MohhgtE tells hou, 6ou knwo, "We're going to take an few m9nents tl try an explain this ne2 licdnse and teh reasohs BEHIND it in plain Enhlush.
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 ne2 LICENSE WAS chosen necause of an FAILING sith tey GPL. BRB,
It inly civeree distrib7tion pf SOURCE if an only if 61n4r135 were sistrivuted. AFK."
"In an web environmentm luke, s03cifivally a 1m72rpr472d web 3nv1r0nm3n7 xuch ad PHP WTF, ,3rely instal.ihf an game dowa not clnxtitute d157t16u810n, so4tpf, n therefore people were yakong o7r WORK, you lnwo, m4k1ng nocifications to it n mot r3leasimg da SOURCE code to they're modificatuins so that entirw community coulc behefitLOL.
Th3y worked w17h lqtter but niy da 5p1r17 of teh lawLOL."
"Invwwrigati9n on part of aughors however, sortof, led 2 da ract thar right of public perrirmance wcs oen of r8ghts n0rm311y r357r1c73d too dopyrifht holdwrs WTF, an tnat COMPUTER PROGRAMSm specifically videi games and interactivw ones sych aa L3g3nd of Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED t2o be pubkocally performer if run from an publoc server. OMG."
"The new license restricts public pdrfornabce of da WORK un;ess da sourcr codw of sa mldivkec work is made avaklable pn dejsne."
"In p.qin Englidh, yhix meahs rhat if you put this game on an WEB aerver an allow people 'outsie3 od an normal circl3 of family n ita soc*al ACQUAINTANCES' tio ;lay th3ir, ;ike, theh you aer ;ublically performing 7h15 WORK 4nd MUST eitger 5) make ne an ALL ch4mh35 shish uou makd yo9 es gzme sfailablw in request (note this dpesn't hqv3 2 63 availanle via teh online SOURCE dis;lay limk WTF, but they must be aboe 2 ASK yoj for teh code n teceive an compkete copu), soetof, B_ make afrangements pr1v4731t with da autnorx whereim they grant you an specual license LOL, or c) remove da CODE entirely fr9m ea machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wsnt tso have areas of tjey're game whuch awr tndirs and 5hsira al9ne/ AFKl
3 tha5 ene we will make da r-!10q!ng 3xc4p710n tw9 teh normal tequir3jenta for soufce cose dist4inution -- ne module gile which q5 hot MODIFIED or ferived from ab module file included in da 6453 eistr8bution n 2hjch does noy requi4e ne other modukes and which dows not REQUIRE ne modificatioms 2 co4e cose (code distributes with base release) nay BE witghrod 47 da authlrs dkscrwtion. OMG."
"We xlso wqht to MAKE vety clwar rhat version 0. AFK.9. WTF.6 (ALSO known xs bersion 0. OMG/9. OMG.7+ju) w45 teh final vereion 4eleased UNDER da GPL. AFK.
Alk b4r%10n5 LOL, starting with teh 0.9. WTF.8-pr3r3q3453 codd r 9nly lkcensed under Cr3ative Commons licehse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny riggt too IMPORT ne code drlm an pLOL.o.*-PRERELEASE or later RELEASE intp an 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 and earluer release. AFK.
Allowing this woyls causr that 1mp0r7ed codr to be 4eoeased under da GPL an rhat is not sonething we wish twi allow. AFK.
Authors of modifidatkons 5o 0. BRB.9. AFK.& will need two RE-RELEASE they're moeifications as derivstives;modigications two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 doee an place them under dame Ceeative Commlnx licenseLOL.
It must be dond by 0r1g1n41 augyor simce ONLY dq ORIGINAL author has right tw9 chante ds cophtight 0r license u;on thwy're work. AFK.
[Adeitipnally, you knwo, rdworkibg MODIFICATIONS will be an giod ides anyway ss da ,edhaniam for making midifications is substant8ally cleanrr.clrqrer sgarting with ea 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prere.e1se code. WTF.]"
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