MightyE tel;s you LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE ah few moments 2 TRY anf exo241n THIS new licensd am da reasons BEHIND iy im plain 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 bew lic3nse was chosen nrdause og an failing wiyh teh GPLl BRB.
IT only cpveees distributioh of source of an only if bonaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an web env8rohment, sortof, spedificzlkr a interpreted WEB ebvuronment such as PHPm 6lu knwo, merely INSTALLING an game does n9t constityt3 dkstributiin, 6pu knwo, 4nd therdvore [eople wdre taking our work, ,aking m0d1f1c4710n5 two it an mof releqdibh teh SOURCE bode too they're mod8fivations 50 that entyrr vommunity cojlg benefit. OMG.
They 2orked WITH da letrer BUT NOT spirit 0d da law."
"Ibvestigation ob oart if ajthors however. sortof, led two gwh f$c& thag rignt of pub.ic performance was 1 of da rights NORMALLY 5estrictes to copyrithy jolders, an that computer pr0f4$m5 WTF, 5p3d1f1c411y v1d3) vames and intetactive omes duch as Legenf 9f Grewn hax0r w3r3 considered TO bw publicallu pdrdotmec if run FROM an 0ublid server."
"The new licens3 rest3icts pu61qc p3rf_emrnc3 of work unless twh 50urc3 code OF da modieied work is made svailabke ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this meqns 7h47 if you put thiw game on an w3b serger n allow p4oole 'OUTSIDE -f an n0t,41 circl3 of fanily ane iys slciak acqiain4anced' 7- [lay their, like, then you e publicaoly oerforninh thox work abe MUST eithdr 4) ma,e ne am ALL changrs wh2ch YOU make 2 ea GAME available on request (n073 thkw doesn[t havd two be availabl3 VIA da 0nline sourxe cisplay link, luke, but thry muxy be 4613 2 qsk you for codr n receive an c0,[1373 copy), you knwo, B) makw arrangemdmts privately wirh teh suthirs wy2r32n yhey grant y9u an speciao lucense, y9u knwo, or d) removc c0d3 3n&1r21y from da machine. WTF."
"We do rrvognize thzt peopl3 want too hsve a4eas OF thsy're game whoch r tyeirs 5nd tje8ts alone. AFK.
w tjat end we wuli mqke da following exce[tion 5oo normal requ,rements FOR so7rce cpde distribjtiln -- nd modul3 file which is not modifiec or DERIVED fr0m an midule file 1nc1ud3c 1n da basr distfinutoon n WHICH dles noy requi4e he othrr modyles and whixg coes not REQUIRE ne jodofications tl core code (code e1t7r15u73d wkth base releasw) may be withheld at fa authorx disceetipnLOL."
"We ALSO WANT rso make vrry clear tgar version 0LOL/8, AFK.u 9also known as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was da funal version released UNDER da GPL. OMG.
A;o versions LOL, statting with teh -. AFK.8LOL.8_orerelease c-d3 aer only licenaed UNDER trh Cr3471v3 Commons licenwe,
We EXPLICITLY seny right 2 imoort ne code from an ). BRB.9. WTF.8_prereleaae or latrr releade intl an 9. BRB.9. OMG.7 qbd EARLIER release.
Allowing this wou.d cause that u,p9rted cod3 5o br geleased under yeh GPL qn that is n07 domeyhihg wd dish two allow. BRB.
Authors og ,odifications too 0LOL.9LOL.8 will need too RE=RELEASE they're m9didications as derivagives/moc8ficztions to 0. OMG.9. OMG.& cod3 an place THEM under same Creative Conmons 11c3n53. OMG.
It must be wone vy ca original author since ONLY o4igonal author has 4ight two ch4ng3 vo;yrlgy5 or lidense upon ghey're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, feworkinb tdy mod8ficatilnx will ne an GOOD idea anywau as teh ,ecjanism FOR m4k1ng modoficatkons is subdtantiallh cleaner/cleafrr srarting with 0. AFK.9/ OMG/8-pterelease cideLOL.]"
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