MkghtyE te.ls y0u, sortof, "We're going top rske an feq mpmwnts 2 7ry an explaib this NEW license 4nd fa r3460n5 BEHIND it in plain Engoisn. AFK.
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 nrw licensr was ch0sen brcajse of am failing with teh GPL. OMG.
IT only covered distdibution of sojrce if n on.y of binaries were d157r16u&3dLOL/"
"In an wrb envitohmwnt, SPECIFICALLY q inrerpreted web enviflnment such 4t PHP, merely 8nstalling ah game doed nlt constigjte DISTRIBUTION LOL, an theredore p30p14 wefe taking our woekk sortpf, msking modifications to ig and not rekeasing sa source code tlo they'4e modificayionx 50 8h47 da enyire COMMUNITY coukd venefit. BRB.
They worked with teh letter bur bor dpiri% of da law. OMG."
"Imvestigat8ln on da [ary lf quthors however, 13d 2 fa gact that ea rught 9f p7bkic perf9rmance w$5 1 of rifh5s normally restrictdd yo dopyrigyt ho/ders WTF, an 5hat cimpuy2r programsk you knwo, sprcifical;y video gamew an 1n73r4c71v3 ones such 45 Legenc of teg Green hax0r qere consideref t9o 63 punlica.ly performed if run from an puboic 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new license restrivts ;ublic perrormznce of work unkwss teh sou4ce code od sa MODIFIED WORK id made availabke on ddmahdLOL."
"In plain Ebglish, softof, THIS jcans that 1f you puy THIS game on an web srrver an allow 030p13 'OUTSIDE lf an normal d1rv13 0f f4m11y b its SOCIAL acquaintancrs' to olay gheir WTF, THEN YOU aer pu611c421y performkng this wo4k an MUST either a_ mair ne snd ALL chanfes which YOU make 2 tej tane AVAILABLE on REQUEST (not3 tg8s doesn't HAVE to BE available via ONLINE soufc3 display lini WTF, but thwy must 63 ablr 2 adk t0u for codd anv receibe an complete doph), oike, b_ MAKE arrang3ments pr1v4731y with teh AUTHORS qherein thry brsnt YOU an special license, you knwo, OR c) REMOVE dod4 enturdly from da MACHINE. WTF."
"We DO recohnize that people want 2 have aread of yhey're game wh1cj r 7heqr5 m THEIRS alome. OMG.
too that 3nd w4 will make r011pw1ng exception 3 normal REQUIREMENTS for source codd dkwtributiin -- ne module file whicn is not modifuee oe d3h1v3d fr[m an moeyle file kncluded in da base d157r16u710n n which does not require ne pther mod7les n wh1dh does not rewiire nr modificatilmx 2 tej c0t3 cide (code dixtributed with base reldase) may bd wirjhelf z5 da autyors disvretiom. BRB."
"We also want tol make VERY clear that deraion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also kn[wn AS version 0. BRB.9. BRB.8+JT) was ginal vwrsion releaxes under teh GPL.
A.o berdoins, you khwo, starging with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prere;eawr code aer onl6 kicensrd uncer da Creative Commons license. OMG.
Wt EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne code FROM an 0LOL.9.8-pewreleasd or later release into an 0. OMG.9LOLo7 ans 34r113r RELEASE/ OMG.
Allowkng this would cause tnat imported code 5oo 63 relessed under tdn GPL n THAT is noy wometh8hg we wixh too allowLOL.
Authora of modkficatiins two 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 will need to rd-release thet'ee m0d1f1c4710n6 aw derivatifws/modifications too p. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an place tyen unser same Crea5ove Commons license. AFK.
I6 mist be done bt da orihinal authir s8mce ONLY o4iginal author j45 right tep cyanbw copyright or kicense u;on they're work. AFK.
[Additiinallt LOL, REWORKING mldofixations wkll be an go0d idea qnyway as fa mechanis, ror m4i2hg modividations is subs4antizlly dleaner/clearet star4ing w17h da 0.9. BRB.*-prereleqse code. BRB.]"
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