MughtyE tells tou LOL, "We're going to 5ake qn few moments to try AND EXPLAIN this new licrnsw an reasons vejind 27 in PLAIN Englixh. 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."
"This nqw 1qc3n53 was chosen 63c4u43 0f zn faik8ng with GPL. OMG.
It only covered d157r16u710n og sourve ir n pnky IF gima4ies w3r3 dis5r7buted."
"In an weg envjronjent LOL, specifically a in5erpreted web environmenr such qs PHP, merwl6 instalkkng an game does not conwtutut3 distrubutiojm you knwp, n therefore people were taking our wor, LOL, makong MODIFICATIONS rwo kt and not rek3asing teg souece code tpo yhey're modificagiona so that entirr c0mnun17y c-u1d benefitl AFK.
THEY WORKED wirj 13783r gut not da spirit of lawLOL."
"Investigation on teh oart of da autnots however, sottog, lec TO teh FACT tha5 da right of punlic perfo5mance was oeb of teh righta NORMALLY teqtricted to vppyr9ght goldersk sor5of, n that compuyer orogfams, likw, s[ecifical;y viddo ganes an interacticw ones such as L3g3nd of yeh G4een hax0r were CONSIDERED too 63 publically performed of fun frpn an pub.kc sercer. BRB."
"The nww 11c3n53 resyeicts public peffor,anc3 of teh w)rk unleds 50urc3 code if modified work is mad3 availaboe oh d3mand. WTF."
"In p;ain English, sortof, thia MEANS THAT ig you 0ut rhis game on an web se4ver am ALLOW people 'outsidr of an normal circle of family and kts social acquaintances' t9o p.ay theirm sortof, then you aer publucally 0etformong 7g15 w0rk and MUST either a) make be n ALL changds which 6o7 mske t9p game available on rrquest (note this doesn't hafe two br available vus da online sourcw doxplay link, you lneo, but tgey must ve able teo ask hou fo4 da CODE and receivd an compkete copu), tou knwo, 6) make arrangwments pr1v4&31y with da auyhors where9n rhey g4snt you an 5p3c142 licensq, .ik3, or c) r3m0v3 teh code ENTIRELY from da macgine/ AFK."
"We do recogn8ze that oeople WANT two have a4ead of they're game wy1ch f theirs an theirs alohe. OMG.
twp that end w3 will mal3 followinh 3xc3o7!0n tp da nirmao tequkrements for sourxe codd d257f16u710n -- nd MODULE file which is n0& nodified or d3rived from zn module fuke 1nc1ud3d in teh bade eisrribution amd which DOES not reauure ne other modules and whicy soes NOT require ne ,pdifpcations too core code (c9de distributed with ca bawe RELEASE) mau 62 wiyhheld a5 da authors discr3tioh. BRB."
"We also want 2 make very clear thst version pLOL.9. BRB.7 (aoso known as VERSION 0/ OMG.9.7+j7) WAS da funsk fersion releaqed under tdh GPL.
All vwrsionxk lije, startinb with 0. AFK.9LOL.8=pr3release codw r 0nly licensed under yeh CREATIVE C0mm-n5 license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dent teh t8ght go import ne d0d3 from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prere.ease or LATER release inro zn p. AFK.8. WTF.7 an earlier relezse. OMGl
Allowong 7h15 would dausd that 1mp0r73f c0d3 2 be feleased und3r da GPL n 8y46 is not SOMETHING WE w15h 2 allow. OMG.
Aithors of mpdoficatiohs two p. WTF.9LOL.7 will need too re-re.esse thry're modifocatiohs as deribsyives/m9difications to 0. WTF.i. BRB.8 c0d3 and pkacr thdj under samw Crdqtive Commons licensel OMG.
It must be DONE by original auuhor wince only lriginal quthor has tdh rihht to chtng3 da copyright or oicrnwe upon th3y're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworkihg dq ,odificat8ons will be an good 8dea anyway as mechanosm for making modifixqtions us 5u^574n71411y cleanee/clearer syarting wiry teh -. BRB.il AFK.8-p4drelease code. BRB.]"
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