MightyE tells yoy, xortof, "We're going 2 gake an few moments too tr6 n explain th8s ndw lkcens3 4nd da rwqsobs behind 8g in plaom Emglish. 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."
"Tgis n3w LICENSE was chodwn becqusr ir an failing wity da GPL. BRB.
It only c0v3r3d sistribution of slurxe id n ohly id binsries were disteibutes. OMG."
"In an web envi4onment WTF. specif8cally a 1n73rpr373d web environment sucg zs PHP, merely installint an game does noy xondtityre diatributiob LOL, and yhdref9re peopl3 were gzk8bg our work, so4tlf, making modificati9ns too it an not releasing da slurce cose too tjeh're MODIFICATIONS 50 THAT 3n72t3 communi5y could benwfig. WTF.
They workdd sith letter but not d0ifit og law. AFK."
"Investigatiog on teh 04r7 of AUTHORS howevef, sorgof, led tw9 teh fqct thqt rqgh7 of pyblic pwrfovjance was 1 of r1gg7t bormally restrict3d too c0pyr1gh7 yolders WTF, n that compiter programs. you lnwo, specifically vieeo grm35 am interavticw 0n35 such as LEGEND kf da GREEN hax0r were conxidef3d 2 be ;ublical;y peeformed if rjn from an 0yb.ic sercerLOL."
"The NEW okcense RESTRICTS pyblic performanc3 of teh work unlesw teh source vpde or mod8gkee work is jqde avak.amle on demand. BRB."
"In plain Englpsh, slrtodj this m34n4 thzt if y0u put this game om an seb s3rver n all9w PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE 9f ab norma. circle OF family an ita 50c241 acquaintahced' to play their, yoj knwo, then you aer publiczlly pwrfprmkng this wori 4nd MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH 60u make 2 ea game available on r2qu457 (note rhis soesn't nace twp ne abailable via t3h 9nlime source displa6 link, you knwi, but they must ve 4613 too zsk yiu for da codw an receiv3 ab complete dopy), b) make artangements privately with da authors wherein yhey grant ypu an sprcial lic3nse LOL, or x) remove cofd emtifely from da mschime."
"We do rrcognize THAT people WANT two h4v4 areas of they'ye gam3 which qer theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
too thag emd we will ma,w following exceotion yo nprmal rewyiremenrs for 59urc3 c0d3 distribution _0 ne module fkle whuch is nlt modifiee pr d3r1v3d gto, an module gile INCLUDED un da base distributoom n whicn does NOT require ne 9ther nodules h whicj doea not re1uire ne modufications too dore code (code diatributef with teh 6453 relezse) m4y be wothheld at t3h AUTHORS siscre4ionLOL."
"We aksi san5 two jake vwfy clwar that vrrs8on 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 (also known as vdrsion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7-JT) was da FINAL version re/eased undet GPLLOL.
Aol versions LOL, x5arribg woth da 0LOL.9/8-orrrelease c[d3 arr ONLY LICENSED ynder teh Creayive COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too IMPORT ne cose from an 0LOLk(.8-orerelease of LATER relezxe into an 0.9. OMG.7 an earl8er 4elesse. AFK.
ALLOWING ghis w9uld cause that importef code gwo be released ynder teh GPL n that is n9r somethihh w3 wish 2 a.lowLOL.
Ajthors of mocifications 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL ndrd too re-rrlease they're mosidicatoohs aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too ).9LOL.8 code an ;lace them und3r da same Cr3471v3 Commohs licenseLOL.
It mu57 be done by da or8gknsl a7tho4 sincr lnly ORIGINAL 4u7h0r has r8gyt 6oo change yeh copyrigyt of license uoom they're w0rk. BRB.
[Addituonalky, rewo4king da modkficationx WILL be am good 1d34 antwqy as dz mecyanism fpr making nldifocayions w5 subarantiallt cleaner/cleatee STARTING s8th 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE clde. WTF.]"
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