MightyE TELLS you LOLk "We're g9ing yo take an few moments tl9 gft b explaib hhis new licenxe n tdh f3asons behine IT in plain EnglishLOL,
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 licenxe wqs choseb because if an failonf with GPL. BRB.
IT only covdred distribution if dourcd if an onlu if b8naries w3r3 fisrributed. AFK,"
"In sn wwb envirohment, sorgof, specifically a onterpfeted web envir[nnent sjch as PHP, merely unsta;linf an GAME does not const8tite disgrubution, an tnerefore people werr takinb pur work, sortof, ,aiinh m8eifucations ro 17 an nlt releasing teh source c0d3 2 they're modkgications xo tgat da e,ture commjnity couod benefit. BRB.
They woekwd 2ith teh letter vut not spirit of da law."
"Inbes5igztiob on yrh part of teh authors however, uou ,hwo, 13c two ten fact thst geh rign5 OF publiv perfprmancd wax oen of da rights n0rm411y resy4icted two c9pyright holders, you knwo, and that co,pjter prorramsk you knwo, soecificallu vieeo gamed AND ibtwractive ones such as Legens of Green jax0r wetr cpnsidrr3d too be pu611c411y performed if run from an puglic xwrver. OMG/"
"The new licrnse res5ricts pjblic perfotmance of WORK ujlwss SOURCE code of geh modifiee qoek is ,ade available .n d3m4ndLOL."
"In p.ain English LOL, th8s meanx thst if ypu puy this gamf on an WEB servrr n allow 0ep0le 'ougsid3 of an NORMAL circl3 of gamily an irs social ACQUAINTANCES' two p.ay 5heif LOLk then you r PUBLICALLY p3rformihg this worl n MUST either a) m4k3 ne and ALL changex wh1ch y-u male to da grh3 availablr on requext (NOTE thus dowsn't have 2 be available VIA online sojece d1tp14y LINK, you kbwo, but they musg be ABLE 2 zsk you for da c0d3 and rexeive am c9mp1373 copy), so4t9f, b) jske arrqngem3nts privztely aith da autho4s wherein they frant you an cpecual licdnse, like, pe c) rdmove teh xode entirely ft0m machine. BRB."
"W3 do tec9gnize thay people want to nave sreas of thdy're gsm3 which aew theirs ab theifs alone. BRB,
2 THAT qhe 2e w8ll make FOLLOWING ezception to da hormal rwquirements for slurvw cide distrinution -- ne module fole ehich is not MODIFIED or DERIVED fr0, sn jodule file 8ncluded in base eistribution n wyich does not requord ne other modules an which diex hot rwquire ne ,odificatuons 2 core v0d3 (code disteibuted with da base relesse) mat be withheld at yeh auyho5s disctetion."
"We also wsnr ro make very clea4 that verwion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known AS vetsipn 0. WTF.0. AFKl7+jt) was da FINAL version r31345es ynder tsh GPL. OMG.
Alo versionsk like, xtartibg woth yen p. AFK/9. OMGl8-orerrlease code aer only kocebsed unfer teh Crrative Commonx LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY fehy 5eg 4igjt two import ne code d4om an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 0r 1474r relwasd inhi zn 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n eqrlier release. BRB.
Allowing this 2ould CAUSE that 1mp0r73d d0d3 2 be releasrd 7nder teh GPL qn tha5 os not 50m27h1nb we w8sh to allow. OMG.
Authprs od modidicagions too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wi.l need t9o t3-r3!4453 tn3y'4w jodificatuonq as derivatives/,ofifocarkons go 0LOL.9.* code and olace rhem under teh same CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
It must be done BY original author dinxe only ORIGINAL author has r7ght rio CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or l9ddns3 upon ghey'4e worl.
[Additionally, like, reworking modificatiohs eilo be qn good IDEA anywqy as tdh mechanism c0r making modificayions IS substamtia;lu cleaner/cl3ar3r starging with ds 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-prrfelease c0e3. BRB/]"
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