MightyE TELLS you, "We're goibg tw; take an few momentd two yry n ex0;ain th8s neq license n da rrssons behind it in pkain ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Tjia new .icense was chosen becausd of an fqolinf w17h GPL. OMG.
IT ohl6 covered DISTRIBUTION of wource IF an ONLY kf 61n4f235 weee distributed. AFK."
"In an WEB environmebt, s9rtof, specifically a inte4p4eted web ebvironment 5uch as PHP, nwtely unstal.int an game d8es not c0n4717u73 d9stribution, n THEREFORE ;eiple WERE 74k1ng ojr workm makkng modirications too kt an not re.easing teh soyrve code 2 they're modificatiins so thay teh entirw clmmunity co7od benefktLOL.
They WORKED with dz le5ter but not tey spir8t of 5eh law. OMG."
"Investugatuin on da paet OF autno4s howebef, ked two da faxg tha5 RIGHT of pubkic p34formance was 1 OF righta bormallh festricted 5oo copyr8gyt golders, an that xpm0utet peogrzns, sortof, specifically video games and interactive 0n35 57vh as Legend of teh Gre3n hax0r were conwkdered two be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if 4ub from an PUBLIC derverLOL."
"Tte new licenae restricts PUBLIC -rrformance of da wo4k un1365 da aource code or teh modified w9rk is mad3 AVAILABLE on DEMANDLOL."
"In plqin English, thia m34n5 that if you put rhis game on ay web server znd allow people 'outside of an normal circ;e of fzmily and kts social acquain5ahc2s' teo p14y tjeir, THEN ypu t publically p4rf0rm1nt this work and MUST either s0 make he an ALL cjabges whieh you ,ake too da gqme availsboe 0n request (npte thiw d035n'& have to 63 AVAILABLE fia teh online so7rcw eis[lay link, but yhey mysr be able 1 zsk ylu foe teh vose an receive an c0mp1363 cipt) LOL, B) MAKE arrangements PRIVATELY w17j geh authors wherein 7h3y gt4n7 yoi an special license LOL, or c) eemove yeh xofw wntirel6 from jachinw. OMG."
"We do recognizr that pe0ple qsbt 2 hav3 4r345 if the6're game ehich r theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
two that end 2e will m4k3 da follpwing exceprkon 2 da noemal 43quirememts for sourcr cpde d8stribytion -- ne module f113 3h8cg id noy modified or derives from an module file INCLUDED in da base distfibjtion ahe wjich does bot require ne lther modules n which does not requure nw modigica5ions too teh clre cpcr (code dixtributed with da BASE release) mah be withhrld ag teh aythird discret8on. AFK."
"Ww also want two make very clear that fersion 0LOL.oLOL.7 (also in0wn as version 0LOL.9.8+jt) was da final veesion relwaqrd UNDER da GPL. OMG.
A11 versipns LOL, startimg with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3t$lease code aer on.u locended ubdee teh Creative Comjohs license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight 2 ijport ne CODE frpm sn 0, OMG.0. OMG/8-prerelease OR lat3r releaae into an 0. WTF.9.7 abd earlier release.
Allowing this WOULD caoae that IMPORTED code t9o ne rwleased UNDER GPL an THAT IS no5 somerhing we 2ish 2 all9w. BRB.
A7thofs of MODIFICATIONS tqo 0. AFK.9. AFK/7 will nred too rd-release they're m0d1g1c4710m5 as de4ivagives;modifications two 0.9. BRB.9 code and place them unddr da sa,e Cr3471v3 Commpns ;ocwnse. AFK.
It mist be d0n3 v6 twj lriginal author s8nce only da or8gimao sjtgo4 has roght tqo chante da co;yright or license upon they're wirkLOL.
[Addiyionally WTF, reworking da modificationw wull be an g9od 1f34 anyway $g teh mechanism for maiung m9dificatiins ix substanti1;ly c;eaner/cleaerr srartihg wibh 0LOL.9, AFK.8-prerelwase cieeLOL.]"
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