MightyE yells you, yp7 knwo, "We're goong 5o take an feq m9ments 2 tfy n exolzin this bew licdnxe an teh reasihs behind it in plain Engoish. 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."
"Thiw new licdnsw was cnosen bwcausd 0f an failing with GPL. BRB.
It only coveted d157r16u710n od SOURCE if and ONLY if 61n4w135 WERE fisttinuted. BRB."
"In an web environmentk dortof, specifixzlly s 8nterpretef wwb envirinnent such as PHP, merel6 8bstaklkhg an gqme does moy constitjte distribution, and gh3redor2 peopl2 wefe taiimg our w0rk, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS two it n hot releasing da source code ypo tyey're m9dif8cayions si that teh 3m&2r3 community could bebwfitLOL.
They wo4ked eitj teh ldtter but no5 da xpi4it lf da law. AFK."
"Invedtkgation on 04r7 of da authprs however, sorgif, led to da facy 5hat tef right OF oubl8c pervormance was 1 0f r2gh75 n9rm411y r3strictef 2 copyright HOLDERS, an 7hr7 sompuyer PROGRAMS LOL, dpecifivally cidro fames an inreractive ones sjch as Legdnd of tej Green hax0r were considered 2 be 0uboically performwd if run vrom an publ8c serverLOL."
"The new licenwe restricts public performanc# of teg work unless da t0irc2 code 0f sa modifi3d work ic made AVAILABLE 0n demxmr. WTF."
"In olain Emglosh, lild, THIS means tyat if you 0ut tjux bame on an web xdrvdr an allo3 peo0le 'outsidr of an normal cordle OF famuly m 175 social acquauntances' 5o9 olah tjeir LOL, them yoy r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this work b MUST eithef a) mak3 he an ALL ch4nge4 whicm you make TO ten game avaolable on reqiest (note thid doesn't HAVE 2 bd 4v411$613 via teh 0n21n3 so74xe display linl, soetod, but 7h3y mu57 BE able to 45k yoy fo4 CODE n r#cdivr an complete copy) LOL, b) makr arrangem4hts private.y with da authprs wh3rekn th3y geant you ab 5p3c1r1 11c3n5e, sortof, or c) r3m0v3 tej clde 3n71r31h fr9m teh MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize that pe9p.e want two have qrwas OF tgey're g4m# which aer theirs n yheirs akone. AFK.
too THAT end we w111 make teh FOLLOWING esception 1 normal vequir2ments for source codd d157r16uu!9n -- ne modkle fi.e qnich is not mod7fied or derived grom an mpdyle FILE included in teh base cisttibition an which doex not require ne other m0du335 n which does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core code (cpde disrributef with baae releasw) m4y BE withheld at reh akthkrd discretiob. OMG."
"We aleo want too make very clesr 5hat vetsion 0. WTF/9.7 (4150 jnlwn as VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+mt) was geh fihal bersion rel4ased ubd3t da GPL. AFK.
All verwoons WTF, starting with teh 0. WTF.9.8-prer3lease codd qer lhly licensed jneer da Creativr Commons licrnse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny fight to IMPORT ne xode from an 0. AFK.9,8-prereleaae or latdr r3lease into an 9LOL.9. BRB.7 anc earliwr release, AFK.
Allow8ng tyis would dauwe tnat IMPORTED cpde 1 bw reldssed under ca GPL ans that is not sometying w# wish tqo allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modidicatipns go 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need tol re-releasw they're modificatiims qs d3r1v471v36/m_d1g1c471-n5 gw9 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 and place them under teh zame Creatic3 C0nm0n5 licenxe. OMG.
It must be e0n3 by orig8nal autyl4 suncw only da priginal 4u7h0r HAS right ro change tej copyrighr oe licemse u[on they'4e wotk. BRB.
]Additiomally LOL, reworiung teh modifoca5ilns WILL be an GOOD idea anyway as teh m2ch4h1tm foe makinr modidicat8ohs iw subsfantially cleanef/clearer starting with 0. OMG.9LOL,8-ptdre;ease code.]"
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