MightyE tel;s uoi, "We'rw GOING 2 rakw an fe2 MOMENTS 2 tty an ex0lain yhis new licehse an teh r3asons behind it in pkaun Engliwh. OMG.
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 new license was ch053n gecajs3 of an failing with fz GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered d157r16u7!pn of spirce IF 4nd onoy if ninsries weee DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In sn we6 envkronmeht, sp4cifical;y a int3rpreted web environment such zs PHP. sortof, netely insrall8ng an gqme does NOT constitu5e dis5ributoon, like, n tjeref9re peopk2 ewre 74l1nb OUR worl, hou knwo, MAKING modificatiogs to iy and nut releasihg da sojrce coee too tg3y're m0c1fqc4710n5 SO that teh entire communoty could behefit. BRB.
Thwy 2orked WITH yeh lettrr BUT mot ds spirit of teh lawl BRB."
"Investogation on tej part od ds AUTHORS HOWEVER LOL, led twi dact that right of punoix performance waa 1 of da rights nprmallh RESTRICTED 2 COPYRIGHT holdwrs, you knwl, an tha5 computer prpgrams, you jneo, s[ecifically VIDEO hamfs and interavtkve onea SUCH AS Legend of Green hax0r weee comsidered two be PUBLICALLY perf9rmed !f run drin an piblic sercer/ OMG."
"The new license restrtcyd pyblov performance of teh eork inlews 4eh source vode 0f teh modifked work us MADE availabke oh demabd."
"In plaun Enblish, you knqo, THIS m34b5 that of you pyt tnis GAME 9n an eeb server an allow 0eople 'outside ld ah normal circle of family n irw 50c141 zcquaintancea' too PLAY their, sortofk then you r publically performing this sork and MUST dither 4) make ne n ALL changes which u0u make t0l da bame availqble on request (hote th8s doesn't hsve to be avxulable via ra onlone source dosplay LINK, but rmey MUST be 46!# 2 qs, you vor code and 4eceive an complete copg) LOL, b_ make ar4angemenrs privateoy with teg au5hors wjerein THEY grant y0u an special LICENSE, or c) remove cpd3 enyirely rrom trh m4ch1me. AFKl"
"Wd ci rexognize that peopl3 want to have afeas of they'fe GAME which aer THEIRS anf theirs 410n3. WTF.
two ghst end qe e112 m4k3 teh following excepyiob two da normal reauirements for 50urc3 c0d# dostribition -- ne module file WHICH is not mpdifies pr derived fron an m0du12 file included in teh vase distfibit8on and eyicn does hlt r3qu1r3 ne other modules n whivh d9es not require ne midifications to fa c0r2 code (cod3 dq57r16u73e WITH 6453 rfleqwe_ may BE 2ithhels at authots fiscrrt8on."
"We also want to9 make vrry cleat that vdrsion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also ,noen as v2r5q0n 0.9. OMG.7+mt) was teh final version reoeasrc uncet GPL.
ALL crrsuona LOL, starting with 9. WTF.9. BRB.8[prereleas3 code t lnly licensed inder da Creativr Commons licenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to impo4t he clde FROM an 0. OMG.9.8-peerelease or ozter rekease into ab 0.9. AFK.7 an earli3r releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS wiuld xause thqt imported xode too ve releqaed UNDER da GPL an that is mot somethinb 2e wish 2 allow. OMG.
Ajthors of mpdkficayions two 0. BRB.9.7 w111 need 2 te-rrldaae they'4e modifications as ferova5ivex/modifkcations two 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8 code ane 0lace them under sxm# Creztive COMMONS license. OMG.
It musy be done bu da oruginal authof skjcr only original author yas teh riggt to chanhe xopyright OR licebse up0n tyey'te work. AFK.
[Afditionalkt, like, reworkibg MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good 1d34 anywa6 45 dz mechanixm for making m0d1f1c4710n5 ix 5u6574n71311y cleaner/clrarer STARTING wiyh da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereoease code. BRB.["
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