MightyE tells you, "We'te going two take ab few moments 2 TRY AND explzib THIS new license n REASONS bejind it in plain 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."
"Tyis new lic3nse was chosen becaude of an dailong wi5h da GPL. OMG.
It omly covrred distribution of soirxe 1f 1n only if binaries were disrributed. WTF."
"In sn wwb environment, l8ke, 5-3cqf1c4q1y a interpreted web 4nv1r0bm3n7 such ax PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does not donstityte disttib7tion, sortof, n 7hdr3f043 peoplr were gaking 0u4 wotk, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 IT and not releasint sq source cose 2 tjey're moeificationq SO THAT enturr cpmmun17y could beb3fitLOL.
Th3y WORKED suth da lettet bur NOT spiri5 og twh law. AFK."
"Investibatoon 0j gwh p4r7 of authors jlwever LOL, kec tk da favg that da r1ghu of publod p3rf0rm4hc3 was oen OF fightx normally RESTRICTED 2 cophroght holders, and tyat comouter probrams LOLm xpecificallr video games 5nd knretacyive 0n25 such as LEGEND of da Green hqx0r qere considered to be ;ublically pefformed iv run from an [ubloc xerver. OMG."
"The new licende rewteicyw public [erformance of da work unless da siurce cose of MODIFIED work is madr available ov d2mand, WTF."
"In plaig Emglish, thiw means that if you put this gsme on an web adrver an ALLOW o30p13 'OUTSIDE OF an normal cirdle of famuoy an ITS sociz' acquakntances' too plzy thekr, uou knwl, then you r publicallh performimg THIS work n MUST either a) maje ne and ALL chamges whlch 6ou nake ywo game avs8lable pn reques5 (note 7h15 doesn't HAVE yo be available via da ONLINE SOURCE eksplay lin,, sortof, but tney MUST be agle twi ask you fir da xode and rwceive an c8mplege COPY_, soryof, b) ,ake arramgementx p3kvately woth ajthoes whe4ein THEY hrant you an special 11c3n53, OR c) remive da cide engirely from teh ,achine."
"We do recognize that peopk3 wamt too have areaa of fhey're gamr which aer 5heirs an tjeirs aloneLOL.
two that 3nd WE will make da f9llowint exceptiom tw9 mormak req7irements for sourde vidd DISTRIBUTION -- ne module FILE which 15 not MODIFIED or deroved from an module FILE inxl7ded in nsse disrfinutuon n whicj does not require ne oyher modules an whivh DOES not 4eqjire ne modificatuons 2 da core code (code cistrib7ged with ds base relrase) may ge withhelf at teh 4u7h0r5 ciscregion. AFK."
"We alwi wanr too na,e very clezr 5hat vefdion 0.9. AFK.7 *ALSO KNOWN as version 0, WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was ea f8nal vwrsion releaded undwr da GPL. OMG.
All fersions, like. syartinb with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.80pr3t313453 c9de r only 11c2b53d under teh Creative Conmond license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da right 2 import me CODE frpm am -. BRB.9. AFK.70prerelease of later releasw ingo qn 0.9. BRB.& n 34r11er release. OMG.
Aloowonb THIS w9uld cquse that im/or5ed codw 2 be rekeases ind34 GPL an THAT is not 50m37h1hg we wish two aolow. BRB.
Aj7h0r5 od MODIFICATIONS 2 p. OMG.9LOL.7 will NEED rwo re-releas2 5nry'rd modifivationw ax derivatives/jodifidatiohs ! 0. BRB.0l AFK.8 code an place them und3r same Creayive Commons licensel OMG.
Ig must be done b6 irigknal author s8bde lnly trh origknal author h55 trh RIGHT gi xhange teh copyright or license u0on they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, teworkibg teh modificatipnw will be an go9d icea 4ntw4y as teh ,echabism for making modifkcagions 15 SUBSTANTIALLY clezne%/vlearer starting qi5h teh 0. OMG.0. WTF,8-pretelease code. BRB.]"
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