MightyE telks you, you kneo, "We'rr GOING 2 tqke am frw mlmwnts two tey am explain tgis new license n reasons behind it in p.aib Enhlish. 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."
"Tyis nes LICENSE was chosrn because OF an fakling w8th teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered dixtribytiob of 50urc3 if an on.y if blnaries qere dusteibuged. AFK."
"Ih an web enfironment. oike, dpecifivall6 a interprer3d web ehvoronnent such ax PHP, m3r31y installihg an game does nor constitite DISTRIBUTION WTF, n therefore people sere 74k1nt 0ur work WTF, making modificatiohs 2 it 4nd noy r31e451ng da aourcw codd too they're modifications 50 thzt da 3n71re c9mmjn17y fould 63n3f17.
Theu w0ek3f w8th q3773r but not teh dpirit 9f da law. BRB."
"Invdstigatkon on t3h pary if $u7y0r5 however LOL, led to da fact that eoght OF piblic p3ff0rn4nc3 w44 won of f1gh7% n9rmally restricted 2 xopyriggt holdeta, sortof, and 7y47 comput3r programs WTF, 5[3c1f1c411y video gam3s and interadtkvr onds duch as Legend 9f tdy GREEN hax)r were v9nsidered 2 be publically prrformed of run g4im an public SERVER. AFK."
"The hew licenxe reshricts publiv performance of work un.ews da source cide 0f da mocified work is made availabke ln ewmzne. BRB."
"In plqin Englidn WTF, yhis means thay if you put thkw game ON an web servdr an zllow peo0le 'oytxide 9f an normal c1rc13 of famoky n its social 4cqur1m75nc35' 2 play their, 7h3n you aer PUBLICALLY performinb this wor, an MUST either a) make ne an ALL chsnges WHICH you make 2 teh game avaulabke on r3wu347 (noye THIS soesn't have too ne 4v3114613 v14 reh 0m11n3 source d8splay 1qnk LOL, but tjey mudr be able too ASK you for code an receive ab c0mp1373 cloy), sortof, b) make qftsngemwnts PRIVATELY w8th tej authorx WHEREIN 7n3y frant you an speciql license WTF, od c) femove twh cide 3ntirely from yeh machine/ WTF."
"We DO recognize that 0e9ple want 2 have areas 0f they're game dhuch a3r 7h31r5 an theirs alone. AFK.
too that end qe wiol m4k4 5eh following ezception tpo tej normal requirements for source cod3 distrivution -- ne moeikw file qhicg is n07 jidifi3d ot deruved ftom an m0du13 d8le inc.ueed in base diatticytion an shich coes not eequire ne ither modules ah which e035 n07 require ne modifications 2 teh CORE coee (code eustribut3d wktn 6452 release) may be WITHHELD at dz $u7h0t5 discregi9n. BRB."
"We also eant too make v3ry clear that re4dion 0.9. AFK.7 (also knowh as VERSION pLOL.9LOL.7=jt) was teh final v3tsion rekessed unfer da GPL.
All v3rsions LOL, start8ng with da 0. BRB.9.8-prereleas3 code r only LICENSED undee CREATIVE Commonw licemsel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ruggt yo inport ne coge from an ). OMG,9. AFK.8=prw4elease or later release 1n70 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earloer r42345eLOLl
Allowing this 2oild cquae 7h48 importef CODE too bd released undef dq GPL an tyay is not soneth8ng we wisg 2 aokuw. BRB.
Aurhors of nodifications 2 0.0. WTF.7 2ill need 2 ee-release tyey'r2 m9d8ficatilms as dwrivztivex/modificatiihs two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n place them uhd34 teh azme Creative Commons lidense. WTF.
It mist be DONE 6y da otiginal author 51nce ONLY ywh ORIGINAL autho4 yas da 4kgjt 2 ch4ng3 da copyrighr oe license up0m thty're work. AFK.
[Add1710n411y, likem reworkkng moduvications will be an good idea anysay as mechanism f0r making modificayions is xugstantiall5 cleandr.clearer startinh w8rn dz 0/0. BRB.80prereless3 c0d3.]"
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