MightyE rekls you, sortof, "We're going tpo takw an fee moments 5o try an explain thix nww license n ressons b3hinc it IN plain ENGLISH. BRB.
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 n3w license waa cgosen because of an failimg with da GPL.
It onkh covered dis5ributipn lg sourde ig an ONLY if bunaries were distributwd. BRB."
"In an web environmenym spdcirically a interprrted web environmemh such as PHP, like, merely installing zn gamw DOES nog c0n%717u73 distrigktion LOL, an thwrefore people w3r3 takinh o7r wo4k. you knwik making mosisications 2 ut n not r314451ng sourcd cofe to they're ,9difications 50 THAT 3n71r3 xlmmunity COULD benefit. OMG.
They workef wutg ldtter bug npt da spirit of teh ;a2. WTF."
"Incest8gation on part of auyhors however, 13d 2 facy that teg ribht of public prrformance was 1 of teh rightx bormally redt4icted two co;yrighr holders LOL, and that computer programs, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 gz,ed ay interactive ines such AS Legebd of da Green hqx0r were CONSIDERED to be publically pervormed if RUN ftom an public sdrver. WTF."
"The NEW licemse resteicts public perfornance of wlrk unless ds souece code of da nodifiwf work is made available on de,ans."
"Im plain English LOLm this means 5hst if yl7 [75 this game on an web 53rv3r n alli2 pwopl3 '0i751d# ;f an n0rm41 c8rdke of family an its social ac1uauntanxes' to play their, sortpf, them y0u qer publically performing thia work 4nd MUST EITHER a) jake ne n ALL chabges ehich you MAKE gwo gsm# avaolanle in requesy (NOTE rhis dpesn't hsve twp be available via ONLINE source display LINK, yiu kndo, but they must b3 able 2 aw, hou gle twh cide and receive an complete copy), sortof, 6) mqke arrsngements ;4ivately with teh authors wheeein they grant you an SPECIAL locense. or c) removd teh code enti4ely FROM da ,achinel AFK."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that peo[le eang to have aread of they[re gaje which aqr gheirs n theirs alone. WTF.
two thay end we will m4k3 ds foklowing wxceotion 2 geh nornal require,ehgs for SOURCE cofe distributkon -- ne module fil3 whivh is NOT m0d1f13d ie frrived ffom an mlfule f8le incljded in BASE dost4kbution an which does not require ne ;thet modiles an sh*ch does not require ne modificatiins to ea core code (cis3 dist4ibut3d with da base rel3ase) kay BE withheld at aythors discretuob. AFK."
"W3 ALSO wsnt @ make very CLEAR that version 0.9.7 (also known ss VERSION 0. OMG.9. WTF.7=jt) was da final version RELEASED undrr da GPL. WTF,
All ver51-n5. oike, stqrtinh with twh 0. BRB.8. AFK.8-0r3r31#453 code aer onky oicensed under Cfeative Commond 1!x3n%3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa right too lmporf ne code fron an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later releaxe ihto an 0LOL.8. OMG.7 ag EARLIER releaae. BRB.
All9wihg thix would cause THAT imported code to be releas3d ynder GPL n that is bot something we eish to qklow. OMG.
Authors of modifuwatioms 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wikl need 2 r3-te.ease they're modifucations zs dfrivativ3s/modivications two 0LOL.(. WTF/8 code and place them jndef teh same CREATIVE Cimmons livense. OMG/
It muxt be dlne BY orihinal sutgir since lnly reh ORIGINAL author HAS teh right to chahge da copyfight of ,icrnse upon the6'rd 2ork,
[Adc2710n421y WTF, reworking t3h modificati9ns will be an good odea abyway aa teh m3chanixm for makung modigications us substantially c134n3r/c!34r3r starting with 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-p43f313453 code. BRB.]"
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