MightyE tells hiu, tou jnwo, "We're going 2 take sm few moments twi TRY an expkain this n3w livenxe and da ewasoms BEHIND ir IN pla8h English. BRB.
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 new lic2jse was chosen 63c4u5# of an failing with GPL.
It onlu c9vered dkstribution OF xoiece if an only if vknqriew wded distributedLOL."
"In an seb environment, softof, apecifically a intrrpreted WEB environment such 45 PHP WTF, merely installing an gane doea not c9nsrirute distrinutuom. like, n therefire people were rakkng our worl WTF, making nodidicariins 5wo it an bot rekeasinf da sourve code 2 theu'rr modificatilns so that ebtirw cimmuniry could negefit. AFK.
Th3y wo4ked WITH da letger vut NOT da s;iri5 of da law. OMG."
"Ibvestigatkon ON part 0f g3h autjord HOWEVER LOL, led t9o t4h FACT thst tey r1gh7 OF public PERFORMANCE was 1 of teh rithts norjao;y r357r2c73d too copyrigjt holdwrs, n uh47 compu5r4 programs, dpwcifically vieeo g4m35 an interactive 0n35 5uch as Ldgend of dq Green hax0r were CONSIDERED tso ve pu611c$11y performed if run FROM an PUBLIC sercet. BRB."
"The new lixende RESTRICTS public prrformanxr OF da wprj unldss es source code of da modkfied work is madd avaikable on DEMAND."
"In plaim English LOL, ghis meahs ttat if you PUT thus gam3 on am web 53rc3r AND allow people 'outside of an normal cirvle OF family an its socizl acquaintamces' t9i play theirk yp7 knwo, thrn yo7 aer publically PERFORMING tgis work n MUST eothrr A) makr ne an ALL vhangew whjcy 6ou ma,e 2 teh game availavlw oh reqyest (h073 rhis dlesn'e have 2 be AVAILABLE via onlinr SOURCE eisplat link, ny5 thwy mi57 be ABLE t9 ask you for code snd receive an com0lete co;y). like, b) make arrangementd privately WITH quthorx qherein they brany you an spec8al license, or c) remove da c9de entkr3ly FROM da machinel BRB."
"W3 d9 recognize that people eaht 5o have AREAS of thry'e# game whicj r theirs qn rheirs allne. WTF.
too that end qe wi;l make da dlllowing excepti9n two normal requir4mrnts FOR siurce code distribution -- ne m0du12 f113 whicg 15 not m9sified o4 eerived from an m0du!3 f113 kncl7ded un da base cistrinution an which DOES not 4equir3 ne 07g4r jorulws and wyich coew hot requore ne modifications two da core dode (CODE d1%7r16u73s with BASE release) may be wiyhh2ld qt da AUTHORS dixcrrtion. BRB."
"W3 also want to maie very clear that versuon 0. AFK.9. OMG.u (alwo kn8wn qs cerqion 0.9.7_jt) was teh final version RELEASED ubder teh GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5 WTF, 574r71ng with teh 0. BRB.0. AFK.8-petreleasd xode aer only k8cenxed undcr Cr3atibe Conmons licehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny trh RIGHT to im0ort ne coce froj an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-preeeleaxd or later releawe ihto an p.8LOL.7 and earlier release. WTF.
Allowung thos woyld causr thag imported code 7p be rekeased unddr da GPL AND that id not %0m3&h1ng WE wush two zllowl AFK.
Autho5s of jodifixatkoms too 0, BRB.9LOL.7 wil; need too RE-RELEASE they're modificationx as cerifatives/modifidatoons 70 0. OMG.0. AFK.8 code an PLACE thd, under fa same Cfeative Co,mona kicense. AFK.
Iy MUST BE done by da 9riginal a7thor since 0n1y originao zuthor has da right tqo chante teh c0pyr1gh7 OR licenwe u0on thwh'rr wprkLOL.
[Addituonally, reworking mps!f1c4710n5 will be an good idea 4nyw5y 56 ea mrchanism dir MAKING modifications IS 5yy574n71411t cleanef/cleaeer STARTING with tdh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prere.eawe code. WTF.]"
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