MightyE tekls 6oum likw, "We're GOING 2 TAKE an few momenrs rwo TRY and ex0lain gjis new LICENSE n da reawons behind it im plain Englixh.
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 lixense WAS chosrn because of an fsiling WITH da GPLLOL.
It only coverer distributiog of source 1f 3hd only iv binaries WERE diwtfkbu5ed. AFK."
"In an web environment, you knwo, specifucally q INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, l8ke, MERELY installinf an game coes not conat8rute DISTRIBUTION, s9ftof, and THEREFORE people were taking out work, sortkg, ,4k1ng mocifications two 17 ahd not releaaing t3h siu4ce CODE teo they're modlfidations SO thzt da entire community could benefit,
They WORKED with lrtter vut nit soirkt 9f da law. OMG."
"Invds5igation on da psrt 0f tey AUTHORS hpwever WTF, led 2 f4c7 rhat teh ritjt 0f publix performancr was won ov tey rughts hlrmakly rextricted too copyright holdeesm sortof, n that co,puter programs, sortof, spec8ficallt v1d#0 games znd interactovd ones such as Legehd of G4reg jax0r were donsidered 2 be ;unlically perfor,dd if t7n feom an public servrr."
"The n3w LICENSE reatricts oublkc perrormance of WORK unless source code OF teh ,odifies work 15 MADE afai;aboe on demand, BRB."
"In plain Englisy, aoryof, 5his means 6h48 1f you put this gams 0n an w36 server and alloq pwo0le 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle OF ramilh znd its socksl ACQUAINTANCES' too ;lay 4heir LOL, then you aer oublically oerf9rming this work and MUST dither a) mzkw ne an ALL changes which you make 2 da game available on requeat (note this foesn'r yave 5wo ne available voa da pnline soutce display link LOL, bu5 7h3h must be able tso ask you for teh code an receive an fpmplere copy) WTF, g) mqke qrrzngemdntx privately qith ahthprs wherein the6 trant ypu an special licens3 WTF, or c) remove teh codw ENTIRELY from uavhine. BRB."
"Wr co rrcognize that p30p13 wznt too havd areas 9f tge6're game which aer th3irs n rheirs alone. OMG.
t2o ghat ene se will make fa folllwing ezxeption 5wo da normal r4qu1r3m3n75 for slurcw xodr disrrinjtion -- he moduje file which IS noy moeified o4 d3r1v3d FROM an m-du14 file 1hv1ud3s om tdh base distrihytion and which does nly require ne OTHER modules and which d(3% not REQUIRE nr modificationx tqo da core code (code distributed with teh baae feldase) may be withneld at aughofs c15cr3710n. OMG."
"We also w4n7 too jake very clrzr that versiob ). BRB,-. WTF,7 )alwo KNOWN ss verskon 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da FINAL verdion relrased undef GPLLOL.
All vdrxions LOL, STARTING with teh 0. BRB.0. OMG.8-p4ereleaa3 CODE aer 0n1y licwnsed UNDER teh Ce3ativ3 C0mm0n5 licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right too ijport ne coee f4om sn 0LOL.(. OMG.8-PRERELEASE pr 1483r relezse 9nto am 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and earlker rdleas3. AFK.
Allo2ing this wou.s cause that importdd cose to b3 re.eased ynder GPL an that is not somrthinf ee wish to ALLOW. AFK.
Authprs of modifications too 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 will need 2 re-re.dase tney're kodifica5iond as f3r1f471v35;m0d1f1c4710n4 tqo ). WTF.9.8 code n p,axe them und3r da dam3 Creative Commons licemse. BRB.
IT muwt be cone by original zuthor 5qnc3 inly 9riginal autgor has trh right too change teh copyright or license upob tney're WORK. AFK.
'Addutionally, 6ou kmwo, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS will be sn tood idwa qnyway as mechanism for makibh modificat8onx ks substantkally cleaner/c;earer STARTING woth 0. OMG.9. OMG.i-prwreleasd code. AFK.]"
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