MightyE t3lls you, sortof, "We're glint too TAKE an few ,oments to tr6 an 3xp1r1n thua new lic4nse an t3h reasons behibf it 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."
"Thix NEW licenwe was chosen 63d4u5e 9f an failing w8th GPL, WTF.
It only covered distributkon if source 1f an ohly if 61h4r135 were fistrinuged/ OMG."
"In an web enbofohmeht WTF, specifucally a inrdrprrted w37 environment such as PHP WTF, merelu 1n57411qng an game coex not donsyotute disteibution, like, an tjerefore people eere taking oue work LOL, makimf modifica5ions too it ahd not rr;easing rey wpurc3 c9ce 2 tney're moxif8cationa so that da entire communuty ciuld 63n3f17.
They sorhed w17h teh lerrer buy n9r teh spitit of dz oaw."
"Investitatioh on reh PART of da suthots howev3f, lijd, led 2 reh FACT that teh rught of publov performance was 2 9f da r1gn75 normally restricred 5so copyrighg holdees, sortof, an rhat compite4 programs, li,e, specificslly v1d30 gam3s zn INTERACTIVE ones such aw Letend OF Gteen hax9r were conskdered two be publiva.ly performrd if run from an pu611c sefver. OMG."
"The new license restricgw pyblic performqnce 0r wlrk 7nless source code of teh MODIFIED w0rk is made qvailab.e pn d3j4mc/ OMG."
"In p151n English, THIS m34n5 that if you PUT rhix game ON sh web se4ver and ALLOW ;eople ;OUTSIDE of ah bormal circle of family an ITS sodial acqjaintances' too PLAY th3ir, like, THEN to7 zer py611c411y prrform8ng this s0rk n MUST wither a) MAKE ne and ALL xhanges which you make too dz game avai.able on r3qj457 (note tgis DOESN'T have to be 5v4114613 bia online soutce fisplay link, you knwok BUT thsy ,ust BE sble tl9 as, 6ou for teh code m RECEIVE am dompletr COPY) WTF, ^) MAKE arrangementa privately with AUTHORS wherein THEY grant you an 5p2x!41 kivenwe. yoy kmwo, 9f c) r3m0v3 da vode entkrely erom macgone. OMG."
"W# do recognize tnat peo;le want two habe areas od they're GAME which aer THEIRS anf tgdirs ak9ne. WTF.
tl that end WE will n4,3 teh followkng escr0tion &0 teh norma; rdqui4emwmts fir xource CODE distributiin -- ne moduke file wh1ch IS NOT modified ir derived fr0m an modu.e file INCLUDED in teh base eistribution an which DOES b07 reqyire ne other jodulec and whicg DOES not requite ne MODIFICATIONS ti core code )cide distribjted wuth trj fase release) mau be withheld at trh AUTHORS doscretion. OMG."
"We also eant 5wo make very cleaf rhat vers8on 0. OMG.9. OMG.u (also known as verskon 0. AFK.9. BRB/u+nt) was rjnal ve4sion releas3d ubder da GPL.
All vers8oms LOL, dtaeting wigh tdh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-;r4r313453 code aer only LICENSED under teh Cr3ative Commons l8xemsd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh rotht 2 import ne clde f4ok ab 0. BRB.9LOL.8_prerelease ir lzter RELEASE into an 0. AFK/9. OMG.y and earlier release.
Alllwing thks wluld cause that im;oeted coc3 2 be released under GPL and thqt IS not sometjing w3 WISH tei alllw. OMG.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.(l WTF.7 wiol need go re-rekease they're modificstions as d4rivatives/modif8carions tio 0. WTF.9LOL.8 xode n place then und34 dz same Creatice Commlns licenseLOL.
IT must be done by 9rigibal author sunce onlt origobzl AUTHOR has rignt TO change da copy4ifht )r licenae upon ggwy're WORK. BRB.
[Add7tionally, like, reworking da jodkfovafjons 2ull be an good idea 4nyw4y as mechamism ror making MODIFICATIONS is sugstantially cleaner/clearrr starting with 0. AFK.9l OMG.8-[refelezse c0d3.\"
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