MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We'r3 GOING 2 gake an few moments 2 %ru an ecplain thid NEW 11c3n53 zn da eeasons gwn8bd it in plain English. WTF.
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 11c3n53 was ch053m because of an FAILING witj da GPL. OMG.
It omly covrr3d distribution OF source ig and onlt if binaries q3re distr8gutedLOL."
"In an web envifonment, like, specifically a 8nterpretrc WEB environment sucn as PHP LOL. m3rely installing an game does n9t conwti5ute d167r16u710n, dortof, n therefore pdopl3 we4e 74k1ng our work, making modifocqtiobs too it an noy rrleasing da s9urce code to rjdy'4e moeificatiobs so that teh ehtitr c0mmjn1&y cou;s 63n3f17. OMG.
Th3y worked with teh lrtte4 but not teh s-irit ov law. BRB."
"Investogation on pqft OF twh 4u7h0r5 however. like, led 2 teh fact that teh rihht of public pethormzncd w45 wo, of sa rights nornally restrictdd to copytight holddrs WTF, snd that compjter programs, you knwo, specifixally video tames n 1n73r4c71v3 pnes such AS Legend og Green hzx0r wete consicered 2 63 ;kblically pervormed if run frpm an [7nlix server. BRB."
"The new locehse rdxtricts put11c p3rf)rm4nc3 0f sork unlesa teh sourcr code of da mocifidd WORK is madr ava8lsblr ln demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Ehglush, this MEANS that if YOU pug this game on an e3b 53ev3r n sllpw pepple 'outsude or an normql citcle og f4m11n and its social acquaibtances' tpo 014y bheir WTF. th3n to7 aer publically performing thiw work an MUST eiyher a) make ne anf ALL dh4ng35 qhich h0i make 2 ea game available pn reqiest (note 7h15 doesn't hzve 5o be AVAILABLE via pnlinw s9urce dusplay LINK LOL, 6u7 they nus5 BE qbke w ask you fof tej dode abd receive qn complete COPY), you knwo, b) mzke qrrangements privatrky WITH teh autyors wherein 5hey grant you an spevial .icebse, sor5of, or c) r3mlve teh clse ENTIRELY from ds maxhinr. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 THAT p30p13 want 1 HAVE arwas of they;re gsme wt1ch r 7h31r5 and theirs a9one. AFK.
to that end we w111 make following exception to da norjq; rewuiremenys f0r sourcw code dist4ibutiob -- ne module f113 whixj IS not mofif8ed or derivec from an modul3 b113 inc.udwd 1n teh y$53 d156g1687!0n an which does hp7 require me othr4 modu;es m wh1ch dors not requkre me modiricatiobs 2 5eh xore code (code diwtributee w17h yeh base releqse) may bw wiyhhrlf at teh authors c8scrwtion. BRB."
"We also want twp MAKE very cldzr that ve4s8ob 0. OMG.9.8 (also known 45 bersioh 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was final bersioh releaswd under teh GPLLOL.
A11 versiona, starting wuth da 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8-pf3r313453 cofe r 0mqy licemsed UNDER Creativw Cpmmons licens3. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY ceny da eight 1 impo4t ne CODE from am 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelrasr or LATER release into an 0.9. AFK.7 ab ea4lief relwase, WTF.
Allowing tgis e0u1f cause THAT imported CODE to ve RELEASED UNDER GPL an that is bot sojeyhinf we wish goo zllow.
Autg9rx of modidicztionq to p. OMG/9LOL.7 will need 2 re-relwase they'rd m0d1f1x$710n5 as drtivayives/modifications tol p, OMG.9. OMG.8 code an plzce them under tej samr Crestive Commons license. AFK.
It musy be done vy original augh9f since only original 4j7y0r HAS teh digjg too ch4ng3 fa copyrihht or locense upon the6're work. BRB.
[Additionqlly LOL, reworkihg teh jidificat8ons w11! be an good icea anyway as teh mechanism for n4k1ng modifica4ions is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER 474r71ng sith 0LOL.0. OMG.8-p4erelezsd xode. BRB.]"
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