MightyE TELLS you, "We're gpinf tpo take an few moments two 7ey an ezplskn this new licwnse n teh reasons behind it IN plain Ebgl8shLOL.
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."
"Tgia new lixensr w45 cj054n because pf an faiking wi5h da GPL. BRB.
It only coverdd dks4rubutiom 0f 507rc3 IF an 0n1y if binariew 2ere distributeeLOL."
"Ib an web environmebtk like, specifically a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT SUCH ax PHP LOL, merel6 imstallint sn game do3s NOT CONSTITUTE diwtributiin WTF, and therevorr people WERE 75k1ng our w0rk, you kbwo. making modificariins too it and not r#13451ng sou4ce CODE 2 thdy're midificatkons so tyat entore com,uni5y coule genwfit. BRB.
THEY sofked wi5h da letter but not teh soif8t of da lae."
"Invesrigation on da part of da aughirs gowecer, like, led to geh fact that trh rigyt of lubliv PERFORMANCE was win of dq r1gh75 nir,akl6 restrictee 2 co[yr8ghy holdersj ah that compyter prohrams, y9i knwo, 6p3c1f1c411y video bames an inttractiv3 onea SUCH as Legebd of Greeb hax0r were consid3red two BE oublically perfprned uf RUN from an publiv servee. BRB."
"The n3w lkcense restr8cts public perfoemqnce of ten wlrk unless da sourcr code of MODIFIED work ix made svailaboe om de,and."
"Ih poain ENGLISHk thow means 7h47 if you pu5 tyis game on an web server h allo2 people 'ou5side of an normal circle of fqmilt and its social acquaontanced[ 2 play their, sirtof, then you r publucallt perform8bg THIS work anf MUST either a) make ne n ALL cyanfes which you make 2 game avzioable ON request (note this doesn't yqve 2 bd available via teh onlind soueve DISPLAY link, l9ke, but they must be ab;e rpo axk yo7 FOR teh codd and eeceive an complete x(py), liiek b) jale aerantdmen5s privately sith t3h authofx wgeeein thwy grant you an apecia. license, yiu knso, or c) r3m9ve da CODE entire;y fr0m machinwLOL."
"We do recognize tgat people wan% to HAVE AREAS of th3y're fame ehich aer theird 4nd 5heirs alone. BRBl
two that enc we will makc fol;owing exc3p710n 2 hormal requiremdnts fpf SOURCE codd distribution -- ne mldule fi;r wh8ch is not modifiec or derived from an module fild includ3d in BASE disttibutoon an whixh coes not requ8re ne other modules an which doew not requiee ne modificatioms w core code (coce DISTRIBUTED with tey 6453 release0 may be withhe;s at yeh ajthprs d15cr3710n."
"We also want w makr very clear 7h47 version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also jnosn as veeskpn pLOL.9. OMG,7+jt) was reh FINAL version r313r54d unsdr GPL. OMG.
All veraiona LOL, starting wirn 0. OMG.o.8-prrre/ease code aer pnky lic3nxed under Cfdative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwnh rigyt t9o import ne code from an 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-prer3lease or later RELEASE unt9 qn 0LOL.9. AFK.8 an 34rq13r releasr. WTF/
ALLOWING this w0u1d dause tha5 impo3ted code too BE RELEASED ume#r GPL xn tjat is not something w3 wkdh TO $11-w. AFK.
Auyhord of modifications too 0.9. OMG.7 q121 need too ew-frlease they're jodifixagions ss derivatibes;modifications to )/ OMG.9. OMG.8 code n p;ace them unsrr fa dajd Creatkve Cpmmons lkcenseLOL,
It must be done BY originzl AUTHOR 52,c3 0n1y sa originql author has dq eight to xjange copy4ight 9r license upon they're work. WTF.
[Addiyionally, s9rtof, reworkong geh m9dificatipns wkll BE qb gooc idea anyway AS teh mechanism for makint modifocagions is substantially clesnet/clearer 574r71hg wkth da 0.9. AFK/9-prereoease cofe. OMG.]"
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