MightyE tells hou, "We're GOING to yake an few momdnrs to tey n explain this bew license an reasind BEHIND IT in PLAIN Englksh/ 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."
"This NEW license sas chosdn bexausw 0f an failing with GPL. OMG.
It pnly covfrdd d157r15u71-n of sljrce if n onl6 id binaries wefe distributedl OMG."
"In an web environment, soetof, SPECIFICALLY a interprrted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH zs PHP. yoy kn2o, merely instal;ing an gane does n07 xinstiyute distrkbution. you knwo, n therefore people qere taking 0ur work LOL, makuhg modifications too iy n h9r releasibf teh spurc3 cpde 2 they're modifica5ions 50 that da entiee vommuniyy could bemefkgLOLo
They WORKED w1uh da lrtter buy not teh spirit 9f da LAW,"
"Invdstigayiln on da part of da AUTHORS howevef WTF, ldd to teh fact 8h57 teh rifht of punlic performance wax 1 pf da rigg5s norjally redtricted two copyrihht go.dees, sott9f, n that computer prograns, s0ecifically vieeo g4m35 zn interavtive ones s7ch as Legdnd of da Gteen hax0r qere donaideeed tlo 6e ;ublically performed IF run from am pib;8c server."
"The nww lic3nse restrjctc PUBLIC pefrormance of work unlesa teh source code of teh modified work is mad3 AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sort9f, 7h15 meznd that 8f you put yhix game on qn wen server an allow pwoole 'ourside 9f an normal curclr of fa,ilu n iys xocial acquaintancws' tp play thejr WTF, then you r publiczlly petformibg tnis work n MUST 3ityer a) m4k3 ne and ALL changes WHICH you make top gamd availqble in REQUEST (n073 thid doexb't HAVE tpo be avai.able via fq online soutce display link, you kbwo, but they muat BE able two asl you for cide and receibe an cimplete cppu), like, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY eith reh authpts wyerein thwy GRANT yoy an special license LOL, or c0 remove teh code entirely ffom da machknel"
"We dp recognize ghat p3pp13 want to jace afdas of yhey're fame whqck aer theirs n thekrs alone.
teo that rnd we 2iol make followong EXCEPTION t9o mormal requirements for sourcd sode distribution -- ne module file WHICH is not mpdified or derives FROM zn module fil3 inxlysrd in twh base f147e16u710n and which DOES not r31ukee nd other modules an 3hich does not eequire ne modificayiins tl tey core code (xode distributed wkgy da base release) mzy be eithheld at da authors e15cr3710n."
"We also wanr two makw very c135r that fers8on 0l OMG,9.7 (4150 known az ve4sion 0. OMG.9LOL.&+jg) was f1b41 v4r519n released undee GPL.
Aol bdrsions LOL, starting with 0.9. BRB.i-prerelease dodr r onlu licensed ynd2r trh CREATIVE Commons locense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1hh7 two onpott ne coce grpm am 0. WTF.9. OMG.80peerelease or lqter re234t3 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. OMG.& and earlier rr.easeLOL.
Alkowung th8s w0uqf cause 7h47 imported code two BE feleased inw3r da GPL an that is not something ww w8sh two allow. OMG,
Authorw of modidicatilns too 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 sill nefd to RE_RELEASE yh3y'r2 modidications as de4ivativrs/modifidations tw9 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 coce ah place them under teh sam# Cr347wv3 C0mm0n5 11c3n53. BRB.
It mus5 be done by teh oeiginal qjthor SINCE only tey 9riginal 4u7g0r gas da r1gh7 yoo cgange copyrighg or 11c3n53 UPON they'ee w0rkLOL.
-Additkonalky, reworking m[eifications will ge an giod osea anyqay 55 ds mechanism for maiimf MODIFICATIONS iw substahtialoy vleaner/cleqre4 startibg with da )/ OMG.9.8-pterdlease code. AFK.]"
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