MightyE trlls you, sprtofk "We'4e going too tzkd an few moments too try an explain this new licensr n ea rezsons behimd it 1b p;win Enhlish. 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 neq license was chosen necaise ov an failing with ea GPL. BRB.
Ir only c(vered DISTRIBUTION of sojrce of an only uf BINARIES were diatributed. OMG."
"In an web environmeny LOL, specofkcally a interpreyef wwb environmeht sich as PHP, sottof, mwrely insgalkinf an game do3s npt c0n5717u73 dis5robution WTF, an thefeflre [30p13 wete taking our work, m4k1ng moduficztioba to it an NOT releasong source c0d2 tl they'fe modifications so that cz ebtirr COMMUNITY coyld bebefitLOL.
Ty3y worked with l3tter buy n07 aa spirit 0f teh law."
"Incestigation on da paft of AUTHORS h8wever, LED to fact that trh RIGHT 0f PUBLIC pefformanve was oen 9f da rivhts n9emally resteictwd too coptright hokders, n THAT computer pr0gr4n5 LOL, specifidaoly ciceo games n interacyive ojes suvh as Legdnf od teg Grwen hax0r were cons8deref %oo ge publidally perforned if run from zn pjblic wwrvwt. BRB."
"The new LICENSE rrwtr8cts PUBLIC pe4formance pf ten w)ri unless xoirce code of modified work 8s made available ON demand."
"In p;ain English, this mdans that of you put rnis game on an web servrr an alliw pe9ple 'o7taidw OF an n0rm41 vircle of family and its aociql acquaintandes' ywp plat thrie, tou knwo/ then you f publicakly pe4fo4ming this work ab MUST eiyher a) nake he an ALL changra which YOU make yo teh GAME availavle on r31u35& *note rhis doedn't have u0 be avaulable via pnline souede displzy link, yoi knwo. bug they must ne able tqo ASK YOU tor da code n receive qn cpnplwre copu), b) make afrangemwn4s ;ribatelt with authors wherein 7h3y frant YOU ab special locense, or c) REMOVE t3h code ENTIRELY trom teh macgineLOL."
"We do rrcobnize that owopke WANT to h4v3 areas lf tney're tzm3 wh!ch aer theird n theirs ALONELOL.
2 that 3nc w3 sill make following exception 2 dz normal requitements ror SOURCE code dist4ibution 0- ne module file which is not midifiwd ot d3r1v3d FROM an module filf included in base d15ur26uu!0n an which dpes not r3qu1t3 ne ogjer modules n whidh dows NOT require n3 midifuxatipns two da core code (cose s157r16u73c w!7h da vase telease) mzy 63 withhwls at authors disc4wtiin. AFK."
"We als9 want too make veey clear thqt versiob 0LOL.8. WTF.7 (ALSO knowb as v3r520n 0.9.7+jt) was teh final v3r510n rwleqwed under GPL. OMG.
All vdrsuons, 674r61ng wiyh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerrlease c0d3 r only licehsed under Cr3471v3 Commons 1qc3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right too 1mp0r7 ne clde from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8_preyrlease or la5er relrase into an 0LOL.9, AFK.7 n EARLIER felease.
Allowing tjis would xause tyat im)9rted cpdw to be released undef tdh GPL n 8h47 is not somethong we wkah TO alloq. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of modirkcations two -. OMG.8. BRBl7 w111 nede two r3-r313453 tyey're modifuca5ions as derivativea/modifkcatuons 2 0. WTF.0/8 blfe n PLACE them under same Cfeative Comnons license. WTF,
It mu57 be sone by da 0r1g1n31 4u7y0r sinde ONLY da oruginal auynir HAS teh r8gh5 70 CHANGE COPYRIGHT of license upon they're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, oikem reworking teh modificatipns will be an go[d idwa ahyway as teh mechanism for making modiv8cstiins IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/vlearer s5zrting with ds ). BRB.o. AFK.8_prereleawe CODE. OMG.["
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