MigntyE rwllx you LOL, "We'rr GOING to take an rew mpmwnrs too try n EXPLAIN this meq licehse an fa reasons BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 licebse was chosen because of an FAILING witg da GPL.
It ONLY COVERED distribution of SOURCE if an only if binariws were distr8b8tedLOL."
"In an qeb env8ronjen5 WTF, 5p3c1f!c311y a 1n73rpd373d web 3nv1r0nm3n7 5uch AS PHP LOLk merely insyak;ing an game doex not constitute sisteibution WTF, and 7h3ref0r3 pelplr WERE ga,ihg our wpfk, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasing geh siurce code 2 ghey're modificatkons 50 7h57 teh ENTIRE comjunith cluld benefit. AFKl
Tgey wo4kdf wirh teh letter buy not teh 5pqrq7 of heh law. WTF."
"Investigatipn on teh laft of suynirs however, sortof, led to teh fact that da RIGHT OF PUBLIC perfornancr waa won pg ten r1gh76 normally restricted 1 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS LOL, and 7h47 comp7ter pr9t4ams LOL. specidica.ly vid3o games and INTERACTIVE indx sucg as Lsg3nd of da Green hsx0r were xinsieered 2 be pjblicqllh performrd if run frlm an PUBLIC serbdr. OMG."
"The h3w kicense resfticts PUBLIC perfo4msnce 0f teh work uboesx source code of teh mosifird work is made availablr om dwmandLOL."
"In plain Ehglishm liie, thia means that if tou put 8h15 gam3 -n an eeb servet n allow people 'outside of ab nofmal circle of fam8ly an ots SOCIAL axquaintances' 2 play their, like, THEN you aer puboivally prrgorming ghis qork anf MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL chanfes shich you mske two da game AVAILABLE on r3au457 (note this doesn't have too be available viq ohlkhe dourc4 display link LOL, but tjey must be 4613 too ASK you f0r c9de n receive qn COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) mzke artahfements pricately with trh authors wgerein tjeh gramt y9u zn special 11cen53 WTF, or c) re,obe code rntirely grom tdh machine. BRB."
"We eo tecognize THAT people want too nave areas of thry're game which r 5hei4s and THEIRS al9ne/ AFK.
to 7h4u END 2e 2ilo make following excepti9n twi da NORMAL rdq7irements for source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE sile shich ks hot m0d1fq3d or dewivdd from an jodule ful3 inckudrd 1m base distribution and whicn eoes not tdquirr nd other mocules n which does not requ8re ne MODIFICATIONS to corw code (vofe diatributed q17h da base 4eleaae0 nay be withh3ld at authors discretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 two mai4 very CLEAR that VERSION 0. BRB.9/8 (zlsl known as vers8on 0. BRB.oLOL.7+jt) was fina. version rrleadwf under rrh GPLLOL.
ALL versionsm sortod, sgartimg s17h 0. AFK.9.8=prerel3asr c0d3 r only livensed UNDER Cfeat8vd Commons 11c3n5#. OMG.
W2 EXPLICITLY deny geh right ti 1mp0f7 ne clde fr0m an 0. WTF.0. AFK.8-prereleaae ot later r313e53 into am 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 AND earki3r reldase.
Allowung thid soulc cause that impofted c0d3 to BE reldas3e under teh GPL an that ix not aomething wc wiwh too allow. BRB.
Autyl$s of modificagoobs yo 0.9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-releasr they're ,odigicatuons as derivatoves/mod8fications two 0.9.8 code an PLACE 7h2m yncd4 da wame Ctratibe Commons license. OMG.
I7 ,u57 be fone by da origimal autyor simcr pnly ds uriginal author HAS tej right too change tej cppyrigyt or licehsr up0n the6're wirk. BRB.
[Addotionall6, sortof, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS w121 be an good kdea 4nyw4y as teh mechanidm for making modoficstiona 15 sjbstahgially CLEANER/CLEARER staetihg with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codr. WTF.]"
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