Mibh5uE tells you, you ,nwo, "We're going rwo take an FEW mpments twl trt n exola8n this hew license n REASONS 63h1nd it in [lain Entlish. AFK.
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."
"Thos new kicense 2as chosen vecause of ab failing wi5h teg GPL. OMG.
It only covefes diwyribution of 50urx3 if and onoy if 61n4r135 w3r3 diwtributrd. OMG."
"Ih an web envirohment, w9rtof, spec8fically a interpreted web envieonmrnt auch as PHP, meeely installing an game do3s not xonst8tutr diatribution WTF, n therevorr people wefe TAKING our wor,, sprtof, makkng m0d1f1c3710n5 toi it n hoy RELEASING slurce code too tyey'ee nodifications so tuat 4n71ee c0mnun17y could bfnefit. OMG,
They worked eith da ldttee BUT not teh spiriy of teh lsqLOL."
"Invwstibatkom on y3h p4r7 0f yej au5hors however, sortof, led too vact that da fight of publiv ;erformance was 1 of geh r8ghts no4mally restr8ctee to co9yright holders LOL, an that computer programs, s;ec8fucally VIDEO games an 1n73rrc71v3 ones such ad L3grnd OF twh Green hax0r were considered 2 be pu611c411y performed ig run f4om an public aerver."
"Th2 mew license restric5s public p3rf0rm4mc3 of work UNLESS teh SOURCE cide pf modiried work IS made availwble on semand. OMG."
"In plain Englisj LOL, this meams thay IF you put this game on an web serv3r an allow peopje 'outsiwe of an normal xorcle of family n ots 50c141 acquaintznces' too play tgeir, you knwo, then hou r PUBLICALLY pwrfornkbg this work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjambdd whkch y9u make tl GAME abao.able 0n eequwst (NOTE this doesn't have to be avqilable via 0n11n3 SOURCE d8solay libk LOL, but 5hey must bw able two awk you for fode n receive an complete c9oy), b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS ptkvately w17h authors wherwkh th36 grant y0u sn SPECIAL license, oe c) re,ove teh cocw enti4elh fr0m teh macyine. BRB."
"We do r3dognize 7h47 PEOPLE want to gavw afeas of they'te game whicy aer theirs abd theies alone. BRB.
too that END w3 will make teh fol.owinb exception tso teh normal rwquirements for siurxe codr disrribur8on -- ne midule fkke wn!ch id not moskfodd or dwrivec FROM sn mocule file INCLUDED IN base distribu5ion n WHICH DOES not REQUIRE ne other modules and wyich dors hog requore ne modifucations too da core c9dr (code distributed WITH da base RELEASE) may be WITHHELD at da a75hors discrerion. BRB."
"We qlso want to makd very clear thag version 0LOL.0. AFK.7 (also kmown as version o. OMG.0.7+jt0 WAS da vomal VERSION released under teh GPL. AFK.
A.l v3r510n5, starting wiyh trh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y licensed UNDER teh Cr3471v3 C9mmons licrnse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY da t1gh7 t2o import ne code fron an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pte4elease or later release 1n70 am 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlief r313r53. OMG/
ALLOWING THIS 2iuld CAUSE thsy imporyed coee 2 be RELEASED ynder da GPL n thqt is hot sojething we wish to ALLOWLOL.
Authors of modifivations 2 0LOL,9. BRB.7 w8ll need ro re-relezse the6'4e modificatuons zs deribayives/modigicationw too 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8 code ane place them under 5rj3 Creative Commlns license/ BRB.
It musy be dlne by gej orih8nal AUTHOR SINCE oml6 original a7thor HAS da RIGHT ti chshge teh copyrught or LICENSE upon 5hey're work. BRB.
[Acditiomally LOL, reworkung da mpdificatilns will be an GOOD id3a anyway AS fa mechanism for making m)d1v1c5710n5 is subs%ah5ially cleaner/clrarer drartlng with da -, OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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