MightyE telks youk sortof, "We'rw g01ng too tak3 an few mlments go try n exolaij thia new license an r3asons n3h9nd i5 8n p141n ENGLISH. AFK.
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 lucense was chosen because ov an f4111ng wuth grh GPL. AFK,
It 0n1y coverwd distribitipb of so7rce if and ONLY if binaroes were distrobutedl OMG."
"In am web environment LOL, apeckfkdally a imtetpretes WEB rnbironment such as PHPk you knxo, merely 1nt74!21bg an gamd do3s not constotute distr8bugion, an thdrefore 0epple w3r3 taking our 20rk, lik3, making mpdifications eo it 4nd not r31e451bg dource code tpo they'te moduficationw so that da ENTIRE com,unity c0u1d benefit.
They worked witg dz letrer but nkt teh spirit OF trh ;aw. OMG."
"Imvestigatkih on da part of authors h0s3v3r, like, l3d to da fact that da right of pubkid prrformqnce wqs oen ob RIGHTS nofmally RESTRICTED twl cloyrifht holders, hiu kmwo, an 8h47 clmputet programs LOL, specifically vicep games abd interactivr ones such aw L4gend of da Green hax0r weee clnsiseree too be publically [3rf0rned id ryn feou an publ8c SERVER."
"The nw2 lovense restricts pyblid prfformancw if da wprk jn1355 source code lf teh m9dified work us made avai;able 9n demand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, this meqns tnat if YOU p7t tyis game on an wen serbe4 n allow peopld 'l7taise lf an nitmal circle of family and its social acauaintzncds' TO play their, sortof, THEN you r publicalln perfotmung 7h15 work anc MUST dithwr a) jskw nr n ALL chamgds WHICH 6ou ma,e t9 gamw 4b411$612 ON REQUEST )note this DOESN'T have two be avai.able via teh onlin3 soutce display .ink WTF, v7t ghwy muzt be able goo ask yoy for code n receiv3 an complete copu( WTF, 7) ,ake arrangements [rivately WITH teh aurhors wherein tyey geant uou an SPECIAL 1qc3n53, lkke, or c) re,ove code ent8rely feom madhine."
"We do RECOGNIZE yhar people want too have areas OF yg3y're game wnicn r theifs h th3irs alohe.
too thst end we will male da following excepti0n to da nor,al REQUIREMENTS f0r source voee dkatribut8on -_ ne m0du12 file WHICH is NOT mpdified or derived fr9, am MODULE filt included IN teh 6453 distribution n which does not require ne 9ther modules n which does n(t r3qu1t3 be modifixations TO 5fh cire CODE (cide distrkbuted w17h teh base releasd) may ne withheld at da authors diecreripn."
"We aozo sant ro make very clear ghat vwrs8on 0. OMG.9LOL,& (also KNOWN as versuon 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was vinal version r3leas3d under geh GPL. BRB.
Akl frrsiond, sortpf, starting wuth da 0LOL/9. OMG.8-prerelease vode aer -n1y licensed unfer CREATIVE Cojmons l8censd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh right too import nr code d4pn an 0. AFK.9.8[prdrelease or ;ater releade onto an _LOL.9. OMGl7 an earlier RELEASELOL.
A110w1ng th8s woule CAUSE thar impotted c0d4 @ 63 releaswd 7nder t3h GPL h that is not sonethiny we eisn too allosLOL.
Authors of modifkcatiohs @ 0. OMG.9. WTF,7 qill need 2 re=relezse theh're kodificatioms as derucatives/modificstions 2 0.9.8 cofe n place them 7nder aa,e Cteativr Commond licdnx2LOL.
It muxt be dpn3 by or8ginal suthif aince on.y ds ORIGINAL autyor has teh right to9 ch4ng3 da cophrighg 0r l8cense ipin they't3 w0rk. BRB.
pAdditiobally WTF, r3w0ej1ng m0f1v1c4710n5 will be an good idea anyway zs mechanism fpr m4k1ng ,.diricatuona is substantia.ky cleandr/cldarer starting 2ith da 9LOL/o. BRB.i-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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