MightyE tella you, like, "We're foing 2 take an FEW jiments 4oo 5ry n ex[lain 5gis new ;kcebs3 n reasons behinc it in p;ain Engliah.
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 was chosdn BECAUSE of an fai.ing with GPL. AFK/
Ir only coveted e157r16u71pn of SOURCE if n ONLY iv 6!n4r135 w3rr diatributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1t0nm3n7, sortofm s;ecirically a imtefpretee wev environment such as PHP LOL, meeely onstzlling an GAME does not constitute distribution, like, n therefpre peo;le WERE takunf o74 2ork, making modif8cationd too kt AND not 4eleasimg sourve vode too theh're modificauions so 5hat wnture community could nen3vit.
Theh worked with teh l3ttrr but mot spirkt of 14w."
"Investigation ON rey part od teh authors h0w3v3e, you knwo, led 5o da fact thzt right of public performqnce was 1 or da rkgnts morma;ly r3strictee 2 copyright HOLDERS LOL, and that coj0uter programs, y9u knwo, specifucally vidro GAMES m intetaxtive ones sucj as L3g3nd of teh Gteen hax0t w4re cpn51d3t3d too 63 publicaloy perfotmed if fun from an [ublic se4vet. BRB."
"Th4 nrw LICENSE restricts public perfotmance 0f wor, unl3sx da slurce code of modiriwd eork is made availqble ON demznd. OMG."
"In p,zin Enflish WTF, this means that if yoj pu7 tyis gamw on ab WEB serrer n 4110w people 'outside od an n[rmal CIRCLE of famoly and its soc8al acquakntanc3s' 2 PLAY their, like, tnen YOU r pub;iaally p3rf0rm1vg th8s WORK b MUST e8ther s) ,akw ne AND ALL changes which you MAKE to teh g%m3 available on requfst *note this DOESN'T have too 63 qvaolagle via teh online soufce display !1nk WTF, but 7g3y m7wt be anle roo ask you fir code n $eceivd sn c9mpletr copt), llke, b0 m4k3 ar4angemwnts privately w8th trh auth9rs 2herein 7h3y nrqnt you qh speciak license, sortof, or c) t3m0v3 code entirely from t3h machine."
"We do reckgnize rhat PEOPLE eant to h4v3 areas pf they're gsme wh1ch r theirs b THEIRS qlone. WTF.
to that end we wkll make reh follpwing exception ywo da nitmal rrqu8remeh5s f0r sourve cosd distrinutiom -- ne mod7le f8oe WHICH is n9t MODIFIED or derived fr0m an module FILE uncluded in base distribution n ehoch soes not requore ne OTHER modules n whixj does not eequide ne m9dificstilns too clee coce (cldd DISTRIBUTED witn teh base release_ mqy be sithhrld at 5eh authofs ciscretion. OMG."
"We also want twi m4k3 veey ckear that version 0LOLl9.7 (akso kn9en as verxion 0. WTF.8. AFK,u+jt) w45 teh final verwi9n relrawed under teh GPL. BRBl
All verdions, y9u knwl, sts4ting w9yh 0.9LOL.8-prerrlease code r only livensev UNDER Cfeative C9mmons licena3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY drny da r1gh7 too import ne code from an 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8-prdrelease ov latrr r3leasd INTO an 0. BRBl9. BRB.7 and 34r113r 4eleasr. AFK.
Allowing rhis would cause that imporged code to BE reldasea 7nder 5eh GPL n that IS mot SOMETHING we wish 2 sl;oe. WTF.
Authofs of modivica5ions to 0LOL.9/ BRB/u will need 2 fe-r3lease the6;re modofkcations as derivatives/modifications too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 vide an plzce THEM jnd3r xame Creative Commons license. WTF.
It muxt be done BY teh 0r2g1n41 auth9r SINCE only lr8ginal $u7h0r has teh right 2 chanhe ss copyekght 0f license ypon th3y're work. WTF.
[Additionally, sprt9f, tewlrling da mosifications wk.l be an good icea anyway as teh mechahism for making ,osificatuons IS substzntially cleamer/ckrzrer STARTING with teh 0. WTF/9l BRB;8-prerelease code.["
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