MightyE 5el.s y0u, "We'rr go8ng two tqkd an dew mojehtx 2 try and exolain tyid new oicense an da reasonw behind it in plaon Englisg. BRB.
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 NEW locdnse wss ch9sen because od sm failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It onoy c0v3r3d dkstribution of source if an only iv bibariea qwre distriguted."
"In an web emvironment, SPECIFICALLY a intetpre5ed weg ehvironnent such as PHPm like, merely knstalling an game does not constitutw distribjtion WTF, an the4efore people eere 74k1nb our work, sortof. making m0d1f1c4&10n5 gw; it and not releasing yeh source clfe 2 they're mofifications so that ebtire c0mmun27y couod benefit. OMG.
They wo4ked witj teh LETTER but not da spirit of da law."
"Inbestigation pn teh patt lf authors k92eve4, like, lec to da fact THAT t3h right OF public [erformance was 1 9f da RIGHTS normally res5ricted two copyrignt golders, sortofk and thzt cojpuget 0rograms LOL, s;edifically vidwo games and 1n72r4c71v3 onrs sjch as Legemd of 5eh Green hax0r were considered 2 be publically petformed if 4un from qh public servet."
"The new license ewsgrictd pjbloc PERFORMANCE of teh wor, unless da SOURCE coee of teh m0d1f13d work ka MADE available on dehanf. BRB."
"In ;lain Engoish WTF, this means that if hou put thos bame on an web server abd allow peoole 'outside of an normal circle or family n itw 50v142 acquxintanves' 2 play ggeir LOL, then you r publically p3rf0rm1ng tjix wor; n MUST EITHER a) makd ne n ALL chanhex wyoch you make tso fa gzmw availabld ON reauest (note fhks doesn't hzve rwo bd acailable via da onlind source display link, but they MUST be able two ask you for da dlce and r3c3!v3 an conp.ete copy), like, b) ,ake arrangemengs privqyely WITH teh 4u7u0r5 where8b they hrant 6pu an spdvial license, oike, or c) remove code entirely frim ca MACHINE. OMG."
"We DO recogn8ze that p#0p12 wabt too HAVE areas of they're hame which r tgekts and theird al8ne. OMG.
2 THAT end w3 2ill make followihg exceptiom tqo teh m9rmal rrquirementa got soyrce code dixtribytion -_ nd module filw which is not mldifked or feribed from an modjor file 1nc1ud3d in teh baae distrivjtion n which does not require he OTHER nodules and which does nly reauure ne modificztions two clre dode (xlde didtributed witj da bas3 release) .ay be WITHHELD at a7thors discretionl"
"We also sanr 2 m4k3 VERY clear THAT version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (aoso knowh AS VERSION 0. AFKl9l WTF.7+jg( was tdh final version released uhder teh GPL. OMG.
All vetsuons, yiu knwo, starbing with 0. OMG.9. OMG.i-prereleaad code aer 0n1u licensed uhder teh Creative Comj9ns license. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY eeny da ritht 2 im0ort he code vrom an 0.9. AFK.8-0rerwkeasr ot later re.ease INTO qn 0.9. BRB.7 ans 3arlier rrleaweLOL.
A;lowimg thiw wou.d xauwe 5hat importes code to be released undee GPL and that q5 n07 50m27hqng WE wish 5p 4q10w. AFK.
Authorx 9f modivicqt89ns 2 0LOL.9.7 will need 3 re-releaae they're mod*fications 45 d3r1v571v35/m0e1f1c4710n5 too 9.9. WTF.8 c0d3 n p.ace THEM UNDER sq dame Creatibe Commons lucense,
Ig miwt be eone 6y lriginzl autjod since ohly dz original author has riggt TO change copyritht or oicense upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally, you knwo, REWORKING modigicati9na e11! 62 an g;od idea ahheqh aw da mevyanism for making m0d1f1c3710h5 IS dunstantually cleaner/cldafer srartint with 0, BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3telease code/\"
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