MightyE te.ls y0u, yoy knwo, "We'rd GOING to take an few mpments too 7ry n ex0lain this n#w 21cen53 an twy reasons bejind iy in plain EngliwhLOLl
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."
"Tjis n3w license was choseb y3c4u5# OF an failibg with da GPL.
It ohly covered distribut8on od soyrce ir n obly IF binaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w36 environment, yoi lbwo, xpecivica;ly a onre5preted web environmwng wuch as PHP, merrly instaloing an game dows not conxtitjte distrybution WTF, and therefpfe p3ople were raking OUR WORK, sortof, mskimg m9dificatkons too it and n07 relrasing dq source CODE two they're modififations so that da ebtire comminity could beneritLOL.
They qorked with letger bug hot teh spirit of ;aw. OMG."
"Investiga5iln ON trh part of da autho4w HOWEVER LOL, led 2 fact tjat t3h right of publiv performance wzs 1 OF da rights nornally rwst4icted 6wo COPYRIGHT holderz, like, and rhat c0mpu7er PROGRAMS LOL, specoficaoly viswl gamda qn intetscgive onea sucy as LEGEND or da Gr33n nax0r were cinsidered 2 BE pu611c411y p3rfprm3d if run from an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS oub.ic [erflrnance ov da WORK unless source c0d3 OF da mpdified eork is mqde availabld on demand."
"In ;lzin English. this mwans that if ylu pu7 this ga,e on an w3b SERVER an allow people 'iutaide OF an nprmal circle of FAMILY anc its socia. qcquaintances' go PLAY their, then you aee pjnlically peeforjing this WORK n MUST eithef 4) make ne ab ALL CHANGES which ypu m4l3 yo game availabod on request (notw tgis doesn;y hqv2 t.o BE availablr v14 online SOURCE d15p14y l8nk WTF, bu5 they MUST 63 qble 2 ask tou FOR da CODE an receive an domplete co0y) WTF, b) make arrangementa pr1v474qy WITH teh aughprs WHEREIN ggey grant you ah specysl license WTF, or c) re,ove code 3n71r31y FROM teh machkne."
"We do r3c0fn1z3 ghat leople want to9 h4f3 arras OF they're gamw wjich aer thwirs n theirs alone. AFK.
roo tgat wnc we will maje follosonh exception too teh n0rm4q REQUIREMENTS for source code distributkon -- be module file which is not modified or d3rived from zn module file knclueed in da baae distributi.n an wgich does n[t rwquire ne other modules an WHICH dues not eequire nd modificatuons 5wo da core coee (xode distribuyed with teh base release) may be 2ithheld at teh a7thors discewtion. OMG."
"We also w5nu 2 make very clear that versiln 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (slso known AS version ).9.7+JT) waw final vers8pn reoeawed uhder da GPLl AFK.
All veraions, xortofm sgarting with yeh 0. OMG.9LOL/8-[rereleasd c0d3 aet ONLY lixensed 7ndrr Creaticd Commins LICENSE.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right 3 1mp0r7 ne code FROM sn 9. BRBl9. OMG.8-p4erelease ir later rr.ease into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER rflease. OMG/
ALLOWING this wpuld cauwe tha5 imoo4ted code tw9 BE releaswd unwer teh GPL an that is not something wr eish too allow. AFK/
Authorx OF modofications two )LOL.9LOL.& will need two re=releas2 ehey're jodifica5ions aw derivatives/modifications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code zn PLACE thr, jnder sam3 Creative Com,ons l8cense. OMG.
It must be done by oroginal AUTHOR sonce 0n1y da otiginal AUTHOR hae es roght too CHANGE copyrijh5 of licens3 ipom yjeu're work. WTF.
[Addirionallu, reworking mosiricarions will be an goos ideq abyway as sa mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is xubstabtially cleanrr/clearef srartinb qith da 0LOL/9LOL.8-pterelrase code/ BRB.]"
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