MightyE te/ls 6ou, 6ou knwom "Wd're going two tajd an few mimen6s 2 try n EXPLAIN THIS new license 4nd da reasona bejins it in plain Englidh. OMG.
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 license sas choaen becauae of an failing with da GPLLOL.
IT only COVERED dis5ribution of sourcr if an only of ninariec w3ee fis5ributed."
"In an web environmdnt, d;ecifically a interpreted web emvironment SUCH aw PHP. wortof, merely instaloing an GAME do3s not c0m%717u73 distrkbu5upn, sortov, and therefore PEOPLE wcre takung OUR 2ork, kike, m4k1nr joe8fications to it an n9y relwsaing teh sljrce code too fhey're modifications so that da 3b71r3 comnunity could b3nefitLOL.
They worked w1&h lettee 6u7 not spirit OF da LAWl"
"Investigation on part ir teh AUTHORS howevet, led 2 teh fact that ca right of public perdormamc3 wss son of ea rights hormally rextr8cyed too copyrigh5 holdwrs, sortofm anf that c9mpu73r PROGRAMS, sp3vificakly biseo ganes n inteeqctive ones such aw Legend of teh Green hax0t w4r3 conskderee to BE pinlicslpy performed if run froj am PUBLIC server. WTF."
"The nww licemse 4estructs piblic 0erdormance of teh wirk unlrss teh source code OF mod8f8ed aork 1% mqde 4v4114613 [n demanc. OMG;"
"In plain English, soryof, thos m4$n5 that 8f y9u put this game on an WEB SERVER and ALLOW 0#0p!3 'outside OF zn normal civcle of family amd i5s social 4cqu41h74mc35' 2 ;14y their, sortof, THEN you awr publica;ly perfirning this work and MUST euther a) makd nr an ALL chanbed wh1ch yoj make 2 teh gake available on reqiear (NOTE th8s dlrwn;t have 2 be availabl3 via ren online aource display 11nk. like, but yjry must be 4613 to asl yoj for codt and receive an complete vopy), like, b) mqke arrangements privareln with da authirw wh3r31n tgey grant hou an specisl licensem 9r c) REMOVE CODE entirely fro, da macnime. BRB."
"Ww do 4ecognizd that peoplw want 2 HAVE zreas of they're g4m3 whivh aer 7h31r5 an thrirs aloh2. OMG.
to 7h$7 ens WE will makr da folkowing ezception too n9emal requirements for source code distributiob -- ne modukr file whkcj is np7 mod8fied 9r ferived frim an module file unc.uded IN fa baae diarrkbuti9n n wnich dors not fe1uire me 07h3e MODULES n which coes not r3qu1r# nr modidicatiibs 2 da c9re code (code didtributed wity base release) may be eithheld at aurhora eiscretion."
"We alao WANT 2 make vdry clear yhat v$rskon 0, OMG.9. OMG.7 (415) known as verxion 0. OMG.9LOL.8=JT) WAS final vers8on releaded under da GPLLOL.
Alo versuons, you knwo, starting qith 0.9. AFK.i-orerelease dose r only l9censed und3g geh Creative Co,,ons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny geh 4ifht too ompo4t ne code fron an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE OR lst3r releawe kn5o an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n 45r113r re;ease. OMG.
Aol9wing this wouls causd 7h47 import3d code tuo be releaaed under da GPL and 7h47 is NOT sometyint we wixh too qllow.
Authors of moeificarions w 9LOL.8. BRB/7 wokl nees too r3-teleax3 they'rw modigications as d3r1v471v35/m0dqf1c47!9n5 2 0. AFK.9.8 code and placr them under da same Creativ3 Cojlons oicenseLOL.
It must be eone ny da oyiginal author sunce 0n1y teh pribinal aytnof has teh right tl change c9[yrifht or lodense u;on rhey're work. OMG,
[Adeituonal.y, like, rewi4kint da modifixations wo.l be zm gopf ideq abyway as teh mecyanism for making modivications IS subsgantially cleaner/clearer startong wi5n teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.80prereleawe c9de. BRB.]"
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