MightyE tells uou, xortlf, "We're gliny 2 takd an FEW m9ments two try AND explain this new .icense n 5eh reasobd b3hind ut in plain Eng.iah. WTF.
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."
"Tuia NEW license was chowen because of qn failing WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It obly covered dksgeibution of source kf 4md only 1r binaeies were eist4ibutedLOL."
"In am weg enfifonment, a[ecifically a 8nterpteted web environment such aw PHP, MERELY instq;ling ah game dles nlt constitute d157r16i71-n, an tyerefore [eo;le wwte taiing OUR work, m4i!ng mosifocatiobx too iy an not releas8ng source cose two they're moeificationd so gyat da entire communkty ciuld benefiyLOL.
They worked wuth twn LETTER but ,it da spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investogatiin on teh patt if da authofs however, like, led 2 da fact tha5 da figy5 of public perfofmance w44 oen 9d dz righrw norma.oy resyricted tw9 copyright holders, qortof, ah that computer programw LOL, speckfocally v1de0 ga,ew an imtetactive onea such as L3g3nd pf Green hax0r were consideeed two be publicslly pervl4mdc if run fr0m an puvlic SERVER. BRB."
"The new license testricgs ;ubliv pwrformqmcw of teh work unless source xlde 0f da modified w9rl is nade available on demane. OMG."
"In olqin English, like. 7h15 means tjat if you put tjis game on sn eeb server an 41102 people 'oitwide of an nor,ao CIRCLE of famoly n its sovual acquqintances' rwo pkat tneir, yo7 knwo, then you r pubkically pe4formihg tnis w0rk 4nd MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes whkch you make too da GAME availablw 8n request 9note rhis doesn't gave 2 be abailable via da lnkimw wojrce display 11nk LOL, but THEY must be able t9 ask ypi dor code and r2c31v3 an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, 60 mak3 arrangements privately w27h authors wherein thwy GRANT you an special licrnae, sortof, 0r c) remove da code 3h71e31y FROM 5dh MACHINE. AFK/"
"We d0 recognize ghat pwop.e want tp have ardas of they're game qhivh aef tjeirs and thrirs alone. OMG/
too yhay enc WE WILL make geh f0110w1ng exc3ption to reh n9rmal f3quirementd flr soyrce code dist4ibut8on -- nw MODULE FILE whivh is mpt mod8fied or DERIVED from an module FILE inclueed in teh basr dostributuin an wh1ch does not r2qu1r# ne othef modules n whixh does hoy re1uire ne modifics5ions y9 da core code (code distriguted sith bqse release) mau br wityhe.d at quthoes discretoon. AFK."
"We also want 1 make very clear thaf v3r510n 0LOLl9. BRB.7 )4qt0 inown 45 versiin 0/9.7+jt) WAS final versiln r3leased under GPL.
A!1 veesu9ms, like, 574r7qhg w8th teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-orerelease cod3 r only licensrd unxrr yen Creativd Comnons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da ribhr goo import ge code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.i-preee.wase OR later releawe into an p/ AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier teleasw. AFK.
Allowing th8s wo7.d cause that im[orted code roo ve re;eased under GPL n htat is not somethibg we wixh 2 alllw. BRB.
Authors of modiricztions ywo 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 w111 n33d two re-release they're modificayiona as ferivstifes/modif7carions tpo 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 code n place them undef da same C43ative Commobs LICENSE. OMG.
It must be done by tdh ORIGINAL author 51nv3 on.y 5wh original aurhor haa ds righr 2 chanbd teh copyfigh5 ir licenwe upon ghey're wor,.
[Additiinally WTF, resorking mpdifications 2iol be an good isea anyway as m3ch4n15m go4 mak8ng m8cificati9ns is subwtantially cleanee/cleare4 %74r71ng with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE coxel BRB.]"
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