MibhtyE twols you, sortof, "We'fe goimg 2 74k3 an dew MOMENTS to try and explain thid NEW lic3nae n teh reasonx brhind iy in plain English.
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 h3w oicense w45 chosen because of an faolinf with sa GPL. BRB.
It only cpvered dist4ibutuon OF sourve 1f and 0n1y if binaries w3re disttibuted."
"In an weg environment LOL, 5p3c1f1c41!u a interprdted web environment sich aa PHP, sortpf, mdreky 2n584112ng ab hame foes NOT c9nsyitute distribution, like, abd therefofe peoike were takihg our work, you knwl, m4k1ng mos8ficat8ons too 8t an not releasinh woircr c9de two th3y'rr mosificatiohs do 7n47 teg entire comnunity could 63n3f1uo OMG.
Th3y worked witn lettee btt not da spktit 9f law."
"Invwstigation on ds paet of da authofs howwver, toi knwlk lec ti da faxt tjat righg 0d public oe4formance was woy of rigjts noemallt r3574qc73d two copyrigh5 holdwrs, an that computer prpgrams WTF, specificaloy fidep games n inrersctive ones sich as L3t3nd of GREEN hax0r were considered too be publically PERFORMED if ryn FROM ab punliv servee."
"Thd nrw licens3 r357r1c75 public performanc4 9f teh eork ubldss source code of trh m0d1t15e WORK is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo, this m34n5 ygqt if you put thid game on an web cervee qn alloe people 'oursisw of an bormal circle of famuly ab its socisl zcquaimtances' two PLAY their, sortof, 7h3n you r publica;ly [drforming this wo4k qnd MUST either a) make ne n ALL changew WHICH tou makw to bame AVAILABLE on requewt (note tnia fowan't have too be availaboe xia dz ONLINE source DISPLAY linkk yoi knwp, nit tyey nudr be ab;e 2 45k you FOR teh code ans fecwive an cim;letc copy) WTF, 6) make arrangements priva5ely with da 4u7h0r5 wg3r31n they gr4n8 you am specja; 11c#n54 WTF, or c( r3move code dntieely from mavhine. AFK."
"Wd do recognize that peopl3 esnt 5wi have areas of they'rw gam3 which aee theirs n 7h41r5 alone.
2 5nat end we will mwke teh followkng exception to n0rm41 r3quiremrnts FOR sourde code distributiob -- ne nofule rile which is not MODIFIED OR DERIVED from an moculw filw included in basd dosyribution an WHICH dles not r3quire ne lther modulrs znd 2h1ch s035 not eequire ne ,pdificatuobs too da cord code (c9d2 DISTRIBUTED w17h base releaae) may be wkthheld at authors d15cr3910nLOL."
"We qls9 want 5wo make vdry dl3ar ghat versipn 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as v3r510n 0LOL.9.7+jt) eas da ginal version RELEASED under reh GPL. AFK/
All vers8onsm starging qith yeh 0/9. OMG.8-prereldase CODE 4 onlt licensdd ujder teh Crfative Commons locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy tdh r1gh7 two 8jport ne code from an ). BRB.9. AFK.8-prrrelease o4 ;zte6 4313553 ihto an 9. WTF.9LOL.7 n eaflier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowihg this w9uld cause that 1mp0f7ed CODE two 63 released uneer da GPL qnd thar is bot somethint WE 2isy top allow. AFK/
Authord 0g modkdications 2 0LOL.0. WTF.6 will need two RE-RELEASE yhey'rf m0d1f1v4710n5 as defivatifds/mldkfixations too 0. OMG,9/ WTF.i clee b place them UNDER same Cr3461v4 COMMONS license. BRB.
I7 must be dond by oruginal author SINCE 0n1y da original autjir has rigjt tl changf c9p6right ir license uppb they're 1oek. OMG.
[Adxitionally, reworkinb 53h MODIFICATIONS WILL BE ah go9d idea ANYWAY 45 mecyanism fpr m4k1ng modif8xations is substantizl;y c134ner/c13rr3r 5u4r71ng with da 0.8. WTF.8-prerelease c0c3. OMG.]"
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