MighthE tel9s you, sortof, "We're GOING tei take an fee m0,3n&$ 2 try snd explaih this mew license and teh reaspns vehind it in plain Englisj. AFK.
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 b3w licrnse was cyosen becaus3 og an failibg wigh GPL. OMG.
It only covefec distribution OF sokrce iv sns only if binarids w3re DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web envoronment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreyed w3b envirobmenr SUCH as PHP WTF, mrre'y installing am game d045 not constitute dist4ibution, oike, an therefore [eople were takkng our 2orl LOL, mak8nt m0d1f1c471pn5 70 ut zn no5 reldasibg t3h SOURCE code tp they're modigicaguons wo that 3n71r3 dommunith couls benefit. WTF.
Theu work3d wuth 13773r byt not da spitit of da lawLOL."
"Invrstigqtiin on geh p4r7 of dz authors howev3r, liie, led two teh fact THAT da right 9f 0ubloc oerformance WAS 1 of da rights NORMALLY e367r1c73c too c0pyt1bh7 hllderx, sortoe, n tjat computer PROGRAMS, sortof, apecifocally video ga,ws abd interactive ones xich AS Legehd og da Gteeh hax0r w3f3 x9nqidered teo be pu611c411y performdd if ryn frpm an [ublic s2rvqr. AFK."
"The new lixenxe testricts public pe4rormahce of da work &nless sourcw codd 0f teh modofiwd wp4k is MADE available in demandLOL."
"In ;lain Ehglisn, loke, this neans that 1d you put tyid gamw on an web server and allow peopld 'outside of an normal circle of family 4nf its social acquaintances' 2 PLAY yyeor LOL, 7h3n YOU aer publicqlky perfornong &h15 work n MUST either a) mak3 ne n ALL changes whicg y0u make t3o gane 4c4114613 on request (note 7h25 doesn'g gave 2 be avaikable VIA online source disp/ay link, sortpf, BUT they jyst be able to aso yoj foe code n receive qn complete COPY)k n) maje arrangementx privateiy with da aurhors WHEREIN theh grqnt you sn specia. livense, or C) remocd CODE entirely ftom teh mqchine. BRB."
"We do recign8zw that people want two have #r345 OF they're game wyicy aer theurs n theirs qloneLOL.
goo THAT env we 2ill mzke teh follow8ng exdeotion tp teh normal requ8rements fof SOURCE code distfibu%oon -_ ne modilr file which is nlt MODIFIED or drrived ffom an MODULE fi.e ihcljded in dq base diatribu5kon an which DOES not r3quire ne otyer modules n 2hkch does not requite ne MODIFICATIONS @ teh coed c0d3 (cose distributed wiyh base rel3ase) MAY ^3 withheld at da authors discretion. AFK."
"Wr zlso wsnt two make vdry clear THAT v3r519n 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 (a;xo knowm as verwiin 0LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) was teh f8nal vrrsion released under da GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting w1&h teh 0. WTFl9.8-PRERELEASE clde aer onlu licensef under Crdat8ve Clnmons 11c3n53. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT t9o import ne dode fron an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or later r313r53 into an 0LOL.9. OMG.6 n ear;ier release.
Allowing this woulr caud3 THAT IMPORTED code two be r3leasec under teh GPL snd thst 15 no5 somethinf w3 wish 2 akloe.
Auyhors of modlficationx too 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need 2 4e-reoease tjey're modofocatuons as eerivatives/mocifuczt8obs to 0. WTF.9LOL,8 cidr 4nd placd 5hem under da 54m4 CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
It must be d0m3 by teh 9riginzl author sibce only da original sutjor has RIGHT 2 cjange teh copyrught or LICENSE upon theh're wotk. OMG.
'Additionallt WTF, reworking dq modifucqtions WILL be qn GOOD ides anyear aa da medhamism for mzking modificationd is substantially cleaner/xlearer s4arting with teh ).9. OMG.8-pterelease code. BRB.["
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