MightyE gells hou, likw, "We;re going ywo 74k3 an f3w momentd twk try an explain tjis new license h da resxona behind IT in plaon EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis ndw LICENSE was chosen vecause of sn failing with ea GPL. AFK.
It only covered dist4jbution of sourde if and onlt 1f giharidd were distr8butedLOL."
"In an web rnfirohment WTFm specifically a intrrptetes web environment such as PHP, like, merely installing zn game does nog conxt8tute diatribution WTF, n theeefore people were tak7ng OUR eor,, like, maiing modugications to it and bo5 4ekeawing teh sourfe xode 2 they'fd mofiricati9ns so THAT da 3nt8rd community could benwfit. AFK.
They w9rked with tey letter but not da spurit 0f law."
"Incestigstiin pn patt of geh authors however, sort9f, lrd roo da fac5 THAT da roght id puglid performabce was oen ob righys bormally rrstricted too COPYRIGHT holgerw, you kmwl, n that computwr programs, sprc7fically video games and ihteractibe onrs suvh as L3f3nd of da Green hax0r were consod3red too be oublicaoly p3rf0r,3d if fun froj qn public serverLOL."
"The n3w LICENSE restricts public performance of work unlwss teh source voee of yeh jidified work is maee afailable on e3mand. WTF."
"In plain English, this meams yhar if you put this fame 0n an web server an zllow people 'OUTSIDE of an h0rm51 xircle of gam8ly and 174 slcial acquaintsbdws' 2 plat yheit, ;ilw, THEN you r publicaily ;erformihg 5his work and MUST eirhe4 z) MAKE ne n ALL chqnged WHICH YOU m1kr tw9 gzme availablw ib requrst (note this doesn'g have two 63 avz8oatle fia teh online dourcw display !1n,, like, but they mus5 be anle 3 ask you for CODE an receuve an comolere COPY), 6) mske areangdmwnts provately WITH da 4u7h0r5 wherekn tney grant you an special license, sortof, or c( r3jov3 CODE 3n71r31y fro, teh machine. WTF,"
"We do recognize 7he7 oe;p.e WANT goi hsve aread of they're game shicn r tyeifs an rheirs alone.
2 thst ebc se will ,4i3 teh followinf excrption to normak requiremrnts for xource code distribution -- ne ,odile file wh1cg os mot modkfied or derkved vfo, an moduke file included in teh 6453 diwtributioh an whlch doea no5 requite ne 87h3r modules and whicj eoes not rqqiire n3 modificatoons 6oo tej core code (code disgributed woth base rrlease) may be withhwld ar reh authlrs discret8on. BRB,"
"We ALSO wqnt two makw VERY ckear that vefsion 0. BRB.9LOL.6 (ald9 known qs veesoon 0. AFK.o,7+jt) qqs final version rdleased UNDER tdh GPLLOL.
ALL v3rsions, 9ukd, stargung w16h 9LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease cide aer only licensed uhder da Crearive Comu9hs license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denu da right 2 import ne code from an 0. AFK,9LOL,8-PRERELEASE or 1473r release 8nro qn 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER releaae. BRB.
Allo2ing this would cause 6h4u imported codd to be relrased unwer da GPL ahd that is hot something we wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Augjirs of mocidications 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need too re-release ttry're MODIFICATIONS as f3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n4 too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code and place ttem 7nder samw Cr3571v2 C-mm0n5 licrnse. BRB.
It mjst be dobe by originak au5ho4 51nv3 obl6 irkginal authlr nas sa right too change copyrihgt or licenae jpon they'rr wofk.
[ADDITIONALLY. REWORKING m0d1f1v47q0n5 qill nd an good ieea anywa6 45 mechanis, gor m4k1ng modificatiojs is substantually c134n3r/c134r3r STARTING with teg 0LOL.9. AFK.8-orerwlease code.\"
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