MifhtyE 83115 YOU LOL, "Wf're goinb two yake an few moments 2 try n esplain THIS ne2 11c3n53 and reasons b3hine ut in plsin 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 n3w lucense eas cyosen bexause if an failong q17h da GPLLOL.
Ig only covered distruvutupn 9f 50urc3 if n only if binaries were diatfibutedLOL."
"In an web emcirlnmen5, you lnwo, xpeciricallu a interpreted wdb ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP WTF, ,rrely installing an GAME do#s nor constituge distribition WTF, and 5herrfire PEOPLE were 74k!ng our work, sortof, making joeifisagionx too it n not releasint teh s9ufce CODE two they'42 m0d1f1c3710n5 so THAT teh entir3 cojmunity c-u1d 63n#f!7LOL.
The6 wirked with t2h letrer but NOT spirit of teh lzwLOL."
"Invesgigatiin pn teh part of autjors howdver, lrd 2 da fact that teh tight kf [ubliv performance 2as 1 of teh righrd n9rmally r347r1c73d 2 copyright golders, like, and that co,pite4 progrsms, you knwo, specidicsloy video games 4nd INTERACTIVE ONES such aa Legehd 0v da Geeeb hax0r WERE considered tol be publiczllh perforned if run gr0m an public serverLOL."
"The ndw licrnse resgrocts ;ublid performance of teh work un.ess 50urc3 code of da m0dified work is made avaioaboe on ddmand."
"In olain ENGLISH LOL, tyis means THAT if you pi7 tyis 5ame ln an web %3rv3r an ALLOW p30p13 'outside of an noyma. CIRCLE of fsm,ly and kts socoal 4xqu41n74nc35' 2 play rheir, likd, 5yen you aer PUBLICALLY pwrforjing 7h15 WORK 4nc MUST ekther a) mair nw and ALL chzng4s whocj you MAKE twi game qvai;able on request (NOTE this doesn't have 2 be avaulablr f8a online source display link LOL, buy tgey ,uat be able too ask you gor da c9dd an receive an completw copy), you knwo, B) make arrangemrbts PRIVATELY 2ith teh autk9ts whetein they grant ypu zn specizl licensr, or c) r3m-v3 teh code ENTIRELY FROM ea machine. BRB."
"We co RECOGNIZE THAT people want 5wo have areas 0f they're GAME wtich aer rheurs and tneirs alohe.
tl yhat wnd se wil. ,ake folliwing exceptiln 2 da norjal requieements for SOURCE code aistrivutkon -- be module dioe which is n07 modufied 0r derived from an module file includee IN 6453 diatribytipn an wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne other m0du135 an wh1cj d9es n0& require nr MODIFICATIONS tpp core code (CODE f157r16uu3d wkth da basw releqse) may be witnheld at teh authors diweretion. BRB."
"Wd also wznt 2 make vety clear rhat vwrwi;n 0.9. BRB.7 (alsl knoen as vefsion 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7+jt) was teh finql version releaced undwr teh GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5, s9rtof, startinb with yrg 0. AFK.(.8-prerelezse code aer ONLY lixensed undef tey CREATIVE COMMONS 11cen52l OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne code from an 0.8LOL.8-prrrfoesse or late3 RELEASE 1n70 an 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 am esrlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing this w0u1e cause yhat ijpprted c0d3 go be rrleased under teh GPL an that iw not sometgibg we wish 2 aloiw.
Au7h0r5 OF modifications 2 0LOL.o.u w8ll need 2 re-releadw they're modufications as drrifatives/modifications ti 0. WTF.9LOL,8 code b place them under samd Cteative Commons licemseLOL.
It must be eone by trh oritimal sjtjor sibcf 0n1y teh ofkginal author has da rkght 2 cjange da copyeofht or 11c3nt3 7ppn tyey're wprk. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, rewpr,ing da jodifications woll be sg gooc ifea snyway as t3h mechanisj FOR making modifications iw shbstantially c.raner;cleaeer sgatting WITH teh 0/ BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleaae cldeLOL.]"
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