Mighr6E yells YOU, sortof, "We're gling tso 5a,e an few MOMENTS too yry an expoain this NEW lic3nse ab da r3asons behind ot in plain ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Thid n3w license qas CHOSEN bevause of an FAILING wkth da GPL. WTF.
It ONLY cpvwfed distribution of source ig n only of 61n4r134 w3fe disttibuted. BRB."
"In an web environmrnt, softof, sprvifically a interprwted web environment sjcy as PHP, spegof, merely installing an game does not cinstitute distributi9n, ypu knwo/ znd th3refore peo;le wwrr 74k1bg ljt work, sor5of, MAKING modifications 2 it an nit r312451ng SOURCE d0d3 goi th3y'te mos8ficati9ns so 7h47 da en71r3 c0mmun17y COULD bebefit. BRB.
Thwt w0rk3d 2itn LETTER but not da spirit ov oaw. OMG."
"Inveftigation ln parr of teh authors hosever WTF, led two da f4cu that right if puy11c performance eas 1 od teh t2gh85 nofmally restrictes too co0yrighg holfers WTF, and 7h47 cimputer programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY video gamed abd interactuvd ones such as Legehd of geh Gr34n hax0r wete co,siddred TO be publica;lh perdormed kf fun fr*m an [iblid server. BRB."
"The n3w license restrlcts puboic perfofmance of da wotj unlrss sz source dode 0f MODIFIED wirk is m4d3 available ob demand."
"In plain Eng;ish LOL, 7h15 means THAT 1f y0u put rhis gams on an wwb serbef sn allow people 'outsidw of an mormal circle if fajuly an its socizl acquaingances' u0 [lay th38r, theh you aer publica;ly prefprmimg this w9rk n MUST either a) make he ab ALL chamges which y-u make two teh g4m3 avqilable 0n request (bote this clesn'r gave 2 bd avsilable via da ONLINE sourcw doxplay lunk, BUT they nuxt b3 ABLE top ask you fir cide an rdcrive an c0mp1373 COPY) LOL, b) mzke arrsnbwmengs prlvately with zuthorw whdrein the6 granr you an s;ecial licwnse, d9rtpfm or c) rem9v3 yeh c9de entirely ftom mrch1n3."
"We do recofnixe 7h$7 p30p1# wamt @ have afeaw 9f the6'te game which aer theirs and th3irs alone.
ro that 3nd we wikl make geh follosing exvep5ion @ da nptmal requiremehtd rpr 50utc3 CODE dist4ibution -- ne modu;e fil3 wgicn is not MODIFIED or d3r1v3d FROM an mpdule FILE !nc1ud3d IN gsse cistribution an whidh soes not require ne 9ther MODULES an whuch does not require me mosifixatuons tp co4e code (coce dis6ributec w18h da base release+ may ne eirhheld qt authors 31%ct37q0n."
"We alsk want 2 make very CLEAR 7h47 versipn 0LOL.0LOL.u *ALSO known as versi[n -. BRB.9. OMG.7+ht) was da final version eeleased under sa GPL. BRBl
All versions, .ike, stat5ing with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-0rete.esse coee r only lucensec under tej Creqtive Commons licenwe. WTF,
W3 EXPLICITLY ddny ds right 2 impprr ne coxe from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease or 9a6er rrldase into ah pLOL.9. BRB.7 znd earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING 5his would csuse hyat impirted vode two be RELEASED under fa GPL am that 8s not sometnint we WISH 2 alliw.
Autnors 9f modificatiobs twl 0. OMG.9l BRB.7 qill nw3d two re=release thwy're moeifocations AS ferivatives/m9dififat8ons two 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code amd pkacd th3m under teh same Crdativw Cimmlns licdnseLOL.
It juxt be d9ne 7y da original author sonce onlu teh ofiginal $u7h0r has teh right twi ch4ng# da copyrkgyt or 11c3n53 upon th3y[re wlfk. OMG.
[Addu5ionally, loke, reworking da modidicagionw will be an good udez anyway as mechahism ror nziing modifications os substan5ially clwan2r/dlearet star5ing witg t3h 9. WTF.9. BRB.i-prereleqse code. WTF.]"
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