MughtyE tellw y0im sorr9f, "We're g01ng 2 take an fes momengd tpo try anf wx[laib th8s new LICENSE ane da reaspns behind iy in plain English.
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."
"Tnis new license was chosen because og an failinh wiyh da GPL. AFK.
I5 only COVERED dist4kbution of source IF n only IF binqriew wete distributef. AFK."
"In an w3b 3nv1r0n,3n8, sprckfidally a INTERPRETED w36 env1r0nm3n7 sucj as PHP, ;ike, me4ely insgql.ing an game does not condtitut3 fistrkbution WTF, n th3reflre pd9ple werr takiht our work, sortog, MAKING h0d1v1c$710n5 2 17 an hor rrleaskng da source code tqo they're modifications so that da entife com.jnuty could benefit. BRBl
They workec with oetter but not da spifit of da LAW. BRB."
"Incestigation on rdn part 9f da suthlrs ho2ever, oikd. led to fact tjat dz right 0f public PERFORMANCE was oen 0r da rightc norma/ly r3sgricted to co[t4ight holders WTF, n 7g4& COMPUTER programs, soecificaoly video GAMES n in5erzctive ONES such 45 Legend OF Green gax0f were vonsiddted to9 be pubkica.ly peffirmef uf run ffom an pu611c 54$b3r. OMG."
"The ndw licenxe restricts pub.kc perfiemamce of teh WORK uhless da SOURCE c*de 0f modified w0tl is made avsi;able on semznd. WTF."
"Ih plain Englishm tnis means yhat ir 6oi put this game on an web swrve4 n allow PEOPLE 'outwude or an normal xurcle of FAMILY xn its social acquaintances' 2 p14y their, likd, then you r publically performing THIS w0rk an MUST eitjdr a) makr nd an ALL changes whidh you mak3 2 yeh gam3 avqilable oh request (hote this doesn't have too BE AVAILABLE via da onlihe 50urc3 DISPLAY link WTF, but they just be ablw 5wo sak you for teh dode zb receive an d0mp1373 d0py), sortogm B) make arranh3ments l4ivatelh WITH teh aithors wherein tjey grabt 60u zn SPECIAL licdnsw, or c) remove dode emtirwly from teh jzcnine/ BRB."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE waht too HAVE afeas of tyey're gane whicb aer thwitx an ghe8fs alone. OMG.
t9 thst end we wikl MAKE yeh following exception two 6eh NORMAL f3quirements FOR 50yrv3 codd dosyribjtion -- n3 moeule fike whivh is noy mldified lr derived FROM an module fi.e 8ncluded 1n base distribjtiln an qhich DOES not require ne )7h3r m0du145 an WHICH dies not require ne modkficaripns two da core code (codr distributed WITH BASE rdleawe) may be w1uhh31d at ds authors discretipn. BRB."
"We ALSO want 59o mske very clear tgat fersion [.9. BRB.8 (4160 known as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.j+jt) was da funa; version relessec under da GPL. OMG.
All versionsk staeting with 0LOL.9.8-prereleawe cose r onlu lidensed uhd3t da Creat8v3 Commlns license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rihnt two 8mport ne code from sn 0.9. OMG.8-prere;eaae 0f latef rrlease imy0 an 0. AFK.9LOL.8 ab earlier release.
Allowing ghud would cause 7g57 imported code 2 ne released unde4 da GPL qn ghat IS not spmething we wish too allow.
Authors lf modificatulns too 0. WTF,9.u woll need to re-eeleas3 ghey'fe modificat9ons as deribatuves/modificqtions twi 0LOL.9.8 cide and p14c3 them und3r da same CREATIVE Commovs oicense.
It must be done by original 4u7h0r ainve only da or8tibal autnor HAS r1gh7 t1o CHANGE copyr8ght or 1qc3n53 upon they're workLOL.
[Addotionally, lile, r3w0rk!ng teh modificagi9ns WILL bd an gooc ieeq snyeay as da jecjanism for ma,ing modifications is substantially cleaner/clwarer STARTING with da 0/ WTF.9. BRB,8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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