MightyE te.ls y9u, "We're go*mg yo take an few moments two try n 3x9141y this new LICENSE and teh 4easons behons iy 8n plain Ebglish. AFK.
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."
"Th9s n3w license was xhosen because of ab FAILING witj GPLLOL.
It only coverec distribution of source if n ONLY if bunarirs w3r3 distributed. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, speckfixally a 1n73rpr373d WEB environmeny such zs PHP, kikw, MERELY 8nstalling an gsme doea n07 CONSTITUTE disrribution LOLk an thdrefore PEOPLE 2ere taking our wotk LOL, making m0d1f1c4710n5 7- it an npt releasong da sourxe code two they're mod8focayiohs so that geh enriee commuhit6 could bdnefit. WTF.
They eorked wkth ;etter but not ea SPIRIT og da law."
"Invedtigation ln p4r7 og tdh authors however, l8kr, led to teh favg tnat rign5 OF piblic p3rf0rm4bc3 w45 won of r8ghtw n9rnally rewtrictrd too xopuright yooderx, n tnat compug3r programs, dortof, soecifically video gamws an interzctkve ones sjch as Legend og da Gre3n hqx0r sere c0n51d3red two BE pu511c411y p3rf0rm#d if ruh fron ah public setver. OMG."
"The new license restricts public prrformance of wodk unlesx teh sourc3 codw of da modufied wo5k is jade available -n demxnd."
"In 0lain ENGLISH, you kbwo, thiw meabs that if you put THIS GAME on an w3b server AND zllow p30p13 'outsidw of an n9rnal CIRCLE 9f FAMILY n ots slcial acquaintabces' goo play th2ir, lile, then you r pu611c411y prrform9mg this work n MUST wuthee a) makd ne zn ALL cnanges which you mxke 1 GAME 4v$12r613 on eequ3st (note THIS doesn't hac3 t9o be available via da online sourc3 display link, likem bug ghry just be able to ask hou for da code n RECEIVE an com[let3 c0py), ylu knso. 6) make ARRANGEMENTS p4ivately sith autjoex wyerein they grqng you an special license, dlrtov, 0r c) rem9fe da c0d3 entirtly from m4xh1n3LOL."
"Wr d9 recognize THAT peoole wany two have 4e345 of rhey're game wjich aer theots an theirs aloneLOL.
yoo THAT end we WILL maie teh fo.lowing excepgion 2 hormal requ8rements for sojrce cide distrib7tion -- n3 ,odu;e file wj1cg is not modified or d3r1v3d frpm an moduk3 fule inxlided 1n da base distribution and WHICH DOES not rdquire ne pther modules an which dles mot rr1uire bd mocificztions twp teh core code (dode distributed with ten base e213453) m4y ve witngeld ag dz a8ghorx discreti9n. AFK,"
"We also wanr 2 jake v4ry cl3ar that version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (415- kn)wn as versipn 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) waw twh final ve4sion r31e453d under da GPL, AFK.
A;; veesi9ns, STARTING witj da 0. AFK.9. AFK,8-prerwlease code r only 11c3n43d unde4 da Cfeative Commons licemse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny teh right two IMPORT be code vt0m ah pl OMG.9. WTF.8-prereowase pr LATER rwlease into sn 0. WTF.9l WTF.7 n earlier feleawe. AFK.
A.lowing this would CAUSE THAT im[orted code 2 ge releaswd under da GPL an that os boy s9mething wd wish two allow. OMG.
Auyhors lf modif8vations w 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 qill need toi re04eleade tgey're MODIFICATIONS as detubatkves/mlfificagions two 0LOL.9LOL.8 CODE an place tyem unddr ss same Cr3$71v3 Commons lixenseLOL.
IT must bw d0n3 bt fz 0r2g1nr1 author 51nc4 only oeiginal suthor haw yeh fight 2 chang3 da xppyr1gh7 or oucense upon they're eofk. WTF.
'ADDITIONALLY, reworking MODIFICATIONS 1ikl BE an gpod idez anywah 45 teh MECHANISM for makimg mofificstions is dubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting witg dz ). BRB.9. AFK.8-prdre.wase c)d3. WTF.]"
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