MightyE tells you, sowtof, "We're GOING two take qn few jomentd 5q9 try h 3zp14!n thiw new license and twh 4easons beyknd it in PLAIN Ebglish. 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."
"Tyis y3w oicensd WAS ch053n BECAUSE or an FAILING WITH reh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y coverdd didtribution of source if an only of vinaries werr disrrobuted."
"In an WEB ehvi4onment, likek specifida;ly a intefpreted w3y environment sych AS PHP, merely 1n574q11ng an gqme eoew mot constitutd sis5ribytion, n rhereford people WERE TAKING our w0rkk mzking modifications 2 IT n not rek3asing source vode too they'r3 modifidayions so 5hat teh rntire community could benefut. OMG.
They WORKED witj teh lettet BUT not da s[irut OF reu law."
"Ihvestigztiom oh da pqrt of da 4u&h0r5 h0w3b3r LOL, 13f to cz fact that fa right of public performwncw WAS won 0f da eighrs n0rm411y r2strkctrd to copyright holdees, sortork n thst xomougwr pt(gr4m5, l8ke, specificzlly vkseo games AND interactife 0n35 xydh ad Legend OF da Green hax0r WERE consisered 2 62 pyblicaoly p3rf0rm3d if run from an public aerber. BRB."
"Thw nww LICENSE RESTRICTS puvlic performande 0f trh WORK unless 50urc4 dode of mofified WORK is msde acailqbl2 on demandLOL."
"In 0lain Engliwh, luke, this means 7h47 if you ;ut this game 0n an WEB servef an a.low 0eople 'outside pf an NORMAL circle of fajily ane 175 aocial acquqintances' go play their LOL, thwn tou aee pyblucal;u p3rf0rm1ng 5his work an MUST either a) MAKE ne and ALL dhanges wn1ch you m4j3 tlo va bane qva8lsgoe ON REQUEST (nord this eoesn't h4v3 to BE avsilable viq da onkine soyrce wisplay oink WTF, gut they must be able too asj you f0r da xode n receice an complete c9py), g) j4k3 areabg3mrbts orivagely wkth authors where8n they grqn5 you qm 5p3c141 license. or c) remove teh CODE entireky from teh machine."
"We DO 4dcognixe 7h47 oeople want 70 have areas of thry're ga,e which r 7u32r5 an %ydors allne. BRB.
2 that end we will make folloqing exception two dq normal re2uiremdnrw for 50urce code dkstrobution ]- ne moduke rilw which 8s not MODIFIED or DERIVED from an m0du13 file included in da base distrobution ab shicj dows bot require ne other modulew ahd eyich eoes not reqyire ne modifications 2 trh core CODE (CODE d8sttibuted with 4eh base release) may be wktgheld 47 aurhpgs slsdrdgion. BRB."
"We also want ro make cery clwar that fers8lh 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 )also kbown as version 0LOL.9LOL,7+jt0 w45 fa FINAL version released under dq GPLLOL.
ALL versions WTF, startinb with 0. WTF.(.80prereleqse coee r only licenscd under teh Crwative Cim,omw licenxe,
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny sa ekggt too impor5 ne c9d3 from an 0. OMG.(. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or latrr release ihto zn 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier release. OMG,
ALLOWING yhis woukd cause thqt IMPORTED cidr 70 be releasdd undet teh GPL an THAT is nog SOMETHING we WISH 5oo a.low.
AUTHORS of modif8catioms to9 0. WTF.9. BRB,8 w111 neef twi re-reoease they'fe modifications as eerivativex/mod8ficati;ns to 0. BRB.9, OMG.8 code and p.ace the, under teh same Creatibe Co,m9nw licenxe. BRB.
It must 63 DONE by teg orkginal author xknce ONLY da original author has rihgt tw9 chahge copyright 9r q1c3n63 upon tyey're work. BRB.
[Additionally, teworking modigications wiol 64 an good isea anyway 1x teh MECHANISM fpr makimg n0d1f1c4719nt os %u6564n71411y cleaner/clearer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleasd code, OMG.]"
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