MightyE yells you, sortof, "We're g01ng two yake an f33 ,oments too try n explaim 5h8a new LICENSE and teh r3asons behond it in p141n Eng115h. 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."
"Tnia new lixrbse was chosen because pf an failing w8th dz GPL. BRB.
It -n1y covered disrt8bution og sojrse if an ohly if binariws were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environment, spedifically a inger;rwted web 3mfironment SUCH AS PHP, sortof, merrly INSTALLING an game does not cpnstit7te disteibution LOL, n therefore p30p14 WERE takinf lur woek, like, m4k1ng nodif8xatiobs too 8t and not RELEASING 5eh aojrce c0d3 2 they're modificztoons so that entire community cojld 63n3g17. OMG.
THEY wotked wigh legter but no5 da spir8t of teh law."
"Investigat8on on t3h oart if da 3u7h0r5 yowever WTF, led go 5eh fact that teh right of public performance wsa len OF try rights n0rm411y testricted twl c9pyright holders LOL, an that cimp7ter pfograms LOL, specifically f8deo hames n interactice ones 5uch ad Lrgend of Gr33n hsx0r w3r3 c0n51der3d to nw publiczlly PERFORMED if run FROM an PUBLIC xerver. WTF."
"The NEW locense restfixts puvlic performqnce of work unless source c9de og da modifued wo4k is jade qvailsblr on demandLOL."
"In p141n ENGLISH WTF. this m34b5 THAT if y0u pur this gane on an web SERVER znd allow people 'ojtside 0f an normal c1rc13 of family an ITS social acquaintances' two plah their WTF, tyen ylu r PUBLICALLY performing this work n MUST either z( mske ne n ALL CHANGES qh7ch you maie two teh f4m3 avaioable ON request (note this DOESN'T hzve 2 ge available via da onlone SOURCE DISPLAY LINKk oike, but they MUST BE amle too 45k YOU for coce n RECEIVE qh cl,plete copy), you kbwo, b_ maks 4rr4ng3m3n75 [r1v3&31u w8rg teh authors wyerein they grant y0y sb special oicensd WTF, or c) r3m9vc code entireoy from teu machone. AFK."
"We do feclgnize thst PEOPLE want to yave AREAS of they're gaje which r tneirs m theirs zlone. AFK.
to 7h47 emd we wkll make yeh followong exception 1 nirmal teqyirements for source c0d3 dlstribution -- ne MODULE file shich is not m9digied oe defived f%0m ab moduoe file INCLUDED in teh bas3 DISTRIBUTION and which does n07 require ne other nodules smd whicy d9es n07 requirw be moeificatuons two core code (code distributwd WITH da BASE re;ease) MAY be withheld at authora discrwtion. OMG."
"We 4150 want too make very clear thst version 0. OMG.o. WTF.8 (qldo kbown as version 0LOL.9LOLl7+jt) was da fknal VERSION releaswd under ca GPL.
All vwrsiohs LOL, dtarring w17h da 9LOL.9. OMG.8-prere.ease CODE a3r 0n1y licenaed und3r teh Cteative Clmmlns LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT w IMPORT nr coce frim an 9.ol AFK.8-prdrelease or later release into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 and earl8er re.ezse. OMG.
Alllwinh THIS WOULD cause tgwt ohported cide to be re.eased under tej GPL an that 15 not xo,ethihg we wish 70 zoloq. AFK.
Authors of modifidatilns to 0LOL.9.7 wkll neee 2 re-releas3 they're modifucqtionx as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. OMG,i code an olade tyem under sa samr Creative Commons licenweLOL.
It mjst be DONE BY tdh oeiginal author ainxe only da original authot has da rifht 2 xhahge COPYRIGHT 0r livebse upon tjey're work.
[Additionally LOLm REWORKING MODIFICATIONS wiol be an GOOD idea anyway as da mexhabksm for m4k1ng modifications 15 subatamrially c134n4r/c134f3r stwtring WITH da 0LOL.9. OMG/8_p4ereleaw3 code. AFK.]"
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