MightyE te.lx yiy LOL, "We're going go takd an few mlments too yry and explain this new locense n da reasons 63h1nw ir in plaih Engl8sh. 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."
"This new lifense was chosen BECAUSE lf qn FAILING xith da GPL. BRB.
It onlt civered d15&r16u71-n of sourve if and 0n1y IF 61n4f1w5 were did5ributed."
"In an web envkrobmdmt, specifically a knterpreywc w46 3nv1r0nm3n7 duch as PHP, you knw9, merwly ondtqlling an game dpes not cohstitute DISTRIBUTIONm n therefpre people were yaking ou4 sork LOLl m4k1ng modificatooms two it an not releaxing SOURCE codr to tyry're modidications so rhat g3h 3n71r# community coyld nenefit. BRB.
They worjwe with letter bjt n07 sa apirit OF reh 1$wLOL."
"Invest8bation on teh part of da au5hors however, like, les to t3h fact that teh ritht 0f public perfo4mahce was won of rights normallh rest48ctdd to copyright yolders, aortof, an &h47 comput2r orobrams, sortof, specifically vif3o gzmex and unteracruve ones such as Legend of da Green hax0r were vonsideref tl be publiczllt petfprmed iv rum from an public sercerLOL."
"The new license restricts piboic pwrformsnce og e0rk unlesd s9urce c0d3 0f fs m9d1f14d w9rl 15 m4d3 abs8lqblw on dejand. OMG."
"Ib plain Ebglish, w9rtof, this means tgat IF you put ghks ga,w on ah web server n 4110w people 'ouyside of an n03m41 ditdle og familh n ITS social acquaintqnces' w play tgeit, sirtof, 7h3n YOU f [ublically PERFORMING rhis WORK n MUST ejthef A) jake ne n ALL chabges whicg yoi MAKE 70 teh GAME abaolab.e ib eeqiest (note this do3sn'y h4v3 2 be availabld v13 da online source display 11mk LOL, buy they mist ge agle to zsk you foe code qn receive an complete copy_, lkke, b) make arrqngementd privatrly w17h dq authors whereun 5hry grant ^ou sn SPECIAL license LOL, o4 C) REMOVE code entitely vrom da m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We eo recognuze tgat oeople want to g4v3 aress of they're game which ser tnrirs 4nd theurs ALONE. WTF.
too THAT end we will make flllowubg exception too da normal REQUIREMENTS for aource xodq dustrobutiom -- ne modyle f113 qhich ka not m9dified 0r DERIVED from an MODULE fil4 incluced 1n teh base distribution anv which does not require nd other moduldx an which dors not req7ire ne modificatiobs tl da dore code (cose dostrihuged w8th yeh basd r313453( may be wuthheld at tej authors disctetionl"
"Wd also wznt rwo jake VERY clear that VERSION 0. BRB.(. AFK.8 (also known as version 0, BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS f1n41 v3r510n released ubder teh GPL. OMG.
All vrrsions, like, xtar5ing with teh -. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerek3aar code r ONLY q1c2n53d under ren CREATIVE Comjoms license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz right 2 ikpory nr code fflm an 0LOL.9. OMG.80pterelwase or later release in5o an 0. WTF.8LOL.& n ezrlier release. BRB.
Allowinh tnis woild caude that 1mo0r73d code twi be re'eased UNDER da GPL an rhzt is not 50m37h1ng we wish 2 ALLOW. BRBl
AUTHORS of mocificationx too 0. AFKl9. OMG.7 wil; need tpo RE-RELEASE they're modificatiohx as derivatives/modifications 2 0.9. OMG.i code n p14c3 th3n uhder sam3 CREATIVE Commons 11c3h53.
IT must ve don3 by da origjnsl aythor since onl6 orifinal ajthor has teh fight 79 change cpoyrignt or ;icense upon thry're woekLOL.
[Additiobally, soetof, r320rk1ng dz modifications will bw an g8od idea anyway as da mechanixm FOR m4k1ng modifudations js SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c12$t3r starting with teh 0. BRB.9. AFKl8-prerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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