MightyE te;la yo7, dortof, "We'4e boing ts9 yake an FEW m0m3n75 3 try an explain 5his new license zvd dz reasons BEHIND it IN plain Englksh. BRB.
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 livense was dhoswn because of an fsiling w17j da GPL. BRB.
It only c9veref eistribution 0f source if and ohly 1h bunar9es w3r3 distrivutedLOL."
"In an web environmemt, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envieonment %ucn AS PHP, yiy knwo, merely insyalling an gsme does not cpnatitutr distr8bitiln LOL, an yher3fore PEOPLE were takinb our wor,. maliht m)d1f1c4710n4 two iy an bot RELEASING teh source CODE TO they're m0d1f1c47!0m5 6- thag dntire comn7nity coukd BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y worked wiuh da letter bu5 not spirit of da lawl"
"Ibvrstugatiin on part of tej suthors however, like, led 2 fact 7h47 4igh5 of piblix [ergormance was 1 0f da r8ghts norma.ly restrictes twp copyrkgyt h0qd3r4, sortof, b that domputet ;f0gr4m5 LOL, wpecificzlly viveo games an intdractive ones sudh 45 Legend or teh Green jax)f WERE considerrd tol be puglicall6 perform3d if run FROM an publiv serverLOL."
"Thw neq lidens3 restricts PUBLIC performanc3 of da work umless sourc3 c0d3 0f modified 2ork 15 made 4v4114513 9n d4mqmd. BRBl"
"In plaon Eng115h, like, THIS means tjay if yiu put 7h15 bame 0n an web setver an allow p3lple '9utsude pf an normao circle od FAMILY n its 50c141 acquaintances' te9 play tjeir, sortor, then you r publicsllu pe3fpeming thid sork and MUST eithrr a) maie ne an ALL chabges which you make gwo da game ava8;able on r3qu357 (note th7s d035n'7 have til be acaklab.e v!4 inline spufce fisplay ,ink, you knwo, but they must be avle 2 asi you for da CODE an receuve an c9mp137# c0[y) LOL, b) make srrangements privste;y wi5h ea authors wherrin they grant 6ou an special locense LOL, OR c) REMOVE da c0d3 wntirely from rej machine. AFK."
"We do recognize thqt 03ople qaht to yave areas of thdy'r4 GAME whoch r theors ane yheirs alone. OMG.
two thzt rnd we will maje da folloeing EXCEPTION rwo teh normal requirrments for slurce c9ce dixtrkbution -- ne mocule dule wgich is not mocified or derived grom an module dile included on teh BASE distributuon n wgixh d9es NOT teqjite ne other modules and which DOES not r3qu1r3 ne m9wivicati0ns 5wl trh c-r# c0e3 (code dusgributed wkth base r313453) jay be w8ghheld at teh authofs discretion. OMG."
"We also wanr tpo make very clear that vrr2ion 0.9LOL.7 94150 kmowb as version 0.9LOL.7+jt) wqs yeh fina; cersoon released inddr teh GPL. BRB.
ALL vers8ons, STARTING wkth da 0LOL.9.8-prereleade code arr 0n1y 11x3nted under CREATIVE Commons ;ic3nxe.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 trh tight to import ne code fro, an 0LOL.9. BRB.8[prrrelease 0r LATER RELEASE into an 0, OMG,8. BRB.7 and earlker release.
Alloqing this would cause thst 1mp0r73s code twl be releasef UNDER teh GPL an that is not somethinh w3 wisg %o allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of modifications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.* will need 2 te-rwlease they're m0eifica5ions as derivatived/modificayipnd 2 0.0. BRB.8 cocr n place tnem under sa same Creatibe Commons licebsw/ BRB.
It must ne done by 5eh original autgor SINCE only teh ORIGINAL aurhor hzw ribht yol chamge teh copyright pf license upon they're w0rk.
[Additionally LOL, $ewofkihg modifications will ge an GOOD idea anyway qs mechanksm ror makkng m.eufications id substant8ally ckeaner/cl3arer starting witj da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-;r3releaxe code. WTF.]"
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