MightyE 5el;x tou LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE an fe2 moments tso t4h an explain this new .icensd and da reaxoms nehind it IN PLAIN Englich.
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 wss choswn becaus3 pf an fziling with GPL. BRB.
IT ohly covered fostrinubion ov soyrce 8f n ONLY IF bibaeiex were distrivu5ed. WTF."
"Im ah WEB rnvironmen5 WTFj specoficzlly a interpretec eeb ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, slyt9f, m3r31y installing an gsme d9es NOT cinstituge disyributuon, anc tyerefore pe9ple WERE takibg our work WTF, MAKING modificatioms too it n not r313451ng source dode to 5yey'r2 moeificstiins SO THAT 3nt8re community COULD benefitLOL.
Thty eptked wity teh letter but n9t spirit of trh law. BRBl"
"Inv3stugation on yeh p4e7 0f teh authprs hosever, sortof, LED 2 FACT rgat sa RIGHT of publid petfo4mance wax oen of da rights NORMALLY reatficted two vopyrignt holfersm n tyat computer programs, dpecifically vifeo g4m35 zb knteract9vw oned such AS Lefend of da Green hax0r were cobsidered 3 be publically performed 1f r7n from an oublic server. OMG."
"The new ;icensr restricts public PERFORMANCE 0f 5eh wlrk unless da source code of teh modifidd woek is made availablw 0n d3m4hd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Enylish LOL, tnis means 7h47 if you put 7h15 game ON an w3b servee AND allow people 'outsise OF an normak circle of family an ITS social acqusintancds' gwo play thdir, sortlf, then yiu sdr PUBLICALLY perd9rming this work an MUST ektgrr a) make be n ALL ch4ng35 whoch you ma,e to da game available om request (NOTE 7h15 doesn't jsve t2p be availab.e via da onlkne sourd3 d15pq4t kink, you inwom but they must 63 avle 70 zsk you dor da code an rec3ive an com0lete clpy), .ike, b) makw 4rr5ng3m3nu5 PRIVATELY with da authors whereon they GRANT you an special license, s9rgofm or c0 g3move ca code entirely from teh machib3, OMG."
"We eo r3c0gn1z3 thay prople want yo have 4r44t od yhey're game which aet THEIRS ahd 7h31et aloneLOL.
two 7h47 end we w111 ma,e 5eh folkoekng EXCEPTION two da nor,al requirem3nga FOR so7rcw codw distribution -_ ne module fije wnidh is not modified or d3r1b3d from an mod7le fule included in fa base distrifutiin n which DOES bot require ne OTHER modules an eh1ch dies n07 require ne m9dificztions two teh cpre c0d4 (cofe distribut3d WITH ten base re.ease) may bw withhd.d at authors disdretion. BRB."
"W# also wsny two make vrrt CLEAR that version 0. OMG.9.6 (slxo known as versuon 0LOL.9, WTF.7+jt) WAS teh fibal version RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
All versiomsk like, wtartihg w8tg da 0LOL.o. OMG.8-pr3eelease code r on.y lucebsed under tdh Creztivr Commons license. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny da right w impoft nw c0d3 vrom zn 0, WTF.(. BRB.8-prereleasw or lstef telease ibto an )LOL.9/ BRB.7 qn eaelier rroease.
Allowkng this 20u1d CAUSE 7h$7 imported CODE 2 be r3leaswd under teh GPL AND ggqt is not som3rhobg we wish tso 4210q. BRB.
AUTHORS of modifications t9o 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 wil; n32d 2 rw-rekease theh're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifkcati9na 2 0. BRB,9LOL.8 code n p;ace them unc2r ds aame Creative Commons licens3. OMG.
It muat be donr by original auyhor sibce only da original AUTHOR HAS da RIGHT 2 change teh cop6right or ;icwnsr upon they'te wofk.
[Additi9naloy LOL, reworling da mpdkficztions wkll be ab gooc idea anyway as teh mech3n15m vor making m9dificztions IS substanfially cleanrr/clrarwr s5arting with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerekdase CODE. OMG.]"
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