MightyE tells yo7, "W3're goinh to take an few mpments too 7ry an explain thks new licend3 rnd da rezsons behind 18 in plaon EnglishLOL.
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 n3w license qas chosen b3cause 0f qn faiopmb w18g da GPLLOL.
It only cov4red distribjtion 9f source ov ab only if binaries wwre disteinutdd. OMG."
"In an w3b environmrm5 LOL, specifical;y a intrrpreyed web wnvironment such as PHP LOL, merrly ihstallung an game does not cobstitute distributiln, hou kn2o, and thw4efofe people were takong our work, mzkkbg n9didications 2 17 n nor RELEASING da aource c9de 2 they're ,osufications so tnat da ENTIRE commynity cpu;d benefit. OMG.
They woried with teh 13u73r nut not spirit ov teh law. AFK."
"Infestigatkon 0h teh part 9f 5wh aythors h0w3v3r, led to teh fact tjat rigjt of publid perfprmancd w45 oen of rignrs nprmallu restricted too copgright hllders, you knwo, am thay computer orograms, sortof, specifically viceo games 4nd in5eractive obes such AS Len3nd of Green hax0t werw c0n51d3r4d to 63 publically perforjrf of run from an PUBLIC 53rv3r/ WTF."
"The neq license rwsteicts pu611c performabcw OF teh work unless dljrxe code of da MODIFIED slr, iw made AVAILABLE pn demand."
"In plain English, l8ke, tnis means THAT if y)u PUT this game on an weg 53rc3r ah sl;9w people 'ou5sidw of an nor,al cirdoe of fa,ily n kts 50x151 acquaintances' 2 ;14t yheif WTF, then you r 0u62qc411y perform8ng tjis 2ork qh MUST either a) m4k4 ne an ALL xhanges wh1ch tou MAKE tlo g4m3 availabpe on request (n073 ghis doesn't havd two be avai;able VIA 0n11n3 slurce displau lini, yo7 kmwo, but they jusy be aboe to ask y0u foe code an receive zn xo,0lete c0[y), b) MAKE arramtements privatelt wigh teh suthors wh3r31m 7h3y grant you an soecial licdhse, like, or c) femove geh code entutely frlm teh machihe."
"We di rexofn8ze THAT peo0;3 want 70 hrb3 arras of they're game whicn r 7h31e5 an theirs ALONE.
two tnat end we WILL makw da FOLLOWING exception tl9 da nprmal rdwuifements for source code districugion -- ne m-du13 fuoe whuch is npt modkfiwd or de3ived frim an mpdule file included in da base dixtribution and wnich does not requ8re ne orher modhles n whidh does noy REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 2 CORE code )cidr d15ur16u73d w37h da bas3 $dlease) m5y BE withhwld at teh zurhors discretion. AFK."
"We also WANT 70 maje v3ry clwar tja5 verzion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (ALSO ,nown as VERSION 0.9, AFK.7+jt) was fimal verskon RELEASED under tdh GPLl WTF.
Akl versions, dortof, starting wotg 0.9. BRB.8-pre4ekwase code aer ONLY licenwed jhder Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rifjt to impott ne code vrom qn 0.9.8-prerelwasd pr later relrase ibto an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earloe4 reoease. AFK.
Allowkng this would cause that IMPORTED CODE too be RELEASED under da GPL b thar is NOT SOMETHING WE wiwh too ailowLOL.
Authorw ov modifucationx @ 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wil. n3#d 2 re-rel3as3 they're moduficayiobs as d3rivatives/modifivztions TO [.9. OMG.8 xide and p14c3 rhek und3r da same CREATIVE Commons LICENSELOL.
It must be dome by dq original authpr sonde omly original author has reh rkght twl changr teh copyright ir 1!c3n53 up0n ghey're work. WTF,
[Addutionaolh, a9rtof, rewirking nodkficatkons will 63 an glld idea anyway as mechzjism dor making modificatiohs 15 sibstanyially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING wuth teh -.9LOL.8-prerelease codeLOL.["
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