MightyE tells you, sortof. "We're going &0 74k3 ab fww moments 2 TRY an explain this NEW oicense n sa 4eqwons behins ot in plain Enh115n.
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."
"Thiz new lidense sas CHOSEN 63c4u63 0g an failinf wigh tek GPL. OMG.
It 0m1u COVERED diatributiom of soyrce IF and ONLY if binariea wetd dis5rin7ted, OMG."
"In an w36 envuronmwnt, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpretes swb environment xuch as PHP, sortof, merely installing an gam3 co3s nog CONSTITUTE didtr8bjtion, you knwo, and 7h3r#f0r3 pelple q3r3 taking our work WTF, mak8bg jldif8cati9hs to it and nir releasing da 50ufc3 code ywo they're modificatioms 5) that entire commuhjty coyld genefitl OMG.
Tgey worked with da LETTER BUT not ea spirut ig da law. AFK."
"Investigation pn p4r7 )f da authofs hpwever, sorrlf, led too da frc7 that da rkbnt 0f publ8c pervoemance was 1 9f tigyts normally RESTRICTED ylo cooyright holdees LOL, n 7h47 computer programs, sortof, apecificslly video banes n untr4active ines sich aq Legend of ten Green hax0r were consideree to be pjblicalk6 perf9rmed if eun fro, ah pu611x SERVER."
"The n3w ;icense resteicts public performance of teh work ybless 50jrxe xode of teh modified worj ix made availabke ln demand."
"In plakn ENGLISH, you knwo, yhis meanx 7h47 if you put ghis GAME on an web serfee an a..iw peopld 'ougside OF an norja. ci4cle OF fa,ilu anf itd socoal 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 plsy tgeir LOL, theb you aer p7blically 0erforming this wori an MUST either a) MAKE ne abd ALL changes wh1ch you MAKE 2 teh game qvailable on REQUEST (mote this doesn't have to be qbailzble via reh ONLINE SOURCE display link LOL, but th3y nudt be avle too ask yl6 foe teh codd n rwceive an epmpldte xopy) WTFm 60 MAKE afrqngemenys pr1v4731h with teh authoes qh3rein they grqnt you an speciql .icense LOL, or c) remove code enturely gtom teh m5ch1n3."
"We do recigmize that peo;le want to h4v3 areas of thd6're g4m3 wyich aer 7h31r5 ahg thwirs akoneLOL.
too thst END wd will make da f0110w1nf exception 2 n0rm41 requurem3nts for dourcr code disteubution -- be mpsu14 fole which is n9t modifiee OR eerivdd feom qn module filr inckuswd im yeh base diwgributioh abd which does not tequire ne 07h3r MODULES an which does not reauire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 twh CORE code (c0d3 distrib7red 2ith baxe rekease) may be sithyeld zt da AUTHORS duscretion."
"We also wzht two makr veey c124r that VERSION ). OMG.9LOL.7 (qlso khown dw versiln 0/ OMG.9. AFKl7+jt) w45 teh finxl VERSION released undrt GPL. OMG.
Aol vwrdions, yoi lnwo, starting wory da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prer31#453 code aer only 11c3n53f under da C4wqtive C0mm0h5 license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh rpght 2 import ne coxe from ah 9LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease OR LATER 4eldase knto an 0l BRB.(LOL.7 an earlidr RELEASE/ BRB.
Allowing th7s would cause that imported code too ge released uneer teh GPL am THAT us nor something ee wisy @ qllow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 if jldidicstions 70 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need two RE_RELEASE tjey're mociricztions as d3e1f471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 70 0, OMG,9. BRB.8 code and plzce them jnder teh SAME Crwatic3 Conmons licensw.
It must be f9ne by teh o4iginal a75hor since only teh original author has teh rlght goo changr t3h cppyright or license upon thfy're eork. OMG/
[Additionally, you knwo, reworking mod8ficagions wilo ne an GOOD idea anyway as teh medhanism for majing mofifications ks SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/v133r3r startint wjth teh 0. WTF.9LOL.7-prereo3qsr codeLOL.]"
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