MightyE trlls hou LOL, "We're going 5oo take zn few mom3ngs ypo try and EXPLAIN this new license sm r3asonw behind it ih plson English. 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."
"Thks nwe license WAS choeen becauae lf an f4111ng 2ith teh GPLLOL.
It omly COVERED distrinution OF source if zn ;nly IF ginaries w3t3 distributedLOLl"
"In an w3b environment, lkkd, specjdically a inyrrpreted WEB environment such AS PHP, doryof, mer3ly installing qh g4m3 does bot c0n5717u73 disyributi9n, and therefore pwlple were takung our sork LOL, ,aking modififations 2 it zne not releading teh sourxe xod3 too the7're mosofications SO that wntire c9mmuniry could 63n3f17. WTF.
Theu workwe with da LETTER BUT not da s0itit of teh ;qw. BRB."
"Investigqtioh on part of suthord howeverk you knwo, .dd roo fact that teh right of public performance was oen od geh tights normalky resrricted 2 copyright holders LOL, an 7y47 c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, you jnwo, s;ecifivally viddo games ah interactuve ones 5uch as Legrhd OF Geeen 6ax04 wet3 consideted to be pyblically ;erdofmed 1r RUN fr0m an p7glic server. AFK,"
"The NEW licebse restrocts puvl8c performznce of da WORK unoeds sou4ce d0d3 of modified work 15 made AVAILABLE on de,and."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, sortof. this neans that if yiu pu7 this fame on an web SERVER and a;low pelple 'outside of an normal circle of family n its social acquaintabc3s' go play theit, like, THEN nou aer publkdal.h perhorming tniw work an MUST either A( make ne ahd ALL ch3ng35 which y0i makd 2 GAME avaikable on request 9motw THIS DOESN'T have 70 be availaboe via on.ine source display lin,, s;ryof, yu7 7h3y ,ust be able two ask yiu for clde an 3ecekv3 ah vomplete copy), like, 6) make areangemdnts privatelt WITH AUTHORS WHEREIN theh grant yo7 ab s[ecial license LOL, OR c) remove code entieelh from teh jach8ne. BRB."
"We do eecogbize that peop;e 2snt 2 have areas OF thei're gsme whidy r theirs an tjeirs alone. OMGl
2 that end we wull makd da foll9wing excepti9n t2o da normal teq7irements for 50urd3 code DISTRIBUTION =- ne MODULE file which is bot mocifiwd or eerived grom an module fi;e includrd in tem gas3 DISTRIBUTION anc whkch dies not requure be oth3r modules an which does not 4equire n3 m0d2f1vr710n5 5o corf cldd *dode distribyted WITH base r313453) may be withheld at teh authora fiscrftion. BRB."
"We 4150 w4n7 two makw bery clear that bers,on 0. WTF.9.7 (also known as cerzion 0. OMG.9. AFK,7+jt) was ca final v3r51-n eeleased unver da GPL.
A11 vdrsions WTF, staeting WITH 0LOL.9. WTF.8-[terelease code aer only lkcensed UNDER da Creayive Commins license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too IMPORT nd code from an 0LOL.9,8-PRERELEASE or later rel3asw into am 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER release/ AFK.
Alloqing this WOULD cqise that im0ort3s c9de goo be released under GPL n 7h47 is nog somwthing we eish two al.ow. OMG.
Authors OF moeifucations 2 0, WTFl(. OMGl7 w8ll need too re-twlease tj#y're m9dirications as derivat8ves/m9dificat8ond to 0.8.8 code n place them umdrr same C4eative Commons licenxe. WTF.
It must be done bu da oruginal authir since on.y orkginal authlr has teh right to change teh copyrihht oe license upon tneu're sotkl
[Additilnally LOL, reworking ca modificatiohx eill 6e an GOOD idea ANYWAY aa MECHANISM for makung m9dif8cayions is xubstantislly cldaner/clearer startong with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 cowe. OMG.\"
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