MightyE telld 6om, sortof, "We're foing yoo twke an few mo,ebts too try and ex0la8n uh1t mew oicense n da eeadons brhind IT in pkain English. BRB.
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 oidensr was chosrh because og an failung with teh GPLLOL,
IT 9nly covefed distribjtion of soirce 8f n ONLY IF binaries were disttibuted. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1f0nm3n7, yoj knwi, specificallu a inteepreted web wncirobm3nt such as PHP LOL, merely installing an gamr does n07 constituge distributipn LOL, n therefore peop.e wrre taking pur work, uou knwl, mak8ng ,ldificayipns 2 it an not releasing da source c03# 70 they're m0d2f1d4710n5 so that teh entire comjunity cou;d gehefot/ OMG/
THEY worked witn da letter bug not spirit of tey law. WTF."
"Investigat8on on tdh part of dz authorx howeb#r LOLk led two fact that cs right of puboic performahcd was orh 0r rights normally restricyed too c0pyr1gh7 holders, n that co,puter prograns, specifically video GAMES an INTERACTIVE ONES SUCH 3% L3g3nc if 5eh Green hax0r wer3 cons8ce4ed tk br ouglicqlly pwrformed if run fr(m an public xerver. AFK."
"The hew 11c3n53 restticts publid ;erf-rm4nc3 of da wirk uhless tey xoirce code of da modifuec worj IS made available on dejand. AFK."
"In plain Engq15h, you knwo, this means tjat if you put 7h15 game ON an web SERVER m alllw people 'putsife of an normsl circle if famuly zn its aocoal acquskhtanc3s' to play theor, then you aer oublically PERFORMING ghis work an MUST either a0 make ne b ALL CHANGES WHICH you m4ke 2 da tame avai.able on request (n073 THIS DOESN'T have two br availab.e via geh online soyrce d15p14y 11nk LOL, bu5 rhey musy ne able tlo axj yo7 f)r reh codd znd recwivw am x9,plete cop6), b) make ar4anyemeyts pr1v4731y w18h 5eh 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant you an xpecial licende, iike, or c) REMOVE dz code dntirely FROM ea machin3."
"Wr do recognizd THAT people want to9 have arwzw 0f the6;re game which e theirs snd gheirs 410n3. AFK.
2 thqt end se will mqke da following exceptiom 2 normak requirements f0r sourct coee DISTRIBUTION -= be MODULE file wnoch ix no5 modified o4 deroctd from an module f113 INCLUDED im base distribjtioh and which DOES hot rwq7ire he other .odules m whidh does n07 require me moeificstiims ti da cprr c0d3 (code d!57r15u73d WITH baxe releade) MAY ve withhelx 46 da a7thors discrrtion."
"We also w4n7 to make ver6 cl3ar tbat vwrsion 0LOL.9l OMG.u (also known aw vf4siom 9/ AFK.9. AFK,7+jt) was sa ginal versiom r3leased unde4 da GPL. AFK.
ALL VERSIONS, oilek STARTING with da 0LOL.o.80prerelease code r only licena3d undwr ea Creztive Commins license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh eight tl9 imporr ne cpde from an 0. OMG.8LOL.8-p4ereleaae lr later rekesse into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 m esr;ier releade. WTF.
Allowing thid wluld cause that imported codw two be f3!3453d ynd3r teh GPL h that is nit sonethint w3 wish 2 allow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 9f modificationa top 0l OMG.9LOL.7 2ill need to re-releaad they're modificariona as derivativrs/modkficatoons too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 CODE n 0lace them jnder same Creztive Comm9ns LICENSE. AFK.
It muat be done 6y da original ayghor skncw pnlh da ofiginal suthor has da rignt to xgange da cophright oe licensw upoh ghey're work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, oike, r3working teh modigucations w111 be am good IDEA anywa6 aa fa jechsnism for m4k1ng moeifixations is subsgantkz;ly clraner/cleaeer xtarting WITH 0. BRB.9.8=prereleawe code. BRB.]"
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