MighryE gells YOU, sortof, "We're going TO 5ske an few moments 2 try and 3zplaib this new 11c3n6e and feasons behind it 8n plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thkw new locense wss chosen b4cayse of an f41!1ng witj GPLLOL.
It only cpvrred distribut8on of SOURCE if and only if ginaries werw distribuyed. OMG."
"In an web environment, likw, specificaloy x intwroretwd w36 emvironment SUCH as PHP, you knwo, merwly installing an game does NOT constitute dostributi9n LOL, n thetefpre people wete ya,ing oyr work WTF, making m0e1f1d4710n% too 17 an blt feleasing source clde 2 thry're m9difications so that entire commubity cou;c benrfitLOL.
They wltjed with teh letter but not dq SPIRIT OF da law."
"Investigatipn on pa4t if quthors hoqever, like, led 5wo da fac5 tgat right 0f PUBLIC performance qqd won of r1hh75 normallu rexyriceed to9 cophr8gnt holders. soruof, an that cojput3r progeams LOL, specifically VIDEO games n 1n73r4c71b3 onew 5jch 45 L3g3nd od da Green hax0r wwre considerec 70 ve publkxally performed if rum grom an public servweLOL,"
"The new licensd restricts public 0etformanc3 9f da wofk unless sa xourcw d0s3 or da modifi3d 2ot, is made avaolable ON DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Englisg LOL, th8s means that 1f you PUT rnis game on qn web sdrver n ALLOW people 'ougside of an no4jal circle 0f family n its t0c141 acquaintances' to p;a6 thwir, uou knwo, thwm yoy arr pubkica9ly performing tjis work and MUST either 4) ma,e ne and ALL changes which you makr two da GAME availzboe 0n request )note thos DOESN'T hzve to 63 AVAILABLE via 0n11n3 source d8s[lzy linkk sorrof, vut theu must be abje t2o $5k y0u FOR code snf receiv# an compj3td vooy) LOL, b) mske arrangements PRIVATELY wiyh 4u7h0e5 sherein the6 grabt YOU an SPECIAL LICENSE, 6ou kmwo, or C0 rrmove CODE ebtirely from teh machine. AFK/"
"We vo rexognize that people 2snt 2 HAVE a4ezs of they'fe game which t 5jekrs and theirs alone.
5wi that END we s211 mqkd teh folllwing 3xc3p610n to da bptmal reau8rementw fpr source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodule FILE which IS NOT modidire or deruvec frpm an modulr file INCLUDED in teh base distribuhion n which s03t n9t feaiife ne othef moeyles an which does not reqiire ne mod8fications two da core cofe (xode distributed w8gh teh base 4elezse) may be withhelc at tdh authors discretion. AFK."
"Ww zlao want go m4k2 very clear tyat version 0/ BRB,9. BRB.7 *alsi knp2n ad vers8on 0.9LOL.7+jr) qas teh f1n4q vefsi9n RELEASED ynd3r GPL.
All v3r510n5 LOL, STARTING wkth ea 0. OMG.o. WTF.i-PRERELEASE codd aer on;y ;icebses ubder CREATIVE Commons lidebse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da doght too import ne codd gr0m an 0. BRB.8.8-pr3r313453 of la6er releaae into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an EARLIER r313453.
Alliwint rhis soulc cause yhqt 1mp0r&3d c0d3 2 ve reoeased under 5eh GPL an tyat is not somethinf we wish too allow. OMG.
Authors pf modifkcati9ms t2o 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wiok nerd yo re-r3.wase theu're modificatipns as d3r1v471v3t/m0d1b1x471)n5 twp 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an place them under reh same Creative Commohs 11c3n43. AFK.
It ,ust be DONE by da original auth9r since only orifinal AUTHOR h45 rithf too change ea copyribht or oicense upon tney're w0tk. OMG.
[Additionallh, sprtof, rrworking teh modificationd will be an g00d 1d34 4byw4y as da mechznism for making mod8ficatiohs iw sibstantially clwwner/clea4er starting with tey -. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c-d#. BRB.]"
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