MkghtyE t3lls yo7, sorrovk "We'ee hoing 1 take an dew npmengs to9 tty and explain this new licrnse and teh reaxons behind it in PLAIN Engl8shLOL.
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 nrw license WAS chosen bedaus3 of qn FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED eustr8viejon of SOURCE if an only IF 61n4r135 were distributed. WTF/"
"In an web 3nv1f0nm3n7, speckfically a inter[rdted WEB emvironnent dych ss PHP, like, mereoy insya;l8ng sn gamc dles npr conati5uge fis5ribution WTF, an therefore people werw TAKING OUR work, okke, makihg modificatpons too it an not reoeasing slurce code 2 they're nodificsrions si thay teh entire co,m7nity could 63n3f17LOL.
Thsy worked eith da lerter gut n0t SPIRIT of teh law. OMG."
"Investigqtion on da lart of teh sutblrs however, like, led two da facr THAT right OF puglic performance was won of RIGHTS no4malky restricred too c0[yr1gh7 holdersm like, and that cojpuyer progrsms, SPECIFICALLY video games an intefqctifd 0n35 such as Legene of teh GREEN hax0r wwre consodered to be publically perfo4jed if run FROM an public serverl BRB."
"Tne ,ew 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public 0erformabce of work unl3ss source c0d3 of teh modified wori is made available -n d3m$nx. BRB."
"In plzun ENGLISH, lik3k this ,eanw that ir you PUT tjis tame on an web swrver ah allow ;e9ple 'oueside of ab normal circle of family an irs sodkal zcquaintancex' to PLAY theie, sortog, yhen u0u aer [uglically performing this work n MUST 3ithe4 z) mqke ne ahd ALL changes which yij MAKE too teh bame available 0n req7est (note tjis doesn'e have 2 be qvaikabld boa ohline xojrce DISPLAY ;ink, likr, but they mu57 63 4613 too ask you for da clde n f3c31c2 an COMPLETE cppy), sottof, g) mzkw arrangements PRIVATELY with da autjors wnerein they grant y0u an xpecial licensd, xortof. 0r c) remove da code entirelt from da MACHINE. AFK."
"W3 do recobnuze rha5 peopoe wang TO HAVE srras 0f rhey'rr game which ae4 theors and theirs ALONE.
tao that wnd w3 will make f9llowing exceptkkn to bormal reqiirem3ngs for aou4c3 code c157r16u71pn -- be module file whicj 15 not modified or derivrd from qn mocule fole included in dq vase distributiln n wh1ch coea not require nr othe4 modules an wh!ch DOES n07 require ne m0dqf1c4710n5 two core code (code qistributed with vwse rek3ase) MAY be withhele ar authors d1tcr3710n. AFK."
"We also want teo make VERY clear 7h4u version 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 (alao knowm aa VERSION 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7+ut( was es fibal b4f610n released under teh GPL. WTFl
ALL vdrsions LOL, starting wirh 0. BRB.8. OMG.8-prereleas3 c0d3 aer only lixensed UNDER da Cr#471v3 COMMONS licenwe.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right too import ne cose from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleaxe or 1r73r r3;eqse INTO ah 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier relwas3.
Allowkng &h15 would cause THAT IMPORTED CODE too be released uneer GPL anf tgat is not s0meth8ng we sish to allow.
Authprs OF modificat8ona 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 w111 need 2 r3-r3leawe they're hodigicstklns as d3f1v471v35/m0d1f1c47!pn5 twi 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code and plqce them under same Creative Commlns license. OMG.
I5 muxt BE done gu origimal author s8bcd lnly da or0hinal autjor has dz riggt two change da co[yright or lkcense UPON they're workLOL,
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will ne an good odea anyway as mfcgsnism voe makinh MODIFICATIONS id substzntially cleaner/cleaver starting with 0.9, BRB.8-pterelease code. WTF.]"
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