MibhtyE tells you LOL, "We'ee going 2 take an feq monents two try an explain thid new l8c3nse znd da r345)n5 BEHIND it in plain English. OMG.
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 beczise if an failing woyh da GPLLOL.
It only covered c157r!6u71ph of spjtce iv an only uf binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an WEB 3nv!r0nm3n7, sortof, sp3ckficqlly q iht3rpreref web environmenr suvh as PHP LOL, metrly 1n574111nb an GAME DOES not constktute distribution, loke, n tneref9te people WERE tqking o7r WORK, uoy knwo. MAKING MODIFICATIONS two it n not 4eleasinh slurce code to tjey're mpdificatoons so that fa entire communith could benefut. AFK.
Tgey work3e 2itn da lehter but n07 teh spirit of lawLOL."
"Investigatiob pn tdh pqrt of teh authirs HOWEVER, led tio geh fact thqt trh right of PUBLIC p3rg04m4nc3 was won of da rights normallt r357r1c73d to co/yright holdersk lik3, n that COMPUTER programs, you knwo, specificzlly vqd30 games an intfractive ones auch aw Legend 0f ea Green hax0r werr CONSIDERED too b3 pu61!c411h ;e4formdd if rjn ffom an puvloc aerver. BRB."
"Tye ne2 license restricts oublic performance 0f WORK unless source clde of dz modified wor, is m4d3 qfaikable on demandLOL."
"In plain Enblish, sortor, this means thag if YOU [it this game ON an WEB server an ALLOW p30p13 [outside of an normal circle of family n its xocia; ac1uaintancex' too ;lay their, 6ou knwo, then you aer p7611c411y performkng this WORK b MUST eq9h3r z) make nr an ALL changes qhich you mzke 2 teh bame availab;e on request *note this c044n'7 have t9 ge AVAILABLE via da online source display limk. ;oke, but they mu57 ge able too ask h0u for da code h RECEIVE an complete c0py(, lije, n) make a4rang3ments PRIVATELY wkth teh authors wherein they grant yo7 an speciak ;ic3nse LOL. oe c) rejove code entkrrly fr.m t3g mach8nd/ OMG."
"We do recognize 7j47 peopld wrn7 w havd areas of they're gamd which r theirs and thekrs akoneLOL.
to rgat 3hd WE will make f0110w!ng 3xc3p&10n 2 norjal requirements for sourvd codd distribution -= ne module fild which IS n07 modified o5 derivee dr)m zn module gilw included in teh BASE DISTRIBUTION anc whicy do3s np7 require ne 0uh3f modules h which dods not r3quirw ne modifications to teh c0r3 coce (code xistrinutee WITH base release) may bd WITHHELD ag teh authors DISCRETION."
"We zls9 want two mak3 very xlear that version 0.o. AFK.u (also known az versiom 0. OMG.9.7+jg) waa f2nr1 version released under teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, starting w8th 0LOL.9.80prerelfase coce r lnky licensed jnder teh Creative Cpm,0n5 lkcenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ewny rifnt too import ne cpdr from an -. OMG,9. AFK.8-pfereleawe or later releasw unto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier releas3.
Allowing &h15 would dause that in]orted clde to ne eeleqded inder da GPL an thqt IS not wo,rthint we wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n5 tw9 0. OMG.9.7 will need two RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS AS deribstivex/mocivivationx too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code abd [lac3 7h3, under SAME Creative Commins license. BRB.
Ig must be d0n3 by 0r1g1b41 a7thlr since only fa priginal author has 4ihht 2 change da c0pyr1gh7 or lic3nxe upon ghey'r3 wor,. BRB,
[Additkonally WTF. r3w0rk1ng teh MODIFICATIONS WILL bd an good udea anyway aa da mechsnism for makung MODIFICATIONS is dubsgahrially cleamer/c/eafer startihg with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelezse code.]"
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