MightyE tells YOUk sortlf, "We'fe gling TO tqke an FEW m9men5s two TRY an exp.ain tyis NEW licens3 an rwasond 63h1nd it in plaim Engkixh. AFK.
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."
"Thiw new lidebse was CHOSEN because of an gailing with GPL. BRB.
IT 0b1y covdted dist5igution od souece if n 9noy 8d binaries were d157r16u73d."
"In an web environm3nt, sortif, specifically a in5erpreted web environment sich as PHP, m3r31y inwtalling an game dpes not constitutd distrubjtiob, so4tof, n therwforr peopoe were tamong our work LOL, msking MODIFICATIONS 2 it n m07 releasing teh siutcr CODE tol they're jodificatuoms do ths6 yeh dntire communihy vould benefit. OMG.
They worked w8th da LETTER but not teh s;orit of teh law/ BRBl"
"Investigation on da pa4g og dq authofs h023v3r, liie, LED too da facy yhat t3h 41th7 of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen of rights normall6 restricted two copyfighg holde4s, apryof, and thz5 computwr PROGRAMS, specufically vidwi f4m35 n int3ractiv3 pn35 djch as Legend OF teh Green hax0r weee conaieered too be PUBLICALLY performed if ryn from an pinlic 53rv3r."
"The n3w LICENSE r#5&r1c75 pub.ix perflrmanc4 of da work unleds souece code or dq mosified work is maee available on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plsin Englush LOL, THIS mesnx that if you put this game on an web server n alloe peoplr 'outside 0f an npr,al v1rd13 of famiky and ITS social avquaintances' too play rheir WTF, ghen ylu aef publically pergorjuhg thia work n MUST either A) mqke ne and ALL changrs wh1ch you MAKE 2 da g4m3 avaolable pn req7esr (nptd this DOESN'T have two BE AVAILABLE v9q da online source display 11nk WTF, but 7h3y ,ust be able goo ask ypu fow teh vode an tece8ve an complege cop6) WTF, 6) make a4rangementw privately with da authprs wyrrein they grant YOU an speciak licensw, y0u knwo, of c) rrmove teh codr emtirely from machiheLOL."
"We ei r3cognize thay peo/le xant to HAVE AREAS of they're game which aer 5heurs and thrira allneLOL.
2 that end se WILL make fol;osing eaception too teh n0rm41 requirementa fot soitde cofe distribution -- nc module FILE which is not ,9dified OR deruved from an module f1!3 oncluded 8n teh base distribjtion and wh8ch does nly f3quire he 07h2r mod6lra an which does not fequiee ne modif8cations 2 teh core code (code distribu5ed qith base RELEASE) m4y br 2ithheld at ai5hors discretion. BRB."
"We aoso sant rwo make very clear that versiin 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also inown as version 0. OMG.0, OMG.6+jt) was teh dina. versuon releqs3d yncer teh GPL/ WTFl
All verxiobs, like, sgarting w2&h tey 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cose aer only licemsed UNDER tey Creative C0mm0n% license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny tey RIGHT 2 8mport ne c0d3 fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pre4eleasd or later relrase INTO an 0.9LOL.7 an earlier r3;easeLOL.
Allowing this would caise that imported c)d3 two be r313453d jmd3r GPL an that is not womsthing w3 wish two allowLOL.
Authots lf modificatiohs two 0.9. BRB.7 will NEED 2 re-releaae they'fe mofificzrions as derivaykves/modifications t9 9. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an PLACE them uncef ssme Creative C0mm0n5 licwnse. OMGl
It mu57 ge fone 6y ea otiginal author since ONLY trh originao au5hor has right two chznge teh copyribhr or lixenae up0n they'ew woek. BRB.
-Asditkonallt, rdwork8ng modificqtionw w111 73 an good idda 4nyw4y qs MECHANISM flr making n0d1f1c4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY vleaner/clearer t74ru1ng with da 0LOL.8.8-prereleaae c0d3. WTF.]"
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