MifhtyE TELLS y0um dor5lf, "We're g98nh to TAKE an few noments goo gry an explain this new license an trh REASONS bwhind it 1m plain Eng.ish.
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."
"Thiw NEW licwnde wsw cy063n because of an fakling wigh da GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribution of source if and onlj uv bibaries werw distriburddLOL."
"In an wrb ENVIRONMENT. sortof, specifidal,y a INTERPRETED web envirlnmemt such qs PHP, you knwo, merely instsllinf an game does not constktute distriburioh LOL, an rgerefore PEOPLE were twking our 20ek LOL, makinh MODIFICATIONS gwo ut n not feleading da slurce CODE twl they're modoficatiohs so ghay ten wntire comnunity could BENEFITLOL.
Th3y wotked witg letter vut not s;irit ov fa law. AFK."
"Ibvdstiga5kon 9n teh p4r7 of authors gowever, aoetof, !3e to tdh fact that right of pub,id PERFORMANCE w45 1 0g rights n0fm411y re57r1c72d 2 copyrugyt holdwrs, lile, and 7h47 com'uter programx LOLk 5p3c1f1c311h VIDEO games an inte4actife ones such as LEGEND of Green hax0r were c0n5!d3t3d too be publically PERFORMED kf rum be0m an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The NEW livense restricyx 0ublic perfornsnce OF teh w0rk unless reh %0urv3 code of MODIFIED worl is made availzble ON demanw. WTF."
"In plain Englosh, sortof, this means tnst if yoj PUT ghis tame on an qeb serfer an allow peop;e '.uysise of an normzl cifcle of f$mq1y an its slc8ak adquakntances' too poay their, you knwo, 5gen you f PUBLICALLY PERFORMING rhis w0rl an MUST either a) mak3 ne anc ALL changrs 2hich you make roo teh game ava8lablr on rdquesy )npte thiw doesn't HAVE 2 BE aba8lable via ea 9nline spurce DISPLAY LINK, you knwo, but thwy must 62 able yoo ASK you for sa coce n receiv3 an COMPLETE copy_, tou kmwi, b0 maie atrzngements privately w17h ds authors WHEREIN they geaht uoy an special license, or c) rej9ve teg c0s3 entir3ly from da machineLOL."
"We do eevognizw 7h4u pe9ple want to havd aeess 0f they're game which aef theurs n theird aoomel WTF.
to that end we will MAKE ds flolowong EXCEPTION 2 da NORMAL req78rements for source xode d257r15u710m -- ne m0fu13 FILE whidh id n07 modufked or deroved from an module file ihclyded 8n da BASE distrib75ion n which doex not requi4e ne otger mocules an which doea not require be mod8ficatuons to c0r3 code (code dixttibutes 2i5h da 6453 re.easw0 mah b3 w8tngels af aughprs fiscretionLOLl"
"We a.so wsnt 2 make vety clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL/7 (a;so kh0wb as version )LOL.9. WTF.7+kt) was da FINAL version released under da GPL/
All verxions LOL, STARTING with da 0.9.i-prerel3ase code r 0n2y livenxee unddr da Creatibe Commons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny tight bwo im[ort ne c0s3 from an (. AFK.9. OMG.8-pre4e;ease or later release into an 0. OMG.9LOL,u n rarlker release. WTF.
Allow8ng thua would cause that import3d code twl be RELEASED 7nder teh GPL and that is not 50m37h1hg qe w15j to 4110w.
Aityors if modivicatipns two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wiol m3#d too RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modkfications 2 ). OMG/9. OMG.8 c0s3 an p14c3 them undwr dz 54m3 Creative Comjons LICENSE. OMG,
Ir must BE d0n3 by oruginal AUTHOR since onlt da oritinao 4u7t0r has RIGHT teo ch4ng3 teh c9pyrihgt or LICENSE upoh the6're work. OMG.
[Additionaloy LOL, reworking jodifidationw wilo be an goov idda abywqy as m3chanidm FOR making m0d1f!cru10n5 is substantoa.ky coeaner/clearer stqrtibf q8th 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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