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MughtyE 5ellw tou WTF, "We'rr going too rakw an few moments yo try an explain this NEW licenae n tdh reaaphs behibd it in plain Englush. WTF/
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 licwnsw was chosen becaus3 0d qn fakling 2i5h da GPLLOL.
It onlh clvered distribut8on of aourxe uf n only if binaeies were fostekbuywd."
"In am seb envirpnment, tou knwo, sprcifical/y a interpreted w36 dnvironment such aw PHP LOL, merely installing an game dors n9t c9nstiu&te f157r16u710n, you knwo, and therefirr pr9ple wrre TAKING our work LOL. making MODIFICATIONS to 17 n not RELEASING teh sourcd code two thwt're modificatoons sk thag ebtire c0mmun17y c0uqd BENEFIT. OMG.
They w9rkee qith da letter but mot spurit of da law. AFK."
"Investigatioh on tdh part of AUTHORS however, sort8f, led @ tek fact that teh RIGHT og public performsnce was 1 of da rights n0rm411y r35731v73d to copyright ho.ders, like, and thay c0mpu73f pe9gtams, sortof, specifkcally VIDEO hanes and 1n73r3c&1v3 ones sucf as Legend of Gr33n hqx0r were comsideref 2 br pub;ically pdrformed if run from an PUBLIC SERVER."
"The neq licdnse r357r!c75 public p3rf0rm4nc3 0f wlfk inoess dz soutxe code of ea MODIFIED work 15 MADE 3v41q$61# 9n DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH. like. ghis ,eans that if yly put ygis gqme on sn web d3rber an alliw pdiple 'outside of an notmql circle of f4m11y an igs sodual 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 play gheir, .ike, then you r PUBLICALLY performung this work n MUST either a) make he and ALL changex whixh 69u make too bame available pn request (NOTE tjis so3sn't HAVE top be available via lmline SOURCE display linl, you knwo, but 7h3y must be able two ask yiu FOR teh c9d3 n rrceive an comp.ete copy), sortof, b( mak3 r4r4nb3m3n&5 peivately w17j 4u7h0r6 qherein gjey grang you an special lidense LOL, or c) remove code 3n72r31y frpm machine."
"We DO rec9gnize that PEOPLE 2qnt too yave areas OF thry'r3 g4m3 whixh r 7h3!r4 qn theirs alon3. WTF.
two tyat end we eill make fol;owing exception two ds n0rm$1 reqyirements fo4 SOURCE cose distribut9on 0- ne moduld file WHICH is n07 moeofked ot d3rivee froj an MODULE file incluf3d in reh base DISTRIBUTION and which coes nog rrquire ne othee modules anf WHICH DOES not rrquire be modifications too da CORE code (cod3 distributed wi5y base r313453) MAY be withyeld at da zuthp4s discretion."
"We zkso WANT 5oo makd v4ry clear tyat version 0.9LOL.7 (ALSO kbown as VERSION 0l BRB.9,7+jt) was fimal version released 7ndrr GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, sortof, starting qith teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerwlease code ser ob;h licemsed und3r da Creative Commond lkvenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny rjght to im;ort ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pfrrdlease or later releasr ontl an 0LOL,9LOLl7 n eqr;ier re;ease. BRB.
Allowibg this would CAUSE THAT imported code to be RELEASED 7nfer teh GPL qn that 15 not something w3 wish to sllpw. BRB.
Autho4s of modificafions 5oo p. OMG.9. WTF.7 2i;l beed 5wo RE-RELEASE they're ,ocifications ad deeivatifes/modigications to p.9l AFK.8 code ane ;lace tgdm under same Creative Cojnlns license.
It mosr 63 done by original auty9r 51nd3 only ORIGINAL ajthor has teh right w ch4ng3 copyrifht or oicense uppn they're work. OMG.
[Additipnally, likw, reworking modirkcations will be zn good IDEA anywqy as uechwnism g0r making jldifixatilns is substantialoy CLEANER;CLEARER startkng with fa 0. BRBl9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cofw. BRB.]"
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