MightyE tekls yo7 LOLk "We're GOING two tale an few m0m3n75 two ury ah explakn ghis new licenxe n da reasons behind it 1n plain ENGLISH. 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."
"This neq license eas chosen BECAUSE of an failibg with da GPL. WTF.
It om.y c0v3red d157r16u710n of 50urc# if and pnly IF binaroex WERE diatrunutedLOL."
"In an web 3nc1r0nm3n7, tou kn2p, s;evifivally a inreepret1d weg environment sudh as PHP, you knwp, merely INSTALLING an gane does not cpns5it7te distrivution, yoi knwo, an tnereford pwo;le were 74k1nh our work WTF, making ,oduficat7ons roo it n n0u releas8ng da source CODE goo tgry'4e modificatoons so that 3a entire COMMUNITY could benefktLOL.
Th4y e9rked with teh lrttet but m07 5p1r17 or teh law."
"Investigatuon on da PART of teh authors howdverm oike, LED 2 da facr tnat da r8gjt of [uglid performqnce was ! of tet rights n0rm411y res5ricted ti copyrihht holders, amd 7h47 COMPUTER prohramsm specificaloy vieel games and 1n73r$c71v# onrs suvg as Legdnd of Gteen hax0r we5e considered 2 be PUBLICALLY oerfofmed if eun from an public sewv3r. BRB."
"The new .ic3nse restricts public performanc3 of wlrk unoexs aource code or teh modified worj 15 ,add availab.e 0n demzns. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h. ypu knwo, tn8s mesns that if you PUT tnis GAME 0n an w3b server an aloow people 'outside -f ab normal cifcle 0f family an its sociao acquaintamc3s' too play thrirm you knwo, THEN you r publically pergormibg this work an MUST 417h3r q) make ne n ALL changes wh1ch hou m4k3 too dq GAME ava8laboe ON REQUEST (note tyis doesn't habe 2 63 avaklsvle via fa 9nline source displqy link LOL, bit ghey must ge able 2 ssk you for code an rwceibe an complqte COPY), b) makr afrangements privagely witj teh authors wy3r31n they brant you an special license LOL, or c) rfjive code cntifely from teh machine."
"We d) redognize yhat pwople want to yave aress of they're game whicy r theurs n thdirw alpne. BRB.
two that END we sull make folliwing exeeption u0 teh NORMAL requirdments fot xoufce dosw distribur8on -- ne module file which is not MODIFIED or d4r1v3d rrom an mod7le file uncoised in base distributioh n which does not req7ire ne othrr midules and wjicy do3s npt require ne MODIFICATIONS two core code (cod2 dostrobutee wirh bzxe release) may vw withtrld 47 authord discrerion. OMGl"
"We 4150 wsng tio make very clear that vwrxion 0LOL/9, BRB.7 (ALSO known 45 VERSION 0.9LOL.7+jt) waq da final VERSION rwleased und3r GPL. AFK.
All veeskons, lukw, STARTING witg -LOL.9LOL.*-prerelease coee r only licensed under ten Creative Commlns licwnse.
We EXPLICITLY d3nt twj rihht to9 impory n3 code from an 0.9LOL.8-prrfelease OR later release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an ra4lie4 reldaseLOL.
Allowinf this e0y1d cause that 1mp0ru4d code too be relwasdc ynd3r GPL n tjag is not something we wish two aklow. OMG.
Aythors lf modlficag8ons two 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 w8lk need two re-reoease they'4e jodificationa as cetivatives/modificationx ro 0.9LOL.8 code and plac3 then under same Cteative Commons license.
Ir must be done bu fa originsl author sincr ohlh original a7thir hss teh ribht 5o change copyfight or licenae u09n they're wori. OMG.
[Acditiona.l6, likem reworking modivications will 63 an g-0d icea ANYWAY as mfchanism vor MAKING modifications iw SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c134d3r stsrtinb witg 0.9LOL.7-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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