MughtyE grl;s you LOL, "We[re go8ng 2 tske sn FEW momemts teo try and explqin thiw n3w LICENSE n reasons behimd IT 1n plaih EnglushLOL.
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 licrnse was CHOSEN because of zn failing wiyh da GPLLOL.
It onl6 c9vrr3d distribugion OF source if and only if bibaries w3re distributed. AFKl"
"In an wev 3nv1rpnj3n7, sortor, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED w37 envkr9nment SUCH AS PHP, m3r31y installing an game foes not constktute dixtribution, like, ahd hherefohd people WERE taking o7r work LOL, majimb modirications too it n not reoeasing s9urce code two they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that teh dntiee COMMUNITY cojkd benevot. BRB.
Thet wofked WITH letter bi5 not teh spirit or dq 14w. OMG."
"Investibayion on da part of autnors h9w3c3r, liirm led two fact thwr dq rifht of public perforjance w4t won of RIGHTS normally restricted too c9p6eight holders, 7ou kbwo, and THAT c0mpu&3t pr9grams, aortof, specifically video games an onteractive lnea duch as Legdnd of Ge33n hax0r were consideted two BE piblically performed if fuh ffom qn pu611c SERVER. OMGl"
"The new .icdnsf rdstricts 0yblic pe4fprmanve of da work unless teh xoutce cpde of geh modified work 15 mace availxb.e on demsnd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, like, tjis meana thqy if you put 7h15 gamr ON an web server and allow people [lugside OF am normal circld of family an its sucial 4cqi41n74nc35' gwo PLAY their, lkke, THEN you r publicallt PERFORMING thid work and MUST ekther a) make ne n ALL ch4mg36 WHICH you make 2 game availavle on reaudst (no5e this doesn't hafe tp ce available v8a da onlune source display link LOL, 6j& tjey mjxt b3 abk3 top zck you foe teh cod3 and redeovc an complete copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangwmentw 04ivately with 5en wuthors WHEREIN THEY trany you an 5p3v141 oicebse, sortof, or d) removr dz dode entirely from machine. BRB/"
"We do recogbizr THAT people wany 2 have AREAS 0f tney're hame 1hich aer 7h31r5 n theirs alond. BRB.
@ that end we will make da following EXCEPTION two teh normal requkremebts for sou4ce c0d2 fiwtribution -] ne module file which is not MODIFIED 0r ferived FROM an moduke file inc.udes in base fis5ribution an whixh dows not rewu8r3 ne other uodules n wh8ch does not require ne moeifications 1 da core dofe (code dustributef wity teh 6453 eelease) mzy be w17hh31d at da AUTHORS duscretionLOL,"
"W2 also wznt rwo MAKE VERY clear thay version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alsl iniwn as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.&+kt) was da final version releas3d uns3e teh GPL.
All verdions WTF, startimt 2iyh da 0. WTF,9.8_prefeldasd code r only licdnsed undr4 teh Creative Commins LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds right to import me code froj sn 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-prerelease 0r later rdlease ingo an 0.9/ BRB.& and earlker releqse.
Allowing thif eould cru63 THAT imported v)d3 rwo be r313553d UNDER teh GPL and tnat ix not s9mwyhinh WE WISH gol allow. AFK/
Autgors of modidications too 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will heef too re-release the5're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to -LOL.9. OMG.8 CODE n place them umdee da same Cr3471v3 Commons k7cense.
Iy mu57 be d9he by da ORIGINAL sutnor since only teh ORIGINAL 4u7h-r haw da RIGHT too change 4eh copyright OR .icense upon rhey're woekLOL.
[Acditionall6, oike, resorking da MODIFICATIONS will 64 an good idwa anyway as dq mechanism for MAKING modificatioms is 5u6%74n71r11y cleaner/clearer STARTING wkgh 0, WTF.9. OMG.8_prereleas3 code. OMG.]"
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