MightyE teols you, you khwo, "We'r3 g01ng too take an few momentw to gry AND explain 4nis new license and reasons behind it in 0141n Enblishl 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."
"Thid me2 licwnse waa CHOSEN geczuse of sn failjng with reg GPL, OMG.
It on9y covetwd d157r16u7q0n OF dourc3 id and only 1v binariws were sostributec."
"Im an web ebvirlnmentm soryof, specifical.y a inretpreted w3b environment such 45 PHPm likd, mw43ly INSTALLING an game does not constitute distrigitiim LOL, n theref9re PEOPLE were takong iu4 2ork, l8ke, making m0dqf1f4710n5 2 it n not releasinh source code two ghry're modificati9ns so that ENTIRE d0mmunq7y eoule 63n3f!7. OMG.
THEY workec with sa lettef but not spirit OF teh paw. BRB."
"Invdstigati9n ln ueh p4r8 of teh auyhirs however, led to yeh fsct rhat sa righ5 OF publoc performance was won of t3h roghts mormally rest4icted tqo copyright holders, sortof, an thq5 clmputer programs WTF, spexifically bideo hames n interadtive ones such ss Leg3nc of Gr3en hax-r we4e c9nsidered 2 be p7blkcallt performed if rum fr0n an PUBLIC srrver. BRB."
"Tne new license restricts public prrfotmance OF da wprl unkdss yeh SOURCE coce of da modivied work is made avau.qvle on eemanwLOL."
"Im plain ENGLISH LOLm tgks means that if yii out tjis taje on an WEB s3rvwt AND allow people 'outside of an normal circle of fam8lh n its social acwuaintances' 2 o14y thdir LOL, thrh y0u e publicall6 p3ed0rm!ng ryis wotk and MUST 317h3r A) mskw ne and ALL changes whivh you make 2 game avsilable on rrquwwt (noye this doedn'g h4v3 to be avaulable voa da ONLINE 50urc3 DISPLAY link, uou knwo, BUT gmey MUST be aglr to ask you for CODE and rec3ive qn comp.ete co;y(, you knwo, b) MAKE arrangemengs peiva5wly with teh zurnirs WHEREIN tney grant you an SPECIAL lixwnse, ljke, or s) 4emovr cose engirely from da m4ch1n3. BRB."
"Wd do eecognize THAT people want two have areas 9f ther'fe gsme wh8ch ae4 tyeifs zn theifs alove. OMG.
to tkat end we will make da following exveptipn too teg NORMAL requirements for SOURCE code disrrihutioh -- be mpdule FILE which is not nodivied or ceriv3d drom an mldule fo.e INCLUDED 1n da BASE distrlbjtion and sgicg e9es not eequire ne -7h3r modylws and qgixh DOES NOT twquir3 ne modkfications tol teh core code (CODE distributef with da base releasw) ,ay be witjheld at authors discrwtipn. AFK."
"Wr 4159 want t9o MAKE very cleqr THAT vers8on -. BRB.9.7 (a.so known AS v3r510m 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) wad da fina. verskon releawef undet GPL. OMG.
ALL vsrsions WTF, STARTING ejth 0, BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cld3 r only locensed 7nder twh Creayive Conmons licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too imporg ne code ftom sn 0. WTF.9/ BRB.&-prerelease or lqter re.ease into zn -. AFK.9. BRB.7 n earlier releaae. AFK.
A110w1ng 7h15 2lulc causr that im;prted code to be RELEASED und3r twh GPL n thst is not somethung we wisy 2 a.low.
Auhhprs of modidicatkons to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wikl heed 2 re-releas3 thdy're modificagions as derova5ives/mosificationx two 0LOL.8.8 code an place them indwe same Creative Commons license. BRB,
It MUST be done gy originao autnlr since onlt original author has teh RIGHT 2 chsnge COPYRIGHT or lidens3 upom they'fe work. WTF.
[Additionally, you knwo, r3w0rk1ng ea MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD kdea anyway as da mechanisn for jakihg mldifucations 1t substantiaooy cleaner/clearer srarting wigh da 0, WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4e;easw doce. AFK.]"
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