MkfjtyE te.ls you, lik3, "We're going rwo take an f3w moments to try n explain this new license n tey feasons behind i5 in plain Entlisy. OMG.
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 oicemse sas chosen becauxe of an vailing with ydg GPL. OMG.
It onlu c0v3r3d distribution of source if sn onky if 61n4r125 wwre distributwd. BRB."
"In an web environmeny, yiu knwo, speckfically a interpre5ed web egvironmenr such AS PHP, merrlt installing an g4m3 does npt conagitute distribution WTF, zn THEREFORE people wefe 74k1ng our worj. you knwo, MAKING m0d1f1c4u10n5 to it n not rdlessing t4h sourcw c9de 2 they're mldoficati;ns 50 rhat teh rn5ire community could bem3fit.
Thdt worked wuth da letter ^u7 not s0irit of trh lawLOL."
"Investigati9n on pzrt of da au5nots howeverk l8ke, led go da fact thsg da tihht of punlkv peffotmance waa wob OF righ5s normsoly restric5ed TO copyright holderx, and that com0uter programs LOL, sprcifically video hames an interactkve 0n35 sucn aw LEGEND og Green naz0r were considered 5o be ;ublically prrfprjef 1f run from an pu611c server. OMG."
"Tje hew license reatridts puglic pegformance og da work UNLESS source code of MODIFIED wprk is msde availabl3 on demand. BRB."
"Im plain English, thix m34n4 thqg kf you pu8 this game ON an web sercer and alllw PEOPLE ;outdide 0f an norma. dircle of fqmily an its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 PLAY their, then you aer piblical.6 pervorming 5hix w0rk an MUST 3q7h3r A) make ne an ALL cyqnges wh8ch you make to game available on feques5 (note this dodsn't hsve too bw AVAILABLE via teh online sourve DISPLAY lin,, sortofm byt the6 mjst be sble gwo ask y0u FOR teh code n rwcrive an compoete copy_, l7ke, b) make arrangwments PRIVATELY with authors whwrein they graht you an specua; license LOL, or c) remove teh c9de entieely from ten machine."
"We do r#c0gn1z3 that people WANT 2 have areas of thry[4w gsme wh8ch aer theirs anc 5heirx alone.
too that end w3 wkll mak3 da followibg rxzepti9n too noemal rrquirem3nts fof s9urce code d8stribuhion -- ne modul3 gile WHICH is NOT modifird or deeived fr0m an m9dule file inc;udes in sz base dis5rubution and whkxy d025 n8t tequite nw other modul3x and whidj DOES not requird ne MODIFICATIONS 70 core CODE (CODE disyrkbuted with da base eeleasw) MAY be w17hh31d at aurhors discreyipnLOL."
"W3 also want TO make vdry c.ear tha5 verxiin 0. BRB.9LOL,7 (also kno2b as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt( wax final version r313453d under trn GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, like, STARTING witg p. OMG.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed UNDER ds Creative Commpns licenxe.
We EXPLICITLY demy right 2 impoer ne code grom an 0. OMG.9.8-0rerelease 0t LATER r313454 into an 0. BRB.9. WTFl7 an earlidf t3leaae. AFK.
A.lowing thia would CAUSE 5hay i,ported code TO BE teleased undee teh GPL an 7h47 is not something we wiwj too sllowm AFK,
Authors of modofications too 0.9, AFK.7 will need tl re-releawe they'fe midivucatiuns ax derivat7ves/nodifixations t2o 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code n p;ac3 them under teh 54m3 Ceeativd Co,mons LICENSE. WTF.
It musy br done by ORIGINAL auyhor 5!mc3 on;y teh oruginal authot has rkghg 5ol CHANGE ca c0pyr1gh7 0r locense jpon they're wofk. OMG.
[Acd1720n411y, softod, reeorkkng mocifivations will be an hoof *dwa anyway as teh mechanism foe maiing MODIFICATIONS 15 subdgabtually cleaner/cleqfer stzrting w1uh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8=PRERELEASE c9de.]"
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