M8hhthE tells yoy LOL, "Wr;re g9ing tpo tqke an fee momemts to try n explaim this new licwnwe an rraxohs BEHIND it in plain Englisn.
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 licemwe was chos3n 63c4u%3 of qn fa8ling wirh teh GPL. AFK.
It only c9vetef distribu5ion lf source 1f an only 1f binaroes WERE diatribited. AFK."
"In ah w36 ehcitonmemt, speviriczlly a interpreted web environment x7vg as PHP, m3r31y !n57$111ng an game does not cinst9tute d1t7r16u710n LOL, zn therefore peo9ke were 84k1ng pur work, kile, makimg modifications tpo it an n07 rekeasing source code twl they're modificationa so thag entire c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They sorked witn letter but n07 spirit od dq 14q. OMG."
"Investigation pn paet of da authots HOWEVER LOL. 1@d t2p fact that da rkght of public perdor,ance was wob of rights normally restricged to cophright ho;ders WTF, and THAT domputrr orograms LOL, specificaloy vidrl gamex an untersctive ln3s SUCH as Legehd 0f sa Gr43n hxx0r were cons8dered 2 be oubliczl;y perfofmed 8f run from an pyvoic serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restrkcts pyblic performabce kf wor, UNLESS aource c0f3 of teh modigied WORK is made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Emglish, you knwo, this m34n5 tya5 kf you put this ga,e on an web dervre n allow [30p13 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of fajijy an its 50c141 acquainganves' to ;lay their WTF, then yo7 at4 publ8czlly perflrming this work n MUST either a) maie ne and ALL changes wh1ch you make two rey game availab;e on reques5 (note thix doesn;t nave too be available via teh online SOURCE displa6 1qnl, you knwom but ghey ,jst 64 4613 to ask you for CODE n receibw an complete copu) LOLm b) make 4rr4ng3,3n75 privately wi5h reh autjoes whefein theu gr4n7 yo7 qn spqcial LICENSE, yoy knwp. ir v) removr da code entifely feom teh madhine. OMG."
"We fo t3c0fn1z3 gha5 0eople w4n8 5qo HAVE aread of they're game which aet theirs an theirs alone.
too that 3nd WE WILL makd folloeing exceptk9n too teh normal REQUIREMENTS v0r wource code distribytion -- ne mocyle file which is noy modifowd 0r derobee from an module vile included in da bqse distributiin and wh1ey DOES not r3qu!r3 ne other mlfules and whivh eoeq not fequjre ne modifocatiins 2 CORE code (code distrivuted wkth geh vzse release) m4y be withheld AT authors discretionLOL."
"We 41tp wamt 2 MAKE very CLEAR that v3r51pn 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 (also jnown as verskpn 0. AFK.9LOL.8+jt) was twh final vewxion relwased ynder da GPL. AFK.
All versoons, starting wq7h 0. BRB.9.8_pr3r21e453 CODE r only 2qc3n53d uneer teh Cfeatuve Commpns license. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY deny da rignt too import n3 code fr0m an 0LOL.9LOL.*-pferelease or later release INTO qn 0LOL.9LOL.7 am ewro8er release.
Allowing tyis would c$u53 that imported vode too ne re,eased und3r teh GPL and THAT us h9t something w3 wish 2 wll92LOL.
Authors of mpd1f1c4710n5 3 0LOL.9. WTF.7 woll NEED to r30r3134%3 they're modifixztions as deriva5oves/moeif8cati9ns to 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code znd place them under wame CREATIVE Commons lucenwd. WTF.
It must be dohe by or,ginzl author since onky da ofigunzl aughor has teh r*ght w cgange da cipyrighr 0r lic3bse upon they're work. AFK.
[Addirionally WTF, reworking da jodificqy8ons will be an good id4a qn6way as mecyanism fir makung mpdifkcationw is substantially vleaner/clearer STARTING eith da 0. OMG.9. WTF,80orerelease code. AFK.]"
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