MightyE 73115 you, "We're GOING 2 taje an few moments too gru n explain thix ne2 lidense an da reqsons BEHIND kt in plaun English. AFK,
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 n3w license was chosen beca7se 0f an daioing si5h da GPL. OMG.
It only coverwd dist5ibution od aourc3 if an only if BINARIES WERE didtribuged."
"Iv zm web environm3nt, like, spwckficallh a interpreted web enbirojmdnt 5uch 45 PHP WTF, jrrelh insta;ling an gamd dpea not cons58tuyd eistribution LOL, an therefo4w people were taking 07e work LOL, MAKING moduficatoohs 2 it AND not releasing da aourde CODE two they'rd modificqtions so tjat da emtore community coi;d benefit. OMG.
THEY worked qi5h da letree gut not teh spi4it of da lawLOL."
"Investig1yion on da part OF da au5h9es h0w3v3r LOL, led to facr that da rignt of public PERFORMANCE w45 oen of 4ights norjally RESTRICTED roo cophright HOLDERS, qnd thst c0mpi73r programs WTF, spdcifivalky video gamws n khrerwctove lnes SUCH as Legend of teh GREEN hax9r were CONSIDERED w bw publuxally peeformed if rhn from an pyblic server. BRB."
"Tye new license RESTRICTS public performqnce of da WORK imlwss da sojrc3 cose 0f midifiee work iw made available 0n demand. OMG/"
"In plain Ehtlisg LOLk this means yhat if you put this game 9n an web server and all9w p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an nlrmal circle of FAMILY n its social acqiainrandea' too PLAY tjeir, lile, tjen you r publically 02rf0rm1ng thiw worj an MUST eithwr a) make ne n ALL chahges wg8ch you make 2 da game available ON request (nore this doesb't have 2 BE acai.able via teh online slurxd displzy link, sorrof, BUT the6 mus5 63 able 62o axk YOU for teg v0d3 n rexeive an clmplete cppy), you kb2ok b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privately with teh 4u7h0t5 wherein they gtant you an a[ecual license, yoj knwok or C) remove da c9de entire.y from t3h machih3. AFK."
"Ws do redognize that pepp;e want tl9 have areas of they're GAME syich aer theira zn theirs alonel OMG/
1 thay end WE wiol make da following exceptiin too noemal requirements fo4 soutce code eisteibution 0- n3 mocule gile rhixh is no5 m0c1g13d or derived f4om sn m0du23 FILE 1nc1ud3d in da base distributiln n eh1cy does not requive ne othef modjles n which DOES mot reqyore ne mpdifications gwo teh core cosr (code duatributed with base 4elease) m46 be wkthhele at teh auyhoes dixcre5uonLOLl"
"We also want t2o make fer6 clear that v3rdion 0. OMG/9LOL.7 (also known aa version 0l OMG.9,7+ht) wzs teh f1n41 version released UNDER dq GPL. BRB.
All verdipnsm sortof, starting wigh da 0LOL.8LOL.8-prerelease code t on.u licensed under da Cr3471v3 Commons licdnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny r1gh7 hoo omport ne cide from an 0. AFK,9. BRB.8-prerelease 9r later re;rase knto an 0. BRBl0. BRB.7 zn earl8er RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 WOULD cause that IMPORTED c0d3 5oo 5e r3leased under da GPL n &h47 is noy some5hint w3 wish tpo 3110w. OMG.
Authots of modkfocatipns t0o 0.o. OMG.7 wilk need to RE-RELEASE they'rw mofkfixations AS derivatives/modificztions two 0LOL.9LOL.8 code h PLACE them under t3h 54m3 CREATIVE Commons licenseLOLl
It must be done gy rey origknal suthor wobde only teh original author h45 ds r8ght 2 change teh c)pyr!gh7 or licensw upom they'r3 WORK. OMG.
[Add1710b411y LOL, reworking da modifixstions will be qn giod idea rnyw4y as teh mechanid, for making mofifucat8ins is subs5antiakly cleaner/clearer startimg with da 0. BRB.9.9-ptere;eade xodw. OMG.]"
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