M*ghryE tekls 6ou, "We[ee gling ylo tale an FEW moments two try AND rxplain this mew license n teh teasons beg8nd it in plzin 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."
"Tnis new licenwe was chosen beca7se of an fqiling qith ten GPL. AFKl
It onky cobered d157r16u710n 9f sourc3 IF and onlh if binzries eere d157r16u72d."
"In an wdn 3nv1r)nm3n7. you inwo, spec8fically a inte4preted WEB envoronment such as PHP, sortof. m3r31y instqlking zn game does hot constitutd distribjtion, soetof, n theredore peo;lw were taking pir worh, sortlf, making mofoficayions 3 17 an n07 releasing siurcd code to tjey[rd mocifications so that teh ENTIRE c0mmum17u c9uld bebefit.
Tnry worked qkth teh letter but NOT da spkrit lf teh lzw. BRB."
"Investobatuon on psrt of teh auth9rs hoeever WTF, led too da FACT 7h47 rkghr of [u611c performanc3 was ien of dq rights n0rm4116 res5rocted ywo cipyrighg holderam luke, and rhay compu5er pr(grama, xpttpf, specifivally video tames an intwtactive 0m35 5uch zs Lebend or Grren hax0r were considered roo be publicaoly ;eeforjec if rin from an piblic server."
"The new kicense rwstricta publ8d PERFORMANCE 0f da qork UNLESS aource coce 0f teh modifird worl is ,ade rv4q146q3 )n cemand. AFK."
"In plain Emglish, like, THIS means THAT IF you pu7 5his GAME on an w3^ server and allow pwople '0u751d3 of an normal cirxoe OF family an 175 60c141 axquzin5ances' 2 olqy tg3ir LOL, 7h3n you aer PUBLICALLY performing this w9rk an MUST eirher 4) male ne n ALL changes which ypu m4k3 to teh gqme available om requeat (note this doe2n't navw two b3 qfailag.e viq da online sojrce display link, buy they mudt be able too 45k uo7 for code znd RECEIVE ab vompoete c0py), B) make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4741y wirh authlrs wh3r31n they hrant you an s;eckal licemsr, or c) removd cove ENTIRELY frpm machineLOL."
"We cl rdcognize 7hr7 ;eopoe want twi jave arezs OF yh3y're gzme which r theirs n theirs alone.
to that 3nd we wi.l make fa fol.owing EXCEPTION to normal rewuirements FOR zlyrce c0d3 distribjt8on -- ne mldule file whicg id not jocieiee or d3rived from an m0du13 file incl7ded in da fase ekstfiburion n WHICH does n9g re1jire ne other mocu;es n ehich d)35 noh require ne MODIFICATIONS two da cofe clde (code disrributed with teh 6453 release) may BE WITHHELD at da authors dixcretionLOL."
"Wd also WANT two makw very clezt tmat version 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7 (slsp known as v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was final version repeasee inder GPL.
Aol fersiihwm uou knwo, starting with da 0. OMG.8.8-pferelease code r on.y ;icensed uncer t3h Creativ3 Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da roghy too IMPORT ne code frpn an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or latwr relrsse ubto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.& n earlier releadeLOL.
ALLOWING this would caude THAT imported cpdw too be released under da GPL n that is not something we w9sn tw9 allow. OMG.
Aughora of modirications TO )/ OMG.9LOL.& will n3rd yoo re_release they're modificztions zs cerivatives/modivicsto9ns two 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 cpdw an 0lace 7h4m jneer same CREATIVE Comnons LICENSE. OMG.
It must ge done BY teh original quthor s8nxe onoy da originak au5hlr has rifht two chanfe trh copyrihht 0r kicense upon they're wprk. OMG.
[Addotiohally WTF, rewirking da jodificat8ons WILL be an good @d44 anhway as da mechanism FOR making modufications ix substqntially CLEANER/CLEARER startong wktj teh 0. OMG/9LOL.*-prereleasd code. OMG/]"
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