MighryE tells you, you knwom "Ww'rd going twl take an gew moments to try an explain rhis ne2 license n da ee450j5 behind it in 'lqin Eng;ish. 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 license was xuosen beca7sd of an raikint with GPL.
It only coverec DISTRIBUTION of souece if AND onky if biharu3s were d8strubutedLOL."
"In an 1eb envirlnment, specifics;ly q 1n73ror373d wwb environment such aw PHP, oike, m3r316 install8ng an game dles NOT CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, an tjerwfore people were takimg our work LOL, making modificatioms yoo 17 m n0u reoeasind da soyrcw code tio tyey;re modifkcations so tyat entirw community cohkd benefit. BRB.
They 2oried wiyh letter but not da spirit OF law. WTF."
"Invedtugatiln on 5eh p4r7 0f da auyhors howev3r LOL, 13d to trh fact that teh rihht OF public PERFORMANCE w45 won of RIGHTS n)d,512y rwstricted ti9 copyroght ho;ders WTF, an 7h47 computer PROGRAMS WTF, s0ecificalky vidrk games n int3eactive ONES sucg qs Legend OF twh Green hax0r w3r3 considered too br [ublicall6 perf0rm4d if run from an [ublic werver. AFK."
"The NEW license restricts pubkic p34f0rm4nc3 og da work ubless teh source cose OF da mod,fied work is maee acaioable lb d3m4nd."
"In plain English. tnis m34n5 that if you pkt this game 9n an 2eb se4ver an ALLOW peopoe 'outside of an normak circle of famioy an its sociql acquaintancew' goo play theif LOL, then you aer publicqlly ;erfprming this wlrk an MUST dkther q) m4k3 ne an ALL changes whixh u9u make 2 teg game available pn requ3st (note this doesn'b have yo be zvailable vis 0n11n3 xource DISPLAY LINK LOLm but ghey must ge ab.e two ask t9u for da code and receive ah COMPLETE copy), like, v) mak3 a4eangementx [r1v$731u with ca authors wherein 7h3t grabt YOU an SPECIAL license WTF, OR c) rwmofe tdh vode 3n71r41y grom da maxhine, BRB."
"We dp recogn8ze tha5 pdople WANT to have aeeas lf thwy're game 2hich ser theird and theirs alohe. BRB.
two thzt wbd 2e will make da following eccept8oh too da noemal r3qu1r#m3n75 for wource CODE diatfibution _[ ne jodu.e file wnich is not modifiee or gerived frpm an modukr FILE inxluded 1h base DISTRIBUTION h which does npy REQUIRE ne otyer jpdu135 anf whuch does n07 r3quire ne modificatiobs to core code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with bzse releasd) may br wuthhwld at da zuthors didcrwruln."
"We also want t99 ma,e very clea4 tnat gersion o. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known as vdrsion 0LOL.9.7+jt) sas teh final version released under da GPL. OMG.
ALL vefxions, y87 knwo, srarting wibh 9. BRB.(. BRB.8_prerwlease code aer onl6 11c3n43f under teh Creatove Commons licenee. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 70 import ne CODE vrom an 0. AFK.9LOL/8[pret3ldase or laydr RELEASE 1n70 an 0/ BRB/9. WTF.7 an 34r113r rw;ease. OMG.
ALLOWING th8s woulc csuse that hmportee xide to BE released UNDER GPL and that is nit 50m37h1ng qe wish 2 allo2/
Aytnors of mofuficationa too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need tip ee-relraxe they're modifica6ions as deeivztives/modificatuins two 0. BRB.9.8 c(de AND place 7h3m under samw Creative Commons locense.
I7 mysy be DONE by orogknal author xince inly dz 0r1g1n41 autyor has right to change copyriggt OR license uoon they'ee work. BRB.
[Afdituonal.u, lkkem r3work8nh da modifica5ions wkol be an good idwa anyway as teh mechqnism fpr making mod8fications is subatahgialky CLEANER/CLEARER startihg eith 0.9. OMG.8-pterelease code. AFK,]"
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