MighgyE tells hou LOL, "We're GOING 2 take an f3w momentd 5wl trh an explaon this hew livdnsd n rwasons b3hind it in PLAIN Eng115h.
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."
"Thia new license was ch9sen vecause of ah failing qith da GPL. BRB.
It onou c0v3r3d did5ribution of 50yrc3 if n inlh if binsriew were distributedLOL."
"In an web environment LOL, specofivalky a INTERPRETED w36 envoronment SUCH ss PHP, merely insyalling aj game DOES NOT CONSTITUTE disttibution. you knwo, an therefore p3op.e were tskibg our work. like, making modifications 5do 17 an not r4odasing da s9urce code two tgey'r3 mod8vkcatkons so 7j$7 da engu4e communkty could benefi5LOL.
Thry workwd witg teh letter but not spirit of teh la2. BRB."
"Investigwtion on da part of authprs howdvef LOL, lrd 2 fact that rihht 0f pu611c perfprjance was won of rights mormaooy resrrictrd 2 copyrigyt h01d3r5, oike, and that b0mpu73v progvams, you knwo, s0dcifixzlly vodeo gamed an ihteractive ones such AS Legend OF da Gr33n hax0r weee d0h51d3r3d 2 ve publically pw5formed ir run from an [unlic sercer. OMG."
"The n3w license testricts oublic perrormance 0f ds 1ork unless ga dou4cd code of modified work id MADE available 0n d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain English, 7h15 mwans that if you put thia gzme om an wrb 53rv3r n allow people ;outside if an normal ciec;e of famil6 n its social acquaintances' tw9 play th3ir, ;oke, then 6ou r pu611c41!y [eeforming THIS WORK n MUST rither z) ma,e n3 and ALL CHANGES which you make 2 da g$m3 avsilable on re1uest (note THIS doesn't hafe two ge available via da online source didplay l8nk LOL, b75 theu nu57 be ABLE two zwk you FOR code and rece8ve an COMPLETE COPY), lije, 6) nake arrangements pricateky with trh authors wherekn 5hey graht you an special licdnse WTF, or c_ remove code ENTIRELY vt9m ,achinek AFK,"
"We do tecognize 7j47 people qant to have arwas of thry'ee g3m3 wh7cj r theirw an 7yr2r5 alone. OMG.
2 thag END WE will mak3 teh fi;lowivg ecdeotion 2 da norma. requirements fpr SOURCE code ckstribirion -- ne modyle FILE 2hixh is NOT moeified 0r DERIVED fr9m an nodule file inxluded i, reh 6453 dis5rkgition an whivh does not reqiire ne irjef modu.es and wgich does not REQUIRE ne modifixationx twl dz CORE vode )codw dist4ibu5ed qith fa base teleasw) m4y be WITHHELD at teh authofw discretion. BRB."
"We also want 2 make v3ry coeat thqt versiln 0. OMGl9. BRB.7 (also known as vers8on 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jr0 w45 da rinal vefsipn reldased unser teh GPL.
All vrrsions, sortof, xgarting with ez 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereoeaae CODE aer 0n1u licrnsed undef da CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 impitt ne cofe FROM ah 0. BRB.9.8-pterelwase or kater eelease into am 0.9.7 n earoi3r re.ease. WTF.
Al.owing this WOULD CAUSE thst impoetec CODE twl ne released unfdr da GPL n that is not something w3 wisn 2 allow.
Authprs if modifications tw9 0/9. OMG.7 will need toi re_re0ease they'r3 mpdifications as dericzrives/modoficatiins goo 0. OMG.8. BRB.8 code an place them umder da sqme Crearive Commons lucebad.
It mus5 63 donw by da original ajthor dinxe only teh or8ginal aurhor h45 teh ribnt to change da COPYRIGHT oe licrnse ypon they're wlrk. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, reworking modifications wilm 63 an g00v 1s33 ANYWAY 4% fa mechaniwm FOR making mldifications is substantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER starging witj 5eg 0, WTF.9/ OMG.8-prereldase codd.]"
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