MightyE te.;s you, "We're going 2 take an few noments too TRY an explain THIS new l8cense an teh reasonw behinf 8t ib plaib English.
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 chosen bexahsw if ah failing with GPL. OMG.
IT only COVERED distribution of sourcr if snd only of bunqries w3r3 distributee. OMGl"
"In an web environment LOL, spwvifically a ihterpreted wrb environmwnt such AS PHP WTF, merely installing zn GAME doed n07 constiturr d157r26j719n, aorrof, sn 7h4r3v0r3 03o;le wefe taking 9ur work LOL, ma,ihg modifications to it n npt rwpeasing da source xode 2 thwy're modifida5ionw so that teh ENTIRE communkty could brnevit. WTF.
Th3y qotked witg t3g letter but not spirit OF twh las."
"Investigqtiph pn da patt of teh quthorx hlwever, led to9 teh fact tjat da r1gh7 or pu611c [erformance eas 1 0f fa rightz normalky rest4icted twk copyrighg hokders WTF, b tysg computer pe0gr4m%, like, spevifically video gamrs and interadtive ONES SUCH as Legend of da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to9 be PUBLICALLY petformed od run from an public wervfr. WTF."
"The nww livense restricts public 0erfornance of qork um.ess sa sljrcw d0d3 of modifked wotk is madw availsble on demand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Engoish, tyis meabs that if you PUT this game om an eeb werver 4nd allow PEOPLE 'outsid3 0f ah notmal circle 0r gamkly b its soxial scwuaintanvew[ toi pkay thrir WTF, then you aer publically prrforming tgis work anc MUST e17h3r A) j4,3 ne an ALL changds which YOU mske 2 game qva8lqgle on rea8rst (note this dlesn't have 1 be zva8.ab;e via 9nline source displqy link, sot5ofm bu5 they ,ust BE 4613 two as, ylu FOR da code an receiv3 an domplete copy), you knso, b) mske arrangements privately with da authors 2herein 7h2y GRANT ypu an specizl LICENSE LOL, or v) r2m0c3 ds CODE entirely FROM maxhime. BRB."
"Wf do recignkz3 that peopl3 want 2 h4v3 arwas of yhey're game wh1ch r theirx an 7h3245 alone. WTF.
to 7h47 END se will make followinf 3xc3p710n to teh normal r3quiremengs for sojfce code dis5ribu5ion -- n3 m0du13 f113 whicj 15 not modigied OR derived from an miduld f8le includrd in teh base d157r1&u710n an wh1ch dpdd hot require ne oyger mofules qnd wgkch does nor requ8re be modificstions t2o teh core code (code distributwd eith base rrlease) ma6 be withheld at autho4s disvretiob."
"Ww also wany 2 make v#ry c.ezr that bersion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (als9 known $5 v3r510m 0/9, BRB.7+jt) was teh final vtrsion releasec under teh GPL. OMG.
All verxionsm likem STARTING w27n teh 0,9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer only ;iveneed under teh Creative Commons a1c3n%3LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right 2 im[org ne c0d3 ffom an 0.9.8-p4erelease o4 later yelexsr into sh 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an earlier r3kease. BRB.
ALLOWING 8h1t w0u1f c4u53 that in[ofted code rwo be releasrd undef teh GPL and that is n07 aimething we wish to a.low.
Authors if MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.0LOL.7 will nwed 3 re-rdlease th3y're mldieidzhuons as dw4ivativws/nidificatiobs tol 0. OMG.9. AFK/8 code an plac3 them under da 54m3 Crdarove Commond lucena3LOL.
It must be done by origimal autnpr since on;y t3h origknal suthor hax teh rigjt too CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or licwnse upon they're worj.
[Additionally WTF, r3w0rk1mn da modifixations sill 63 an hiod kc3s anyway as teh mechanism for makong MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/xlearer stzrting witg da 9. WTF.9, WTF.8-orere.ease code. OMG.]"
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