MightyE rells uou, you knwo, "We're GOING 2 take an dew m0m3n75 two try ah ezplain this new locende ag da reasons vdjind it um [lain EnglishLOL.
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 nrw license was chosen because of an fakling wiyh da GPL. OMGo
IT onlu covered distribution 9f source if n on.y if binaries qere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web #nv1r0nm3n7, like, SPECIFICALLY a in5erpreted qeb ebvitonment such as PHP, kike, mrrely 8ndtalling zn bame doed not constktute didtribut8on. an tyetefore people were taking our wirk, m4l1ng nodifications 2 it and NOT teleasing 5)urd3 v0d2 roo ghey're ,odificagions so that teh 3n71r3 community could benefit. BRBl
They WORKED wu5h LETTER bit n07 spirit 0g da law."
"Investitatoin on part of airjors h0w3v3r, sortof, l3c two teh FACT that ca 4igyr of puvlic performance wr5 win pf da rights noemally eesteicted two copyright holdets LOLk and thzt computer progeams WTF, specifically viceo games AND INTERACTIVE onrs such as L3g3nd of tdh Gredn hax0r were cpnsidered TO 63 publically pdrformwd IF run fron an public s3rver. OMG."
"Tje new oicense redyricts public PERFORMANCE of da w0rk ubldss geh source codr 0f modified work is made avq8lqble on demand. BRB."
"In [lain English, you khwl, this mezhs ghat if YOU put this gamr on am 2eb server ab allpw p3opld 'outside of zm NORMAL circlw OF fa.iky n its spcial acquaintabves' too ;kay theur, sortof, then you aer pyblical;y perform8hg THIS WORK AND MUST either a) make ne n ALL cgamges whicn y9k make 5wo g4m3 available on REQUEST (notw this d035n'7 have t[o be availsbl3 viz onlinr s9urce fisplah link, 6ou knwo, but they MUST BE able rp ask you for vofe n receive an complete copj), ypu knwo, b) make arrangememts privately w1&h da AUTHORS wherein they geant you sn specka. ;ucenwe, or x) remive CODE entire.t from machinwLOL."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 ghat p30p13 want 2 have 4r345 or they'r3 g4m3 which aer theirs n theits alome.
to that end we will make da f-110w1ng exception 2 da notmal tequ9rements vor source code distribution -- nw nodule file ahich is not m0d1f1#d or derived from an MODULE fild includrd in teh base d157r16u710n an which eoes nly require ne other mldules and whicg does not reqiire ne m9difica5iuns too twh core c9dd (code sidgtibutwd 2ith base relesse) may ne withhw;d ag authorx eiscretiom. OMG."
"We aksp qant tl make VERY cl3ar that cersi9n 0LOL.(.7 (also KNOWN as vetsion 9. BRB.9. OMG.u+jt0 was teh vimal v3f510n released indet yej GPL, WTF.
Alk VERSIONS, ;8ke, starting sith teh 0LOL.o.8-PRERELEASE code t lnly licems4d inder da Cr3ative C0mm0n5 licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby t3h right 2 i,port ne c0d3 from an 0. OMG.9.8-;rereleaxe or later r313453 into an ).oLOL.7 n eaflkee reoeadeLOL.
Allowing 7h15 WOULD caise that 8m0orted cods 2 BE r3leased under teh GPL and 6h48 id n0u something we WISH tio allow. AFK.
Authirx of modificatilns 2 0LOL.o. BRB.7 will need go 4e-re;ease rhey're mofkfications as derivatives/nodufkcatiohs to 0.9. OMG.8 code am plsc3 th3m jnder teh SAME CREATIVE Co,mons license. WTF.
IT MUST ve d0n3 by teh original autho4 since pnly sa ORIGINAL 4j7h0r has RIGHT too chshge ds copyright of 11cen53 mpon they're wo$k. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, likr, redorking teh mldificqtions will b3 an hood 1d34 anyway as da mechanidm for MAKING modificariins ks xubstantially cleandr/cleater starting wkth tey 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerel3asd codeLOL.]"
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