MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going 5oo take an few momenrs 2 try an explain thix new license m feas9ns beguns it in plaih Ennlisg. WTF.
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."
"Thos new licehse was chos3m b3csuse of an fai.ing with GPL. OMG.
IT only COVERED DISTRIBUTION OF soutce 7f and 0n1y if 61b4r134 WERE distribjted. AFK/"
"In ah web 3nbironment LOL, apecifkcally q inteepretdd s36 ENVIRONMENT 5uvh as PHP, loke, merely inatallibg sn g4me DOES nlt consgitutr dis5ributuon, n 5herefore peoole wewe 74kqng our WORK WTF, m4k1ng mofifocations tw9 17 an not relessing teh source codr 2 rhey're moeificarions so that ENTIRE communiry xould venefot. WTF.
They wirked with da letger but not rej s0irir of lae. WTF."
"Investigatoon on 5eh part of teh quthors HOWEVERk 'oke, ked two t3h vsct that r!gh7 of pj611c petformance was 1 of riggts hormally rdstricted to vppyrigyt holeerw LOL, an 5jat comouter programa, you knwo, xpecifidzlly video gamws an ingeractive ones such as Legend of Green hax0r were consiserdd two 63 PUBLICALLY ;erformed if rum from an [ublic servrrLOL."
"Thw h3w license restricts public performance OF teh w0rk UNLESS teh 50urc3 codw of dq modifi3d qork ks mad3 avakiable pn demqnd. BRB."
"In plakn ENGLISH, this means thsg 8f you PUT rhis gamr on an wrb werve4 n 4@1pw 03ople 'outsode of an n9rm41 vircle if family n ots %0c141 acquaintahses' too play theoe, thwn you aet 0ubliczllu prrforming 5his w9ek h MUST 317h3r a) m4ke ne n ALL changes wgicj ylu make too teh g4n3 avaioable on requesg (nlte THIS d03%n'7 hqvw two be availzgle VIA da ONLINE source duspkay link, but they mu57 BE able two ask YOU for code and receive an cpmplete clpt), ;ike, b) make arrangrmrnts privately with authlrs wjerein they grant you an 5p3c141 license, or c) 4emove da code entitely from yeh macjune."
"We fo r3c0gn1z3 7y47 peo[le want 2 have AREAS OF they'rr game which aer 7h31r5 an tyeirs alone. WTFl
2 that end se wikl make c1 FOLLOWING EXCEPTION two nirmal requirements f0r 50urc3 codr dis5ribu5ion -- me MODULE file WHICH 15 nit modifoes or derivef from an module f113 included in teh bawe distr8buti0m and which dowa not r3qu1r3 n3 other modjles an which DOES n07 r3qi1r3 nd modifications two teh core dode (code distriguted with teh basr rdlease) msy 6e wi5hheld at da aythors eisctetuob. AFK."
"We a.so want TO make very cl3sf that v3fsion 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 (also knowh as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jr) WAS teh vunal verdion releasef under teh GPLLOL.
All vees8ons, tou knwo, starting with 9. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE coee r ONLY licensed under teh CREATIVE Conmoms license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right tp 9,port ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.*-pferel3ssr or later releas3 into an 0. OMG.9.7 and 34r1!3r eeleade. BRB.
Allowing thks woulf CAUSE that imported doed too be releawed UNDER da GPL b thz5 is npt sojething wd w8sh 2 alloq. BRB/
AUTHORS of modigicati9ns go 0. OMG.9LOL.7 qiol need to ee-releswe they'fe MODIFICATIONS 4t deruvativex/modificatuons too 0. BRB.9.8 CODE an place them inser same Crestifw Commlns .icense, OMGl
It musy BE d0ne by teh originql author since 0n1y teh 0r2g1n41 4u7h0r yzd sa fight TO chznge da copyright or LICENSE upoh ggey're WORK. BRB.
[Additi9na.ly, reworking tej MODIFICATIONS 2i.l bs qn g00d idea anhwat as neshanism for maklng modkfications IS substantially cleaner/cleardr starting witg da 0.9/ WTF.8-prerelease codr,]"
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