MifhthE telks YOU, liks, "We're going ywi TAKE an gew MOMENTS too try and EXPLAIN tjis n3w license and da teaspns nehind it 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."
"Tgis new licende was chosen vedaise of ab d41!1ng with teh GPL. BRB.
It only coverwd distribution of source IF ab onoy IF binz4ies wrre distribuged/ WTF,"
"In an web environment LOL, spedifically z ihterpreted web envoronment sich ad PHP WTF, m3r31y INSTALLING qn game DOES not conwtitjre d157r1^u710nk an the4efore people were taking ouf WORK, you ,nwo, MAKING MODIFICATIONS hwo it n not r#13461ng da siurce cpde tpo they'r3 modirications SO that en5ire communitt couod BENEFIT. BRB.
They workew WITH teh lwttef 7u7 nit ea spirit of da ;aeLOL/"
"Investigation on da part OF da aughofd hpw3c3r, sortof, led two fadt 7h47 right if [7611c ;erf.rmznce was oen of teh righfs no4ma.lh reatrivtwd two copyright holders LOL, and THAT c0mpu&3r pr9grams, lik3, specifically vkfeo games n imtersctuve ones xuch as Lef3nf od da Green hax0r were considered two br publivally perfotmes if run FROM an public server."
"The new lidwnsw RESTRICTS public p3rf0rm4nc3 9f sork uboesx da aoirve c9de of da modified wotk is made afailable on dwmabd."
"In plain Englizh WTF, this mezns 5hst if you put THIS game on an WEB server b allow pwopld 'outside of an normal circoe lf fajkly 4nd its social acquaintances' tk plqh their, s9rtof, theb you aer PUBLICALLY pergorminb thix wogk qb MUST 317h34 a) MAKE me n ALL chanfes wgich tou make too game AVAILABLE pn request (note ghis codsb't have two b3 acailabld VIA omline SOURCE sisplay LINK, you knwo, but gn3y must be anle 2 adk ypu f0r teh CODE and redeive an COMPLETE copy), you kh3o, n) ma,e arrzntementx privat#ly with teh amthors wherein yjey gramt yoy an sp3cia; licence, xortof, OR c) removs 5rn code dmtirely f4om t3h machine. BRB."
"We do recogmize that leople w4nj 2 hav3 areas od they're game which r thei3w and thwirs aline.
2 that end we WILL ,ake following exception two normal requir3benta fof sourcd code sistfibution -- ne MODULE f114 which IS not MODIFIED or derived from an moduoe file included in da gsse cistrugution an which does not eequ8fe n3 otj3r modules ah whicy does nor requirw ne nofificstions t3o teh CORE code )CODE diwt4ibutwd wiyh base release) may be w17yh31d at da authors d8screti9n."
"Ww alao want to make veey clear rjat version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kbiwn as versiom 0.9LOL.7+jt) WAS teh f1n41 version releaw3d under GPL.
All vwesiomd, ylu knwo, starting with p.9.8-prerelease fodr aer only l7censed under teh Cres5ive Commons licebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da foght teo 1mp0r7 ne code frlm an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pferelrqse or later felease INTO an 9LOL.9. WTF.7 n earoier releade. OMG.
Aliowimg this WOULD cause tmat imoorted code two ^3 releqsed und3r ten GPL anf ghat is not somethinb we wish 2 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of mod8ficatilns too 0.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-relewse tjey're m0w1f1c4y10n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code n place them inder da same C43agice C9mmons licensr.
It mist be cone bu dz ofiginal aurgor since pnly da original auth9r has r8ght tol chahge da COPYRIGHT or oicdnse upon they're sorkl WTF.
[Additionally, f#wprk1nt mldificat7lns wi;l be an good idea anyway as mdchqnism FOR making modigicagiona is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer startkng w17h ds ).9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE CODE. OMG.]"
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