MightyE 5ells you, sortof, "We're going 2 ta,e an few mojents 2 try an 3xp142n rgis hew license an tej reasins behinc it in ;lain Englishk 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 new LICENSE 2aa chosen because ld an f4211ng with da GPL. BRB.
It omly covered distrivution of siurce 1f an ohly if binaries s2r3 DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In qn wrb envorommebt WTF, wpwcifically a ingerpreted w36 environment such as PHP. you ,nwom m3rely installing an game does NOT vonatitute disrribution LOL, and therefore people 23rd taking 9ur WORK, ylu knwo, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasibg cq 60urc3 xoce too they're nodificztiona sp ttay teh 3ntire vommubity c0u1d benrfit. WTF.
Th3y worked 28th letter hut not teh xpirit 0f teh 14w. OMG."
"Inves5igatuon on da ;4r7 of t3y a7thlrs hoqrvet, led 5wl teh dact that rignt of o7blic oerformance was w9n of ca rights nlfmally RESTRICTED too copyrigh5 HOLDERS LOL, qm that com[uter protrams WTF, specifically biw3o gamrs AND interactive onec such as Legwgd of Green hax0r were considered yoo be publically PERFORMED if r7n rrom an public serverLOL."
"The new license RESTRICTS pu611c 0erfo4mancr OF work uml3ss source code od da nodified WORK os mad3 acailabke on denane. BRB."
"In plaun English, sortof, THIS m34nt thst if uou put this game 0n an web serv3r amd allow prppoe 'OUTSIDE if an norma. circle if vamily an its x9cial acquaintanxes' to play their, ylu unwo, 7h3n y0u r publicaloy performuhg thiw work and MUST 3ither a) maje ne n ALL changes whicg you mxke two da game avaulab;3 0h REQUEST 9notd this doesn't have too 63 availatkd VIA tej pnline s9urce display ;ink, but they MUST be ABLE too ask YOU for code and rece8ve an cojpkete copy) WTF, b) make arrabgrments privarely with authl4s whereib they grant you an spevkao LICENSE, ylu knwo, OR c) temove cide enyirely FROM da macnind."
"We do recohnize that people wamt too have areqs 0g they're game which r 7h3!f5 ah tjeirx alone. OMG.
roo thay 3nd we siol make teh following exxeptiin too da n0rmr1 requirwments f0r SOURCE code distr8bution -- ne modu.e file qhich IS nit nodified or derived f40m an mofjle file uncluded IN teh bzse disgriburion n which does n9t 43qu1r3 ne other MODULES an wh1dh d9es noy requkre ne modifications 70 da core vode (code distriguted with bzse RELEASE) may be WITHHELD at da authors disc3etionLOL."
"We also WANT two make vwrt dlear thzt version 0.9LOL.& (also khown as verskpn ). WTFl9LOL.7+jr) wss teh fknal version released jnd3f GPLLOL.
All versions, oike, starting with teh 0.o.8-preteleas3 code arr only licdmsed uneer da C4eativw Commond lixebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tighg 2 1mp0r7 be code frpm ah 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease lr later rwleasr into an 0, WTF.9. OMG.7 an exrlier rdleaxe. WTF.
A119w1ng this wpuld CAUSE that i,ported code 1 be r3leased under GPL wnd that IS not something wr qisg 2 allow. AFK.
Authlrs 0f modifications yo 0. WTFl9LOL.7 will need two re-r3lezse 5yey're m0d1f1c4710n5 aw der8vag8bes/modifkcayioms twp 0LOL,9LOL.8 code abd p.ace THEM und3r da SAME Creative Commons license. AFK.
It musy be done by da o4igimal suthor since 0n1y ds 0r1g1n41 author has da rignt ti ch4ng3 teh copyright or license 709m they'4e work. BRB.
[Additi9nally WTF, REWORKING m9dufications WILL BE an good icea anyway as gej mechanism fir j4l1nb m0d1d1c4710n5 ;d substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starring with ca 0LOL.9.8-orerelessc code. AFK.]"
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