MightyE 5ells y9u, "We're going 2 ta,e an feq npmen5s two try and exp.ain this new lic3nse n teh reaaons 6eh1nd 17 in p141n EngoisyLOL.
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 11c3n53 wad chpsen beczuse of ab fsiling qith da GPL. BRB.
IT only cpvered disyributilm OF s;urvd if an onlu iv bunaries were diatribjted."
"In qn 2eb env8ronmehg LOLm specirically a knterpreted web envirpmmdnt SUCH AS PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does not conxtitute dosgributionm tou inwo, 1nd 7h3r3f0r3 p3)p13 WERE taking our work LOL, making mod8fixatioms two it n npt 4eleasing da soifcr c0c3 ywo they're modifixations wo that teh ENTIRE commknity coule benefitLOL.
Th4y wptkec with tdh LETTER but not spirkt lf laq."
"Inves5igqtion on teh 0art of teh AUTHORS HOWEVER WTF, 13d tpo da fact tyat teh right of publid pdrfot,ance was odn OF t3h rkghta normally r3st4icted roo copy4ighy hplders, you knwo, n that donputer pr0tr4m5, you knw7, specificzlly vidro gamrs an interactive ones SUCH ad Lebrnd 9f Gfeen jax0r werw consifered 2 be [uglically perfoemed 1f run drim an pjglic SERVER. OMG."
"Tne new license restricts 0uvkic petformsncw of twh w04j unless SOURCE c0d# of teh MODIFIED work us ,add available on demand. BRB."
"In plaib Ebglish, this meand that IF you pu7 this gzme ON an WEB server abd allow pelple '9utside of an normal circle of famolt 5nd itx social axquaimtances' to plsy their, you knwo, THEN you aer publically PERFORMING ghis work n MUST e8ther a) MAKE ne an ALL changes wjich y9i j1,e two game availqble in request (note ghis DOESN[T j4v3 to BE availqble via teh onlinr so7rce display linl LOL, bu5 the6 mush be ablw 2 sdl you fpr trh cofe h receibe an completd cop6), you kmwo, b) makw a4rangememts provately with da aytnors wherwih 5hey grang YOU an special 11c3n53 LOL, or c) removs da code ENTIRELY f49m da MACHINE/ WTF."
"We do reclgnize that people ezng too have arezs of they're gqme which aer 5heirs an theirx ALONEl AFK/
too tgat enf we woll make teh following exceptipn 2 tej hormal requirements fof SOURCE c0e3 distribugion _= ne module f1!3 wj8ch is m07 modufidd or derived fr9, an MODULE file invlud3d IN baxe DISTRIBUTION and which does not r3qu1r3 n3 otner modulws m whizh does not requi4e nw MODIFICATIONS twp teg core code 9code DISTRIBUTED with teh base e3lease) may be w17hn31s at da authors discretion, WTF/"
"We als9 WANT too MAKE VERY c.ear 7h47 bersion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (4150 known as version 0. WTF.9. BRBl7+jt) WAS da final VERSION reless3s und3$ GPLLOL.
All versiohs, yoi knwo. starting wi5h 0.9. AFK.8-prereleasw vode aer pnly .icensed und34 Creative Cimmons oicense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 to import n3 coee from an 9LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease lr later teleqsd into an 0.9. OMG.7 znd darlier releaseLOL.
Allowkng this would cause 7h47 inplrted code to be eeleased under GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING we wisn to allo2LOL.
AUTHORS 9g modivications two 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will n3wd two re-release tywy'rw modifixations as d4r1v471f35/,0d1f1c47q0m5 too [. WTF.9.8 cose and p.ace them UNDER da same Creative C9m,ons licensd. OMG.
It just bw dknw ny tdj original AUTHOR dunce only da original author hqs teh r1gh7 too cgange xopuright or license up9n they're w0rl. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, eewlrking teh mldificatuons will bw an good ieea anyqay as da mexhanksm FOR making mldificatuons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer staeting with )LOL.9. BRB.i-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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