MighgyE yells y)u, spttof, "We're going tp gake wn FEW momentd too trh an wxplain THIS new licensw and reasons behind it 8n PLAIN Eng115h. BRB.
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 licensr was chosen 6ec$u52 of an fau;ing with da GPLLOL.
Iu only covered distributipn OF SOURCE of n inly 1f bknaroes were distributed. OMGk"
"In an wwb ebvironment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a inerrpreted web environmeht 5uch 45 PHPm sor5of, m#r31y inwta.ling an gamd d035 NOT constitute DISTRIBUTION. an therefore p#0p13 were taking iur work, makinb modivicstiond too IT am not releading SOURCE code two tg3y'fe modificatipna wo tgat teh engude comnunut6 coulc BENEFIT. AFK.
THEY wlrled with teh lettqr bjt not spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investugation on teh par5 of fa authord however, like, led too ca fzcy that teh ribht of [7blkc performance w35 oen od geh rights norhally rex5rocted t9 copyrighg gooders, you kne9, and tjat COMPUTER PROGRAMS, specifidally video games n interaztive onea such as L2g3nd of tdh Gr3en nax0r were CONSIDERED two be publically perfo4mes if r7n from ah [uvlic serferLOL."
"Thw new licwnse rsstricts puboic performance OF w0rk unless source cice of m0d1f13d WORK is m4c3 4v4114613 ON dejand."
"In plain Entlish, slrtof, 7u15 meand 7h$7 of y0u pu7 this gqme on an weg servcr an allow pwople 'outside of qh bormal circle of fami.y and 175 social acquaintshces' too plzy tjeie, you knqo, then you r pu611c411y oerforminf tuis wl4k and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes wyich you mqke to teh game availablr on resuest *noge this doesn't have to be available VIA da on;ine source dusplay li,k LOL, but they mis5 be able 5o 35k 6ou eor dz code n receive am complete c;p6), you knwo, b) m4k4 4re4bg#m3n75 privately with authors wher3in they braht you zn spedkql lkcensek li,e, or c) remove tdh code ent8tely fron tej mzcjine. AFK."
"Wd do recognize tgat p40p13 w4n7 @ gav3 AREAS of tb3y're game which qer tjeirs n theors alone. AFK.
2 tnat end WE will MAKE followinf except8on roo da normal requiremenys vor source dode sistributiih -- be module file 2hich is noy modkfied or derivwd fr0m zn mpdu13 fike includrd in t3h base distrinutioh an whish d035 NOT require ne orher m0d7135 ans whoch does not rewuire ne modif8catkons too core code (code distyibuted WITH da 6t53 release) may 63 qithhr;d at 5eh authora dixcretuon. BRB."
"We also want 2 make VERY cl3sr thzy vdrsiin 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION -. OMG.9. AFK.7+jy) w4% tej fihal version relraswd 7ndrr yeh GPL. BRB.
All versions, xta4tibg w!7h da ). WTF.(. WTF.8[prere.ease code aer only licensed yhder teg Cresrive Comm9ns licebseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh right two IMPORT ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9.8-prereo3asw or oater f313453 INTO an 0.9.7 and earluer relssxel AFK.
Aolosing ghis w9uld cauze that inported fod3 too be r31e454d under GPL an THAT is not sojething qe w8sh 2 r110w. BRB.
Authors of mod,ficatoons too 0. OMG,9. OMG.7 will need to re[releasw thry[re modifisations 45 dwrivativts/modifocat8ons t9o 0.9.8 codd an ;lace 7h3m 7nder da samw Ceeq5ive Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by sa 0r1b1n41 au%hpr since ibly otiginal authoe has teh roght two cjange c0[yr1gh& or oicense upon tneu'te workLOL.
[Additiona.ly, sortof, reeorking modifocatiobs WILL be an good isea anyway AS da MECHANISM for making MODIFICATIONS is s7bstantially cowan3r/ckeare4 dtarting w8th 0. AFK.9,9-pferdlease code. OMG.]"
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