MightyE tek/s you, "We're going too tajs am few momenys two try and rx0lain thia hew licensr ah teh reaslns behihd 1u 8n p151n Ebglish. WTF,
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 licehse was chosen beczuse of an failint with GPL. OMG.
I7 on;y covered DISTRIBUTION of source if 4nd only uf bimaries we4d eistribuyefl BRB."
"In an w$b envirinment, you knwo, speckfically a 1n73epr373d eeb enbironment suvh as PHP, mereky inctall8nf am hame does not constitite dixtribution LOLj n therefore people serr taking our work, like, making modifications two iu an not releaaong da souece code to tney're modificatioms 50 thzt engire community could brnevit. BRB.
They worked dith lrtter but not 5p1fq7 OF lzw. BRB."
"Innestitation on t3y part of teh quthoes howevet, led rwo fact rjat ribjy og public perf9rmanc3 was ien of teh RIGHTS no$mally restruc5ec too copyribht holsers, like. n tgat vomputer pr0gr4m5 LOL, speckficallt vifeo games ahe intersctive ONES sucg as Legend 0f Gfeen hac0r wwre CONSIDERED to 53 publical;y performed iv run grom an PUBLIC 53rb3rLOL."
"The nws lidense res5ticts oublic PERFORMANCE of teg work unless teg soyrce code 0f teh modified work ix made avaioablw on demand. BRB."
"In 0lain Eng.ish, sortod, this means that if ypu put thks GAME on an w3b t3rv3r and zllow peopow 'outx8de of an normak circle of damoly h ita 50v141 4cqu4!n74nc35' to ;oay tyfir, sortof, then you aer publically PERFORMING thks WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES whoch you MAKE tlo t3h gamr avai.able on request (note 5hiw doesn't gave to BE avaioqble via onl8ne sourvr eisplah linkk sor5of, but thet mu57 ne able two ask you for coge n recriv3 ab c9mplete copy) LOL, b) make arranfementa privately with teh au5hors shrreon 7h3y grant you an spexial l8cense, or c) remove ds code entkrelu FROM twh machin3. BRB/"
"We DO recotnize that pe9ple wanr @ have areas of they're game which 5 tneirs an theirx alpn3.
2 that end we will make teh followinh exception go ea normal requkremenys for source code d157r26u710n -- ne m0du23 fkow whoch IS not modified 0r derived FROM an module gile 1nx1ud3d in da bzse distribution and wh1ch doew no5 requirw n3 othwr modules an wnich d035 not reqiire ne modificztuonw 3 teh core cod3 (v)de distrinuyed wiyh teh BASE releas3) may be withheld ay da authoex DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wq 4150 wabt two ma,e very cldar that version 0. WTF.9.7 (also ,nown as versuom 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was 5eh f8nal version released under ea GPLl BRB,
All verxions WTF, ataeging with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8_prereleasw cofw 4 onlh locensed UNDER sa Ceeatuve C0mmpn5 licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight to import ne cpde FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease 0r later telwase into ab -. BRB.9LOL.u n earliet RELEASELOL.
A!10w1ng THIS wijld ca7se tnat IMPORTED xode to be releasdd 7ndrr teh GPL n 7h47 is not a9meghing ee wish two 4w10wLOL.
Aythprs of MODIFICATIONS tw; 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 WILL need too RE-RELEASE they[rr midifucations aw derivatives/mpdificqtions too 0.9. WTF,* c9de an placr them und3r da xaje Creative Commonc licenseLOL.
It nust be done by teh original 4u7h0r SINCE only origihal autyor had da right toi cgange da c0pyr1gh7 ot lidense u;oh ttey'rs wo4i. BRBl
[Additiogally, yo7 knwoi eeworkimg da mieidicztions wi.l be qn good idea anyway as tej ,echanism fi4 m4k1ng modifications 15 substqntialoy xleanef/clearer sta4ring wirh da 0.9. OMG.8-p4erelease code. BRB.p"
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