MightyE telos you, sortof, "We're goibg go 5akr an few jo,ents too gry an explaim THIS new LICENSE n teh e445)n5 behind i5 in plain English. OMG.
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 licrnse was chosen becausr of an failong wotj da GPL. OMG.
It only c8vered distributoon of slurcw 8f and only if binaries were d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an w3b 3nv130nm3n7, spetof, specifica;.y s INTERPRETED web environment eich as PHP WTF, mwre;y INSTALLING an GAME f035 not comstitu5e distrigjtion WTF, n ther3fote peoplr werc 74k1nf 9ur work, sir5of, makumg modificationd too 27 and not rel3asing sourcd c0d3 tl they're modifications s9 thag dntite cojmunit6 COULD benwfot. BRB.
They WORKED WITH da ;etter but not 5p1rq7 or da LAW. BRB."
"Investigatiob on da pafy of authord hoeeber LOL, led 2 da fact THAT rigjt od punlic perfofmance w45 1 of rights normally restricted tol copyright jo;ders, sortof. and that computer prog4amsk SPECIFICALLY bideo GAMES n interacyive ones such AS L3h4nd OF da Green hax0r were cpnaidered too be PUBLICALLY p3rf-rm3s 8f run from an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The new lic3nse r#5&r1c75 PUBLIC performance or da qorl ublesd da dource codr if da MODIFIED work iw made ava8lable on d3m4ndLOL."
"In PLAIN Engq15h LOL, this meabs that ir you [ut thus game 9n qn web srrver an a;low peopl3 'outside of an NORMAL circle of fsmily and igs social adquaintances' too play their, like, gh3n you r PUBLICALLY performing 7h15 work n MUST e17h3t a) MAKE ne and ALL changes which YOU make 2 da gaje availablr 9n requ357 (note this d035n'7 hafe two BE availwble ciq online 50urx3 dis[lay link, BUT 8h3y muat be ab;e two ask 6pu for dq code and receice am c8mplete co;y), b) nake qrrangwmentw privately qith trj au5nors whersun th3y grant you an SPECIAL l8c3nse, doftod, o4 C) r3m0v2 da c0d# entirely from tej MACHINE. BRB."
"Ws do RECOGNIZE rhat pep[le want to h4v3 areaa pf they'ee gqme WHICH r THEIRS n tneies aoone. BRB.
2 that 2nd we wikl make da following 3xc4p720n two da normao REQUIREMENTS for source code d1%7r16u8q-n -- ne module file which is bot modified OR DERIVED f$om an mosule fild INCLUDED in ds baae DISTRIBUTION and wgich DOES not e3quqr3 ne orher modulex an which DOES nlt r3qu1r3 be modifications two da core code (cofe distributed qith da nase y3,ease) mat be wkthheld AT authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We 4q50 wabt too ,skd ver6 clear thaf version 0.9. WTF.7 (also known as v3r510n 0. OMG.9. BRB.&+jt) qas da f1n51 version e31#453d under ds GPL. WTF.
All versioms, like, statting with da 0,9/9-prerelease c9d4 r only lic3nwed under Creativd C0mm0n5 oicemae. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 import me dode from zn 0.8. BRB.8-or3release or later relezse into an 0/ OMG.9LOL.7 n ear.ier release. AFK.
Al;lwing ghis wojld cause THAT imported cocw to9 be te;eased und3r teh GPL an tfat is NOT sometnong we w*sh 2 4110w. WTF.
Au&j0r% of modifida5ipms two 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7 w1!1 n33d 2 r2-release they're m0d1f1c2u10n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9l AFK.8 code and place yhem und3r da SAME CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
IT MUST be done by teh origknsl aithor dince ob;y da origibal author has rignt rwo change sa xl0yr8ght or licensd upon thwy're sork.
[Adeituonal.y, rewprkiny da modifications will be an good idea qbyway aa teh mechan8wn d)r making modificstions is sjbstantkally cleaner/clesrdr starting with teh -l AFK.9LOL.8-pferelease CODELOL.]"
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