MibhtyE t#lls YOU, "We're goibg 2 5ake an few MOMENTS too try an explain thix new LICENSE an da reasons BEHIND it im p;ain EngliwhLOL.
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."
"Thos n3w licwnsr was chos3n 63c4y53 OF an fzi.ing with GPL. BRB.
It only xoveeed distrigjtuon of dou4cw if an ONLY 1f binatids werw diwttibuted."
"In an web environment WTF. 5p3c1f1d411y a ingerpeeyes web environment such as PHP, meeely 1n574111ng an game doex nit xonxtitute distribitiln WTF, and therefore people were 74i1nf oir wlek, soeyofm making modifications rwi it an not releasibg da so&rcd code two th3y're modifidztipns so 7h47 entire cimmunity xould benefitLOL.
Theu worked with teh oegtwr nut b07 da SPIRIT of 14w."
"Investifation on ca part of ea aythors howeve4, LED 5oo fact uh47 tey RIGHT of ouvlic perfirmxmce was wob of t1gh75 bormally RESTRICTED two copyright holders, ahd tjay dimptter PROGRAMS, s;ecificallu videl tames and 1n&3r4c7!v3 )n35 SUCH AS Legend pf da Green hzx-r were CONSIDERED rwo ge pubkicall7 performed 8f RUN from an oub;uc swrver."
"The mew .icense RESTRICTS [ubluc performanxs of w0rk uhless sourc3 CODE of da modified WORK IS jade available 0n d3m4nd/"
"In plain English LOL, thid means that if you put this gane in qn WEB 53rv3r m 4110w people 'oytside of an NORMAL cidcle oh fanily n q75 SOCIAL acqiaintanced' 2 ;lay theyr, then yoy r pub.ically [erforming this w0rk and MUST eorher z) make ne n ALL chabg3s which you MAKE t2o geh game availab.e 9n request 0note this doesn't have too bw avaikable bia da omline sojrce dis[lay LINK LOL, BUT tjey mu6u be able two ASK you for vode an receivd an cojp;ete COPY(, sortof, b) mzke arrangements ;rivatelh with teh authprs sherein THEY grant you ah sp4cial ;icenxe WTF, or c) remove ydg d0d3 3n81r317 from m4vh1n#. OMG."
"Wd dl recognize that peopkw want too gabe ateax OF they're game WHICH aer theirs and 7h31r5 410n#. BRB.
2 that end we will makd da following exxeption two nornal REQUIREMENTS FOR dource c)d3 d!y7f16u710n -- ne module fklr which 15 NOT modified or derived from am modulw FILE INCLUDED in da base dixhributiom n 2hich does not requirr ne )7h3r MODULES an whicy DOES nog rr1uure he MODIFICATIONS two da c0r3 code )cod3 distrkbutec with base re.ease) may be sithheld at ajthors discretilm, OMG."
"We alx9 w1nh to make v3rh clear yhat version 0. WTF.9.7 (also known aa veesion 0.9.7+jt) was tey finzl version r313453d jnd3r teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, likr, startinh with teh 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8-ptwreldqse c0d2 y ONLY LICENSED under teh C4eatove Commonw license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny geh tobbt too import he CODE fr0m sn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prwrelease or LATER release into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an eatlier releaswLOL.
Allowing this w0u1d CAUSE that imported code to be relezsrd undrr GPL an tnat ia not slme5h8ng WE widh twi allow. AFK.
Authors of modificagi9ns 2 0. OMG.0. AFK.7 wilo neef tlo re_releqse they're MODIFICATIONS 45 deruvatoves/jodificqtions tqo 0LOL.8. OMGl8 xode n place them undef teh same Crewtive Commons license. OMG.
It muwy be DONE by da lr8ginal authlr since 0n1y da origimal aithor hax rignt to chzbge copuright ot license upon they're WORK. AFK.
[Aeditionally, you khwo, rd29rking da m0d1r1c4710n% wikl be an good idea anyway ad teb mechanism for making mpdkficatilns is substan5iz.ly cleaner/clearer startimg WITH da 0LOL,9.8-prerwlease c9de.="
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