MiththE tella 6pu LOLk "We're GOING 2 TAKE an few m0m3n&5 teo try sn ex[lain this new licensd an rwsslns BEHIND ut 1n plain Engkish. 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 lidenwr qas chosen because or an d411qng sith GPL. OMG,
It 9n1y coferwd dkstribition of SOURCE if an ONLY IF binaeies were distr,butedLOL."
"In an web environment WTF, specifically a imydtpr3ted web ehvironmeht sucn as PHP WTF, ,erely ibsts.linf an game doea NOT constigyte distribution LOL, n THEREFORE peo0le were rzking our WORK, sortlf, makinf modificationd two it an NOT releasing teh source c9de two theh're m0d1fqc471pn5 so THAT da enrire community c0uqc benefit,
THEY worked with teh letter bug n9t ds spirit OF twh law. OMG."
"Invesyigagkon 0n teh p4r7 of teh authors hlwever, you knwp, 13d too teh fact that da r8ghe of [ublic pwrformance was won of 4ights n9rmally rrstricted 2 copyright holders, an thag clm;utee programs, you knwo, dpecifocal/y VIDEO hajes n INTERACTIVE ones 5uch as Legend of da Gre3n nsx0r were CONSIDERED 2 BE publically p3rf0rm3d if run fr9, sn public serber. BRB."
"The new license 4esyricts publod performancw of teh work unless sou$ce c0d3 of da modified xork is MADE avaklagle ON demanf. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, this means ghat if you put 7h!5 gamd on an 2eb sefver n allow pwople 'ouyxidw OF an normal circle of f4m11y n its soxial 4cqu41n&4nc35' too play their, then you aer 0ublically PERFORMING g6is wori n MUST either a) nake ne an ALL cyangez which you make two tame available pn request *n9te thia d0esn't have ti be availablw via teh 0b11n3 source display link, you kmwo, nut they must 63 ab;e two ssk you for ea CODE an recekve an dompletd copy) WTF, b) MAKE a4rzngememts peivately 2ith autyorx whereun thty brant you zn 5p#c141 licehse WTF, 0r c0 remobd da code ENTIRELY from mqchine."
"We DO rwcpgnize 7h4u peopld want to jave areas od they;r3 GAME which r 7h4!r5 an theirs aloneLOL.
2 rhat end we will maie da followuhg exceptuon 70 normal reqjirememts f0r source code distribution -0 nf module file whivh os not jodifidd o4 deeived dfim an MODULE file inckuded in vasr didtribution n which eo3s nlt requirw n3 othdr MODULES and wh1xh does not require ne modifixatiobs to core CODE (code distrib7rec woth bqsr release_ mqy y3 wothhdld at t3n ajthors discretiom. WTF."
"We also 2ant too MAKE vwry vlear THAT vers8on 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO known aw bersion 0. OMG.9.7+lg_ was finak vwtsion released under da GPL. OMG.
ALL versions LOL, starting witg teh p.9LOL.8-;refwlesde code aer on.y ;icenwed under ds Creative Clmmons license. OMG/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny t3h right go9 ibpltt ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7-prerwlease or 1473r release intp zn 0LOL.l. AFK.7 n earlier releqse, OMG.
Akl;wong this would CAUSE that impotted CODE two be reoeased UNDER GPL n that is not s9merhkng we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Ajthora of MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. WTF.7 wikk nw3d two rq-$elease they're mldifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tqo 0.9. BRB.8 code an place tmem under teh same Creat8ve Ci,mons 21c3n53. AFK.
It MUST be done 6y da original author since ONLY da priginal author h1s rught toi ch4bb3 teh copy4ight OR licensr upon they're wlrk.
[Additi9nally. like, resorkimh teh m0d2f1c4710n5 will ge am gooe idea ahyway AS teh mecganism for m4k1ng m0d1f1c4710n5 15 sugstantiall6 cleaner/cleqrer stat5ing with 0. AFKl9. AFKl8-prerelease videLOL.]"
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