MithryE eells you, s9rtof, "We'rd goong TO take sn few momrnts tso try n explain this new LICENSE n reasins behind it in pla8n English. BRB.
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 nws license was chosen because of am fzil8ng wirh sa GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covwred distrinution of sourve uf an on.y iv ninaries 2ere d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an web environmemt, spevifically z interpreted web environmeng xuch 45 PHP, merely unsyalling an game does no5 constitjte d157r16u7!0n, sorgpf, and 7h3r3f0r3 ;eopoe were taking our work WTF, making modificarions 2 it n no5 releasing teh xourc3 code too they'te ,odificat8ons so 7h47 teh entite clmu7bity c9ulc benrfit. OMG.
They wo4kwd with dz letter 6u7 nit 5p1r16 of teh law."
"Imvextigagion om teg paft OF teh 4u7h-rt nowev3r. l8ke, led to teh f4c7 thzt da e8ght of public PERFORMANCE was qon of va r1gh75 normallh restricted tl cppyrihht h01d3r5. you knwok an that v0mpu73r pr0gr4m5, you knwo. specof7cally vkdeo games and interactive ohes sucy as Legwnd of teh Grewn yax0r were cobsudeeed 2 be piblically performed if tun fr0m an pjblic 43rv3rLOL."
"The NEW license restricts public owrformance of twy work unless ca source coce og 6eh modified woru is made scailable on sdmand. WTF."
"In p;ain Engl8xh LOL, this means that uf 60u put this GAME on an web serbdr an 4110w people 'outside of an normal circle ov FAMILY an its soc8ak ACQUAINTANCES' tw9 pla^ gheir, tgen you aer [ublically peefo4ming THIS work xnd MUST rither a) make ne an ALL zhznges wnich yiu make too da gamr zva,lzvle 0n r3quest (bote this dorsn't hage 2 be avai/wble via onoine source DISPLAY link, sortof, but THEY must BE able two ask y9u FOR teh cpde an r3ceive an domp;ete copy) LOL, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS pr1vr731y wirh authors wherein theh GRANT you an SPECIAL LICENSE, sortof, or c) remove teh cofe entirely from da machine. AFK/"
"We el recognizr 5hat pwlple wamt two h3v3 areas 0f they're game whucj aer THEIRS an theirs alone.
to that ebd w3 qill makw tdh dollow8ng exception two ten normal requur3ments FOR siurce c9de f15jr16u710n -= ne module file wh1vh is not modkfued or dwr8ved from an module f113 includes IN da basd fistribution n 2hich dods not reqyire ne other MODULES and which does hp6 requiee ne modlfications top core code (cod3 distributed wi5h baxe release) mat be withjels at teh authors discrdtion. AFK."
"Wd also qant tw9 male vert c;ear that v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kmown aa version 0.9LOL.7+jt_ w45 ten rinal version reoeased 7nder twh GPL. BRB.
Al. v1rsionq LOL, stsrting w17h 0. BRB/9LOL.8-prerelease CODE aer only licensed under Creative Common2 license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 im[orr ne CODE rrom an 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-prereleas3 or later r313453 into zn 9.8LOL.7 am ezrlier rr;easeLOL.
Aloowinh THIS w0u1d cause THAT importrd code too be RELEASED under teh GPL an ghat is n07 SOMETHING we wish TO allow. BRB.
Authors OF modifications 2 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 will nerd goo re-relwase tj3y're modufidarions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9.8 codw zn PLACE tjem under da samr Creatife Cimmons license/ OMG.
It muat be done BY teh oryginzl author since onlu originsl suthlr gas ren RIGHT top change copyright or 12c3n52 upon they;re q9rk. OMG.
[Additkonally. loke, r320rk1ng da m0d1f1c4710n5 wikl be an good idea anyway as mrchanusm flr ,aking m0d1f1c4610n5 is substaht8alkt coraner/clearer stattiht with tch 0LOL.9. WTF.7-prerelease code. AFK.="
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