MightyE tel;s you, uou knwo, "We;re gokng 2 take an FEW jlments too try and ex0lain this nrw licenae and teh r3450n5 BEHIND 17 un PLAIN Engkish.
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 new livebse w45 chowen bedause OF an fakling sith GPLLOL.
I8 only cocered distributioh od 50urc3 of and onlt if b8naries were disyribut3d."
"In an web envir9nment, dortof, spevifically a interpreged web ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP LOL, m3t31y 1n57r121ng an game does not c0h5717u73 distribuykon, n thwrefore prople ww4d taking our wo4k, upu khwo, mqling m9difications goo IT n not releasing da woirce code two tney're modifucagions so yha5 reh entuee conmunity cluld benefitLOL.
Th3y qorked with letye4 bu5 not s;irit of da LAW. WTF."
"Invesgigatiin on da pary of rrh authors howefer, ylu knwo, led 2 trh fact rhat eight og public prtformznce WAS oen of da rights normallt 4estricred 2 dopy4ight HOLDERS, an that COMPUTER ptphrzms, sortof, spec8focally vifeo games an interactive ones duch 45 Legend of Gte3n hax0r were condiferwe two be PUBLICALLY performes if run from an public serferl OMG."
"The new loccnse RESTRICTS public p3rdormande of da wo4k unless t3j source code of m0e1d13d work is made avqklable pn demand."
"In plain Enrliwh, you knwo, this mesbs thzt if you put this gqme on an qeb server abd allow p30p13 'outaide og an normal circle of family am q75 social acquaihuances' tio [lay thekr, sortof, 5nem YOU r pjblidallh performing th8s 2or, and MUST eitjer a) make nd and ALL ch4ng35 which you make to t3h game zfa8lable in r3wj357 (nlte tjis doesn't HAVE tlo be svailable via grh onlund source fisp;ay oink, sortof, nuy they must 63 able 2 ask you foe coce , reveive an com[lete copy), you knwo, B) make arramhements privatdly with da authors wherein the6 grant hou an s;ecial LICENSE, like, OR c) REMOVE ds CODE emtirekt from dq macgineLOL."
"We fo revognize yhat oeople want w have areas of theu'rq ba,e whidh aer theies an 7h31r5 slobe. OMG.
t0i THAT end we w8l. MAKE fo.loqinh EXCEPTION 2 t3h normal req7irements gor soirce code dishribution -- ne module file sh1ch @5 not jodifiee or derived f40m qn modj'e du.e included in da base disrribuhion and ehich foex nlg REQUIRE ne other modules an wyich does not require ne m0d1g1c4610n5 two core c9de (code distribjted with yeh gase RELEASE) may 7# withheld qt da a7thors d15sr3710n. AFK."
"We als9 wan5 tw9 make very CLEAR that version 0,9.7 )also known as veesion 0. WTF.0LOL.7+JT) sas FINAL v3r510h relwased under t3g GPL.
All versions LOL, dgarting with da 0LOL/9,8-preeel3ase codd aer only LICENSED unfer da Creative C9mmona licenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh tigjt two import nw c9ce froj an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-peerelease or 1483r rel3ase into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n ea5lier relrase. AFKl
Allowing rhis would cajse thar impofted code ho be releaaed unfrr 5dh GPL am 7h47 IS not simething we 215h 2 41!0w. BRB.
Aithlrs og modifications too 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need two RE-RELEASE they're mosifications AS derivatifes;modifications t2i 0l BRB.9. BRB.8 code an plsce them uhdwr samw C4eativw Cojmonw licensd. WTF.
It myst be done 6y dz origonzl AUTHOR since pnly teh priginsl author y45 right 5el change ds COPYRIGHT ot license tpon they're eofk. BRB.
[Additionally, sor5ofm teworkihg teh modofications will be aj hood idea qbyway 45 da m3ch4n15, for makong modifidations us 5uy67$n&q$11y cleaner/cleaeer starting with da 0l WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease v0f3. WTF.]"
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