MightyE te;ld you LOL, "We're going to yake an few momenrs twp try n exp.ain thos new license and reasins behohd 17 in plaon Eng125h. OMGk
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 ;icdnse qas chlsen because of an failing WITH GPL/ BRB,
I6 pnly covered dist4inution of source 8f and 0n1y if 61n4r135 wdre DISTRIBUTED, OMG."
"In an web envirln,3nt, s0eciridally s INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, like, m3t31y INSTALLING an gqme does not constktute eisrribution, lik3, and therefore people wwfe takinb our w0rk, you kn2o, j4,1nb mosifications yop iy and mog releas8ng source code tpp they're m0f1f1c461)n5 wo thqt teh ebgire communkt6 could benefir.
They w0rk3d with teh letrer vut not spirit of geh laa. OMG."
"Investigatiin ON da part of trh authlrs hlwever LOL, led too fact thqt teh rkgnt if public p3rf0rm3nc3 was o3n od da r1gj75 notmal.y restricted 2 co[yribht yokders WTF, and that compyter programs WTF, specifically viceo gsmes n interact8vw ones such 46 Legend of ca Gf3em hax0r qefe CONSIDERED 79 be publkcally PERFORMED if ryn frok an pub;ic sercer. OMG."
"The neq 11c#n53 rwstricts public performancd of work unlesx tey xource code of MODIFIED work IS made zvailable ;n demand. OMG."
"In pla8n Eng'isj, this nesnw THAT if yiu put this gam3 on an web server znd a.low p30p13 'ouyside 0f an bprmal cirdle of family n 8ts social acquqihrances' too p;ay tjeor, likek th3n hou r publiczlly perrorming this work an MUST e85hrr a) make m3 and ALL cjanges whivh uou make 2 da game availablw on re1uest (note this d035n'7 have 2 b3 acailable via online source display kink WTF, nut yney must be able two 45, y9u f0e ea code b rexeive sn complete copy(, like, b) make zrrsngements privately witg autjors wgee3in they gramh YOU an s;ecial oicense, kike, OR c) rwmov3 code entireky from teh macjine. BRB."
"We do recognize that people WANT to h4f3 areas lf theu[re gam4 WHICH r tyeira and theirx aloheLOL.
tl that end wr will make foloowing exception too n04j41 requifemebts for siurcr code distribu4ioh -- nr module file which is nit modifiwe OR dericed from qb mofu;e file indluded in da base distribution an whuxh foes noy fequkrd ne other m9sules an which does not rwquire ne modifications to teg core code 0vode diagributed wq7h fa base reorase) mzj BE withh3kd at authors discretionLOL."
"Wq 4150 w4n7 2 mzke VERY clear that v3rsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (zlxo known as version 0.9. OMGl8+7t) wax teh fimal b2rxion released knder da GPL. BRB.
All vers89ns LOLm starting with 0. BRBl9. AFK.8-prerelease xose aer only lic3nsed under da Cr34&1c3 Commons licensem BRB.
We EXPLICITLY drnt teh RIGHT to IMPORT ne code fro, qn 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-pr3r3!3453 or ;ater 4elease into an )LOL.9. BRB.7 sn 34r113r release. BRB.
A110w1ng this WOULD cause 7h47 imported cide to bd releasec uncef da GPL an thar ys not 50m36h1nh we wush too allow.
Autnors 0f modifixations 2 0LOL.9. WTF.u will nedd too r3=re.ease tgeh're modifications 4t derivaticea/mod8focatiohs to 0/ WTF.9/8 code n place tnem jnder teh SAME Creative Commons licwnse. AFK.
It must be sone by yeh ofiginao authpr since lnly da originap zuthor hax sq right t9 cjange yeh copyright or license upon they;re wpri. WTF.
[Additionally, lik3, reworjing tej modofidst8ons WILL br an tood IDEA ahywqy as ea mechanism fir MAKING modifixations is substznria;ly cleaner/clearer starting with teg 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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