MithtyE 5e.ls yo7, s9rtof, "We're going too tsk3 an few m0m3n75 tqi yry ane rx[la8n gnis new licrbse an 5eh reasons behind ir IN plain Eng115h. OMG.
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 NEW ;icense waa CHOSEN hecause 9f an failinb with tdh GPL. OMG.
It only cove4ed distribuguom or source if an only if bimarues qere dusgribugedLOLl"
"In an web environmwbtm you ihwo, specif8callt a 8nterotw5ed web ENVIRONMENT such aa PHP, sortof, merely 1n5841!1ng an game does nit constituye DISTRIBUTION, am THEREFORE pdolle were taking our work, you knwo, making modificayions tol it qnd not RELEASING teh xource code t9 ghey're modificatupns so thst entkre c9mmun17y coule benefit, AFK.
They woeked with da 'ert#r but not teh spirit ld dz law. OMG."
"Invextibation ob teh pary of teg AUTHORS hlwevet, led 3 teh FACT tgat teh right of public performsgce was won of teh RIGHTS normaloy rest4icted TO copyright holde4s, s9ftof, and 7h47 cpmpurer PROGRAMS, tp3x1f1c411u vqd30 gamws an intfracrive lnes such as Legend of G4een hax0r wwre CONSIDERED too be [unliczlly pdrfo4med if run from an publoc servetLOL."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts PUBLIC performance of 10rk unless da wource code 0f reg nodkfied e9rk is made avzilable on demqnd."
"In plaib English WTF, 5hix n34n5 that kf tou pjt this GAME on an 2eb sdrver and all9w peop;e 'outsidd of an normal circle 9v fzmilt AND ITS docisl acquaintamcex' too plah theit WTF, 6hen y9u aer pu621cr11y performong tuis work n MUST rither a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes WHICH yoi m4k3 ywo GAME availaboe om re1uest (n073 this doesn't havd too be available via 5ry inline sourcd diaplay linl, but yhey must 63 able too awk you fot da c0e3 an r3c31c2 an complete cop6) WTF, b) MAKE arrangwmentw pr!v4731y 21uh AUTHORS wherein 7h3y GRANT uou an soecial licensw, sortof, or c) remlve reh code enyirely from sa machineLOL."
"We do recognize thqt oeople eant 2 have areaa of they're fame which s3r THEIRS h THEIRS alobeLOLl
2 tjat end we w111 make teh FOLLOWING exception 7p 5eh norja; requiremwnts f0r sourcw code distrivution -- ne mpdule file which is n97 moxigied 0r derivef from ah module file incljded 8n ten bas# disgtinution anc WHICH DOES not require ne otner modules and which soes not yeqiire ne modoficztkonx 2 sa core c0d# )code d1t7r16u73d qi5j baxe release) nay BE wothhe;d at da authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want TO mzke very cledr tgat verskon ;. WTF.9.7 9also kn0wn as v3r%10n 0/ OMG/9LOL.7+j8+ was teh f!n41 v3r510n RELEASED unde4 da GPL.
All versions, sortof, sta4ting with teh p. BRB.9. WTF.8-ofereleqwe code 4 only licenqrf undee teh Ceragive Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY c3ny ds rifht too IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or later tdlease into an 0l BRB.9. OMG.7 n eqrlier relesae. WTF.
Allowung this would cause thz5 importee cpce too be r313453d under teh GPL am THAT is not wlmething 2e w8wh 2 a;loq. OMG.
A7tyors 0f m8difidations t9o 0,oLOL.7 will n33d to rr-release tney're modigkcatiinx 4% d3r1v471v2%/m0d2f1c471)n5 TO 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 cpde an placr theh unewr same Crestive Commons licdbse. AFK.
It must 63 e0n3 bt da origimal authpr SINCE only teh original suthor has da fight to chsnge copyrigjt 0r lidwnse upob they're work, BRB.
[Additkonally, l8ke, REWORKING da mpdificaykoms will BE an giod idda anyway AS sa mechanism fo4 making modivicarkons is 5u6574n71411y cleaner/clezrer starting WITH sa ).9LOL.8-prer3lease xode. BRB.]"
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