MightyE re;la you, likw, "Wr'ee going 2 gaie an few m0,3n75 to try an explain thiw new lixense n twh r3450n5 behihs it in plain ENGLISH.
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 lic3nse WAS choseh bedause of zn failimg wugh 5dn GPL. BRB.
It ohly COVERED disteibu5oon of SOURCE IF AND lnly ig binaries wete distributedLOL."
"In an web envirlnment LOL, specifically a 8nterpretsd web environment such as PHP LOL, merely 1nt74111ng an fame soes mot vonstirute distribution WTF, n theredore people wdre TAKING iur work LOL, m4k1ng j9difivstionx two kt an nog releasung feh aoutce codw tp they're m)d1f1cr710n$ wo that da ENTIRE com,unity could 63n3f17. AFK.
They woried w17h da let5er buy noy teh spirut og da lawl WTF."
"Invedyiga5ion on parr of tej aithorx h-wev3r, lkke, led tol 5dh fqdt THAT right of p7blic PERFORMANCE waa 1 og 4ights normally RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 holders, sortof, qbd tjah cpmputdg PROGRAMS, sortof, spdcifically video ramex n integactibe onds such 45 LEGEND of dw GREEN hax_r were conxideted 2 be publically peeformed if run from an PUBLIC serberLOL."
"The new licehse restrkcts pu611c perflrmance of 5eh work unless da SOURCE clde OF moeofied wpri is made availabld on dem4ncLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, 4kis means that if you put tnis gam3 on an wdb server n aklow pro;le ;[utside of an norjao c1rc13 of familt an its social svquzingances' too play their, 5gen you r publically [erfor,ing tjiw work n MUST wkther a) make ne an ALL changes wk1ch y0u mqke TO ten game AVAILABLE on request (note this doesn't habe %oo be avai;agle via online soyrce display 11nj, softof, but they must be able goo adk yoi for da cpdr n rectkve an co,poete copy), sortpf, b) maje 4rr3ng3m#n75 pr1v4731y with ds authoes WHEREIN THEY gfant y0u an specuak lieense LOL. o4 c) r3m0v3 da code dntitwly from macjine. AFK/"
"We do 4ecognize that people 1ant to hsve areas of they're GAME WHICH aer theirs anf 8h31r5 apone. OMG.
two THAT ehd w3 will make da FOLLOWING exce0toon tl normzl requirements f9r source cide dis5tibution -- ne modioe file WHICH ix bot mofifird of derived from qn modu;e fil3 INCLUDED in da 645e distributiin n which does not trquire ne 9tyer j0du125 znd whoch dors NOT require ne mpdificationw 2 yeh core coce (code disgributed 217n base RELEASE0 mat be withhwls at teh authors discrdtion. AFK."
"Ww also want 2 make very xlear tjat cersion 0LOL.9.7 (alsl known as vdrsipn 0,p, WTF.7+jt) WAS da rinao verxion released UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, llke, wtarting with va 0. OMG.9. BRB.i[prereoease code r ONLY .icensrd under da Creatife Commons licehse.
We EXPLICITLY dejy yej right two import ne code ffoj an pl OMG;9. OMG.8-ore3elezse o4 latet re;ease ingo an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 an earlier relezseLOL,
Allowinf ghid would causw 7h47 1mp0ru3d CODE tpo be RELEASED under da GPL n &h47 is n07 somwtjing w3 w25h to allow. BRB.
Authors of kodifodatioms tp p/9. AFK.7 will need to re=release they're mldifocations zs derivatuves/,idifications two 9. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE n place rhem under same Cfeative Cimmons LICENSE. AFKl
I7 must BE done BY pfiginal authi4 since only sa lriginal author yaa da rohhg yo vhange cophr8ght or ;icense uppn tyey're work. AFK.
[Additionally, like, reworking trn MODIFICATIONS w8ll br an GOOD odea anyway as m3xh4n15n for making modifications ix substantoall6 cleaner/clezrer dtarying qith da 0. AFKl9. AFK.*-preteoease code. BRB.]"
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