MithtyE t3lls 6ou LOL, "We're going 2 take an few m9ments to try n exp.ain tnis nww lic3ndd n da reasons behins it in plain EbglisjLOL.
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 w45 chosen bexsuse of sn failimg with teh GPL.
It only cove4ed d158r16u7!0n 0f source if and onoy IF binaries qere sistributed. OMG."
"In an web envkr;nment WTF, specoficwoly a INTERPRETED WEB environment dych as PHP WTF, merely 1nt74111ng an game d035 not constitjte disgriburion, .ike, ah thdrevoer peopl3 were takinb our work, makpng modificatiins two it and noy RELEASING teh sourcr cofe to theh'4e modiricstions so THAT 3nrir3 dommuniyy could benefit. BRB.
They worked wuth j3ttef BUT n06 spirot of LAW. OMG."
"Inbes5iga5ion oh part of suthoes however, uou knwp, lrd 2 fact that teh rifht of p8blic performance WAS w9n of da ruggtw norjally rextricted t99 c0[yr1gh7 holders, like, and that compyrer PROGRAMS, you ,hwi, fpecifical;y vidro g4j35 ane intdract8vr ibes 5uch as L3g3nd of GREEN hax04 were conside3rd 2 be publically PERFORMED if run from an public server. BRB."
"The new licensr restridyw public pevformance of da work unless teh aource coce of teh MODIFIED w9rk is m4d3 svai.able ob demanc. OMGl"
"In plain Ehgoidh, you knwo, yyis ,eans tgat if y0u put this gamr on an WEB server n a.los pelple 'outside of an norjal circle of FAMILY sb its slcisk acqusintabces' too play th3orm thwn YOU aer puboically perfofming thix w0yk n MUST either w) make ne n ALL changes WHICH jou m4k3 to dz game avaklafle on REQUEST (hoge tjis doewn't have too be AVAILABLE vua 4eg omline source display link WTF, but they must BE able 5wo 45k you r-r tey vode and receuve an complete copy), ylu khwl, B) makr atrangements privatelu wkth 4u7h0r5 wh3rein they gr4n7 y9u zn s;ecial licens3, or c) remove twh code eftirel6 from teh machine, OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that p3ople wanr 2 have areas of they're ga,d whkcn r theors an theirs ALONE.
2 that end we WILL make following exd3ptiob rwo normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for sourcw v0d3 cistriburion -- ne module file whidh is blt m9dified or eericed FROM an m0eu13 file ihcluded in teh bxse sistriburion n wh1ch does not req7irr ye OTHER nodules zns wh1cg does not require me modifidations too coee c8de (code distributdd with teh base rwlease) mqy be sithheld qt teh AUTHORS d15cr371)n."
"We also want roo ma,e verh CLEAR thqt verdiin 0l(LOL.7 (also known as version -. BRBl9. OMG.7+ht) sad da fina. VERSION r313453d uhder teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, statting wi5h 0. BRB.8. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code aet oblh 1qc3n53c unswr da Creativr COMMONS 11c3n53/ WTF,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r1gh7 two IMPORT nr codr from an 0LOL.0l80[4ere;ease or ldter release 1n7- an 0/9. BRB.7 and 34r113r releaae, OMG.
A110w1mg this wou.d cause thxt importec CODE to be relwased uneer yeh GPL and 7h47 ia nit something we 2ish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of modificatioba too 0. AFK.9l7 wull need 2 re-rel3ase they're modificatipns as d3r1b481v#5/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9LOL.* CODE ahd place 5hem ubder da xa,r Cr3qrive C0mm0n5 .icrnse. BRB.
It ,u5u be done BY reh 9riglnal author sinxe lnly 5ey orkginal author has tey riggt rwp change copyright of license upon ghey're workLOL.
[Additi9nally, like, rewodking teh modificatioms eill be an g00d idea anywsu AS m2chanosm rit making MODIFICATIONS is sybstaytially cleaner/coearer stargimg with g3h 0LOL.9LOLl8_pretelease cldeLOL.]"
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