M8ght6E TELLS you LOL, "We'4e GOING 2 take ah FEW moments 2 tr6 and explain this n3w license an da rezsons behind it in plain Enhlish. 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."
"Tnis new 11c3n53 wqs choseh becaiae of an raikinb wq7h geh GPL. BRB,
It only covered fistributiob of 50urc3 uf and onlh id binaries werw DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web enfironjdnt, you knwl, specufically a unrerp4eted w36 environment SUCH as PHP, yoy ,nwo, merely ibstalling an game dpea NOT conwt8tjte disrributiom, like, sm yuerefore p3oole were taking our WORK, like, jaking ,ldifications tso IT an not releasing teh xource code 2 theh'rd modifica5iond so tgat twh entire vommuhity vould benef8t. BRB.
They woeked wkth teh lrtrer 6u7 nog SPIRIT od da law. BRB."
"Invesrigation ON part ov teh 4u7h0r5 howevwr WTF, led 2 fadt that da right OF punlic pe3formahce was own of teh rithts no4mally tdstructed too cppyrigjt holswrs, an 5gat donputer programs, you knwo, specifically VIDEO gamea an INTERACTIVE ones such as Legwnd of Grren hax0r WERE xobsidered 5wo ne publ8cakly perrormec 8v r6h fr0j an ;ublic aerver. OMG."
"The new license resyricys pub;ic performance pf ra work un.ess source code of twh modifief w0rk is mase available on demsnd."
"In p;aim Ehglish, likd, this means rhat if you put this gsme om an web server an allow PEOPLE [ourside of an nornal circld of f4m1!y n 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 [lay tneir, you knwok then ylu aer pub9kvqlly [erformihg tj8s work an MUST eithdr a) mzke ne an ALL chahges wyicj ul7 make 3 teh gqme availaboe on r3que57 (NOTE THIS DOESN'T hace @ be availabld v14 lnline source dks[kay link, but 5hey must vd 461e 2 ask you ror cod3 and RECEIVE an cpmplete c0oy), likw, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS ptivately with geh authors whetekn they grant you an speciql LICENSE, you knwo, or c) remove teh code entirwly from teh madhinw. AFK,"
"We fo rwcognize that oeoplr WANT twp hace areas of rhey're ga,e which r theirw n thei#s a[one.
too tnar end we wikl mald fol.oqinh exxeption 2 dz notmsl requ8femengd for slufce ckde distfibutiln -- ne modh.e f113 which is not m0d1fw3d o4 DERIVED from an mosile file included ih da nase distribjtiln n which eoes bot REQUIRE ne o5her m0dy135 ab which foes not rdquirr ne modifications goo core code (code distrib8ted with base release) MAY be wiyhheld 47 teh a7rhors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want to make very v134r thqt ver510n =LOL,9. OMG.7 (also known as v3rsion p. OMG/9. WTF.7+jt) WAS da f1b4@ verxuon eelesdrd under da GPL. OMG.
ALL versions, starting qith 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prewelrzse vode r inlu lidendee yndee da Creatibe Commons licebsel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne c0f# from an 0. AFK.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE or later releqwe inti an 0. AFK,o.8 n earlier re;ease.
Allpwing this wo7lf cause that 1mp0r73d code 1 be releasdd under teh GPL an 7hr7 us not som3thing we sush to qklow.
Authors 0f ,osificatiobs to 0LOL.9l7 wulk heed too re-release they're modificatious ss derivativea;jofificarions twl 0.9LOL.8 codd ane place ghem unde4 teh xame Crdatove COMMONS licende. AFK.
It must be dobe by da oeig8nzl zithir s8nce )n1y teh original su5hor HAS RIGHT to chznge copyright 0r licenae upon rhey'4e eork. AFK.
[Acditionally LOL, reworling dz m0d1f1c4710n5 wi,k be an good icea abywzy as mechanuam for majing modigicatilns is dubstant8ally cleaner/cldzrer starting qith da ). OMG.o. OMG.8-prefelease cpde. AFKl]"
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