MightyE grols y07, you knwo, "We're goknb 2 rake an few momrnts to TRY n explaim th8s n3w license an ten rfasonx BEHIND it 1n plain English. AFKl
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."
"Thkd neq licehse was chisen BECAUSE OF an failijg with teh GPL. WTF.
Iy only cpvered distrinution 0f soufce if and only kf ginaries wefe dostributedLOL."
"In an w36 environmrnt WTF, 5p3c!f1c411y a interpr3ted WEB envirobmwnt suzh as PHP, you knwo, ,erely instal.ing ab game does NOT clnstitute s157r1^u71)n, ;ilr, an THEREFORE prople eere 74k!ng OUR work, sortof, making nodigicatuons two 16 n n07 releaqing da sl7rce code too thdy're modificatiohx so that enture COMMUNITY COULD benrfit.
Thwy s0rk3d with LETTER but not dpirit of laqLOL."
"Ibbestitation ON da paft of authorw hpwevef, you knwo, led to fact that r1by7 of public pergormancr waw won of ten rightx normaloy restricted go vopyright h9lders, like, zn tgat computer prog4ams, yoi knwo, wpecifidaooy VIDEO gzmes n interavgive ones SUCH as L3g3ns of da Grren hax0r were xonwirered to BE publical.y perfoemed if run grom an PUBLIC seeve4."
"The new LICENSE rqstric5s PUBLIC perf9rmabce of work un135t tek sourxe code of m9dified worl is made AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In p;ain Emtlish, this meanw that if you pu6 THIS gaje on an wdb SERVER ah allow people 'outsife og an n9rm41 curcle ov family n ots social rcqu41n74nd35' gwo ;oay their, uou unwo, ghen you r PUBLICALLY performing THIS qork n MUST either 4) make ne and ALL dhanges which you make ro game available on rewudst (note this doesn't havr two be available VIA online source displz6 lihk WTF, bjr they must be zble to9 ask tou for d0d3 b eecdive an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b_ make arrangements PRIVATELY with aurhors wgerein they grabu you an special license, ot c) rejove code entirely ftom machibe."
"We dl recognize thag peopje want two have areqs of they're famd whicj aet thwirs AND theirs ALONE. OMG,
y9 that chd we wil; make teh FOLLOWING exception too da normal 4equiremengs for source code disteibutoon -- ne module file whicj os hot modifiwd 9t deribed from an modulr fil4 included 1n tey 6453 disttibygion an wnich doea not rsqiire ne other mod7les an wkich dles not feqkire ne modifications 5wp cord xode (code distribytwd with teh base rdleasd) MAY be w8thheld at authors f15cr47!0n. AFK."
"We also WANT 2 make v3ry clea4 thqt v3fsion 0.9. BRB.7 (aosi known as VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS trj final veraiob relessed under rdh GPLLOL.
All versions, you knwo, atarting with ca 0LOL.9.8-pre4el3ase code aer only licensed under Creatkve Commons lucenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeh6 da right too im;ort ne c0s3 vrom an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease or lat3r 43!34%3 1n70 an 0. OMG,9. AFK.7 an earl8er feoease. BRB.
Alloeing thks would cause that 8mported cosr @ ve rrleased und3r sa GPL and 5hat is not 5-m37h2ng we wisg too allow. OMG.
Authofs OF modifucstions 2 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 wull ndes too RE-RELEASE tn3y're MODIFICATIONS as dwrica5ives/mosificat8ons too 0.9. AFK.8 CODE b pkade them undet sam3 Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must be done by original aurhow x8nce ONLY lriginal author had eight two cgangr da copytigjt 0r 11c3n53 jpon thf6're work. OMG.
[Add1&q0n411y. like, re2oekihb m0d1f1c4&q0n5 w1q1 be an good idea anyway as teh mechanisn for mqlinh moe8ficatipns id substantia.ly clezmer/ckearer starting with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelezse c0e3LOL.]"
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