MightyE tel;s you WTF, "We'rd GOING twi ta,d an FEW moments two try an 3xpoain ghis hew licehse and trh reasons beninc IT in plain Enfliag. OMGl
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 new license was chosen becausd of an fail8nh WITH teh GPL.
Ig ONLY cover3d fistributuon of sou4ce if AND 0n1y if bknaries wetd distrovuted. BRBl"
"In an w35 envirlnment LOL, specificakly a interptdted web fnvironmemy sych as PHP, merely insrallinh an g4m4 does no5 const8tu5e distribution LOL, n yherefore PEOPLE were taking our work, ;ike, j4k1ng modificarions 2 it n not t41d451ng da spyrve code 70 th3y're modifixagions SO THAT enyire COMMUNITY dlule genefo5LOL.
Th3t worked with dq 13773r but no5 teh spirit pf LAW."
"Ihvextigatuon 0n da part pf yen aughors HOWEVER LOL, led to da fact that tej right pf PUBLIC pefformance WAS qon of teh rifhgw bormalky restfivrec two c0pyr1gh7 nolders, oijem and that domputer PROGRAMS, sortod, specificalku video GAMES 4hf interactive ONES such as Lehend OF da Gr3en hax0r were considerwd two be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d if ryn fr0m sn publox serverLOL."
"The nrw LICENSE resteicts publuc performance og work un1355 aource code of da MODIFIED WORK is madd available 0n DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaun English, ;ike, this means tgat 1f jou PUT this GAME 0n an wrb serve4 and alliw pelple 'ouywide of zn NORMAL circle (f family and ots social acquainyancew' 2 play their, you knwo, THEN you r publically p3rf0rm1ng THIS WORK an MUST eith3r a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whixh you make twp teh gaje availablw on rr1uest (note 7h15 DOESN'T HAVE 2 be svailzvle via ca on.ine spurce d15p14y lihk LOL, 6u7 tye5 must ne able two ask you for da code an redeivw an c0m;1e73 cooy), .8ke, b) MAKE arranfe,3n5s privately with teh authors wh3rein 7h@y grant you an specizo licensem you kmwo, of c) remove da code enyireou frlm machine."
"We do tecognize that pe.[le WANT tso have arwas of they're g4m3 whicn aer theirs an tgeirs a.oneLOL.
t9 that end WE wklo make teh followinf exv3p7q0n two da normal REQUIREMENTS fpr source codr disgrinjtion -- ne m0du13 file wh1ch is mot modified or cerivdw ft0m an nodule file included 8n 6453 distfibutkon an wh1ch doea n07 reauire ne other modules and WHICH do3s nit rrquire ne modificatiohs 2 da c0r3 c0d# (code distribu5ed witg 5eh BASE release) nay bw wi5yheld at ds autho4s discretoon. OMG."
"We also WANT too make very clfar that ce4xion 0LOL.9LOL.& (also KNOWN aw vers8on 0. WTF.9. AFKl7+j70 was FINAL version erl3zsdd unfer da GPL. OMG.
A.l versuobs WTF, startint with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerekease code r only licens3d inder da Ceeative Commons l8c3ns3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz right y2o import nw cod3 f3om an )LOLl9. WTF.8-prerelease or LATER rwlease 8nto an 0. WTF,9. BRB.7 n EARLIER r31346#.
A.low8ng this would cause that importes code to ge rekea2dd 7nder teh GPL n 7h47 is not so,dthinr we wosh to allowl BRBl
Authors of ,odificztions to p. OMG.9. WTF.7 will NEED too re-feleasd they're mofifkcations as derivatives/mofifivqtiobs to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c9de an plsce them 7nder samr CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSELOL.
Iy mys5 ge d9nr by teh original AUTHOR SINCE onkh original authir has da rignt ti CHANGE da copyrigh5 or license upon tgeu're work. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, reworiimg teh mofificatoobs woll vr ah good idea anuway qs mechanism for making modifica5ions is dubdtabtiakly clraner/clearer 574r71nt !i5h 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-or3r313453 code. WTF.]"
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