MigntyE 5eols 6ou, tou lnwo, "We'fe going too take an f3w momenrs too tr6 an EXPLAIN this new license $nd ueh REASONS behond it in plaun English.
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 wzs vhosen becqusw of an d4!11ng with da GPL. OMG,
I7 ONLY covered distribution of sourcw id an onoy if binaeiwd were distribytedLOL."
"In sn web wnvironjeng LOL, specifically a inrerpreted web dnbirin,ent such as PHP, sortif, met3;y INSTALLING an gamw coes not constitute distrihution WTF, an THEREFORE people were 5aiing our work, uou knwo, making mofkfkcations 2 IT n n07 r313451ng dz aoirce coxe 2 they[re m8cificatiohs so that da entite clmm7niry cpuld BENEFIT. OMG.
They WORKED with da 1e76er bit hot da w[irit OF law. WTF."
"Investigation ON twh PART of authors howevrr, sortof, led two da fact that da right of pub;ic perrormqnce 2aw win OF RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 2 cipyrignt holderd LOL, and yhdt c.mputwr [r0gr4m5, sortof, 5p3c1f2c411y video fa,es am untrrscgive onew such AS Legend 0f da G4een hax0r WERE consideree too be puvl8cally pwrfprmed kf run frim an 0uvluc sdrver. BRB."
"The mew LICENSE r357rqc75 publof pervormsnce ov wor, unless teh sou4ce codr of twn moxididd work is madr available on demandLOL."
"In plain English LOL, this m34n5 that iv you put THIS gqme on an web sefver and qllow p3pp!3 'outsode of an no4mal cifc.e ov damily anc 175 social axquain5ances' 2 play their LOL, then YOU qer publ8cqlly p3rd0fm2ng THIS work and MUST either a( make be ans ALL chanhes whoch y0u jake 2 game 4v4q15613 oh REQUEST (note this doedn'r have 5wo BE avaklanke via ea online sourve dkspla7 lihk, like, bug they must 63 ag;e to ASK y9u vor ds cide an receive an c0mp1373 copy), like, b_ make arrangements privately 2irh geh authors wgdrein they geant you an 5p3c141 licensw LOL, or c) REMOVE code @n62r31y from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recohnize thay people qant 70 hafe atdas of ryey'fe gamd wjicg aer THEIRS h thei4s ALONE.
2 that end WE ei.k maie es following excepgion to mormal requirenents f0r 50urc3 cofe distribu5ion -- ne module file WHICH IS NOT mldifiec or d3rived frlj ab module fild inxluddd kn base dkstribu5ipn h whkch does not require he othee modules ah which does not requkr3 ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too code CODE (CODE distwibuted wiyh teh base release) may be withyelf AT da auyhors d16cr3710n. WTF."
"We also wamt too make vdry CLEAR rhat VERSION 0. OMG,9. BRB.7 (41t0 known as version -/ WTF.9. BRB.8+jt) was teh final v3g510h released ubder GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, you knwo, STARTING 2kth da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease vode e only licensed uhcer Cfea5ive Cimmonw .ivense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY s3ny 4oght two 1mp047 ne CODE ftom an 0LOL.9l8=prerwlwase pr lwtef RELEASE into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 4ns earlier release. OMG.
Allpwing thid woule cause that umported codd tw9 62 released ubder teh GPL m uh4& is not s9nething we WISH too allow. BRB.
Auth.4s 0f MODIFICATIONS two 9.9. BRB.7 WILL nerd to re=releas3 they'te modiricayions qs defivatices/m9dificatkohs too 0. BRB.9LOL.9 code n pq5c3 them under dz sane CREATIVE Cimmons l8cense. BRB.
It my57 ne d0n3 by otitinal author since onl6 da lriginal author has da right tw9 chanbe x0pyr1gh7 or license upon they're sork, AFK.
[Addktiobally, rework[n5 mosifica5ions w111 b3 an good idea znyway as teh mechan8wm gir mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is subsyantially clesner/clearer sgzrting eith ). WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 cid3. BRB.]"
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