MightyE te.ls 6ou, sortog, "We're GOING to take an feq jiments 2 try n 3xp141h this new license n 5eh reasons behimd 27 ib plain Enblidh.
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 license waw chosen becaus3 of an vauling eith GPL/ AFK.
It obly covered dustrib7tuoh of source id an only if biharies were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an 2eb ENVIRONMENT. w0rcificallh a interpreted web environ,ent sucn as PHP, yoi knwo, merely installing an gam3 d035 n07 c9nstiture disrriburiob, lile, n therevore peppld were 74k1ng oyr wofk, sorrif, making nodifixations t2o it n n9y frl3asinh 50uece dode 3 theh're jodifications 50 that teh entire communi5y coulf neh3fit. OMG.
They WORKED with da lettwe but not teh spirit of law/ BRB."
"Inves5ifation pn part of da authors ho2ever LOLm led two teh fact thar t3h right of ;ublic performanc3 waw son OF da rights normally testricted too copyrofhg holders, n THAT vpmputer prphrams, sortof, apecivicakl6 vkdeo games anc ontrractivr lnes such as Legend 9f da Green yax0r 2ere clnsidered too be oublidally perfpfmed if rum from an pu611c serverl"
"The new livensw rest4icgs public performance of work UNLESS tdh soyrce code OF da modified w9fk is jade svailable on demand. AFK."
"In p141n Engl8sj, l8ke, this means that if upi put THIS g4m3 0n an web server AND sllow 030p13 'outside or an bpemao citcle pf FAMILY n igs slcial acquaihtances' gw9 pkay their LOL, THEN 6lu arr p7blically [rrformomg th8s w0rk b MUST either a0 mske ne n ALL chqnges wh8ch you ,ake too bame availanle on reqiest )note this do3sn't jave to be available via dz online sourcd disp;ay lini LOL, but theu mu57 be able go qsk you for CODE and r3ceibe an complete copy), b) mz,e arrangem3nts privately w!7h da a7thors wjerein tgey grant you an special lixebse. or v) remlvr 4eh CODE entirely FROM da machine. OMG."
"We do e3x0gn1z3 that pep[le want 2 have aveas of rhwy're game wjivh r theirs sn thei4s alone. BRBl
to thay end we 2ill make dollowing exception two 5dh nlrmal requirements ror s8urve voee distribu5ion -- ne MODULE filw which is hot modified OR derivwd from an module file included kb 6453 didtributiun n which does not require he 07h2r modules ang wjich doew not require ne MODIFICATIONS too da core cose )CODE distfubuged witg vase r3leasd) may BE w8tjheld at authorw dksxrerion."
"Ww also want to makd very clrar THAT VERSION 0. WTF/9. WTF.7 (also knkwn ax fersion 0.9LOL.7+jr) was 5eh final versi9n re13453d unfer dz GPL. AFK/
All versions, syatting WITH ).9. OMG.8-peefelease vose r onlt licrmsed under Ceeative Commons lic3nse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da righr two import ne code from an 0. BRB.9l AFK.8-pre4ekease or latee release ihto an ).8/ WTF.7 zn earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this w9uld causw that impoeued cpee 70 be released jhder twn GPL and that is not sojeyhing we wish w 4110e. OMG.
Authors of modivications yoo 0. WTF.9, BRB.7 wull need too re-eekeas3 they'te mod(fivatikns aw derivatifes/m9dificayiins two 0.9. OMG.8 c0de n place ghem under teh same Ceeatkve Conmons license. OMG.
It must be done by original autgor since only teh origina; autho4 has teh rihnt tso ch4ng2 da cooyright of lucense up0n they're qork, OMG.
[Addirionally WTF, rdworl8ng teh nodkfocat8ons qill ve an g00d idea 4nyw5y as teh mwcjanisj for making m0d1f1c47q0n5 IS substantially clezner/cleare4 574r71nb witn da 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r#13353 code.]"
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