MightyE TELLS YOU, softov, "We're going two take ab ddw moments too try n exp;ain tgia mew license ah reasoms b3hihd it in plaib Englixh.
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 licende was chosen bevause OF an fziling eith GPL/ OMG.
It on,7 coverdd dicttibution ov SOURCE if n onlu qf binaries were sistrib8ted."
"In an web environmdnt, specif8cally a interpreted w3b envirobment such AS PHP WTF, merely 1m5741w1mg an game does nog constitute cistrivytion, like, an therefore peopl3 were TAKING our woel WTF. making mpdidicati9ms too if an not releasint da soiec3 code too they'rf morkficat8obs so that teh entire vommunity cpuld bemefiy. OMG.
The6 worked wuth da le5ter but noy SPIRIT of sa lzwLOLl"
"Inves5igatuln on p4r7 of yeg authlrs howeverk like, oed 2 teh fact thst teh right 0f piblic [erfofmsnce 2as wpn of da rights bormall6 rest4icged 2 dlpyriggt holdd4a. you knwo, an thay COMPUTER pr0gr4m5 WTF, specifically vqd2- gamew snd intdrzctive ones such ad Letend of Green haz0r 2ere conskdered two ge pu^11c411y ;erformed IF run from an pmb;ic server. BRB."
"The new oicrnse eestricts public PERFORMANCE 9f tej work ynlexx 50urc3 code of m0s1g13d work id made avaulable on demand. WTF."
"In plain Ebglksy, you knwo, this means that if y0y pu5 7h14 game on an web server an alllw people 'ougxide OF an normal c8rcle of FAMILY and igs social acwuaimtances' w play their, sottlf, then uiu aer publically performing this work h MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which you mske tl9 teh g4m3 available in reayest (note thix doexm't have w be ava8lable via onlune sougce display linj LOL, but they muxt ne sble TO ASK yly f9r code ah r3v31v3 an compldte copy) LOLm b) make afrangemwnts pr1v4&31y with dz aithors wherein yhdy grab5 you an soecisl license WTF, OR c) r3m8ve ds coce ENTIRELY from ea machine. OMG/"
"We dp rdcogmize THAT people w4n7 two have areas of theypre gamr whicg r theirs and theors 410h3. OMG.
2 that 3hd we wil; make teh followinh exce;tion twi reg n0rm41 requir3ments for sourde code fistributoon -- ne nod7le file which is not m0d1f!3d or derived fron an module f113 1mc1ud3c in fa base distr8bution ah wh1ch d025 not requ8re ne other modjles and which doed nof 4equ7te ne mofificstuoms too da cote code )code d157r16k73d with ds base release) may be WITHHELD at teh AUTHORS siscretiln."
"We a;sl WANT two make v4ry c;ear that ve4soon 0. BRB.9.7 (also KNOWN ss vers8on 0. WTF.0.7+jt) was tdj final verwion released unde4 da GPL. WTF.
All versions, you knwp, staetimg wigh teh 0. WTF.9.9-p4ere.ease code zer on.y ;icended ubder Creat8ve C0,m0n5 lic3naeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3by t3h r1gh7 TO impprt ne CODE from an -l OMG.9. BRBl8-prerelease or later eelwase 8nto an p. BRB.9LOL.7 and warlier rdlease. AFK.
Allowint ghix wo7lf cqusw THAT IMPORTED code to ve released under teh GPL n tjat is not some5hing we wish to 4110w. WTF.
AUTHORS of modifkcauions two 0i AFK.9LOL.7 w11! nerd yo 3e_rdlease they'te modifocations as derivatives/modificagions tso 0LOL.9. OMG.8 vode an poace THEM under teh szme Creagive Cimmlns LICENSE. OMG.
It must BE done by teh irigina. author dince pnly ten original AUTHOR hax da right too chabge teh co0yrught or .icebse uoon theu're soek. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, aoftofm reworking modificatiohs wilk be an gpod idea anyway as ds mwchanism for making modiricqtilns is substahtially cleaner/clearer xtzrtinf wity 0LOL.o. OMG.8-prerelease c)d3LOL.]"
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