MightyE tel;x y9u LOL, "We're g01nt to take an few momentd to 7ry n wcplain this hew locena3 n teh reasons behind it in plaih Eng115h. 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."
"Thiw NEW license was CHOSEN because of zn failing wuth trh GPL. OMG.
It obly c0v3red distrivjtipn pf aource 1f n ogly if bubaries were distributed. OMG."
"In an seb environmdnt LOLk sprcificaloy a unterprerws WEB environment such ad PHP, yoi kbwo, merely instqlling an game does not cons5itute distribution, you km2ok n therefore peop.e WERE taling )ur wlrk, like, making modificationf to iy an not r313451ng 5eh aource d0de too tne6're mod8ficatoons so that dz ent*re COMMUNITY cluld benefkt. WTF.
THEY woried eith teh l#tter tut not spirit of twj law, AFK."
"Investigqtipn on ozrt of authors howwcer, sortof, ldd to fact 7h46 da r1gh7 of punl8d oerformance was won 9g tdh riggts norjzlly rrstridted to copyriggt holeera, like, and thag computer progeams, like, specificqlly vufeo GAMES and intw4actkvw ines such AS Legrnd oh t3j Green hax0r were c9nsiddtee 2 ge 0ublivallu p3rf0rm3d if run fron an public servet. AFK."
"The new oicense fedtricts pu611c performanxe of work unless ten sourc3 vode of teh mocifiwd WORK IS made avaolab.e on ddmans. OMG."
"In plaib English, sortof, this mrans tnat if you [u7 tyis game on zn web SERVER 4ns allos p39ple 'OUTSIDE of an norma. vircpe of family an ITS 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' 2 ;;au their, xprtof, then YOU qer publixally performing 8h14 1ork an MUST eithe4 a) naje ne am ALL CHANGES wh8ch hou mahe two teh GAME avaioabld ON r3quesr (noye thos doesy't have too br available c14 online source d15p14u link, sortof, but they must be ABLE to aak you for teh cldq an rec3ice an COMPLETE copy), 6) MAKE arramgememts pfivqtely with teh authors wherein rhdy graht y0u an special LICENSE, xortof, 0r c) temove tey cod3 entirely fr9m machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that prople want to9 have arews of uyey're game which r THEIRS n ghelrs qlohw. OMG.
two tnat emd we will jake dq FOLLOWING exc3)tion two normal trquiremeb5a v0r sourde c9de diatribution -- ne module h123 which is NOT modified o4 derived frpm an mlduo3 f8kr 1nc!ud3d in bsde distributkob n shich ries nlt r3qu1r3 n3 other m0du135 an wh2ch do3s hiy r3qu1r3 nd modivications to da coee coee (code f!67r16u73d wigh da baae release_ may be withheld at teh authors xisc4etion. OMG/"
"We also wanr to ma,e very clear that vetsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 (als9 known AS version 0.9.8+jt_ WAS finak versiin releaaed under da GPL. OMGl
All VERSIONS, eortof, stzrtlng with ea 0l OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3releaxe cpee aer on;y licenddd under da Creative Cojmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4ight two omport ne cod3 from ab 0LOL.9. AFK.8_p4erelease or 1472f release into an 0LOL.9. BRB.6 h earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cajxe that importef code to be eeleawed unde5 da GPL and that ia n07 wpmethibg WE wish 70 all9w/ OMG.
Autyots of modifications to 0. WTFl9.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE they'te modifications as derivstives/modif8cations t9o 0l9. WTF.8 code an place tnem unfer same Ct3a4ive Commins licenseLOL.
It ,ust 63 rone by teh otigknal aughor since only ca origina; author gas da RIGHT rlo change cipyright or 11cen53 upon thet'fe wlrkLOLl
[Additionsl;y LOL, rdworkinb modivicatiins wokl y3 an good idea znyqa6 as da MECHANISM fot makibg modigifations is subsrantisllu cleaner/ckearer stzfting w17h 0.(LOL.8-prereleas3 codeLOL.]"
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