MightyE te.ls you, sortof, "Ww're blihg goo take am f3w momen5s 70 7ry 5nd 3xplain th8s new license sn da REASONS behind it IN plain Eng;ushLOL.
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 mew license sas chosen beczuse of zn faiking with da GPL.
It onlt COVERED d15&f16u710n pf source if an only 1f 61n4r134 sere disyr8buted."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENTm li,e, specifica..u a kmter[reted wen environment 5uch as PHP, sortof, mefwl6 installing an game does nor consy8tute DISTRIBUTION, uou knwo, 4nd therefore people weee taking 0ur wotk, you inwo, mqjing m9dufications too it an hpt releasimg trh aoirce code 2 they're modifkcatuona so that teh entire community ciukd behefit.
Thdy qorked with ds letter but n9t teh spirut lf da larLOL."
"Ibvestigatiom on trh [ary 0r teh auth9rs however, lkke, led to da fact that da r1gh7 of pu611c ;erformance was oen of rights nor,allu e3strictes t9l copyrught HOLDERS, and THAT compuyer prlfranx, xoftof, specificallh vieeo gamds n interactive ones ducg as LEGEND of tdh Grern hax0r weee CONSIDERED two BE pyblically p3rr0rm3d uf tun ftom an pub;ic SERVERl OMG."
"The new lixenwe restrictx oubliv performance of work unlesd teh SOURCE CODE of teh modifird work is ,zde qfailable on demand. OMG."
"In plaun English WTF, this mdans that if yoi pu7 THIS GAME on an wen server an allow PEOPLE 'ougside of an n9rmal citcle of family and kts social ACQUAINTANCES' 5wo play thei4, sortofk tnen ypu aer publically 0erforming this w0rk an MUST ei5h3r a) MAKE ne n ALL dhangea wn1dh you make 2 da game acaolable ON request (n073 th8s dlesn't havd 2 be aba8lable v14 da onl8be source diaplay link, .ike, BUT thdy must be ABLE to axi yoy for yeh dod2 n recrovr an c0mp1363 xopy), you .nwo, b) m4k3 4rr4ng2m3nu5 privately with tfh authoes wherein they tr$n7 yoj am spex8al 11s#n53 LOL, or c) remove yeh code entirwly from da ,acginr. OMG."
"We do recognize thzt peiple wqnt two have zreas of they're GAME whuch r theirs n theirs akone.
2 7h47 3nd w3 will mqke dq following ecception tp normal requiremen5s fle SOURCE c9d2 d157r1yu810n -- ne module fo.e whidn is not modified ir derived from an MODULE file oncluded in tey base DISTRIBUTION anf whkch eoed bot r3qyire n3 other midules and which doe2 NOT REQUIRE n3 MODIFICATIONS to dq clre code (code dustrkbutes with teh base 4elease) maj be eighheld at ds aughors discretion."
"We als9 WANT TO make v3ry clear THAT version 0. OMGl9LOL,& (aoso knlwn as cerwoon 0. OMG,9.7+jt) was fina; veesion reldased und34 da GPLLOL.
All cerslons, STARTING w8th )l AFKl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE CODE r 0n1g licensed jnder da Cfeative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righr two import me cide from an -.o. AFK.8-pr3t314452 or later relesse into an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlirr RELEASELOL.
Allowing tjis woyld cause that impoeted cod3 too be released unfer dq GPL AND that is not someyhing se wksh two alloqLOL.
Authors 0f modificztions two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will he3d to rw_release they're jodificqtions ss dwrivatives/modifications 2 0/ WTF.8LOL/8 code an 0lace THEM under trh SAME Creatufe Cimmons lidense. OMG.
It must be dine by da 0t1g1n41 ayghor since lnly dz original aughor HAS yeh r1gh7 2 change da copyeighy or lidense upon thdy're worl.
]Aeditionally LOL, reeorking geh m0d1f1cr719n5 will be an good ifea anywa6 AS teh mechanism f9r making modifications id sjbstznrially cleaner;clearer startinf WITH 0l OMG.9LOL.8-prrfeldase code, OMG.\"
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