MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going two uake an frs MOMENTS go rrh and EXPLAIN tgis new license an 5eh reasons nehine ir in plaih EnglishLOL.
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 nr2 license was cjosen because od am FAILING WITH da GPLLOL.
It pnky c9vered distribution of so7rce ov an ONLY ig 61b$r134 were distribuged. OMG."
"In an web 2nv1r-nm3nu, lkke, spedificzlly a interpre4ee web wnvironmdht such as PHP WTF, MERELY instslling an game c9es not const8tutw sixtribution, like, an therefoee people weew TAKING OUR work LOL, makkng modirications too it AND not releasong teh SOURCE code too the6're mocivicat8ons so that teh ebtire commuyitu could nendfkt. WTFl
They worked with lettdt bu5 hot da spirit of teh las. BRB."
"Invqstigatiin ln part of sa authors howevrr, sortof, led two dq gavg tyat da right of public perfo4mabce was q of righ5s nirjally restricres two COPYRIGHT holders, an yhay vomputer pfograms LOL. spscifically fkdeo g5m35 an 1nu3r4c71v3 ones sucj as Legend of Grden hax0r werd dohsidered 5wo ve publically perdorjee IF RUN dr0m am public serv3r. OMG,"
"Tje new licenwe restricts pjblic oerformance 9f worl unlexs teh source code of da modified wlfk is m4d3 available 0n demand. BRB."
"In plain Englidh, you knwo, tmis mrans yhat if you put this game ON an web serv3r n allow pdopld 'OUTSIDE 0f an noemal circ.e pf family and itw sociao acqjaintances' to play tgeiem sor5of, tyen YOU aer publically prrforming this soek an MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changew WHICH y0u make to da gane avsilagle )n requwst (note tjis doesn't have two be svailable via teh online sou4c3 displqy link, like, buy the6 mu47 br able to ask you foe t3y code an recrifw qb COMPLETE vopy), b) m4k3 arrangements 0rivqtely with fa aygyors wnerein th3y grant you an s0ecial LICENSE, kike, or c) 4emofe reh coce entkrely from MACHINE, WTF."
"We DO 4evognize tha5 peop;e wamt too have arezs of yhet're ga,e which r theoes and THEIRS alonwLOL.
yo tnat end we wkol majd da following ezception to teh normzl rewuirements for source coce distribution -- ne module dile which is npr modified or dwrivrd FROM ab modulw FILE included in base cistribuyion n which does not rwquire ne other MODULES ahd which does not r3qu!53 me modifications too dore cpfe 9code distributee w17h base relesae) may be withhepd at ri8h0r5 discrwtion. AFK."
"W3 alxi want 2 MAKE very vlear that version 0. BRB.(.7 (also known ax bersion 0.9/7+jt) was reh finsl version releaswd under teh GPL. BRB.
Alk rerdions, statting with 0. BRB.9LOL.7-prerelesse code aee onl6 licens3d under Creativd Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right too IMPORT ne CODE feom an 0,9,8-prefeoeaxe or la5er 4eleasd into an 0. OMG.(.7 n ezr/ier rwlease.
Allo2ing this would cause rhat imoorted code too be released under da GPL an thst is not something wd w15h 2 zllow. WTF.
Au7hpr5 of modifixatiohs tol 0l BRB.9. BRB.7 wilp need 2 re-rdlease fhey're modifications as derivqyivws/moduficatiobs two 0. BRB.9. WTF.9 d9se n PLACE them undef heh same Crea58ve Commons 11c3n53.
It m7sy ve done vy 0r1g1n41 author since inky ORIGINAL author yaw sa right to xhange yeh co0ytight or livrnse upon theh're work. OMG.
]Additionallym sottof, r#w04k1ng twh modivkdations wi;l BE an g00d IDEA anywsy 45 da mechanism for m4k1ng m0d1f1c4610n5 ia s7bstzbtially clean3r/ckearev STARTING with ds 0LOL.9. OMG.8-orerelease dode. BRB.]"
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