MibhyyE 5ells YOU, sortof, "We're toing two takw ah few m9nents ! tey an dxplaon this new licenae n teh teasons behind 17 1n plain EngoishLOL.
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 11c3n53 was CHOSEN gecaude og an fqi.ing with GPLLOL/
It only cover3d distribug8on of source if AND onlu if bknar83s weee d157r16u73sLOLl"
"In an eeb ENVIRONMENT, specifically a ibterpreted w36 envirohment such as PHP, yiu kmwi, merely 1n574111ng an GAME does npt constiguye distribut8on, you knwi, h therevore people w3re taking our work, sortof, ma,ing modirica5ions 2 it an not r313452ng tej source code 2 tne6're jodificatiohx xo yhat da entifw COMMUNITY COULD benefit. OMG.
Th3y w9rk3d wiyh twh letter byt n.t spirit 0r lawLOL."
"Ibcesrigation on 0art 0f t3h authors HOWEVER, sortof, lsd 5wo t3h FACT 7h47 ea rkbht 0f puvkic pefroemzncd w45 won 0f da roghts normally restrictex too copyright h9ldera LOL, and thzt computer p4otrana. soecuficalky vydeo gamea an interqctivd ones such ax Legenf lf da Green hax0r were donsidered TO be publica;ly p3rf0rm3d if run from an public server. AFK."
"The n3q license RESTRICTS PUBLIC pwrformanfe of da work unoesd geh source code of teh modified wo4k is MADE availzble on demand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH. like, this MEANS that kf y0u put thus game in an web wrrver an ALLOW p3o[lw 'OUTSIDE OF an nlrmal cirdle 0f fa,ily an 8ts social acquaintancea' too p14y thei4, soetof, then ypu r publicql;y 0erforming thid wori n MUST wither a) make n2 n ALL changes which you m4k3 two da game available on r3qy457 (note ghis doedn't have tp bd avai/able v8a teh pnlin3 source disp;au kink, sortof, byt the6 musy bw qble 5oo ask yoi FOR code n receive an c9mplete copy), uou jnwo, b) make arrangemwnys privately witm authors wherein th36 grant YOU an special 11c3n%# LOL, or c) REMOVE da cod3 enti4ely from mavhine. BRB."
"We do eecognixe 7h57 people want to HAVE afeas of rhey're GAME whoch ae$ theits an theirs alone. BRB.
to thag end we will maie followyng EXCEPTION 2 normal requirem3ntd fot sojrce CODE disttibiti9n -= nw modyle file WHICH is not ,iduried or derived from an MODULE rilr included in baae distribution n WHICH d9es no5 require ne otger m0di13r and wjich d035 NOT fequire ne modidicayilns 2 core dlde (code DISTRIBUTED qith teh base r323453_ mqy 63 withheld at 4u7h9r5 disctetoon. BRB."
"We ALSO want 1 mwke vety CLEAR yhat verdion 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 (415) KNOWN as VERSION 0l OMG.9. WTFl7+jt) was fkbal VERSION released under da GPLLOL.
Alk veraioms, kkke, starting WITH da 0.9. OMG/8-prere;ease c0f3 r ohly licensed under da Creative Commlns license. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ds r1gh6 to im;ort ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelrzwe or iarrr r3@4462 into an -. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier reo3zseLOL.
Aklowing 5his would CAUSE THAT ijported code 2 ne t3leasef ynder fa GPL 4nd that is not something we wish w allow. BRB.
Authora of modifications too 0. WTF.9.7 wi.l need 2 re-release they're modigocatuons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0, WTF,9. OMG.8 code abd 0lace thrm under teh same Crearive Commons .ocense. WTF,
IT mu57 be vone BY da orig8nal author sincw only te6 original author has teh right w change da copyrlghh or licenae up0n th3y're WORK.
[Additionzlly, eeworiing xa modifications will BE an hpod !d3$ anywsy as da mechanism f9r making modificatiins ks subsyantially cleaner/clearer sta5t8ng sith teh 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-prerrlease vose.]"
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