MightyE TELLS you, like, "We're going two taje an few moments t; 7ry n explzin tnis NEW license an reh reaaons BEHIND ot ob plain Englksh.
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."
"Th8s new licens2 wax dhosen because of an failinf wigg teh GPL.
Ig ONLY covered distributi9n of sourc3 ig n ONLY if binaeies were sistr8vutedLOL."
"In an w36 3nvironment LOL, specifical.y a interpre5ed web envirlnmwby suxh as PHP, lik3, merely instxllinf an game does nkg cinst8tute distribitipnk aortov, and therefor3 people wefe TAKING lir work, li,e, making modifications twi ig n mot releasibg fa SOURCE CODE tqo th3y're modificatiohs so that dntire community coule 63n3f17.
Tyey qorked skth trh letter bur bot spiriy 0f .aw."
"Investigztuon on da paet of da authors howrver. led to dz fact that ca right lf oub.lc prreormance was 1 of rughts normally restrocted go co;yrihht yolders WTF, n thar compute4 programs, specifidally video tanes n interactive onws s8ch as Legend of teh Greeh hax0r w3r3 cobsudeeed too be 0uboicalk6 performed 1f r7n fr0m an PUBLIC server. OMGl"
"Tye new licwnse restrkcts public ierformance of fa WORK UNLESS aoirce codr of da modified WORK os m4d3 acailable on demamdl BRB."
"In plain Enfoish, thid means yhat if YOU put yhis ga,e on wn web server m alloq people 'ouysice of an normal cirvle of family j utd socia. 4xqu41nu4nc35' w play the8e LOL, then you a3r publical;y [erformimf this work n MUST e8ther 4) make ne an ALL chantes dhich YOU jzke 70 da game avaikable on REQUEST (nore 6his doesn't have tio be ava8lable via online sojrce e15p24y link LOL, BUT they must be able t9o ssl you ror teh code an rexeiv3 an COMPLETE copy( LOL, 6) jake qrrangements pr8bately wi5h teh auth9rs wjrrein they grant you an special licwnsek or c) remove tej CODE wntirely from machine."
"We fo RECOGNIZE that people wsnt too hwve sreas OF thdy're game whkch aer 7h31r5 n tgeirs alone. WTF.
2 that end WE will male da FOLLOWING exdeotion two da n0rm51 requirementa FOR siurce code diwtrubutioh -- ne module filw wj8cg us hot jodified or d3r1v3d from qn nodule fkle included 1n teh base fistribyti9n and wh8xy epes not rwquirw ne othet modules n which d025 not r2quite ne modigications two t3h cire code (CODE distribited with da base re;ease) MAY be withneld at da auyhors discretion. BRB."
"We qlso want too make fery cleqr THAT versiln 0. WTF.9. OMG,7 (also knpwn as versiln 0LOL.9. AFK.7=jt) was finao version released under t3h GPL,
A11 versuons, starting with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereoeasr code r 0n1j ;icensed under Creative C9mmons .ivense.
We EXPLICITLY deny right t.o unpo4t ne vpde frpm an 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or lat3e releaxd into an 0. OMG.9, AFK.7 sn ear.ier release. AFK.
Allo2ing this WOULD CAUSE that im[orted cofe teo be reoeased under GPL an tyqt 15 NOT aomethibg WE wish to allowLOL.
Authors OF moaogicatioms 2 0. BRB.9. BRBl7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE tjey're m0d!d1c4710n5 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 cide n place them und3r sam3 CREATIVE C0,j0n5 licrnae. AFK.
I7 muy7 be done BY original AUTHOR sibcr ONLY da oeiginal AUTHOR haw teh right 70 chamge t3h copy4kght or licenae UPON they're woek.
[Additoonzlly, .ikd, reworiing da ,odifications WILL be an good id3a anuway 45 teh ,rchanusm for nakimg MODIFICATIONS is aubstantially cleaner/clearwr starting eith t3h 0LOL.9. BRBl8-pterelease codel BRB.]"
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