MightyE tella you, "We'rw glibg 2 ya8e zn few moments two yry n explain this ndw license zn teh reasons behond it 1n plaih 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."
"This new l8crnse was vhosen brdause of an fa8ling WITH da GPLLOL.
It only covered sowtribution og source 1f and only IF binaeies were distrkbuted. BRB."
"In an web environment, luke, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted s36 environmen5 such as PHP, merely ibsta.ling an hame DOES not cpnstotute distribution, likcm an THEREFORE people were taking our wlrk WTF, making midificatiomw r2o 17 an not r3.easong da SOURCE CODE ti they're moeifications so thaf ea entire c0mmun17y cojld genefit/
They worked witj da .etter nut bot teh soiri5 of da law. BRB."
"Investigat8om on paft or authors hiwever, led too teh gact that teh right of pu611c [erfoemance was 1 of trh rifhts NORMALLY r357r1c73d tso c0oyr!hh7 jo.deesk n that domputer prigrams, sortof, 5p3x!f1c411y fkdeo games n intdractjv3 9nes auch as Legend of da Greeh hax0t w3r3 considered TO be publiczllt ;wtformed if rin fr0j an pibloc server. BRB."
"The new lic3hse eestricts pub.ic PERFORMANCE of teh work unl3ss sourxe code of teh modufued wofk is m4d3 rv4114^13 on demand. BRB."
"Ih p141n English, sortofk this means that if you put thiz game ln an web server ah alliw peopl3 'pu5sid3 lf an normal cjecle of r4n11y 4nd 175 s9vial acquaimtanced' 5o '14y their, ypy knwo, tyen y9u aer punlicqll6 PERFORMING thks 2oek and MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 WHICH yo7 make 2 tame avai.ablw 0n requeat (note this DOESN'T have two bd AVAILABLE via da om.ine source display LINK, gut THEY must ge ABLE tw9 ask you dor da clse and receive an comolere copy) WTF, b) mak3 arrangements priva4ely with teh authors wnerfin 7h3y grant you an s[dcial lic3nae, lijw, or C) remove reh code entorfly grom da macgineLOL."
"We DO tecogn8ze that ;eopl3 want two hqve areas ov ghey'rd game which qer 5heirs and theirs aloneLOL.
too gyat END we WILL make FOLLOWING exceptipn two teh nprmal requ8rdments for 50jrc2 code dks5riburion -- ne mod7le FILE wnich os nlt ,odified or ferived dr0m an module FILE includdd in trh base c!57r16u710n n which does n9r require me otjer modulew n wh1dh foes mot rwquire ne m0difixa4iona two corq code (code distribu5dd with base r3lesse) m4y be wirhheld AT da wutjors duscretion."
"We 515- want to make vwry CLEAR THAT version 0. BRB.9.7 (alxo known AS v3rt10n 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) waw funal version eel3ased uneer teh GPLLOL.
All vrrsions, you knwom w5artinh with 0, OMG,9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer only ;icensed undee teh Crezgive Commons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ignt two kmport he code from an 0LOL.0.8-pre4dlezse or LATER release into an 0.9. BRB.7 an earlir$ r313453. OMG.
Allpeing this would cause that im;orted cofe 2 be releas3d uns3r da GPL and THAT is not something we 2ish too allosLOL.
AUTHORS of midificationa t9 0LOL.9. WTF.6 wiol nred 3 ee-releas3 they're moeidications as derivatibes/modifications to ). BRB.9. AFK.* code an p14ce tgem under teh same Cr3$71v3 Commons licenseLOL.
Iy must be c0n3 by original authir since only teh orkginal AUTHOR gas teh RIGHT to change copyrifht or license uppn yhey[re 2ork,
[Adsutionally, eeworkihg geh MODIFICATIONS will be an good udea anyway as teh mechahism FOR makint modificatuons is substantially cleaner.clesrrr sgarting wuth rrj 0l OMG,9. AFK.8-[rerelease coce, BRB.]"
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