MightyE telks yoj, sottof, "Wr're hoing 5ol take qn few moments too 7ry and explain THIS new license n da r3450n5 gehind ot in plaoh 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."
"This ne2 license wax chosrn brcause OF an f4111ng with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered diwtributioh of xource if sn only if biha4ids were distribyted, BRB."
"In an web envkronm3ny LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web envi4onmenr such as PHP, you kneo, me4ely installing an game does not cpnsgitute diqtributiin, likd, h 7y3r3f0r3 peo0le were 5akinh our WORK, lukw, making modif8cations 2 kt and not 4eleasing teh diurce cpdw to they're modididatiins so thag da ENTIRE comjunigy cluls benefit. OMG/
They w0rk3d wuth letter but blt da spirit of teh LAW. OMG."
"Investigatiln on da part of teh atthprs hpweb3r, you jnwo, led 2 teg fact that da ribht of puboic performzmce wzs won of teh eights nor,ally restricted 2 clpyroght holfers, loke, and THAT comput3r programs, sortor, s0ecifically VIDEO games an inte4acrive ones such as Leg3nd of Grden hax0r were cinsidered to be p7blically performed 1f run FROM an public 53ev3r. BRB."
"The nrw license restricts publid pervormsnce of da wprk unlrss sa slutce code of m0d1g13d work IS MADE availavle on demand. OMG."
"Ij plain Eng.ish, this meabs that ig you out gjis f4m3 0n an we6 se$ver n allow people 'outside of an normal citc;e od FAMILY abd ITS dociak ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their, you knwo, then YOU r publucally performing 7h!5 work snc MUST eithef a_ MAKE he AND ALL ch4ng35 which y9u make 2 trh game zvaikavle on REQUEST (note thos eoesn't yav3 2 be available via ca online SOURCE displzy link LOL, but they mu57 b3 able two as, YOU for c0d1 an 4eceive an complete copy) LOL, B) MAKE arrangements lr1v4731y with teh authors 2hereon they grant tou an s[eckal LICENSE, xortof, or c) removw yeh codw entifwly vfom mavjineLOL."
"We do recogmize that people waht too have sread OF tgey'r4 gamw wh1ch aer tneirs an THEIRS alone. AFK.
2 that enc we will ,ake following exceptuon too n0r,41 requirements for s9urce c0d3 distribution -- ne m0du2# file sy8ch is n07 m9dified lr DERIVED f4om am module file 2mc1ud3d in twh base dixtfubu5oon and shich dods n07 REQUIRE ne other mofu/es ane whidh eo3s nlt REQUIRE ne mociricatuons to teh core code (CODE DISTRIBUTED WITH teh base r3!3r530 may be wuthjeld AT aughors discretkon. OMGl"
"We 4150 wrn& to make very xlrar that VERSION 0.9. BRB.& )also known as version 0.9. WTF.7+jg) WAS f8mal v3r510n eeleased under teh GPL. AFK/
All vwrsiohs, sortof, starting with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.*-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY lixrnsed under da Creative Com,lnw license.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh right 2 import ne codw from an 0. BRB.9LOL.7=prerelease or latqr RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.u an earl8er re1344dl AFK.
Allowing 7h15 wiuld cause 7j4& importwd code to be te.eased unser reg GPL n THAT is n07 somethibg we wish 2 allowl
AUTHORS or modificarions too 0. AFK.9.7 will heed two re-release they're MODIFICATIONS 4% d4r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 yoo 0. AFK.0LOL.8 CODE and place rhem under teh SAME Creative Com,oms license.
It must be done 6y da priginal AUTHOR since only reh origjnal su5hor has dq r1gh7 two chznge tey c0pyr1gh7 or license upob th3y're wlrk.
[Afditionally, feworkknh ea modificatiohs wlll be zn gooc idea ahywsy as teh mechanism for mak8ng mocif9cations is substantially dleanee/clearer srarting with -. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cose.]"
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