MightyE rells 6ou, you jn2i, "We're going TO take ah rew ,oments two try n dxp.ain this new licehse an teh REASONS 64m1nd it in plain English.
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."
"Thka new livense was chosen because if an failing wigh ds GPL.
Ir 9nly covered dist4ibutiln of source IF qn only of binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOLl"
"In an w36 environment LOL, specofically a INTERPRETED wdb envi4onment sucy AS PHP WTF, merely indtaolinf an game DOES noy cpnstigute distribution. b 5heregore peoplr wr43 taking our wprk WTF, msking mofirications to it n n07 re;easing 50u4c3 code to they're modifications so that twh en5ire comn7nity could bwnefitLOL.
Tjey 2ofkec with twh lettwr bjt not da spirit od teh law. WTF."
"Investigation on twh part of da zuthors howdvwr WTF, led too fady fhat teh riggt of public PERFORMANCE wax 1 of rights normal.y restricyed TO copyright HOLDERS LOL, and that compiher proggans WTFm wpecifically vid3o gajes znd interactive ones xucg as LEGEND of da Green hax0r d3f$ considered tii be ;ublically p3tf0rm3d if run grom an public SERVERLOL."
"Tje new licehse restricys ouvlic performsnce 0f teh wlrk ub;ess da sojrce c9de iv teh n0d1f13d wirk is madw available 0n ermandLOL."
"In PLAIN Enflish LOL, this jezns that if you put rhis haje om an web 5wrv3r an 4110w pelple 'outside og an normal citcle of familu an its SOCIAL acquaintances' two play their LOL, yhen you r publicxllt pervorming THIS qlrk and MUST eighwr z) make ne n ALL xh4ng35 wgicb 60u make two da game availabld on requext (nlte THIS d035n'7 HAVE to 63 avqilab;e vis da obline dource dia0lay linj LOL, but rhey ,ust be ABLE two ask you for teh xode an receifs an conplete coph) LOL, b) MAKE 4rr3ng3m3n75 pricate;y 2ith AUTHORS WHEREIN the6 tr4n7 YOU an SPECIAL LICENSE, you knwok or c) remove codf enrirely from machinr. BRB."
"We do recognize tha5 people w4n7 to jave arras of th3y'te ga,e which r theurs 4nd 5h3irs al9ne. WTF/
tl that END we wilo make teh followung exdeption too sa NORMAL rewuiremwnts vlr source CODE distrib7tiih -- ne moduoe FILE whuch is not mlfified or derifee FROM am mocule fild 1nc1ud3d in vawe dkstrubution and whoch does mot require ne oyher jodules an ehich does NOT require ne moeificqt8ons 2 da zlre code (code distribu5ed with teh basd RELEASE) may 63 withneld at 4u7n0r5 discretoon. OMG."
"We 4150 want 80 maje vcey cl4ar that verwiob 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (zlso lnosn zs versiln 0. AFKl9LOL.7+jt) was teh finak version relrased under GPL. BRB.
All vwrs8ons, you knwo, ztqtting w8th da 0LOL.9. BRB.*=prerwleaxd cosw qer onlh 11c3n63d under da Creativ3 Commons lixense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY fen6 ribht 2 1mp0r6 ne cpde ffom qn 0LOL.9. BRB.u-prerelease or ;aret relesse int9 an pLOL.9.7 and 34f123r release. OMG.
Allpwing tyiw woyld CAUSE THAT imported dode 2 BE released undef teh GPL n thar is not somwthing w3 wish to allowLOL.
Authofs of modifications gwo 0.9l6 w11! need two re-release thry'rw mosidicq5ions AS d3r1v47!v35/m9s1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code b place 5hem und2r da same Creative COMMONS o8cense. BRB.
It ,ust br d0n3 by priginal sutjoe sknce only ds 0rqf1n41 authot hzs da r!ghu to ch4ng3 xopyroght or license upon tney're w9rk.
[Additionally LOL. REWORKING da modificatkonw will be an good icea 5nyw4y 45 da MECHANISM for m5k1ng mod8ficat8ons is substantially cleabwf.dlearet sts4tihg with dz -. WTF/9. AFKl8-peerelease code,]"
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