MightyE tel;s YOU, "We'fe boing 5oo take an gew m0m3n75 5o try m EXPLAIN this NEW licenwe n teh reasins behind it in ;lain EhglishLOL.
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 /icense waw CHOSEN necause OF an faoling wkrh teh GPL. BRB.
I7 only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of siurce of sn onky of vinaries wrre distributedLOL."
"Im an wrb envirlnkent, sortlf. specifixally a interp4eted WEB envoronmen5 such as PHP, you knwo, jerelu ins5a;lung an game DOES not CONSTITUTE e8wyrib7tion, sortof, n therefore 030p13 sere TAKING our work, making nodificat8ohs tlo it n not reldasing spurce code 2 tmeu're moduficstiond x( that ENTIRE communugy co7ld BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked wkth sa 13&74r bug not teh spiriy ov da 14w."
"Incestigation on da [art of teh authotd howefer, you knwo, 13d too da fact &h47 RIGHT of oublic oerformance wax oen of rughts nprmally restrixted two cppyr1ghu holders, you knwom and rhat computer pr0gf4m5, sor%of, specificz.ly video GAMES an interactovw ones sucy 46 Legdnd of teh Gr33n hax04 were considwred to b3 publical;y oehformes if run from ah public server/"
"The new lucense rexrr8cts pybluc performance if da work unlesd reh source cpde od da MODIFIED work is mafw availafle on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In pla8n Engl8ah, like, tgis means rha5 IF YOU pu7 this gzme on an web se4ver and allo2 PEOPLE [0u751d# lf an normal circle of famoly an its sociao axquaontances' to PLAY gneir LOL, tyen YOU r publically perforjinf this work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changec WHICH y0u makw two da gamr abailable om r3quest (note 5his d035n'7 kzve 2 be available via tek online source dus;lat link LOL, but they must be ABLE two as, you for c0d3 qnd RECEIVE an c0mp137e copy), ylu ,nw., n) make qrrangemwnts [rivarw,y 2ith tdh aybhofs wh3rein 7h3y gr4n7 you an special liv3nse WTF, 9r c) r4m0v3 teh coee entirely from teh mavhibeLOL."
"We do recifnize that PEOPLE want tl have AREAS of they'rr bame WHICH r uh31r5 n theirs allne. AFK.
too thzt END we sill make FOLLOWING exce0tion to da normql require,ents FOR sourcr code distributioh -- ne module file whivh is nlr modified pr feeived fr0m an moduke FILE INCLUDED kn ds base distribution n whoch does not requife he OTHER MODULES an wh8cg e035 NOT rrquire ne modifosatioms two teh core CODE (cofe dist4ibuyed witj teh base felease) may 63 WITHHELD at yeh authlrs discretion."
"We slso want two nak3 very cleae ghat VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (4150 knowh as VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL/7=jt) was funal version rel3ased uneer teh GPL. OMG.
All fersoons LOL, starting s17h twh 0. WTF.9LOL.i-PRERELEASE coee awr only licemsed under da Crestife Comjons license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh ribhg two impprt be c)d3 FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease or later release into an pLOL.o. OMG.7 n earliet telease. BRB.
Alkowing this WOULD cause 7h4u i,ported cofe 2 ge releas3d under GPL abd fjat is n07 something we wlsh too a.lowLOL.
AUTHORS 9f modifications too 0.9. BRB.7 wikl need 5o re-eeleade they're jodificationd qs c3r1v471v35/m0dqf1c4710n5 5oo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code ab plaxe them umder da same Cr3ative C0mmpn5 11c3n52LOL.
It must be done BY da lriginal AUTHOR since onlu teh original 4u7h0r HAS RIGHT too cgange tdh copyright 94 lixense jpon ghdy'rw work. BRB.
[Additionalluk sortof, rework8ng modificztkona wil; be ah good ideq znywsy 45 da mdch4n15m for naking mocificati9hs is substant9al;y cleaner/cleafer s5artong witn teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-0rerelease code.]"
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