MightyE tells ^9u LOL, "We're gping 3 take zn feq mom3nts two try and explain THIS mew ;8cense n tdh reasobs behind 8t in plain EnglisgLOL.
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 licenae was chos3n becaude of zn failong qi5h GPL. WTF.
It only doveref distdubuyion of spurce if n only if BINARIES were d8s5rib7ted."
"In an web environmebtm you knwo, specifically a 1n73rpr373c web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP. mereky 1n574111ng an game dles nly constitute dietributupn, an yherefo4d people seee taking our workj making nodirkcationd 2 IT 4bs not 43134t1nt teh source c9de two yh3h're modkfivatioms so 5ha5 emtife community voyle BENEFIT. AFK.
They workee with teh letyer but not apurit 0f teh lsw."
"Investigation on teh parr of dz AUTHORS however, you knwo, lex to da vavt that right of pug;oc perrormance WAS 2on of eighys n9rmally restricted too COPYRIGHT holders, lik3, and ths5 computer ;rohrajs, yiu knwom specifica;.y video games abd INTERACTIVE onww sicn 45 L3g3nd 0f da GREEN hqx0r wdre cohsid3red 2 be oublocall6 performed if run from an puv;ic serverl"
"Thd new ;icense testricts pu611c o3rf0rm4nc4 9v teh work unl3ss 5eh SOURCE code of da mod8fied WORK is mzde availagle om demand. OMG."
"In plain English, sottof, tgis means that 8f hou put this gamr on sn web xerver an alllw people 'o7ysudr of an NORMAL dircle of famioy h its docizl acquaintances; to ;lay their WTF, then you atr publicaolh PERFORMING 5his work an MUST EITHER a) nakr ne an ALL changea which hpu make 2 sz game available on request 9note tnis DOESN'T have 2 be svailable via da 0n11n3 sihrce dia;lay LINK, sortofk bit thet must y3 able too aak you fof da codd n recwivr an complete COPY) LOL, b) ,ake 4rr3ng3m3n75 privately WITH da autho4s wgerein they trant YOU an SPECIAL license, you knwo, oe c) remofe fq dode enyirely f49m da mzchine. BRB."
"Wd do recognizd THAT people waht two have atras OF gjey;re game qhicy aer theirs n tgeirz alonr. OMG.
to that end qe wikl make teh followonb exce[t,on goo nir,al rdquirements FOR 50ufc3 clde distribution -- ne mpdule FILE wjich is NOT m9d1f13d or derived gr0m an MODULE file includds in da 6453 distribugion n wh!cg does not eequird nw otjer mldules and whicn does not reqiire ne modoficatuons w teh core code (dlde sostributed with teh basd r3leaxr) j4y be withhd.d 56 da zuthors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We qlso want 2 make verh codar thay version 0. OMG.9.7 *also kmown aw vdrsion 0. AFK.9.7+mt) was teh f1n41 versi9n 4313453d UNDER dd GPL, OMG.
All vetsions, you knwo, starting w17h da 0. WTF.9. WTF/8-peer3lease c0d3 aer omly licended under Crestive COMMONS lodenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY xemy da right to impirt nd cod3 from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease oe later yelease INTO an pLOL.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER re;eawe. BRB.
A110w1ng THIS w0u2d czuse THAT uj;oeted CODE to be released under yeh GPL an yhat ka no5 somethibg w2 wish too alliw. OMG.
AUTHORS of noduficatkons 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 WILL NEED two re-reodasr they're modificationc as derivzgiv3s/mofificqtions to )LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE an plzce them undet xsme Creayifw Cojmons licenae.
It must be eone by originzl ajth9r since only da orkginal aughot had da RIGHT to change 5ej dopyriggt or locense upon theh're WORK. BRB.
[Addit8obaoly, 4ewofking da m9fificatipns 1oll ne an huod idea abyway zs da mechanosm FOR making modifications 16 subsyantially cleaner/clezrwr starting wirh teh 9.o. OMG.8-prwr313453 code, AFK.["
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