MightyE td;ls yiuk sortof, "We're going t2o 74k3 an frw mo,ehgs 2 tey n ezplain th8s new license n dq r3450n5 BEHIND it in plaon Engliah.
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 licwhse was chosen becausr of zn failing 1ith teh GPLLOL.
It ohly cpvered distfibu5ion of s9urce if AND 9nly ig 61n4r136 w3re distrubuted, BRB."
"In an qeb emvironmemt, tou jnwo, speckfical.y a knterore53d wdb environment such as PHP WTFm m4r31y insts.ling an ga,e dkes NOT c9nstitute distrobution, and 7her3g0e3 people were taking our wori WTF, mqking mosifications 2 it n not reldasuyg da soyrce code two they'fe m0d1f1c4710n5 s9 that teh 3n71r3 xommunit6 could bemefit. BRB.
Th4y w0rk3s with ldt5er but not teh s[irit ld lawl WTF."
"Inveatigat8ob pn da paft of teh a7th9rs hlwever, you knwo, led gwo fact that teh rinht og PUBLIC perf9rmqnce was won of da r2gh75 normally restricrrd to COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, you knwl, n THAT com0yber [r9gr4m5, like, dpecifically v8dd9 GAMES an ingrractive omes such as L3grnd og Green hax0t were consideree two be puvlically [e4formed if run from an pu621c SERVERLOL."
"The NEW /icense RESTRICTS piblic PERFORMANCE of t3h work umless grh source code 0f da mpd1f13d work is made avzilable on demand. BRB."
"In 0lain English, oike, thos means THAT if you put this gzme on an wen 54rv3e qnd aloow people 'outskde of zn ni4mal c1rc13 of familu and itw s9cial axquaintances' 2 play their, sortof, them you r [ibkicaoly pervorming 7h15 wori n MUST eithdr A) ma,e ne ah ALL chsnges 2hivh yiu ,a,e too 5eh game availaboe on requedt (note this DOESN'T have 2 BE available VIA twh online sourcs dksplay link, you knwo, but they mu5& be able 2 ask y0u fpr ea code and rece8ve an cpmp;ete copy) LOL, b) make arran5dmtnts privahely with autgofs wherein thfh frant you an SPECIAL LICENSE, like, ot c) remove da c0d3 entkrely from machibe. WTF."
"We sl recognize thst people want two jave areas lf they'rw game wgich r theirs n theirs alone. OMG,
two rhat end wr w1!1 m4k3 ca followkng EXCEPTION too da normal requiremdntx for SOURCE zodd dostribugion =- ne modu.3 fioe which is n0u modigied or derivwd fr0m qm MODULE file inc;uded in da vqse eistribution n qh1xn foes not require ne 07h3r modules and which do3s n9t tequire ne modifications to sa cor3 code (vode vkxtribut3d w17h base releqse) may be WITHHELD at authors discretkonLOL."
"We also qant TO mak3 v3ry xkear that vers9on 0LOL/(. WTF.7 (also ,n0wn as ve4siin 0.9. WTF.7+j7) was final version rwodased under da GPL/ AFK.
All versioms, l8krm sta4ting wigh teh 0. AFK.8. AFK.8-prerel3ase code aer onlt licensef undrr reh Cfeative Clmmohs licenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny geh right to import ne coce ffon an 0,8, AFK.8-[rereleaxe or LATER release unto an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n ea4lier rekdasd. BRB.
Allowing this would czuse thst importes code 70 be re.eaxed 7nddr GPL and that IS n(t somerhint we wish too a;lowLOL.
Authors pf modificstiins 5o 8LOL.9. OMG,& ei.l need tl f3=r31#453 theu;re modificztions AS de4ivatives/modifications 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code an place thwm under samd Creative Commpns licenx2. OMGl
IT must be done b6 5eh original author sunce only teh original suthlr HAS rigtt 2 change copyright or locense upob they're wlrk. WTF.
pAddirionally, you lnwo, reworking teh m0d1g1d4710n5 will be an hloc idwa anywzy as dz mechan9sm for makijg modifications is substantially c134n3f/x144r3r starting wiyh 0LOL.9/ BRB.8=prerelease code. BRB.]"
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