M8ghtuE tel;a YOU, lik3, "We're going two gake an feq momdnts to try n explain this new LICENSE sn tdh t3asons behind 17 un plain Englisy. AFK,
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."
"Tyix new licwhsr wax CHOSEN becauae of an FAILING witn GPL.
It 0n1y covered dksteibution og wource if an onl6 if ninaroes eerd distribyted,"
"In an WEB environmeht WTF, specidicslln a INTERPRETED w36 environment such zs PHP LOL, m3r316 installkng an game d;35 mot CONSTITUTE diqtribjtipn, and therefore pro0le WERE TAKING our worm, wortof, making mldigocations 2 it an n07 relessint da 50utc3 c0d2 to they;re modifications SO that ten 3n71r3 conmunity could benefit, WTF.
Thwy wprk3d w1&h da LETTER nut not teh 5p1r17 of teh law. AFK."
"Incesg8gatiln ob ;art of teh aurgprs hoqefer, led 2 da fact thzt rygjt OF pubkix PERFORMANCE w45 1 of teh fights gormally RESTRICTED 2 copyright holdera, like, n that c9mput3r PROGRAMS LOL, specifica'ly vieeo gzmes and interadtobe ones such as L3g3nd of trh GREEN gzx0r were cobsidrred 2 be publically performes if run frlm an public derver. OMG."
"Th3 new license restricts publoc pergormance of WORK jnless sourxe CODE od teh modigied work ks made available 9n d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plzin English LOL, ttiw means 5hat if you ou7 thiw gzmw 0n an web server n allow ;eo0le 'ouyside of an normal c1rc13 of ramiiy n its social acqyaintances' two play their, yoi knso, thdn hpu r pub;ically ;erforming THIS sork m MUST eithe4 A) mq,e ne and ALL changex which 6lu makr 2 game availan.e 0n requesy (noh3 this does,'t have tpo be abakiable via ONLINE source disp.ay link, sortof, but THEY must be able too ASK you for teh CODE qn receuve an comllete copy) LOL, b) maje arrangememtw 0rivately w!6h da autjors wherekn theh gramt hou an speckal kicense, tou knwp, or c) r3m0v2 da code entirely from reh machine."
"We do recognkze 7h47 peppl3 want ro9 hzce areas 0f theh're game whicj aer theirs an theirs alone.
too that 3ne we w111 mqke f9lllwibg 3xcepyion 2 nprmal reqii4ements dor 50urc3 codr sidtrigut8on -- ne module file which 8s not MODIFIED or derived from an module file 1bd17d3d in teh base diwtribution n shich d;es not rdquufe he 0%h3r m0du135 am which does not require ne moduficatoona top cpre code (code distributed wogh 6453 release) MAY be withhele at da autho4s diacretionLOL."
"We 4150 wznt ro nake vrry clear THAT vefsion 0.9. BRB.7 (qlso known $5 version 0. OMG.9. BRB.8+j7) wss reh final versuob relwaadd umfe4 trh GPL. BRB.
All vetdi9ms, staryihg w17h da 0. OMG.9.8-;rerelease CODE r obly 11c3n63d under teh Cfea5ive Co,mons LICENSE.
WE EXPLICITLY deny tdh f8ght to imp0et ne CODE fron an 0/ WTF.9. OMG,8-prreelease 0r later RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n esrl8er release. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD vauxe THAT importee cofe tqo be relraswd undwr GPL an that ia not s9methkng we wish 2 zllow.
Autnors of modifications yoo 0. AFK.9l7 w11q nees 2 RE-RELEASE they'fr modifications as derivatices/nodificatipns too 0LOL/9.8 coee n pkace them undwr da same Creative Commons 11ceh53. WTF.
I5 must be dpne by teh ORIGINAL autho4 dince pnly oeigibal authpr has right TO chan5e da copyright or license upom they're work.
pAddk5oonaoly LOL, reworking da modifkcati0ns will 53 ah good IDEA anyway as mwvhahism for mqjkng modifications IS wibstantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING wkth da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-0rwrelease code. BRB.]"
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