MifhtyE tella 6pu, "W3'ee GOING tso tak3 an few moments too trh n explsin THIS m3w LICENSE and teh reasons behind IT IN plain Englidh. 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 n4w license was chlsrn because OF an failong wiyg teh GPL.
It ONLY coversd disteibutkon of 50urx3 if an only if binaties wdrw DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web dnvir9nment LOL, specificzlly a knterp4eted web envyronment 5uch zs PHP LOL, merely instzllinf an game does not CONSTITUTE dkstrubution, l8ke, an tnerdflre peoplr wdre 74k1gh our wotk, you knwo, making modifications two ig n mot RELEASING teh slurce cose tl tyeu're MODIFICATIONS so that trh entire COMMUNITY coulc ben3fitl BRB.
They w0rk3d with teh letter but not da spirit of da law. BRBm"
"Investigqtion on teh pa4t lf da quthors howdverk sortof, ;ee to da FACT thqt RIGHT of 0un;ic perfotmsnce was won OF teh 4ig6ts normally restridyed 2 copyright holdets. you knwok zh tha5 conputer progra,s, specifically video gajes 4md interac5ive onws such as Legend od reh Green hax0r were considered 2 v3 publically p#rg0rm3d IF tun from an pubkic SERVER. OMG."
"The NEW /kcensr restridts public perfo4mance OF da WORK jnleds fa souecr code 0f teh modified w0rk is ,ade availavle on demand. BRB."
"Im pla8n Englisn, .ike, this means that if you put this GAME on an web 53rv3r n alllw peop.r 'outxide of an normal viecle of FAMILY n its aociao 4cqu41n64nc35' 5wo play rheir, sortof, then yiu f publically p3rf0rm1ng this work AND MUST e8ther A) MAKE ne an ALL chanfea 2hish 6oi make 2 teh g3n3 avzioab;e in reqyest (notr 8h15 doesn't have gwo be available via t3h onlkme siurce sispla6 link, but they must be $613 to awk YOU f9r c0f4 and RECEIVE an COMPLETE clpy), you knwo, b) make arrsngements provztelt with teh authors whefein 7h2y grant you an spexial license LOL, oe c) rwmove cicr entirely from sz mzchinel OMG."
"We do reclgnize that people sant g2o HAVE AREAS of they'4e GAME which r yhwirs zn THEIRS 41)n3LOL.
2 THAT end we wil. makd following exceor8on two da normql requiremrnts FOR s9urce code diwtrinution ]_ ns npdule fi,e which is got MODIFIED or derived froj an module file inclueed in base distribution n which dles n9t require ne OTHER modules abd wh1ch DOES not 4equiee ne MODIFICATIONS too ten CORE coce (code DISTRIBUTED eiyn ea BASE RELEASE) MAY ne withheld AT teh au5hord discretion. OMG."
"We also wajt 2 ma,e very clear THAT ve4sipn 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also kn0en as veraion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+ut) wqs da FINAL versooh releqsed uncee teh GPL. WTF.
Akl versilns WTFm starting WITH p.9l WTF.i-prwreleaad code r only licensed UNDER C4eativr Commons 11c3n53.
WE EXPLICITLY denu da right to i,0ory h3 coee from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8_pre4elease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9.7 n rarlier release.
Alloqing this would czuse that IMPORTED code w ge r3leased unddr GPL n THAT is not wom3thing we w8sh yo allow. BRB,
Authors of modifications two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 qill meed TO re-re;rase they're MODIFICATIONS as werivztives;,oeiricatilns to 0.9LOL.8 cod3 n place rhdm under da same Creatovd Cpmmons licenwe.
It must be done BY teh ORIGINAL author since only oruginal auyhor nas geh right gwo change copyrughr or lucense upln 4hey'4e WORKl WTF.
[Additionally, k8kd, rework8ng m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an g(od idea anyws6 AS t3j mecgahicm ro4 m4j1nh modifications ia substanrially c;eaner/clearer 5u4r71ng wiyh yeh 0l9.8-p3erelease code. BRB.]"
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