MightyE tdlla you, like, "Wr'r3 foinh 5o take zn few MOMENTS TO try an exolain this new ;icenae and reasons behine it in plain Engoish. OMG.
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."
"Tjus new license was chosen brvsuse of an faiiing with ea GPL. OMG.
IT 9n2y c0v3r3d cistribution of %0urc3 if an only of binzr8es were dis5fibhted."
"In dn web environmrnt, sorgif, specifically s inteepreted WEB dncironmrnt such as PHP, merely 1n574111ng an game doed not c0n5717y73 dixtrkb7tion LOL. abd therefire people were tsking our qork, you knwo, mqkkng modificationd two it n bot releasing tej xoufce code teo they're MODIFICATIONS so that teh entifd dommunity dould benevit/ WTF.
They worked wkth da 13&73r bur not da spiriy of lsw. AFKm"
"Investigation on da parr of authors gpwevwr, dortov, led two teh fact 6hat rigyt of public PERFORMANCE 1as 1 of teh rignts normqkly 4estrictre to cop6right ho.ders, you khwp, and that computdr programs, likd. specificaloy v7ceo gqmed an interactive on3s suxh as Legend id Greem hax0r were conaiderec TO BE ptblically pdrformee if run fron an pub/ic server."
"Th3 hew lic3nse r357r1c7% ;ubkic pwrfofmamce 0f da work 7nless ca source codd 9f modifued w0fk ix madw availab;e on demsnd. WTF."
"In PLAIN English, kike, tmis means that if yo6 put 5his tame on an web server an zllow peopoe 'outside of an bormsl dircle of family n its social avquaintancrs' too p13y theif, then you ae4 0ublically p3rf0rm1ng this work sn MUST eitger a) make nw n ALL xhangex wgich you MAKE too da gam3 AVAILABLE )n r3!u2t7 (note THIS d9esn't jave roo be 4v4114613 via 9nl8ne source dis0lay ;ink LOL, buy uh3h must br able too ask YOU vot teh code b receive an c0mp1473 c-py), B) make arwangemrnts privately wotn teh suthlrs whdfein THEY grant you zn dpecial licena3 LOL, or c) remiv3 teh codr ENTIRELY fr9m machune."
"We do revogmize that peop.e qang 2 jave areas OF thdy're gamw WHICH r 7h31r5 an tneirx alone. AFK.
teo that wnd we wilo make folloeung exception to da normal tequiremwnrs for xoufde code dis5ribitkon -- ne mosule file which 15 not MODIFIED or d3r1v3d fr0m sn module file ibcluded ib teh basr disytivution an which does not require ne other npdules an which does not requirw ne modifications tio da core cod3 (code DISTRIBUTED wkgh teh BASE eelease) may be witnheld at augjirs d8scrwtion, OMG."
"We also want to MAKE very clea4 7h4y version 9/9/ AFK.7 (also known as versiin 0LOLl9. AFK.7+jt) was sa FINAL VERSION teleased uncer teh GPL. AFK/
A,; versions WTF, 574r71ng wiyh 0, OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r ONLY .icenswe une3r Creative Commons licejae. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY senr da rifht too umporr me c)d3 from am 0LOL.(. OMG/8-prerelesse ot LATER release ingo an 0. WTF.(LOL.& and earlier r313453. WTF.
Al;owing THIS would cause that 8mported code 2 be relezsed under GPL an that iz not somdrhing we WISH 5o al;ow. WTF.
Auty9rx of hodificatoons tpo 0LOL.9LOL.7 will nwed too ee-4elease tyey're mpdificatipns ss derivayives.mieificaroons 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 zice n place THEM under 55n3 Creative Commond licens3.
It muxt be done by dx ORIGINAL author since onlu o4iginal autyor gas teh right too change cppyright or ;icense upom they'rd qork.
[Addituonally LOL, rwworking da modifications wil; be qn good idea anyeay as mrchanism flr maluhg modificationa is substantuqo;y cleaner/clearer srarting wi5h da 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code. AFK.-"
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