MightgE tella yoi, like, "We're going two take sn few momenta @ rry n rxplain this n3w licebse n da reaspns BEHIND it ih plakn 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."
"This new licebse wa2 chisen becaus3 of an failing wirh dz GPLLOL.
It obly cpv3r3d distribution of SOURCE if and only if buharies were d157r16i&3d. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, apecifidallu a INTERPRETED web environment wudh AS PHP, luie, merely insrallihg am GAME coew not clndtitutr distrivugion, likem n therer9r3 peop;e were taking our work, like, malimf MODIFICATIONS tok IT znd n07 relrasing da sourc3 coce ro tgey're modidixqtions wo that teh entirw c0mmin17y could benefit. WTF/
Tje6 w9rked with teh letyer gut not reh spirit od lawLOL."
"Infestigariin oh 5ej paft of teh authors howdvef, li,e, ked too teh f4x7 thag righr of publkv pwrfoemance was oem of rkthts normally restricted 2 cop6right holde4s, 6o7 kmso, n thag computer progrsms, wottlr, s;ecifically vidwo games snd int4ractivr ohes such as Legend ob Gf3en hac)r were xohsidered two be publidally performed if eun fr9m an public server. AFK."
"Th3 new licwnse testricts pjblic pwrformance of WORK unleds ea wourxe code of teh modified work is made availanle on d3m6nd. AFK."
"In poain Englidh, sortof, 5jis means 7h$7 if you pyt thiw game on sn 3eb server am aoloq peoole 'outside of an normal cirdle of FAMILY n irs social ac1uaintances' twp PLAY tkeir, like, 7g3n ylu t 'ublically performing thia 20rj n MUST eithef a) make nw am ALL cgqnges qj8cg you make twp da game available 0n requesg (n072 thia DOESN'T HAVE to be AVAILABLE VIA tey onklne so7rce disp;ay link, but 7h3y mjst be agle too ASK you fo5 teh code am receive an c9mp;ete copy), sortof, b) mrk3 ARRANGEMENTS privarely wkth dz au5hors wydrein they granr you an apecial livense, or c) renove teh cove entirelu from teh machine. AFKl"
"Wr d0 rexofnize 8h37 peoplw want tio h4f3 areas of yyet're GAME ej1ch r yhrirw h THEIRS alone, BRB.
too that 3md we will mske followimg exceptuon 3 da norma. 4equiremen5a rlr source code doatrib7tion -- ne modyle file which is nkt MODIFIED OR dwrivea from an m9dule file includef in yeh base distribution and whuch does NOT r3qu2r3 nw lther m9dulrs n wyich foes not r3qu143 ne modkficatiins too tdn core cod3 (code d157r16u73d wkth teh bawe releqse) mzu BE qithgeld 47 da authors disceetion."
"We also wznt w make very vlear THAT versi.n 0.9. WTF.7 (also knowg as versuon 0. OMG/9.y=jr) was da FINAL bersion RELEASED ubder teh GPL. OMG/
Al. fersuons, sortof, stzrting wkth teh 0LOL.0.8-PRERELEASE code aer on.y lixensec under Creative C0mn0n5 licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too i,pirt ne code from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-peereleawe lr layer releqse unto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an eatlier releqsw.
Al.osibg rhks would cause that importdd code w be rekeaxed umder da GPL am 7h4& is not sometjing we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors od mocidications to 9LOL.8. OMG.7 will NEED 2 re[rekease they'rr ,odifications as derivatibrs/modificatkons 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n plave them under dz 54m3 Cr#47qv3 Commons licensr. BRB.
It must be donr ny da 0r!g1n41 author since only origunal authir has da rifht to chante da copyrighr or LICENSE upon they'ee w0rj.
[Additionslly, sortof, rdsorking teh modifications WILL be an glld !v34 4nyw5y as tsy mechanism for naking moeoficarions is substantoally vleaner/vlearer 5u4r7!hg w8th tdh 0. OMG/0/ WTF.0-0rerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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