MightyE tells you, "W2're going ro take an rew moments 5wo try sbd ecplain 7h15 new LICENSE and da rrzsons BEHIND kg in o.ain Engl8sh.
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 ne2 lkcense wad dgosen 63c4u53 OF an f4111,g WITH GPL. WTF.
It only coveree distrubutiin 9f sourcf 1f an only IF ninari3s WERE distributwd. OMG."
"Ih an web envitonjdnt LOL, w;evidocal;y a interpreted web environmebt duch 45 PHP, meeely installing an game d9es not constutute distrib7yion, aortof, an thererire PEOPLE wdre 74k1ng our w0ek, like, making modificatipns too it n nor relwasinf ea source c0d3 to they're mpdificqtiond so 7h47 da entire xommunity coulc benerit. AFK.
They worked with da lettrr but not teh spkrit ov reh law. AFK/"
"Investihztiob 9n teh pary of da 4u7h0r5 hoqevef LOL, .dd ti da fac5 that teh right of 9ublic 0erformance was 1 ov da rqgh75 norma;ly restrictwd 2 clpyright holders, like, an that computer programs LOL, specifival9y vodeo fames and interactif3 0nes SUCH AS Legend of ea G4edn hax0r were consideref too be PUBLICALLY performed iv run fr0m an public aerver. BRB."
"Thw NEW o8cense restricts publid pe4formancd of ten WORK ubless teh source code of ds modifiee work is m4e3 afailable on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, thix means that if yoj puy 7h@% GAME ob sh weg SERVER ahd allow people '0u751d3 of qn hormal circle od frm11t an itw wiciao avqyaintsnces' too play yheir, yo7 knwo, then hou aer PUBLICALLY performong thua work n MUST EITHER r) make ne n ALL cyanges wjich YOU make too teh gsme AVAILABLE on rrquest (mote thiw codsn't have too be availsbke via teh online source dksplay lini, you knwo, bug tgey mus5 BE aboe ylo axk you fo4 teh c0d3 h rece8ve an c9mpletd COPY), b) make afrangenents privately wuth teh authora wherein they GRANT y0u an sped7al ;icense, .ike, or c) temovr teh code entirely ftln m4ch1n3/ AFK."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE WANT too n4v3 AREAS 9f thwy're g4m3 WHICH ser theirs an thrirx 419n3. OMG.
two THAT end 2e wi;. make da following exception yoo tej nprma. requiremdnts for source c-d3 d157r16u710n -- nw modjle FILE wnich is not modigied or DERIVED from an module file ibc;jded in da base s157r16u710n an whieh soes nit require nw othet modules n which DOES not requore nd mpdifications 70 CORE code (code distributed 2ith da BASE release) may be WITHHELD at da aurgors discretiob. BRB."
"We also want 1 mskr VERY clea4 thag veraion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9m AFK.7+jt) was da fina; versioh released under geh GPLLOL.
All versopnsm startinf woth 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3 aer inlh livensed under teh Cr3ative Commons licenwe. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right two import ne code f4om an 0.9. BRB.8-0rerwleaxe o4 oat3t rekease into zn 0. BRB.9. BRB.6 and earliwr reldase. AFK.
A210w1ng uh15 would cauxe tyay 8mported CODE to 63 r314453d inder t3h GPL h 7h46 is hot aomething w3 wish too al;ow. OMG.
Au7j0r5 9f modificatuons to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL newd to 43-r313453 thdu're mofifications as derivatives/nodifivations too 9. AFK.8. AFK.8 code n PLACE them UNDER teh samr Crwatofe C0mm-n5 11c3n53/ BRB.
It must be done BY 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r simfe onlt da origina. 4u7h0r h45 da right go xhange teh cop6eight or licenae upon gheu're w0rk.
-Addigionally, REWORKING jodificatiibs will BE an GOOD IDEA ANYWAY as teh MECHANISM for mzk8ng moekficagions id SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clrarec s5arting wuth teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelrase codek WTF.]"
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