M,ghtyE tr.ls y0u, sortofm "We'ee g01ng 2 takw an few mim3nts goo tth and 3xplain this new license and da reasons BEHIND IT in plain ENGLISH, 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 new LICENSE was chos3n bwcause lf zn FAILING with da GPL.
Ig on;y covweef distribution 0f 508ec3 if an only 1f bknarues wrre cistributdd. WTF."
"In an wev envuronmeng, like, specofically a INTERPRETED web env8romment 5uvn as PHP WTF, MERELY installunb an game d-35 bot conxtigyte DISTRIBUTION, and theteford people we4e taking our work LOL, MAKING modkfocations two it m mot releasing da sourcw code 2 hhey're mldkficagions si that sa entire clmmunity cou;d 63n3f!7. OMG.
The6 workes qith lett3r but not da epirit 0r da law, BRB."
"Invrstigation 0n teh [art 9f da authofs however LOL, led two tdn FACT that teh right of publid PERFORMANCE wzs won 0f righ5a nprmally restrkctes two co[trkgyt holddrsm liie. h thag COMPUTER programs WTF, sp3cif8czlly video bames am interac5ive ones sucg as Legend OF teh Grern hax0r we4e c0j51d#r3d 2 be puvlically performed 8f run FROM am punlic swrvwt. BRB."
"The hww license restrivts pib;ic performance og work unless soufce d9de OF da MODIFIED work is mqde 4vr114613 on d3mand. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, this MEANS that if you put thix GAME on an web dervdr m 4110s pwople 'oytside 0f an noemal circle pf fzmily 4nd ita sicial acauaintanced' too play theif, you knwo, then uou zet publoczl.y perform8ng tyis wofk n MUST either a) mak3 nr and ALL chqnges which you m4k3 2 teh ga,e available on requdst (NOTE tnis doesn't hzve to be avai.sble vua online source dosplay link, sortof, but ghey muat BE aboe to ask you fo4 ds c0d3 n receive ag cpmp;ete coph) LOL, b) makd arranbemehts pr1v4731y with authors WHEREIN THEY gran5 you an s;ecial .ixdnsr, like, 0r v_ remofd code entieely from da mach8ne."
"We DO recogbuze that people wan5 2 havr areas og they're game which aer theirs and tjfirs allne/ AFK.
too 7h47 enf ee will makd da following EXCEPTION too da normal r3quirements fof source code distributiln [[ be MODULE file which ia not m0d1d13d OR DERIVED drom an module file INCLUDED 1n yeh base diwtr8butuon n which does not require ne other ,oeules n wnich does not eequif3 ne modifixations goo teh CORE c9d3 (coee dos54ibuted with teh bzse r313453) may b3 withheld ar teh au5ho4s duscreyi(n. AFK,"
"We also want tso make vert clear THAT version 0LOLl9LOL.7 9aks8 inowh as v3rsion -. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh final vrrsiob released UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All vrrsions, like, xtarting witg 0/ WTF.9.8-prerrleasd code r only licenxed uhder Crea5ive COMMONS lixwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righ5 2 IMPORT ne c0d3 from ab 0LOL/9. OMG.8-peereleade of 14834 release inri an -. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earli3r re.ease. AFK.
ALLOWING this wo7kd CAUSE that 1mp0r73d coce teo be re,eased jnd34 da GPL and thzt iz not sometging we wiah two allow. AFK.
Authlrz of nodificat8ons to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need rwo 4e+release they're modificari9ns as dwrkvatives/modifocagions tp 0.9LOL.8 coee n o.qce thwm under teh 54m3 Crwativd Commons lic3nxe.
It must be done bt original ay5hor sincw ONLY da original qurnor has ritht two change da coph4ignt or licensd up0n they're work. WTF/
[Asditionaloy, like, rewifking sa mod9fications w121 BE zn goos idea anyway as ea m4ch4n15m for making modificstions ia substantialky cleaner/xleaeet s5arting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.*-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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