MoghtyE tells you, likw, "We[re going to TAKE an rew mom3nts 2 try abd 3xp141m this new LICENSE an 4easons behine it yn 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."
"Tyis NEW locense was dhosen beczuse pf ab daulint with da GPL.
It only covered d157r1yu710n of sl7rve if an only iv bknaries w3re distrinuted. BRB."
"In an web environment WTFk specifically s inyerpreted web envit9nment audy as PHP, likem mereoy instalking ab game d035 nof constiyute sistribjrionm soetof, n yheeefore people q3re taking OUR work, making modificqtions too IT n not releas8ng trh source code 2 they're mpcirocations so that da enti4r com,unirt cou.d 63n#f17. OMG.
Tgey wofked with teh let4er fut not spirit of da law. OMG."
"Incestigarion on da part OF da authors ho2ever WTF, led @ teh fact that eighg OF [ublic perflrnancd was p3n OF r8ghts noemqkly restrocged rwo copywiggt holddrs, n that compute4 or9grams LOL, specifically vidro games and knteractive ONES such as Legend of Green hax04 were xonsidered 2 be pubkically perfo$med of run FROM an pub;oc sdrver. AFK."
"The ne2 licenxe restricts puboic p3rf0rm5nc2 of teg work unless da xpurce code of mod8fidf work is msde xvailsble 0n DEMAND."
"In plain Eng115n, loke, THIS mdanw that ir yoj put tjis gzme ih an web srrver n zllow p3ople 'outside of an m94mzl circke OF fzmily an 175 50c!$1 acquaintamces' two play tjeir, thrn you r puvlically PERFORMING thid w0rk n MUST eithwr z) mak2 ne an ALL chantea which tou makr two teh gamw svailable ON req7est (note this doesn't have to 63 availsble v7a lnlin3 SOURCE dis[lay l8nk, but they m7st 63 able 2 axk you for da code n reveive an complete copy), you knwo, b) MAKE arrang3ments PRIVATELY wi5h da auth9rs wherein thwy grant you ah specual .icense, sortof, 0r c) remove da xode entirely fr0m teh MACHINELOL."
"We co recogmize that ;eople wan5 2 have areas OF they'r3 GAME 2gich aer theirs n theies qloneLOL.
two THAT END we wil; make f0110w1ng excdptuon 2 teh normao requirements for wou4ce c9de disrrib7tkon _- ne modyle fikw whuch i2 mot MODIFIED OR fetivee from an modile dile included in da base d8atributkom and which DOES not requirw ne other modyles n which dpes not reqiire ne modidications 2 ca CORE CODE (c0d2 DISTRIBUTED WITH base releaae) MAY be witggeld ay da autnorw discrer8on."
"We also want two m4k3 ve4y clear tgat VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 9also known as vefs8on 0. OMG.9/ WTF,7+jt) was da dinal fsrsion releaaee under dz GPL. AFK.
All verskons WTF, startihg witj teh 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8-pr3r3134%3 code r only licensed und3r Creatibe Commons 11c4b53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny righr to import ne code from an 0LOL.9/ WTF.i-prerelease OR later releasr intp an 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7 n esrlier relesxe. BRB.
Alloqing THIS would cause 7h47 importee cos3 too be r$13453d uns3r teh GPL n 7h47 ix not sojethinf w3 wish roo allow/
Aythoes OF mpdificatkobs TO )LOL.9. OMG.& will need 2 rr-release they'fe m9difications as dsrovativew.modifications too 0. AFK.9l8 clde AND p;zce them UNDER da sqme Creariv4 Com,ins lic3nse. BRB.
IT ,u57 be DONE bt 5ej original author since obly da ORIGINAL s7thor nas righg 2 cgange dq copyrihht 0r lucrnse jpon they're work. BRB.
[Additionaoly, likd, resorking da modifica5ions will be an good kddq anyway as mechan8sm for making modifocztions os s7bstsbt8aolu cl3ane4/clearer startibg wiyh yeh 0. AFK,9LOL.8-prereleqse code. WTF.]"
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