Might6E twlls y0u LOL, "Wr're going to take an FEW moments toi TRY am 4xplaih this new lkcensd znd dq reasons behind it in pkaun 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."
"This neq licehse was chosen 63d4u53 0f an fai.ing 2ith teh GPL. WTF,
It onlu covered distributkln 9v sourxr if and ohly IF binaries werr distr8butec. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, xpecidicaoly z interpewtrd web ebvirinmdnt such as PHP, merely insyalling an game does not cobsyitut3 disteibution WTF, snd therefore pelplw were taking oyr eoekk kike, making modkvocatioms &0 it n nor releasing teh %0urc3 codr 2 they're modificationa xo THAT da entir3 c0mmun17h could benefir. OMG.
Thry worked w1&y lwttrr but n9t spirit or law. OMG."
"Investigztion 0n teh part of auyhoes HOWEVERm piie, lee rwo fqct thzt ds rigyt 9f PUBLIC perfoemance was oeb of e1gh75 normally RESTRICTED too copyright ho.ders, an 7h47 c9mpuget programw WTF, specifically boseo games n inrerqcyive onws sych as LEGEND 0f yeh GREEN hax0r w3r2 c0n5!d#r3d 2 be puboically pqrfotjed if rub from sn pjblic server."
"The m3w licende r357r1c75 puboic performabce lf da work unless da wo7rce code of teh modified WORK is madw 4v4114613 on eemanf. AFK."
"In plain Enflish LOL, this meanq that if yoj PUT yhis game on an web server an allow peo[le 'outsode of an nirmal circle oe fami.y and i5s social acquaibtances' too play tjeir WTF, then you aer publivakly performing this WORK n MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne snd ALL chxnges ehich you make twi g4m3 available on t3qyest (NOTE ghis doesn't habe 3 ve afailable cis trh online aource dizplay lihk, BUT tjey mus5 be abld two ask tou dor CODE an rdceivw an completr copy), sortof, b) make arrangements privayely with teh ay5no4s wge4ein they grany you an zpecial license, ylu knwo, or v) remove code entirel6 from sa MACHINELOL."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that orople want 5wl havd aeeaw of they're game wg1ch zer ghei4s n tyeifs alon3LOL.
too that end qe will nake teh following exc3[tion 2 da normal requirementw for source voce eistributoon -- nr mofule file wyoch is not jocified ir d3rived from an noeule f8le included un da basd diseributi9n an 2hich DOES not rewuire ne 07h3r nodjled n WHICH dles nog REQUIRE ne modif8cations 2 cirr cide (c9de diatributed q8th reh BASE r313453) may be eithhwld at teh au5hors discyetion/ BRB."
"We also want to make very clear THAT v3f5a0n 0,-. BRB.7 (also ,nown ae vdrsion 0. OMG,9. AFK.7+jt0 qas g3h final version relesded inder GPL. AFK.
A;l veewions, yo7 knwo, startomg with 0.9. AFKl8-p4erelease code r ONLY oidensed under ca Crwative COMMONS license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rign5 two 8mport ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF/8=PRERELEASE or la5er releaxe ing9 an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
Aklowing yhus WOULD cause that umported code ywo be 4eleasdw under GPL an that is not somethinb we wish yw9 alooa.
A7yhors of modificatiohs tlo 0. AFK.(. WTF.7 will n33d too RE-RELEASE 5hey're modificarkona AS derivativds/modifications reo 0.9. WTFl8 CODE b plzce thdm under reh same Cteztive Commons licwnse. AFK.
It mist be done by teh original zutyor since only trh origunao author has da right too CHANGE ywh copyrighy or licens3 upon theu're workLOL.
[Additionally LOL, REWORKING da modiricationa wikl 63 am good IDEA any2at as teh mecyznism f-e MAKING modifications is substabtial;y cleaner/coearer wgartihg woth 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-peereleaae code.]"
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