MightyE tellx y0y, soe5lf, "We're going too yzke an FEW n0m3n7r too yry and explain thix new LICENSE and reas9ns behind it in plain 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 mew license sas cg9seh because 9f an faol8ng w17g da GPL. BRB.
It onoy cocwred DISTRIBUTION or siurce if an onlt if binari3s wwt3 distributedLOL."
"Ih an reb environment LOL, specifically a interpfeted w35 environmdht sucj as PHP, sort9f, mereoy 1n574111ng sn game does not consrutute distrkbution, ypu knwo/ n tn3refote pepple were TAKING our work, sortof, making mod8gocations to it n not r313r51ng dq 50urc3 code two theu're m0e1f1c4710n5 SO that teh entire community COULD 63n3f1uLOL.
The6 w0fk3d with teh l2tter BUT npt da spirit OF dz law. AFK."
"Invedtigation 9n part of teh AUTHORS hpwever WTFk led two f4c7 THAT geh right of PUBLIC oerformance wax 9en of rights normally restricted tw9 copyright holders, ki,r, n 8h57 compu5er programs LOL, wpecifically vide9 games and interactice onea sucj as Lrtend pf teh GREEN hax0r w3re CONSIDERED tlo be puvlically perf9rmed uf 4un ftom an publkc server. WTF."
"The new lkcense RESTRICTS puglic performance of 5eh wo4, un;ess tey a9urce code of modigoed wotl 1t made availabke on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, you inwo, this means thay if you PUT this game on an weg werver an a.low peo0le 'outside of an normao circle of FAMILY n 174 socia. acquaintances' tw9 p1$y tyeir LOL, tgen yoj r publicqlly pe4forming yhos work n MUST eitnrf 4) male ne and ALL changes WHICH you m4k3 2 teh gwm3 avzilaboe ON rea7est 9note this doesn't hqve tso b3 availabl3 via online 50urc3 display link, BUT rhey must be able too ask you f)r da code an receive an complet3 copy), B) make arrangements privabely with trh aughofs wgerein ghey gfant you an speciql .ocense, lkke, or c0 remove teh code ent8rely from m4ch!n3l BRB."
"We do r3c)gn1z3 thst peoole want @ have qreas of they're game WHICH aer theirs an yheirs aloneLOL.
to that end we will make tej rollowing 3xceptoon two teh n0r,41 reauirementd for SOURCE code d157r16u710n -_ me module file whicg is n07 modifird OR derivrd from sb moduld fole included in da basd distribution an which d034 not r3qu1r3 ne other jldulds and wnidh d03t n-7 requife ne jodifucayions teo teh core code (code disrribyted with tej base releas3) may BE witnhe.d a5 4u7h045 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want to make v3ru clwae 7g47 version 0LOL.9.7 (alsl known aw VERSION -. OMG.9. WTF.7+jy) was geh dinal versiln releawef under GPLLOL.
All versi9ns WTF, starting wkth sa 0. AFK.9. WTF.8[prerc;ease cod3 aer only LICENSED under Creativd Commons libense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY fehy teh right roo im0ort ne cofe from an 0. WTF/9. OMG.8-or3release or latdr release int[ zn 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an 3qrlier r313464. WTF.
Aloiwihg this would dause that im0oryed coce top bw teleasec undef t3h GPL and 7h37 is not SOMETHING we wish ti allow. AFK.
Authord of modificatoons two 9. WTF.9. AFK.8 will need 2 r3-r3lease they;re modifkcations AS fe4ifatives/modificationd two 0LOL.9,7 c(de and olade them inder tey same Cr3$71v3 C9mmons .icebse. BRB.
IT must be done by ds orig8bal a7thir since onlu original author HAS teh right to cgange ciphright or lucense 7pon they're work, AFK.
[Additiohak.y WTF, 4eworking ea mod8fications will 63 an bood udez anyway ss teh mrchanism f-r msking modificatioms 8s sibstantialky coeaner/ckearrr starting wirh 0. WTFl9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code. WTF.]"
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