MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We'ee toihh too take an few MOMENTS 2 7ey n expkain ghis new licemse and REASONS vehind it in PLAIN English. OMG.
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 licwnse was chos3n because 0f an fail8ng wity t3h GPL. BRBl
It on.6 covered dist4ibytion of wourve IF and only if vonaries were distribu5efLOL."
"In an web wnvironment LOL, wpecigically a ingrrpretrd web encirohment such as PHP, likek merely installinb an gamw do3w not constutute d9stribution, you kn2o, an yheredore ;3opoe were tskihg our w-ek, like, making modofications tol it n not rel3asing teh souece code 70 tjeh're modifications 50 tyat teh ent8re COMMUNITY could behefit/ AFK.
Tyey workdd WITH da lettee but not twh spirit OF da kaw."
"Invextigatiln on PART of da aithors however LOL, lec 2 da fact tnat rught oe pub;ic performabce was ! ov da RIGHTS n0r,#1qy restricted 2 c90hroght ho;ders, li,e, n THAT cimlyter [rograms, apecificaply videl g4m45 n in5eractife ones s7ch zs LEGEND OF da Greeb hax0r wwrr consid3red rwo BE publica.ly performed ov ruh FROM ab publ*v servrr. AFK."
"The hrw license rwstridys puvllx performance of teh w0rk un14t5 trh source xode 0f tfh modifoed work id made availsble ob DEMANDLOL/"
"In 0;a8, Enfl8sh LOL, this meahs THAT 1f you put this game ON an web SERVER an 4110w peopke '9utdide 9v an noena; circ.e of family n its docual acauaintancex' TO p14y their, rhen you r publically pe4forming this work n MUST euther A) jakr ne an ALL changew qyoch you ma,e w da gamd avqilable pn request (note thks doesn't have too be 4v4114513 via da ohlinr wource eisolay oynl, you ,nwi, bur they must bd ag;e two ask you fir da code and eeceiv3 an complrte copy)m sirtof, n) make arrangrments privztely with 4u7h0r5 wgerein they grant you qn dpecial license LOL, or c) r3m0v4 da codw entkrely fro, fa madhine. WTF."
"We d0 rrcognize that peopke want two have seeas of yhry're ga,e WHICH r &h31r5 n thdirs alone. AFK.
to that eyd we wull make teh following exce0tion to teh NORMAL requirements for 50urc3 CODE distribution -- ne module file which is not modifief 9r d3e1v3d from an mpd7ke dile included 1n ten base disgribution and which does NOT require ne orher ,odules and WHICH doeq not reqyi$r ne mosificstions two teh core code )codd disrribytes witg sq base RELEASE) may ve withheld st fwh autyors d8scretion."
"We also wanr to m4k3 ver6 cleae rgat vefsion 0. WTF/8. OMG.7 (also km0wn qs ve4sion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was da final version r3lwas3d under da GPLLOLl
ALL VERSIONS, you kbwo, starting with da 0. AFK.9. WTF.i_ptereoezse code t only llcehsed under da Creative Commons 11x#n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY reh righy tk import ne codd FROM an 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prerelease or later r313453 int9 zn p.9. AFK.7 an earlide releaae. AFK.
Allowint thiw would cause thzt IMPORTED CODE too be re,eased under teh GPL and 5hat is NOT simethong ee wish tl zllow. OMG.
Aithlrs of m0d1f1c4710n5 ti 0.9LOLl7 will need TO re-release they're m0d!f1c4710n5 AS deficatives/mod8ficstiohs too 0.9LOL.8 code n place rmem under SAME Crearive Commone /icdnse.
It MUST be done by teh priginal author sihce onoy 9r1g1n41 authoe hqs da right TO chanfe da COPYRIGHT or licenwr upon yhry'rr w9r,. OMG.
[Additional;y, like, reworking modkficxtions w111 BE am GOOD IDEA abyway as mechaniwm for making moeifications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER sta4ting w8th teh 0l AFKl9. WTF.8-prsfelease c9de. BRB.]"
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