d3 availablw on demand/ AFK."
"In plain Englosh, you inso, this MEANS that if 6oi put thus GAME 0n an web server and allow ;wople 'outside of an nirmal circor od famkly an kts sociao 4cqu41n74nce5' two play their WTF, thrn y0i aer publicsl;y performkng thos work ahd MUST eithwr a) make ne and ALL changes which y0j nake too dz game avaolanle on REQUEST (n9te THIS d9esn't HAVE 2 BE AVAILABLE fia online 50u4x3 display .ink LOL, but THEY must ge abl3 yo 45k YOU for da dlde n receive an complqte COPY), you kbwo, b) make aerangdmebts pr1v4731h with teh aughors WHEREIN THEY grsnt you an SPECIAL license WTF, pr c) 4emovd da codr entirely from teh machine. OMG."
"We d9 recognize 7h47 peoplr want 2 have 4r345 of they're game wnich aet tgeifa AND tgeirs alonw/ BRB.
1 that end we will m4k3 followong 3xc3p710n 70 da normal rdquire,ents for source dode d8ztrin8tion -= ne m0du12 fild which IS not mosidiec or derived FROM an modukw file INCLUDED 1n trh base cisgrobution snd wbich does n-7 REQUIRE n3 othet midules n which d035 not require ne nodifications 2 tey core doee (cosw fiatribured 2ith 6463 rele1se) may be qithheld at teh authpts discreyion. WTFl"
"We zlso want too m4ke very coear tyat v3r619n 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (slso known as fersion 0LOL.(. AFK.7+jt) was teg dinal vetsion releaswd under teh GPL. WTF/
All bersikns, yoy kbwo, starting wirh da 0. WTF.9.8=peerelwase code r only licwnsed ynder Creative Commons licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rught TO IMPORT ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-prerelease oe lqger release INTO an 0LOL,9. AFK.i and eatlier r313453LOL.
ALLOWING thus would da7se 7h47 imp9rted code 2 be released under da GPL AND tha5 IS NOT w9metning w3 eish two ALLOW. AFK.
Autho$d of modificatoons TO 0, WTFl0. OMG.7 woll nded 2 re-release they're modificqtions ss derivativew/mofificatopns 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 c0d3 n p;ace th3m under da same Creqtive COMMONS license. WTF.
It must be dine by t3h original author qince only da oritibak author has cs tight 2 chahge dq cooytitht lr lidense upon tgey're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rewoeuing teh modifocz4ions will be an GOOD IDEA ahyway as da mexhanism FOR making midificarions is sibstantiqlly c.qanee/clwarer startong with teh 0LOL.9.8-prerelezse cldeLOL.]"
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