MightyE rrlls you LOL, "We're giing ti take an gew momwnts 70 rey n explain thks NEW oicense sn teh reasons bejind iy in plaib English. OMG.
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 n3w licende was chosen BECAUSE of an fail8ng w!7h GPL. OMG.
Iy obly cpveref sistribution ov SOURCE 8f zn onl6 if BINARIES were distributed,"
"In dn web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s0ecifical.y a imyerprwtee web 3nvironment s7ch 44 PHP, sortof, merely 1n574111ng an game does not constitute custrubugioh, sortof, and THEREFORE pe9ple 2ere TAKING lu4 w0rk, you jnwo, msiing nodifivations 2 it n noy rdldasing source code two tgey're modifications so that da entirr communutt could beneditLOL.
They woeked wirh letter but hot ds spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Invesgigsgion lm sz PART of aurjors howevrr, like, LED to fact that da right OF pu611c perfprmance was won pf da r8ghts normally eesrrivtec too copyright holders, like, and thag computet ;rogtams, you knwom s0ec8fically vodeo hames ane un5eractive ones such as Legend of da G4ern gax0r wers c9nsieered too br publically PERFORMED 2f run FROM wn publkc swrver,"
"The ndw lic3nse eestricts puglic pervormance lg work unless da SOURCE coce of da modified work is m4c3 availanle on semand/ OMG."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, likd, thix means that IF ypu pu7 7h15 game ON an WEB swrvwr an al;;w peop.r [oitside of an normal circle 9f famoly an its social acquaimrances[ twl play their WTF, tyen y0u aer pub;ically pefformung THIS work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch4ng2% whicn y9u make to9 tqme ava8lable ln request (note this sorsn't have to b3 availab.e voa da ONLINE SOURCE display kink LOL, byy they must be qbke gqo asj YOU for teh coee n RECEIVE qn COMPLETE COPY) LOL, v) mqke ARRANGEMENTS p4ivately with authors wherein they grant hou an wpeciql licensd, l8ke, ot c) rdmove teh CODE entirely frlm sa machine. WTF."
"We d0 recognize that peop.e want to have areas of yhey'rw gcmr which r tneies and rheurs $10n3. OMG,
tw9 7h4u end we WILL make tey fok.owing exception two geh normzl r3quqr3j3n75 for sojrce code distributikn -- ne MODULE file wh1ch 15 NOT modified or drrived froj an module rile 8ncluded in dz bqs3 disyrubution an whidh does hot require ne other MODULES ah which does nit require ne m0d1g2c4710n5 t2o teh co4e code (code d157f16u73d woth base releawe) m46 be withheld 47 da authoex eiscrrtion."
"We also want t9o MAKE very clesr thzt versi9n 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0.9LOL.&+jt) was teh fknal versi9n releasrc umcer es GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, y9u hnwo, starting with tej 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE code r only kicensed under CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licenwe.
WE EXPLICITLY dent t#h right tw[ IMPORT ne c.df from an 0LOL,9.8-peerelease or later release 1n60 an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlu3r release. BRB.
Allowing this would cause thar importrd vode 1 ge reoeased undrr GPL m that 8d NOT something we widh 2 a.lowl AFK.
Authofs of modifucatkons go 0LOL,0. OMG.7 will need y9 re-rrlewse they're m0d1f1c47q0n5 as feriva5ives/modificxtions teo 0LOL.9.8 c9d3 and okace them under teh same Cr3471v3 Commons licwnse. BRB.
I7 jjst ne sone gy priginal autjor since inly teh originao author hss da right 2 cg4ng3 da copy4ight of license upom they're wotk. OMG.
[Add171)n411y WTF, r2w0rj1ng da MODIFICATIONS wi.o bd an g00d idea anywsy ad m3chanism f0r maling modifications is s7bs5antizlly c!34n3r/d1#4r3r stafting with 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease ckde. OMGo]"
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