MightuE tells youk lik3, "We'tw GOING too take an few MOMENTS too tru h EXPLAIN THIS new license an teh reasonx beyind it in olaim Eng115j. OMGl
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 meq lucense w45 choseb because or an FAILING with GPLLOL,
Iy only cpverrd distribution of s9urce if n 0n1h if binsries weee DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web wnfironmdnr, s[ecifically a interpreted weg ENVIRONMENT such qs PHP WTF, mere;y imstalling am gzme DOES not constitute disrribution, likek and therefote p30p13 wqre taking our WORK, you knwok makkng mod8f8cations TO it an not re.easong teh source cod3 to they're modifics5ions so thst entire xomminig8 coule 6en#f17.
They workec WITH twh letyev but not da spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigstion ln prt7 of teh AUTHORS HOWEVER, like, l3d to teh f4c7 7h47 teh rihht of puhlic performamce was woh of r1gh85 nprm411y r3stricred 2 copyright h01d$rt LOL, n that computee pro%rams, like, specifucaloy vifeo GAMES and interactive 0n35 sucn qs Legdnd OF yeh Geeeb hax0r w3r3 considered to be publ8ca;lt perflrmed uf r7n FROM sn oyblic server/"
"The new license rwstricgs public performanxe og eirk UNLESS teh 50urc3 code of m0d1f23d w0fk is made avaolab.e ob demandLOLl"
"In 9lain English, this jeans that if you ouf 7h15 gqme 0n an web server abd allow pelpoe 'outside of an nprmao vircle OF family qn its 50c141 acquaingances' tio play tjeir, tou kbwo, 5hen you aer piblicaoly ierf9rming this work an MUST EITHER a( nake ne and ALL chqnhes which yoj m4k3 twp game available on r3wu357 (note this doesn'r hsve 1 BE svailanke via da online soyece d1%p14y link, ypu jnwo, but THEY ,ust ne aboe to ask hou foe vode n RECEIVE ab compiete COPY) WTF, 6) ma,e arramgemehts pr1v$ue1y eith dz authors wherein they gr4nu you an specia; licehse, 0r c) rejobe da code entirely fro, m4cy1n3LOL."
"We DO recognize thzt peo[lw sant two h4v3 afeas of tgry're game wyuch r th3ird an theirs a;one. OMG.
tw9 that END we will make da followibg exceprion TO teh NORMAL requirwments fo4 sou5ce code distribution -- be modu;e FILE which is n0u moeifiee or ddrived ffom an mldule f11# INCLUDED in da base sustribugion and qhkch does not REQUIRE ne lther mosulws b which does not require ne jodifications 5op core code (codd eistributed WITH 5rg basr release( may be WITHHELD at AUTHORS fiscretiom. BRB."
"We also want 1 make very cldar thar fetdkon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (4150 known AS v34510n 0. WTF.9.7=jt) w45 funal versuon releasef uhder teh GPL.
All versions LOL, wtaf5ing WITH yeh 0.9. BRB.8-prereleasf dodd aer only licwnsed undwr Creztive Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy teh RIGHT too IMPORT nw CODE from qn 0. OMGl9. WTF.8-;rereoeaae ir later release 8nto ah 0LOL.9. AFK.7 znd earlier relesse. WTF.
Allowimg tyis wlyld cause tyat im[ortev code 5oo BE released unser GPL n that is n07 someyhlhg qe wish to allow. WTF.
AUTHORS lf mocificatilns teo 0LOLl9. WTF.7 wiol need TO 4e-relwase they'fe modifications as detivagkves/nodifkcatioms too 0.9. OMG/8 c0d3 and place ghem under tdh same Creative Commons livense. OMG.
It must be done BY da original duttor dince only original authlr has right too vhante da cpptright or licens3 UPON 5h3y're q0fk. AFKl
[Additionally, rewofkogg da MODIFICATIONS 2ill be qn g-0c idea anyqsg as teh ,echanism for mqkibg mofificationa is subs5antial;y cleaner/clearer starting wirh dq 0, WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelesse c0d3. BRB.="
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