MightyE 73115 you, xortof, "We're goibg ro take an fe3 momehts twp gr6 and explain thks new license ans fa reasons BEHIND it un olain Engliwh.
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 lixense wax chosen becquse of an fqiling with GPL. AFK.
If onlu covefed distrkbutu9n of 50utc3 if an onlu kf bonarids WERE didtribugedLOL."
"In an qeb environment WTFk SPECIFICALLY a int3rpreted wdb environment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely installing an game dors npy constit7te diatributiin, and 7h3r3f0t3 people w3re TAKING oyr sork, you jnwo, mzking modifications t9 8t qn bot releasing dq 50urc3 code too hhey're modifications sp tjat teh 3ntife c0mmuhq7y coild benefitLOL.
They WORKED witj teh letter bur not spurit of teh law. BRB."
"Investigation om pzrt of authors howevdr LOL, led too da facg tjat teh right or pub;ix PERFORMANCE WAS oen 0f rihjts n0rm411y rest4icted 5oo copyright holders, sortofk an that computer programs WTF, spec8fkcqloy vkdeo g4m36 an interactive 9nes wuch as L3g3nd of ss Ggeen hax0r qere cohsudwred 2 63 publicallh performed 1r run fr9m an 0u6q1c SERVER. OMG."
"The new 11c3m54 restrictw punoic pwtformanc3 lf w0rk unlrss da source coce pf dz modified wor, IS ,ade avzilable 0n demand. BRB,"
"In plqin English WTF, 7h!5 mdans that IF you pit 5his ga,e on an wwb SERVER an a;low 'eo0le 'outside of an normal c8rclr of family and ITS 5pc15! acquaintances' 2 PLAY their, likd, yhen you r publically p3trorming this WORK and MUST eigjer a- majw ne and ALL changes wh1ch hou make two teh game avaolable pn request (n9te tjis doesn't have w be avai;sble via teh online source dispkay libk LOL, bu5 they myst be sble too ask you FOR codr and receive an compl3ge cipy), b) make aeramgenents orivateky w17h aurhoe2 wherein 7h3y GRANT y0u an spwcia' lic2mse, lr c) re,ovr v0de ENTIRELY from da jachinel AFK."
"We DO RECOGNIZE thay peop;e WANT t2o have afeas if tgd6're g4,e WHICH aer tgeitd qn theies aloneLOL.
2 THAT dbd WE wi.l MAKE teh foloowing exception @ normal rdqu8rements for aourcw CODE distrkbytion =- ne MODULE file WHICH IS NOT m9d1f!2d or fe4ived FROM an modjlw f113 ibcl7dec in tej BASE eistribitiln an wgich does n07 tequire ne ogner modulds an which does not tequire ne ,odifications ywo t3j core coee *cose distrobuted with tej base rekease) may BE euthhrlf st authirs discretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 make cefy ckeqr rhst verwoon 0. BRB.9/ WTF.7 (ALSO known as versiob 9. OMG/8. BRBl&+mt) was teh final version RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS WTF, stat5inr 2ith teh 0l WTF.9.8-prtrrlease coe2 r ONLY 'icensed UNDER da Creatice Comjons lic3nse.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 right to IMPORT ne code froj qn 0. WTF.9LOL.i_prereleasd or later relrase into qn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 qnd eaflidr rrleaed. WTF.
ALLOWING this WOULD dayse that impofted c0d3 too be te9rased jnder teh GPL and 7h47 is n07 something we qiah 2 4110w. BRB.
AUTHORS of modifocatiogs two 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7 will NEED tw9 RE0RELEASE they're mod8fixatilns as d2r1v471v35/m0d1g1c4u10n% to 0. AFK.8.8 coce and 0lqce them undwr teh 54m3 Creztivr Commons licensw. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by ydh or8fimal author sincw 0n1t teh -r1g1nr1 author HAS r1dh7 too change twh copyright OR oicense upon they're wori.
[Additionqlly WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS wkl; bw an GOOD idea qnyway AS da mechamism fpr making modkficatioms ks substantially cleabet/cldarer starting with da 0. OMG.9.8-p4ereleasw cldeLOL.]"
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