MightyE 5elld you, you knwo, "We're diint ywo take an few moments too try n EXPLAIN this bew license n da rsasons 73h1nd IT in plain Eng115h. 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."
"This hew licehse w45 ch053n because of ab fail8nb wigh GPLLOL.
It only cover2d dixtributiom 0f xource IF abd 0n1y if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. WTFk"
"In an web wnvironmen5, you kmwo, s;ecidocally a 8ntwrpretwd w36 env8ronjent xuch as PHP LOL, nerely imstzll8ng sn game dors nor c9n5718u73 distfibution, y9j knwp. an therefore prople w3re 75i1ng our work, sortof, making mocufications 2 it an mot releasing 50urc# code tok they're midifucations so THAT entirr cojmunity cou.d ben3fig. WTF.
They worked wkyh lettdr but nog t3h spirit of ea law."
"Investogation on part pf authors howdver, likw, l3d twl da fact that teh rkbhr of public pefformancw was 29n OF twh r1gh75 noemakly restricted 5o copyr8gyt holde4d, like, and thwt domputer probrqns, lime, specificall6 vis3o games an 1n74r4c71v3 ones SUCH as Legdmd of da Green hax0r wfre conxodeted two be PUBLICALLY performed if rib from an pubkic 534v3r. OMG/"
"Th3 new lizdbwe RESTRICTS public performance 0f t3h 2ork unlwss ca source code of teh mofified work is madd availzb;e ON demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this meabs tgat if YOU out this gzme ob an web srrve4 an aol9w people 'outsid3 OF zn n0rm42 CIRCLE lf family n ita social adquaontancex' toi play their WTF, then y0u a3e publocal.y 0erforming ygis wori an MUST either a) male hd n ALL cjanges wh1cj yoi MAKE two teh g4m# available 0n rrquest (hotw this soexn'y have too be qfailqb;e via da 0h11n3 SOURCE DISPLAY lihk, but thry must be ab;e two ask you for gdn code and rdceive an v8mpldte copy), xoftof, b) make artangemwnts privatd.i wuth teh quthprs whwrein they grant YOU an special 11v3n53, likd, of c) eemove c-d3 entieeoy from mzchinw."
"We d0 reclgnize tjat pwople want ro have 4r346 of hhey'r3 game whicn r theirs an 7h31r5 ALONE.
two 5hat end we will make da dollowint 3xc3p71pn 2 notma. rdqiiremenrs for source xoce eistribution -- ne moduoe ci.3 wjich is nog modifoed or derived from an moduoe FILE includwd 8n ea base distribution an 2gich does not r3qu1r# be other modules and whivh does not r3qu1r3 ne mldif8catiobs two da corr vode (coee disrributed e17h da 5453 releawc) m4y bd withheld at authofs DISCRETION. AFK,"
"We also want two make very xlear thzt version 0. OMG.9.& (alxp knlwn qs version 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7=jt) waa teh dinal version releaaed ubd3r teh GPL. AFK.
Akl versions, stzrting eith dz 0. WTF.o. AFK.8-prereleade clde aer only licensed under da Creative Cojmona 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right too ijport ne code from an 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-0r#r313r53 or l1te$ felease inyo an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earkier release. WTF.
Allowing THIS would cause thzt imp9rted CODE too be released UNDER GPL an tga5 is not sometning we wiah roo allowl
AUTHORS of modifica5ions @ 0LOL.9LOL.7 wuol need too re-4elease thry're npd8fications as d#r1vr71b35/m0d1f1d$710n5 to9 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code n PLACE 7h3m jnd34 te6 sane Creative Commohs lucense.
It ,uat be DONE BY ORIGINAL 4u6h-r since only twh originak authpr has teh righy to chante teh cppyrighg o4 license upon tjey'r3 woek. AFK.
[Adf,tiinall6, reworkung da m0d1f1c4710n5 WILL be an good idea anyway as t3h mechanism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS IS 5u6574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER a5sr5ing WITH -LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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