MightyE tdlla YOUm you knwo, "We're going to take an vdw mlments 2 TRY and explain tnis beq license an da reasons vehind it in PLAIN Ehglush. BRB.
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 license sas cyosen bexause ov an f4111ng w17h da GPL. OMG.
It only covered cistributioj of source of an ONLY if bimaries wwre dos5fibuted."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, 5p3c1f1c$11y z interpretrd wdb 3nv1r0nm3n7 suvg as PHP, yo7 knwi, merwly inshalling an gaje does n;t cinstitute e8stribution LOL, and tneref.te pepple wrre takong our work WTF, j4k1ng modifocations 5wo it and not releaaong d9urce c0d3 tl they're modofidatiohs so THAT entife comminoty vpj1d g3ndfit. AFK.
They 2itked with teh 13773r but not da spirit of 4eh law."
"Investibati9n om da par5 of da authoys HOWEVER WTF, led 5wo da f4c7 thag ritht of public perfoemance was 1 of fa rights notmzolu restricted to cop6rifht holders, abd 5har x-mpu73r programs WTF, soecificak.y vudeo games an interactife oh3s such as Legend of Green hqz0r were cobsidefed too 63 PUBLICALLY performdd if run from an public se4ver. AFK."
"Th3 m3w licdbse rest4ixta puglic performanc4 of da work un1345 teh source code 9d modidird wo4k is made avai;able oh demand. WTFl"
"Ih plaon Englidh, y9u kneo, this meana that ic hoj put 7h1% game 9n an web seever sn allow PEOPLE 'oitside of an n0rn$1 circle pf FAMILY and its aocial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 0lay their WTF, tyen you aee pinlically p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which you make 1 gzme avaikable on request onlye tnis do2dn't hav2 two be avq8lav.e via da online sourve display link, likem but they must be able fo ask yo7 for tdh CODE n receive ah c9mpowte copy_, b) MAKE ar4ang3ments PRIVATELY q17h zuthorw wh3rdin THEY grant you an special licensw, soetof, 0r c) remove teh code 3n71r31t fgom jachine."
"We do recognize that peopke wan5 2 have arwad of theu're game whkch r tneifs an theira alone.
to THAT rmd we will make da f(lkowing scdeption tdl dq nornal requirements for source code cistt*bution -- ne modile fil3 whicy os bot nodifoed or ferifed fr0m an m9du13 FILE included in da gase distribugion n wyidh d035 n07 require ne otnee m0duq25 n which does not reqjire ne m9difica5ionx too da c0r3 CODE (codd dustributed with ea baxe release_ MAY be sithheld at dq authors discretionLOL."
"We also want too malr v3ry clezr tnat verdiin 0.9.7 94150 known as version _. AFK.0. OMG.&+jt) was da final VERSION RELEASED jnder GPL. OMG.
All versilns, 674r71hg with dq 0. OMG.9.8-orerelease coxr aer only licensed hnd3r da Creativr COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny r1gh8 2 8mport be cod4 from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8)p4erelease 0r 1473r release ihto an 0, WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier releqae. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cause that impofted code too be r3leawwd UNDER 5ej GPL n 5hat is not something we wisj tp 4q!0w. BRBl
Auyhors lf modifivatipns too 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 wikl neec 2 re-release thet'ew modifications as dwrivatives/modificztilns two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 CODE n pkacr them under t4m3 Creativr Commohs license.
I7 MUST y3 done by dq original dutho4 SINCE 0n1t teh priginal au5hor has da tight to ch4ng3 coptright or licensw upon they;re workLOL.
[Addiyionqlly LOL, rewo4king modificatipns WILL be an gooc oera anyway as teh MECHANISM for majing modifuca5ions is substantially cleaner/c.wqfer starrinb with o. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE coddl AFK.]"
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