MightyE t3lls yi7, lkkr, "W3're going to 7rl3 an FEW joments tol try an explain this nww lkcense n r3t59n5 behind IT 1b plain EnglosjLOL.
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 license WAS chosen becaysw 9f an failing WITH tej GPL. OMG.
It on;h covrred ckstribuyion of source ig n only if 61n4r1#5 were distrinited. AFK."
"In an web environmeng, s[editiczlly a unterpreted web enviribmeht 5uch as PHP LOL, merely inxtalling zn GAME so3s not constitute diwtrinution LOL, ahd theretore PEOPLE were taklng our w04k LOL, majing modifications 2 1& n not releasing teh source code two tyey'rd m0d1f1c4810n5 SO thzt da entire communkty could benefiy.
Thdy worked eirh teh legter but NOT da spir8t of da law/ AFKl"
"Investogation on teh par5 of teh authors however, you knwi. 13d to bact that teh right of pu621c 0erformance was won of ten rights nornqlly rew5ricted tso co;yright hold3rs LOL, and that computer programsk specifically vid3o games ab interactiv3 inew SUCH as Legend pf teg Green haxpr w3r3 considdred too be pub;8cally perfoemed if rub from an public werver. OMG."
"The bew 11c3n53 restricts p7blic performance of teh w0rk unldxs slt4cr code of da mofified 2ork is maf3 availaboe oh demand. AFK/"
"In plain Englisj, ypu inwi, fhis meqns 5gat IF you put thia gane on an seb server ah allpw peopke 'oitside of an normal circle of vamilt zn its social ACQUAINTANCES' gso olay tjei4, aortof, then you r publ8cally [erforminf ghks eotk ab MUST dkther a) MAKE nw and ALL chamhes which you ma,w to ten GAME AVAILABLE .n 4equest (n073 th8s doesn't hzfe two be available via da online slurce display link WTF, but ghey musr ne able twl ask yoj for CODE and rebe8ve an comp,ete vopy) LOL, b) maks arrangemdnts privately WITH suthors wge4rin they gfant YOU ab special license LOL, or c) remove ten codq ENTIRELY frpm machind. OMG."
"W3 di fecognize tjat pei[le w4n7 to hsve ar3as of they'rw game whivh aef theirs and &h21r5 alomr. OMG.
two thzt end we will make da filopwing exceptipn 70 n0rm41 requitementa for soircd c9de dixtribuyion -- ne modjle file which IS not modigi3d o4 derkved fr9m an m0du13 FILE included in base distribution n which does not req7ire ne lther mod8les and whicn e035 not reqyire nr mocificatkkbs rop da core code (coee distribut3d with da base releqse( m4y 6# withheld at autnots DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want 2 m4k3 very dlear yhag vwfsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0.9.7+jg) was 5rh f1n41 verwion r313453d UNDER da GPLLOL.
All versions, startinh sity tey pLOL.9LOL.8-orereldzse code aer 0m1y licrnsed under da Creative Comm9ns license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny fa riggt to 8mooet ne cose f4om an 0LOL.0LOL/8-prer3lease or late4 RELEASE 1n*) am 0.9l OMG.u and earlier releaa3.
All9wing this would cause tha5 imp9rted c9de to9 63 released uhder da GPL an THAT IS not somethinb WE wish to a;low. AFK.
Au7h0r5 OF m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need @ re-releadd they're modificatoons ad derivatoves.,odificarions too pLOL.9. OMG.8 xofe n okace them undet teh aame Creative Clmmons licemaeLOL.
I5 must be donw by orugknsl autgo4 since 9nlt da oritinal author has da right to change da co0yright or oicense upln they're worj. AFK.
[Additiona;ly, reworjing da modirocations will be an g00d idea ANYWAY qs da mechanksm for making mldufications IS substantially d134n3r/x135r4r starting qith dz 0LOL.9. BRB.8[ptere/ease codd.]"
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