MightyE te.ls ypu, "We[re going two take an g2w moments top tty n explqin this n3w licehse abd 4eqsons behihd IT in PLAIN Englisg.
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."
"Tnoa mdw license was chosrn 6#x4753 of an failing with twm GPLLOL.
I7 onlh covwred diatrinution of so7rce iv an only if 61n4r135 werd dksrributef."
"In an WEB envkronmwbg, 5lu knwo, specifically a interpr3ted web enfironmemg SUCH aa PHP, you knwo, merely install8ng an game does not cond5itute disrribution, an ther3fore oeople werd gzking our wori, you kmq9, m5k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it n n9t releasing yeb source cose 2 they're mldifications w0 gyat entire x0mmjn1&y could benefit, WTF.
THEY 2orked w17y da LETTER gu5 hot teh spirit lf law. OMG."
"Investigztion on part of da ajynors howevee, softof, LED 2 tdh facr thag da rkfht or public perflr,anc3 was ! of da r1gh75 NORMALLY eesgrictwd tp copyright h9lders, you khwo, an that computdr programs, sortof, sp3cifically vudeo g4m35 qhd interactive ones sycg aw Legend of teh Gr33n hax04 eere considered too be pu611c41qy performed kf run dr)m an ;ublic SERVER. OMG."
"Thw new licehse restricts public PERFORMANCE of work unless tdg 50urc3 code of teh m0d1f23d WORK is nade 3v4114613 ON dejahdLOL."
"In plain English, sorrof, this m34n5 ghat if you put this GAME 9n an web aerver n allo1 people 'outside pf an normal cirsle -f family qnc its aocial acwuaihtances' TO play rneir LOL, then yoy aer publkcallu performung thos work n MUST wither a0 nake ne n ALL cjanges 2hich you nake gwo gaje available on resuest (note this doesn't have too be avai.able VIA da onlimr sourve display link WTF, but they muwt be able w ask ylu for da code n redeice an complete cop6), sort.f, b) mqke a4rzngements privqtely wigh authors qhereig they grant you an %p3c141 license WTF, or x_ remove da cod3 entirr.y from geh machine. OMG."
"We eo fecognize thst people want t99 yave areas pf they're game which r theura abd theira 310n3LOL.
to that 3nd WE wi.l make folloeing excep5kon tio nlrmal fe2uirements FOR SOURCE code dls5ributuon -+ ne jodule file whicj is not mod8fied or deruved FROM an moejle file imclufed 1n 645# sistribution an whicj does not REQUIRE ne o5her modilea ans which do3s noy require ne modkficagions to CORE c-s3 (code distributed q17h sa base tekease) MAY be woyhheld at tdh 5u7h0t5 discretion. AFK."
"We alsl want to make verh c134r ghat verskib 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (alsl kn9wn as version 0. BRB.9LOLl7+jt) ead da fonal feraion RELEASED und3r dq GPL. BRB.
Alk ve4siond, y(u knwom STARTING si5h 0. OMG.9/ AFK.80prereleade CODE aer only licensed ynde4 Creative Com,9ns licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rifnt to imp9rt be code from an 0. OMG.(. WTF.8-0rereleawe OR later rrleade 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and earlirr re.waseLOL.
A110w1ng this would cayse thar impofted code 2 br r313554d unser sa GPL and 7h47 is nor t0m37y1ng wr wish to alloe. OMG.
Autnirs 0f modificatipns two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will ne3d 2 re-releasd they'4e modificatipns as dwrivarives/,odigications tl 0. OMG.(LOLl8 code an 014c3 THEM unser teg samr Cr3471b4 C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
I5 muxy bd eohe by ORIGINAL author since 9hly orig8nal autgor has teh right two change da copyrigjt ir licensd upon tnet'te work. BRB/
[Adeitionallu LOL, rewprkohg ea MODIFICATIONS w11q be an go9d 8dea anyway aa mechanism for making modifica5ionx us wubstanyially xkeaner/clezrer starting with teh 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-pfwrelwase cideLOL.]"
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