MightyE te.ls YOU, "We're going 2 yake an fws moments 2 try n ex;lain this new license ahd teh reasohs bejind it on plaib Engl9shLOL.
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."
"Thks nee licdnse was cyosen because 0f an failung wi5h GPL. AFK.
IT 0n1y covered dustribution 9f sojrcr 8f an ohlu if binqties wwre diwtributed. WTF."
"In an WEB environmenr, you onwo, specidocal.y a interpreted w36 environment such AS PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING am game does not conwtitute dixtribution, dortov, n THEREFORE peoole were 74k1ng our woek, sor5of, making m0d1f1c4710n5 70 i5 an no5 re.easing 4pu4c3 CODE 2 they're m0d1f1c4710h5 so THAT wntirw community c071c benefit.
They work3d with LETTER vut not spieit of da lqq."
"Investigatioh on teh part 0f teh AUTHORS howecer, 13d to fact that teh r1gh7 of publuc pwrror,ance was 1 og da RIGHTS n0rn411y ees5rictrd to co[yright HOLDERS, ao4tof, znd THAT computer programs, you khw;, 2prcifically videi gamex and interadtive ONES SUCH 45 LEGEND of teh Gyern hax0r were CONSIDERED 5oo b# publiczlly p3rv0rm3d if rin FROM ab pub;ic server."
"The ndw l8cense redtricts ;jblic performance ov dz work hnlexs sourve cose of modkfied worl is made availzble on de,and. WTF."
"In plaim Engkixh, liie, 7y15 means thzt if YOU [u5 tnos game on an we6 serv3r n qllow peopld 'outside pf an normal c1ec13 of famioy and its t0c131 acquaintances' too play their, dortlf, then hpu r pub;ocsllt pefforming this w0rk n MUST ei5her a) make ne n ALL changes wh1vh 6ou makr 2 game qvqilablr ON requrst (n9te this doesn't have 2 be availablw via teh online aource displat link, but THEY just be able two qsk yoj for teg cpde an rwceive ah complete copy)k oike, b) make qrrangements privztely woth zuthors wneeein they GRANT yoy an special liceba3, dor5of, ir c) removd cofe entirely fro, MACHINELOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pdople wanr t2o havd areas 9f the6're gane which r thekrs AND theirs alone. BRB.
goo thar end we wkll MAKE fo.lowkng excepti9m too da n0rj41 rwquirementx for sourxe dode DISTRIBUTION -[ ne m0du23 f113 wy1ch is not modivied lt deruved from an ,oduoe file !nc1ud3d in bqsd 3istrinutkon and whuch coes not requirr ne OTHER jidules and which does not 4e1uife be m0d1v1c471)n5 2 core vode *cide DISTRIBUTED with base release) may ve WITHHELD at AUTHORS discretiln. BRB."
"We also 2ant goo nale VERY cl3at that version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knoen AS c3rs8on 9LOLl9. OMG.7+ht) was ea fknal vwrs8;n releasdc under da GPLLOL.
All veesione, starging w17h da 0.9. BRB.8-prereleqse dlde awr onlu kicwnaed under da C4eative Cpmmons license. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY eeny ten RIGHT too impoft ne cpde ftom an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleasw OR latsr relesse into an 0l BRB.9. AFK.7 ans EARLIER relesse. WTF.
Allowing this wou;c cauze 7h47 IMPORTED c9de to be released under teh GPL and 5hqt 1% not somrghimg we wish too allow.
Aurhors of modificagions to 0.oLOL.7 w111 beee too re-reldase they'fe modirications as detivatives/mldificati9ns too 0.9. AFK.8 c)e3 n place 7h3m under SAME Cr3471c3 Commons licwnse.
It jusg br done by trh oribinql authlr sincw onl7 da original ajthor HAS teh righ5 too change da copytifht or ,oc3nse upon they're work. BRB.
[Adeitionally, reworking modifoxations will be an good id3a 4nyw4y as m3ch4n15m gor mqking jofifications is SUBSTANTIALLY b13rn3r/c13$r3r stsrting witn teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prdrelease xodr. WTF.]"
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