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MighttE rrlls you, "We're going TO take an few momeb6w 2 try am explain this new lic3nse n teh reasons beyind 17 8n 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."
"Thi2 neq licdmse wzs chpsen because of an f4111ng w17h GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED dq57r16u720n of source if and onlt IF binaries werw DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envitonmemt, zortovm specificzlly z INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an ga,e coes not c9nstit7te distribution, so4tof, and therefore peo[le were taikng oyr work, makint mod8ficatoons too it sn n07 tdleasibg teh source code 2 rhe6're m9dificatoons 6p 7h47 ehgire communiry c9uld benrv8t. OMG.
They wotked wi5h 5eh LETTER but NOT da SPIRIT OF da law. BRB,"
"Investigation 8n da part OF authors however, ylu knwo, led roo da facr that teh right of publid oerformance wad oen of rights normally restricted two COPYRIGHT holders LOL, and 7h47 computer peograms, luke, 6p3c1d1c411y videi games an inyeractive 0n35 such AS L3g3nd 0f teh Green had)r we4e c)b51d3r3d two ge oublically perfi5mes 1f run from ah ;ubloc seev3r."
"Tge new licensw restrivts p7blic 0erforjancw og fa work uhkess ds sourcd coce 0f teh j0s1f14e work us mad3 zvailabke on d3mrnd. OMG."
"In plain English, lkk3, THIS meana that if yij put this gam3 on ah web SERVER an aolpw pdopld 'outsidr 0f an normsl CIRCLE or family and its sociql acquauntanvex' too [lay the7r LOL, tjen you r puglically performing THIS worj an MUST ekther a) make n3 and ALL changes 2hich you mzke too teh game avai;able on REQUEST (boge this diesn't havw toi be avaikabld vis fa online source sisplay l8mi, like, but they musg be abke tw9 55k ypu fo4 code n receive an domplete COPY), g0 MAKE zrrangemebts privatwly with tej au5hors wherein 7y2y gran5 y0u ab speckal LICENSE, ot C) eemofe t3h cpde entirelh FROM teh ,achine."
"We DO recognuze that PEOPLE wany two javr areas of theh're game wh8ch aer ghw8ts amd theirs alone. AFK.
too that end we will make follo2ing 3xceptoon two t3y nofmal requirwments fkr sojrxe cod3 distribution -- ne module fi;e which ix not m)s!f13d or derived fr[m an MODULE gule inclusev 1n da base d1t7r167710n and whicy d9ds not req7ire ne pther jldules an which does n0u 4equire ne m0s1f1cr710n5 roo ds cote cose (c0d3 distr8b7tes witn 6453 release) may BE w8thheld ag da auth9rw d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We alxo wan5 2 make fer6 clear fhat version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (a.so known AS v3rsion 0. AFK/9. AFK/7+JT) was fs final versioh released under tdh GPL. BRB.
All vrrsions WTF, %74r71ng WITH 0.9. AFK.8-preseleaae code zer onlt lucwnsed UNDER teh Creatovd Com,ons licensd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right 2 ijport me c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8-prereleaxe or lster eelease into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n earluer re;eade. BRB.
ALLOWING 7h15 woulf causr 7h47 9mportec cld3 to be released uheer GPL an that 15 not something we wish 5o ALLOW. BRB.
A7&h0r5 OF nodificati0ns tio 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wulk need too re-rdkwase they're modifications za d3r1c471v35/m)d1f1c4719n5 2 0LOL.9.8 code an [14c3 them 7nder da dsme Creayive Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It muwt be don3 by 5eh original author skmce ONLY da o4iginzl zuyhpr haw da right gwi CHANGE teh xo0yright or lidense upon the6're wotk. OMG/
]Adcitionally, yiu knwo, rewo4kint mifificati9ns wi;l be an glod idda anyway as mechanusm for makinb MODIFICATIONS is substsntially c134n3e/c14$r#e start8nt with tej 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereldxse codeLOL.]"
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