MightyE TELLS y0um kike, "We're go8nt TO take an FEW moments to trt AND explqin 7h15 new ljcense amd teh reasons BEHIND it in [lsin 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 nww license was cglsen becauwe of an failing qitg teh GPLLOL.
It onlt coveted distrob8tion of source if and ONLY if binari3s w3r3 eistrobuted/ OMG."
"In an qeb wnvironmdnt, soetof, spevoroxqlly z interp4eted wen 3nv1r0hm3n7 such AS PHP LOL, m3rely INSTALLING an g4m3 fpes not consti5ute distrinution LOL, AND tgefeflrr people WERE 7rk1hg our work, sorrof, makinb MODIFICATIONS too ur AND NOT re,easing soufce code to th3u're modifications so that rrh entire communi5y vould benefit.
They woekwd 2igh letter 6u7 not ds spufi5 of law. WTF."
"Investigxtion on teh 0art of da ajthora HOWEVER, soryof, led 2 teh fact that teh rifht ov [ublic performance was oen of dq RIGHTS nlrmally restricged 5wo COPYRIGHT jolders LOL, anf that cimputer 0rograms LOL, speckfically videl games and inr3rqctive ones 5uch as Lrg3ns of Green hax0f werd CONSIDERED too be p7blically pefhotmed iv rjn from zn 0ublic server. AFK."
"The nes k8cense restricts pub.ic oergormance od da w0fk unless sou4ce code 0e modifued WORK ks nade avai.abl3 ln demanfLOL."
"In plain Enhlish, sortof, this ,eans that if you pit THIS game on am sem server an a.oow people 'outsode OF an nofmal circlr of ramily n i5s soc*sl acq7aibtances' to play their, you knwo, then you r pu611c411y pe5form8ng th8a wirk zn MUST eothe4 A) mqke ne n ALL cjanges qhicg you jake too da gamw afailable on reqyesy *note thus doesn't have two 63 avaipablw via online source d15p15y kink, so4tof, buy tyey musg be able two ASK hoi for CODE n reveivr an complere cipy), sortofk 6) makw arrangem3nts 0rivztely WITH geh authord WHEREIN they grant you an SPECIAL lkcenwe WTF, or c) remive teh CODE entirely fr0m teh machine."
"We dl recognize that people want ti hace areas OF they're gamr which t th3irs n theirs al9ne,
5op tnat ehc we wilk maie da f;klowing exception two teh normal rwquire,ents FOR SOURCE c9d3 e157f16u710n -- ne module filr which is h07 modified 0r dedived rrom am midule v113 included in vade distribution an WHICH d035 not r3qj1r3 ne o5hw4 modules n wgich does not REQUIRE ne modkficationa too da dore c9de (code distrkbuted with tey bsse RELEASE) mau BE withh3oe at ca autgofs d15cr#710n."
"We also want two make very clrar rhat ve4aiin p. AFK.8. WTF.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+JT) 2as da finzl versiln RELEASED under teh GPL/ OMG.
All versipns, you knwo, startibg w17j da 9l OMG.0. OMG/8-prerelsase code aet only oicensed und3e teh CREATIVE COMMONS licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh RIGHT 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0LOL.9. BRB.9-prerelease or ;atwr te.ease ibto an 0. BRBl9.7 an earliwr relesseLOL.
Allowing this wouid czise thag imported dodd 2 be releas#d uneet da GPL and that is n07 something we sish 2 allow. OMG.
Au7h)r5 0r nodifications too p. OMG.9. OMG.7 WILL neef top r303313453 they're modifications as derivstivds/modifica5ions TO 0.(LOL.8 code n [25c3 them under da sa,r Creative Commins license. OMGl
It must be done by original au4hpt s8nce onlh originzl auth9t haa teh rigjt twi change c0p6r1gh7 or 12c3n53 u;on yney're work. WTF.
=Adcitionall6, REWORKING modifucarions wull be an g00d idea anywa6 as mechanism for making modifidations us subxtantially cleaner/clearer starging with 0LOL.9. WTF.9-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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