MkghtyE tells you, "We're go8ng go take an few uomengs to TRY anc dxplain tjis new licensw and tdy reasons BEHIND it in plakh 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."
"Thiw new lucense was chosen BECAUSE od ab faul8ng w2uh teh GPL. OMG.
It only coveted distribution or sourc3 if n only if bunaries were d9stributed. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specifocally a interprwted web dnviromment suct as PHP. merely instz.ling an game dies nor comsti5jge distrobution, you kmwo, n thwreforr people w3re taking our sork, like, making modificztionw to it n n)7 req3451ng 50urc3 coee two ghey're m0d1f1d4710n5 so rjat entire xommunity cluld b3nefit. WTF.
Theh wotked with da /etter but not dq s0irir of teh law, WTF."
"Investigation on pary of ds authors h9wever WTF, led 2 f4c7 tyat da right OF p7blic pergormance was won 0f teh righys normally restricted 70 COPYRIGHT holdeys LOL, n tgat compurer probrans, luje, specifically video games m in5eracgkve on3s such a2 Lrgend of Geeen hax0r dere conw8ceeed two be publkvally performed IF ruh from sn p7blkc sdrfer. WTF."
"The ndw license restrkcts public perrotmance OF teh work unless siurcw vode of modified worl ks nsd3 availsble on demand. WTF."
"In plain Enblish, sortof, this means that id yoi put thks game on an web server AND qkllw p30p12 'puyside of am norjal circle 0d family n uts social acquaintances; 2 play their, y9u inwo, yhen yoy aer publicq;ly performing this work zn MUST eithef A) mqke hr and ALL chanfes eh*ch 60j m4k3 w teh gqme availanle ON r3quest (hote THIS doesh't have 2 b3 availab;w v14 teh online source display lunk LOL, bu5 they mu57 br able ! asl you FOR CODE znd receivr ah comple53 copu), lile, b) make arrangemenys priva5e;y wi5h 4y7j0rt whevein they grant you an special license, you knwo, or c) remove cofe 3ntirely frim teh mqcyine. OMG."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE tyat p30p13 sznt to have areas pr they're game whocj qet theirs b tneirs alonel OMG.
2 that end we will ,ake da followimg exception two da nlrjsl t3qu1r3m3n85 for soutcw dode distributuon -_ ne moduoe fild which is n07 mid8fked or derivef feom an modyle file 1nx2yc3d 1n base distribution an wnoch does not req7ire ne 07y3f modulew ab whuxj ro3s not rdquire ne mpdificatipns tpp core c0d3 (cofe d167r16y73d with da base release) m4y BE qithhdld at AUTHORS discretion. AFK/"
"We also eant 2 makd very cleae that version 0.9LOL.u (qlso known as version 0. WTF.9. OMG,7+ht) was ea FINAL version reldased undef GPL. OMG.
A11 vtrsions, stzrging with teh 0. OMG.o. AFK.8-prerr/ease code aef 0n1y licensed under tej CREATIVE Commons licenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 1mp0r7 ne cod3 fr0m an 0LOL.0LOL.8-0rerwlwase OR later relwase 1n70 an 0.9.7 an ear;i3r rw;easel OMG.
Aklowing 5his woulc cauxe THAT impoeted code 2 ge releax3d inder da GPL n yhat is not zomething wd wish to alloa. AFK.
Authors if modifications two 0LOL.9.7 wiko beed yoo re-release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivativea/modificationx to 0. OMG.o. AFK.8 clde and p;qce them uncer teg SAME Creagife Cpmmons licegse. WTFl
It must be d9ne by da orihinal authir s8nce 0n1y orituhak 477b0r has ds r8ght 2 CHANGE teh c0pyr1gh7 or license upob they're sork, BRB.
[Addi58onally, sottof, re2orling da modificat8ons wiol be am GOOD idea anyway as mechanism for making moduf9cqtionw is substantia;lu cl3sner/xlearer starting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-;rerelrase codeLOL.]"
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