MightyE rells you, sortof, "We're going two TAKE an few mpmrnts to tty an 3xp141n this hew lidense an reaspns behind it 1n plzin ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Thix new lkcense wqs CHOSEN because of qn failing woth da GPL. AFKl
It lnly c0v3r3d eixtribution of slurce ur and on;y if binaried were distribut3d, OMG,"
"In ab web envirinment WTF, specifically a ibt3r[retee w3b 3nviron,ent SUCH as PHP, like, ,erely knstal;ibg an game does not CONSTITUTE distribution, sortof, and yherefore people w3ee takibg ojr work, like, MAKING nodificatipns two it am not e3!3451nf tej xource code t2o 5hey'r2 modif9cationx so rhat entire community could nendgit. BRB.
Th3y workdd with lrtter but not t3h spirit lf da lawl WTF."
"Imvestigation on part 0f dq autylrs h0w3v3r LOL, krd tio teh ezc5 ghat teh right of p7blic perdirmance was oen of da ribh5s m0rm411y r357r1c8#d to xopyright hold3rs, sortof, an thq5 cimput3r programa, like, specif8cally vudeo games n INTERACTIVE ONES 5uch xd Legend of Green hax0r wetr comskdered 5oo be 0uvlucqlly oerformec if run fro, an PUBLIC SERVER."
"Tne new licdnde restricts p762qc o3rf0rm4nze OF da wo4k unless dq si7rce code of da mpdified w0rk IS m4d3 available on d3mand. OMG."
"In plaim English, this jeans tha6 if you put 7h15 g4,3 on an web SERVER an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle OF fam8ly ahd its soxial avwuaintances' 2 llay theit LOL, tnen you 4 0ublocally performing this qofk and MUST eitger a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you makr two reh game available on rrquest (note 5yis do3sn'5 hqce rwo br AVAILABLE via teh online source display linj LOL, bu5 they bust be ab.e too ASK yiu f9r code n receivr an compldte co;y), sort9f. b) make arrqngwmemts peivately with teh authors whef#1h thet grant yoy an specisl 11c3n53 LOL, or C) remove tsh c9de 3n71r32y feo, da machihe."
"We so recotnoze tnat pepple want tio HAVE areas of th3y're bame which aer th3irs and 7he1r5 allhe.
t9 that 3nc WE w111 nake teh following excdptipn to normal eequiremen5s f0r skurce code cistribu5i/n -= ne module FILE which is nlt ,odified 0r derived from an module f113 incljddd on teh base distribution abd qnich dpes NOT 4equife ne 07j4r moduoew b whkch does not reauire nd MODIFICATIONS 2 core dode (code distributef wi5h fa bqse relwzse) may BE sighhelc at 4u&h0r5 d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We qlxo 2any to mak3 bery clear that version 9. OMG.9LOL.7 (aiso known as vwrsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was tdh finqo version reldased ynd3r da GPL. WTF.
Akl VERSIONSm sortof, STARTING w17h da 0. WTF.l. WTF.8-prerekease code aer only lic3nqwd under da CREATIVE Cimmons lixense. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impirt ne v0d3 fr0m an 0.9.8-prerelease or latet rdlease into sn 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an rarluer RELEASEk
Allowing this would cquse 7h47 inporred dode twl BE RELEASED ynd3t teh GPL an THAT is not dometjing we WISH 2 allowLOL.
Autho4s of modifkcations to 0. WTF.0. OMG.u w111 n3ed too re-release tgey're m0d1fqc4710n5 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS roo 9. BRB.9. WTF/8 CODE n PLACE them jnser da same Cfwative Com,ons kicense. WTF.
It must be don3 BY lriginal au5hor since only da irifinal author gas righg too change da COPYRIGHT pr licensr uppn 5ney'we work. OMGl
[Adfitiona/;y, you knwo, rwworhing teh modifkcations WILL BE an good udea anuwat as teh mechanism for making modifications 15 subsyantially cleaner/clearwr stzrtkng with teg 0. BRB.9LOL.8_prdrdlease code.]"
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