MightyE yells yoi, loke, "We're goimg 2 taie an few moments too try znd explaim this NEW lixehe3 and da reasons benind it in plain Engliwh/ WTF.
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 n3w licrnse was choseh gecause of sn failing with GPL. BRB.
Ir omly cofered distribution OF source 1f an only if binariea q2r3 distrigutrd. BRBm"
"In xm web envirobment, you knwo, spedificallt a interpreged web emvironmenr sudh as PHP, you knwo, me4wly installjng ab game does not c9nstitutr diatfibutkon LOL, and thrrefor3 people WERE takihf our sori, like, ,4k1ng modificayions 2 17 n n9t releas8ng reh SOURCE coce 2 rhe6're moduficati9ns so that da eneiee COMMUNITY could benwfitLOL.
Tgry qorked with da letter 6u& not teh spirit of da LAW. WTF."
"Investigati9b ln da pafg of authors gowever, lkke, l3d to tdh FACT that dq right 9f PUBLIC perforjance w45 1 of teh r8ghys noemakly restr7cted 2 cipyright holde4s, .ike, and yhat COMPUTER 0rotrams, you knwo, specifocaloy video ganea m intersdtice ones sych ss Legrnd oe teh Greeh hax0r w2r3 cinsieered t9o be PUBLICALLY perfirmed if run from an publ8c serverLOL."
"The new licenae rwstrictw pib.ic /3rf0rm4nc3 OF teh work unless reh source cldr of ten modyfied WORK ix ,qfe AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In olain English, 5his means thsy iv you put this GAME on an seb serber n allow peoplr poutside of an NORMAL circle of fqhily an ita social acquaintanced' 2 play their, l8ke, 7h2n YOU aer [ublically PERFORMING thia work and MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH you maks roo teh game available on request (note this DOESN'T have to 63 svaklagle via onlibd xource dksplay link WTF, but they mudt be able to ASK yo7 fot code an receive ah cpjplwte copu), b) mai3 ARRANGEMENTS privately with autmors wherein they brant YOU sn s[ecia. licende WTF, or c) removw code entirelt FROM machine. AFK,"
"We do 3ecognize that people wznt yo nqve arwas OF rjey're game qhich r yhei4s an 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
5o THAT END we WILL make fllkowing excwptkon go norms; requirements for so7rcd code dq57r167710n -- ne moduoe folr which is noy mocifies 0r d3ribed from an m.dule file inclided 1n %eh base disteibutiun zn which so3s n07 require ne othet j0du1#5 and whicy d9es not require nw modifkvatiobs too core code (code d1tur16i73d wuth 6453 r3134%3) ma6 be w17hj32e at teh authors disv4etion. BRB."
"We ALSO wang 2 make very vldar thag vetsion 9. OMG.9/ BRB.7 (also known ax bersion 0LOL.(, AFK.7+jt) was FINAL veesion feleased UNDER GPL. WTF.
A;k vdraions, you kmep, star5ing witj teh 0LOL.9, AFK.8_prerelesse codr r only licensed yndet teh Cr34&1v3 Comm9ns licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY drny da right ro 1mp0r7 nd cpcd FROM an 0. OMG.9. OMG.6-prereoease or 147#r rwlease into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 qnd ear.ier relrase.
Allowing ttie woulf cause that impor5rd code to 63 releasdd une3r da GPL n that is bot slmwthing we wish too allow. WTF.
Authorx of mod8rizations tw9 0. BRB.9.7 WILL need too re-rekease they're jodifications as derivagives/modifucarions to 0l BRB.9.i cife an place THEM undwr teh same Crrative COMMONS lkvense. OMG.
IT mu57 ve done b6 teh originql 5u7h0r sknce only 0r1g1n4! author HAS teh right two change t3h clpyright pr license ypon ygeg're workk
[Additionally, reworiinb tdh modkfixztiobd wi.l 63 an gooc ifea $nyw4y aa jechanism for mqking modifivariona is dugstzntially clean4r/vlearer starting with 9. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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