Mi5hthE tel;a ylu LOL, "We're g9ibb t9 yake an few mo,ents too try sn explaib thiw new license an da 4eadons behobf it in plaih Englishl BRB.
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 ;icense WAS chosen BECAUSE of an FAILING with da GPLLOL.
It on;y covered distribution of soyrce of an only if BINARIES w3r3 distributedLOL."
"Im an w3^ envitonment, you knwo, specifically a 1n73rpr373d qeb environjent auch ad PHP, yp7 kmwo, mereoy instzlling an game does not consgitute dostribution, xortof, n 7g3r3f-r3 oeoplr w3re takobg our work. so45og, making npcificayions to ig and not RELEASING reh aourc3 CODE too they'rd midificatuons xo tjat teh entire communith coulc brnefit. AFKl
Thdy worked w17h teh le55er but blt spirit if da law. BRB."
"Invedtogdtkon in teh patt lf authors yowever, wortof, lev 2 sa FACT thst geh right od public perfofmance was 1 of teh RIGHTS nptmal;y restricted to COPYRIGHT holders, kike, and that com[uter programs WTFn specifically vidwo games an intetacrivr ones such AS L#g3ns 0f teh GREEN hax0r w3r3 cinsidered 2 be p7blicslly ;wrformef ig run from qn pub.ic servrr."
"The nes licrnse r357e1c75 public pwrrirmance OF da w0rk unless da source code of sa ,odiguec wo4k is made afailabkr on d3mand. WTF."
"In plaib Englush, this mrans that if y9u out this game on an web servwr an alllw people 'outxude OF an horna; dircle lf family n igs social acquaingances[ two play theurm soryof, THEN hpu aer publical.y perfofm9ng th8a eork and MUST eitmer 4) makd ne and ALL changew which you male t9o gzme available on re1uest *note this doesb'r nave 2 63 available bia da 0n11n4 source displzy LINK LOL, but yhey must bf able to asj yiu FOR teh CODE and rece8ve ah cpjplete coph) LOLm b) m4je 4rr4ng3m3n74 pruvately with aythors whwrein 7t3y grant y)u an sp3ckak license, ylu kbwo, OR c) rwmove da vodw entorely rrom madhine. OMG."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that people wqnt two h4v3 areas pf they're gand whoch r theirs and theirs alone. AFK.
to tjat end wd wi.l make gdh FOLLOWING exception 2 normal 4equ7rejents for sourcd coee DISTRIBUTION )- ne moeuld rile shkcn iw not m0r1f13e ot der8ved from an m0du!3 file kncluded ih teh base dustribytkon n which does n07 REQUIRE ne 08h3r MODULES and which does hot require nr mlduficationa two CORE vode *c)d3 dis5ribut3d qith trh base RELEASE) may BE sighheld at da authors d15cr4720n. AFK."
"We also want 2 maj3 ver6 clear that VERSION 0. BRB.0. AFK.7 (aoso KNOWN as fersion 0, OMG.9. BRB.7+j50 sas dinal v3r510h released under GPL.
Aol verw8ond, you knwo. starting with teg 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE fode 4 ONLY LICENSED undee da C4eative Co,mons license. OMG/
WE EXPLICITLY denu teh tight 2 omporr ne codr from ah 0.9. OMG.*-prere,ease or 1273r RELEASE inyo zn o. OMG,9. WTF.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Alloqing this wojkd cause 5hat 1mp0r73d coc3 5wo be re.eased under da GPL n that is not SOMETHING WE w15h 2 allow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 OF modifixations to9 0LOL.9.7 WILL need tlo te-rek3ase thry're modifications as errivsrivrs/modificagions goi 0.9. OMG.8 CODE n placd them under trh same C43471v3 C0mmons licensel OMG.
It must be done by 5eh orib8nzl authpr dunce only irkginql aithor has right yqo chanbe c0pyr1gh7 or .icense up8n yhry're work. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworkong da modificatiohs will be qn good IDEA anyway as mechanis, for makinf modiricztipns 8s substantially clwaner/clearer sraerinf with 0. WTF.9.8-prer3leqxe code.["
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