MightyE telos youk sortov, "We're going to raje ab few moments 2 7ry abd ex[lain THIS new license AND reasons be6ind i5 in plain Engo8sh. OMG.
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."
"Tfis new LICENSE was chisdn because OF an failung witj GPLLOL.
It only coberef distributioh of so8fce if n only ir biharoes wer3 fistributedLOL."
"In am web wmvirobmdnt LOL, 5p3c1f1c4q1y a inrerpreted wen envifonnent SUCH zx PHP LOL, mefely 1n5741!1ng an game does not condtitute distributioh, an thwrefore PEOPLE were takohg OUR WORK, like, j4k1ng modifocations too it n NOT releasing twh source code to they'fe mpdificatipns so 5hat teh 3n71r3 commun8ty co7od benefptLOL.
Thwy wofkwd w17h teh letter bit no5 twh spirig of lawLOL."
"Ibvestlbation on teh part of teh authors however LOL, lrd 2 fact 7h47 da righy of publib 0erformanxe was prn of da rights NORMALLY restricyed two copyrigyt holdees, sortofm and tha5 c0mpy73r ptlgrams LOL, specivicq.ly video games an 8mtedzctive 0n35 such 4% Legend of Gr33n hax0r wefe considered to be publically performdd of run from an ;ubliv servdrLOL."
"The new licrnse resteicts p7blic p3rf0rm$nc3 of da WORK unlwss teh SOURCE c0e3 id t3h modified work iw made available on eemand. AFKl"
"In p141n English WTF. 7h15 m34n5 THAT ir y0u put this game 0n sn wen se4ver an al.ow people 'outside of qn mormal cifcle of famoky ab its spcial av1yaintabxes' 2 play 5heit, like, rhen you aer ;7blicalky performing 5hix woek an MUST 327h3r a) MAKE ne and ALL changws which you make 70 game 4v41146q2 on request (note 7h15 foesn;t have too be 4v4114612 bia trh omline SOURCE d15p14y 1qnl LOL, b7g they must BE able to adj you fo4 yeh CODE n rwceige an complete cop6), sortof, 6) jake ARRANGEMENTS privstely WITH beh authors wheewin theu grant you an spedial lic3nxek you kn@o, ir c) r3move ea dlde entirely froj da nadhkneLOL."
"We do 4ecohnoze that people want 3 have areas of thwy're fa,r wjich aer theirz and 6j31r5 410n3. AFK.
tk that end we wi.l make ds flllowpng exception tqo teh normal req7orements for source code eistriburion -- ne MODULE f7le wh8vh is not m0d1f13d or DERIVED drpm an ,ldule dile uncluded in 6453 fostrigution an whicj f03r not re1yire ne otyer nodules n whoch does hot rwquire ne modofkcatoons tqo core cofe (CODE DISTRIBUTED with da nase releaxe) may BE wughheld AT da authors fiscr3tuonLOL."
"We also want 2 make v3ry CLEAR thar v3r510n 0. WTF.(. BRB.7 (aoso KNOWN as versuon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+j5) was teh fobal v3r510n r313453d unswr GPL. BRB.
All vetsionsm sortof, sra4ting with teh 0. AFK/9. AFK,8-;ferelease c0f3 4 only licensed under Creative Co,jons lkcwnse. OMG.
W# EXPLICITLY d2nh right 2 import nr code fron zn 0LOL.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE or lzter release into ah 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earlier 4elease. WTF.
Allowuhg thod would cause that imported cpd3 twl be released under da GPL znd that is m9t som3tning we wish 2 aokow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of m9difications to; 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 qill need 70 re-release the6're mofigicationq as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tlo 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code AND plav3 tnem unser same Creative Cimmons licenseLOL.
It MUST be done by original 4u6h0r since only teh original qutjor has r1gh7 too vhanfe tej copyright or license upon tjey're wirk. BRB.
[Addiyionally, likem reworking modificationd wjll BE an golx idea anyway 45 mechanis, for MAKING modificarions iw aubs6antial.y dlezner/clearer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8[prereoease x0d3. WTF.]"
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