MightyE telos you LOLk "We;re GOING yo TAKE an few moments to 7ru n expoain thia new license an REASONS b3hind it in plain Ehglish. AFK,
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 lkcense wax chpsen because of an failing qitn teh GPLLOL.
I% only cov3red distrivution OF sii4ce of h 0n1y if binarids were distributed."
"In an web environment, like, s0ecifically a inge4preted eeb environmeny xucn as PHP, you knwo, MERELY ibstslling sn game eoes not consti5ut3 dustrib7tkon, sort9f, n thffefore [eople were tajinb our work, l8ke, maoing MODIFICATIONS tw( it and noy reldasing SOURCE code rwo they're modificagipns so that teh ehtire c0mmun17y could benefit.
Tney woeked wuth teh letter 6u7 bpt teh spir8t of da law, OMG."
"Infestogatipn on teh part OF da 4u7h0r5 however, like, ldd tpo da vadt that ea r8ght of public pefformanc3 was won of da tights n0rm411u resteivred two copyrignt nolders WTF, ahd tyat computer programa, specificaloy vide9 ganes an kntersctive 0n35 such as Lehend 0f da Green hqx0r were CONSIDERED to BE publicaloy pefform3d of ruh ffom an public serverl BRB,"
"T6e nes license ees4ricts public performamce OF tdh wor, in1355 spurce code of da modified work os m4d3 avzilable pg DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaun Eng115y, like, th8s means that if YOU PUT tyis game in an WEB werver n alkow p3)p13 [8utside of an normal circle og f4m1qy sb its s9xial acq7ainranc3s' to PLAY tneir, wortofk then tou r publically pe4forming this wlrl ab MUST e8tyer a) mske be m ALL cnanges whicg you make 2 da game $vrs14613 ln request (note this DOESN'T hav3 ro9 be afailable via onlin3 soircr didpiay link WTF, 6u7 yhey misg b# abl3 too ask tou fof teh xodd an r3c31v3 an co,plete copy) LOL, b) make arrangements privately w8th autho4s WHEREIN th3y gr4n6 yoi an s[ecial lic3nae, like, or c) rejove cofe enri4ely from tey mschine. AFK."
"We d0 rdcognize that peopld want 2 habe areas od they're ga.3 whicy adr thwi4s n theirs aloneLOL.
tol that end we will make r0119w1ng wxceptioh 5o notmak tequirements f0r source code eq57r16u710m -- ne modul3 file whoch IS NOT modifies of drrifed fr0m an modile FILE included 8n 6453 sistrivuti9n zns whixh does nlr reqj8re ne OTHER MODULES an ehich does not veq7ire nw modificatioba too yeh x0r3 codw (code distributed witg da nase r3;ease) may be withheld at autgors duscretoon."
"We also want to m4k3 very clez4 that fersion 0. BRB.9, BRB.7 (akso kn9wm AS version p. WTF/9. BRB.6+jt) eas t3h final v4rsion released under da GPL. OMG.
Al; versiuns LOL, 574r71ng with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3releqse code r 0n!y ;icensed under teh CREATIVE COMMONS license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY f3ny righy to IMPORT ne vocw from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prereleaxe or lat3r release into an 0. OMG.9.7 ah ezrlier felease. OMG.
Allowing gnis would CAUSE that imported c0d3 too be released UNDER GPL n that us no5 someyhing WE WISH y9 allowLOL,
Authors of modifixayions two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wul; ne3d too re-re;eaae they're mpdifkcatilhs AS deruvativws/mldifications tol 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code n PLACE them under tdh wame Crrativw Commons licenarl BRB.
It must BE done by lriginal 4i7h0r since obly teh original author has da eight 2 chqng3 5eh cp;5r1gh7 or license upon they'rw qofkLOL.
'Additionally. like, r3w0rk1nh teh moeifidatiins will be an good idea anyway AS ten mechsnism for nakijg modificati9ns is subsgangially xleaner/clwarer startibg wugh tey 0. BRB.9. BRB.*-prerelease codfLOL.]"
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