MightyE TELLS yoy, sortof, "We're GOING 2 take zn few moments t2o tty and explain this new license an rrasins behine 18 ih plain English, 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."
"Thia nee licenwe WAS chosen because of an fai.lmg with GPLLOL.
It only covered d157r16u710n if 50urc3 if n lnjy if binaries WERE distribyted. AFK."
"In an q4b enbie9nmenr LOL, 5p3c1r1c511y a interp4eted web 3nv1e)nm3n7 soch as PHPk like, merely inatalking an game d035 not constitutd DISTRIBUTION, likr, an 7her3f0e3 people w3f3 TAKING 0uf work, like, making jodifications to it n not re9easong teh 50itc3 code tso thet're m9dificatkons SO tyat da entire community could BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked sith da 13773e b7h not spirit of da law. BRB."
"Infest8gation on paet of authoes howdver WTF, ked to da f4d7 that right of PUBLIC peffotmancw was 1 of teh RIGHTS normalky restricted ywo COPYRIGHT ho,ders WTF, anf THAT cimpytwr 0r0gfrm5, aortof, 5p3c1f1c411y vicwo GAMES n ihteractive onew sudh as Ldgrne of GREEN has0r were CONSIDERED 2 b3 publiczlly peeformec if RUN ffom zn public servwr/ BRB."
"The new lkcensw r3stricts PUBLIC p34f0rm4nc3 0f teg wofi unless teh soutce cldr of modigied work is made svailablw ON demandLOL."
"In plain English LOL, tnis m33n5 that if y9u put this game lm an WEB server n allow pwopl3 'ojtside 0f an n9r.a; circle of family n its social acquaintances' to p.au gheir, you knwo, then YOU aer ;uy11c411h pergorming thix work an MUST eirhe3 a) ,ake ne snd ALL changes sh1ch you make 5oo da game available on rdquest *not3 7h15 doesn't have two b# availagle via ea onlonr s9u4ce display link, wortof, but they mudt te abl3 two ask yoi FOR ca code an rexekve an comp;dte c0py) WTF, b_ make arrangwmentx pr1v4731y with dz authors wh3rein ghey grant ylu an specia; licrnse WTF, or c) remov3 code entirely fr0m machine. AFK."
"We eo recognize thzt pwople want too have areas of tyey're tame whivh aer theirx and theira ALONE. BRB.
to that 3nd we will maie f9llowing excwption to teh NORMAL rrquirdmdntw for source code distribution -- ne modulr filw which is not mofufied or crrived from an modyle file included in da badr eietrkbutipn an which doex NOT r3quire ne 9ther MODULES ans wgich does not fequ8re ne mpeigications 2 teh corr dode 9c0f3 DISTRIBUTED with teh vase reldaw3) may 63 WITHHELD qt da au5hors duscretionLOL."
"We aos9 want yoo jake ve4t cleqr 7g47 v3r510n 0LOL.9.7 (a;so kn0wn ax betsion 0LOL/9. BRB.u+JT) 2as da finzl version r313453d und2r da GPL. AFKl
A;l versionsl lokek starting with teg 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code aer oyly licensed undrr da Creative Co,mons 11c3n52LOL.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny t8ghy 2 im0ort ne code ft0m an 0. AFK.9,8-prerelesse or latwr rdlease into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and ezrlier re.eaxrLOL.
Aklowing this wou.d cause that IMPORTED code 2 be RELEASED UNDER GPL n that IS not someth8ng we widh gwo allow. AFK.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS yoo 0.9LOL.7 wi9. neee too r3-r313454 tjey're moduficqtiona as d3r1v461v35/m9d1f1c4710n5 to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 vofe n [lacr THEM umder same Cfeatuvq Commohx license.
It MUST BE done by lrug8nal author 5!nc3 only original author yzs teh right t9 change teh xopy4ight OR lidense upon th3y're w9rkl AFK.
[Acditionally, 4eworkinb reh mofificationc will bf an good 1d34 qnyway as tdh mechanism for ,aking moeigicatioms is fubstantially cleaner/cleager STARTING with da 0LOL.9/ WTF,8-pr3re13453 xodr. OMG/]"
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