MightyE tel;s yoi. oikr, "Ww'r3 GOING too take an few m0m3n75 too try zn rxplain this mew licebse n trh REASONS bwhind it in poain English, 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."
"Tyix new licenwe qas choseh bwcause of an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It only dovered eiwtribution of sojfce 8f an 0n1y kf bknariew wwre disteibuted. AFK."
"In ah web environnent, uou knwo, spdcifucally a intrrpret3d web 3nvieonment such as PHP, likem mrrrlh installing an game DOES nlt clbstotute distributi9n LOL, AND th3rdfore p3ople were tzjing our WORK, aorypr, makinf modiv8catuons too it an mpt RELEASING da 50urc3 code 2 they[re modificzt8ons 50 that teg 3m61r3 COMMUNITY could benefit.
Tgey worked witn teh letter bur not spiriy OF law."
"Ibvestigatiln in yeh part 0f da autho4s howevdr LOL, led two fact that t3h right of public performance was ! or da righrs n0rm421y RESTRICTED too copyright h01d3r5, you jnso, and thag computer programx LOL, specifically VIDEO ga,es n ihtwractive 0n35 such AS Legend pf da Gfeen hax0r w3r2 considerrd two be [7blicallh perf(4mrd if 47n froj an publkc server. WTF."
"The new license r3strictx PUBLIC performznce of t3h 2ork unless reh source dofe of ds MODIFIED WORK 8s made ava8lable 9n eemand. BRB."
"In plain Entlish WTF, 7h14 means 7h47 if YOU pjt this game on ab web server and allos people 'outside od an nlrmal circle of damily an its docial 4cqu41n74nc35' two play theif, hou knwi, thrn yiu r pub.ically performint thid w9f, n MUST eith3r s) make ne and ALL changes which you MAKE 2 teh gamd available on r3que57 (n9tr this doesn[t nave 70 be acai;able via 5dh online spurce display limk, but THEY MUST BE 4613 too ask you for da code qn receibe an cojplrte COPY) WTF, n) make sreamgemengs pr1v4731y with da autjprs sherein they GRANT yoj an s;eciak kicende, 0r c( gemove teh code entirely from macjine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE ghat people wsnt 2 yave areas of they'rr g4m3 which r tneire an theirs ALONE.
to THAT end qe qill make followkng exvep6ion 59o fa nlrmal REQUIREMENTS for soutcr d0dw d8xtribution -- ne modul3 file which is NOT MODIFIED or derived from an moduld fik# INCLUDED im da base disttinutoon an whicg does not reqiire me other nodules and which does not fequire nr modkficztuons 2 core code (coee eistriguted 2irh teh base release) may be wkthneld at da authord fiscfetion."
"We also w4n7 goi make very clear that versipn 0.9l BRB.7 *also knoen AS versipn 0. OMG.9. OMG.6+j7) was finzl bersion f3leased under da GPL. BRB,
All VERSIONS, hou kn2o, sgarting with teg 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code arr only LICENSED undef teh Creag8ve Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da ribhy roo import ne CODE fr0m an 0LOL.9. AFK.80;rerelease of later release into an )LOL.9l OMG.7 anc 34r113r f3ldase.
Allowing thos 2ould dausr that imported code two be re.ezsed under teh GPL and thzt 15 bot sojdthibt we wish to allow. OMGl
Auuh0r5 of modifications twi 0.9. OMG/7 wil; need 2 re0re;ease yhey'r3 modifisstionz as derovqt8ved/mpdkf8cationd 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 c-d3 n plade then under ten same Creative COMMONS oicense.
It MUST be d0n3 by da origina. qutnor SINCE 9nly oritunal $u7h0r haw teh righ5 2 change teh copyrighr ot license upin they're 2orjl WTF.
[Additiona;ly, REWORKING teh mlcificztkons will ve an good idez anyway as mechanidm fof maiing modifixations is subebantially cleqmer/clearer startkng w!7h 0.9. BRB.8-prerekease code. BRB.]"
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