MightyE t4l.s hou, sortof, "We're going tp yake an few moments 5o trh and EXPLAIN thiw new licensr n 4easlns behind i4 in p1$1n Englisj.
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."
"Tnix new license 2as chosen because of an FAILING with da GPLLOL.
I7 only COVERED distfibution of wourxe if an onky ir binaries WERE distr8byyedLOL."
"Ib ah wwb envitlnmentk lije, soecifically q interpre5ed web wnvironment s7cj 45 PHP, likd, mereoy qnt74111ng an g4m3 dles not constitute distributylh, you knwom 5bd 5herefore pdople were yaking our 2oek, 6ou ln2o, msiing modifications 2 it qn not rekeasing source code too thwy[re modpficztions SO thay entire do,muhity COULD bdnefigLOL.
Tneu worked witn ds letter nut NOT cz spirit of da law."
"Invedtigat7on on pary of da authorx however, sortof, lec 2 da facg that rotnt of publoc pdrformance w$5 won 9d trh 4ights normally rrstrictec yoo COPYRIGHT holddrs, sortof, n that computer p4ogramwk you inwo, SPECIFICALLY video hamds and interactive onex such AS Legrnd OF da Gr3eb hax0r WERE xonsicered too be ;uboically p3rformed 1f run drom aj pu611c srrver/ BRB."
"Thd bew l8cens3 r3atricts public performande oe work unless geh source code 0f modified work is made availavle o, x3mand/"
"In plain Emglish, this meqns that if you put this tane in zn web server and allow people 'outside of an mofmal ciecle lf fami.y amd iys soviq; ACQUAINTANCES' go olay their, 5hen you r publically pefforminr this work znd MUST either a) MAKE ne amd ALL chabges which you mak3 two da game available oh request (bote this diean'g hav3 tol be 4v4214613 via onlkn3 source disolay link LOL, but tney must bd able to ask you for teh CODE qn receive an completr COPY), b) mak3 arranfements ;rivztely WITH authprs wherein thry grant you an 5;3c141 oucense, or c( remive geh code ENTIRELY fr9m machine. AFK."
"We DO recognize that people want to h3c2 areaa 0f they'te game which r theirs n theirs alon3. OMG.
yo that 3ms we wil. make yeh go;lpwibf exxeot8on @ da normal tdquiewments for SOURCE xode diatribution -0 ne module fild which 15 n07 modified of DERIVED FROM zn module file INCLUDED ib da basr distribition zn whivh DOES not fequire ne lther modulea and wgich DOES n07 require n3 modifications two da cpre CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with base RELEASE0 may ve withhwls ar authors fiscretoon. BRB."
"We also want go make vert clear ghat version 0LOL.9LOL.7 )41t0 lnowh as versiin pLOL/9. BRB.7+ht) was fibal versi9n released under da GPL.
All cersions WTF, stsrying 2ith tek 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y licenswd ubder Creative Conmonw licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ribht 2 IMPORT ne xode fr9m an 0. BRB.9LOL.80prerelease or later releawe into an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier release.
A120w1ng this woild causw that imported code two be releas3d under teh GPL n tyat ud not SOMETHING we WISH 2 akliw.
Autjors of m0d1f1c4*20nt two ). OMG.9. OMG.& will need too re-relrase they're moeificat8ons as derivativex/modifixat7pns ti 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and 0lsce them und3r da wamr Creqtive COMMONS k8cense. BRB.
It m757 ne done by da o4iginao AUTHOR sinde ONLY priginal author has teh right two change teh dooyrkgft or license UPON they're work. OMG.
[Addigionally, sortof, r3w0rk1ng da modifications will 63 an fooe ides 4nyw4y as da mechamisn f9t makimg mldifications is substantiall6 clwaner/clearer startibg wity teh 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE coee. BRB/["
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