MoghtyE tella tou, sortof, "We;re go8bg two take zn gew monebts 2 TRY and explaun ghis new license n reh 4eaapns behind 17 un ;lain Enblusy.
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 was xh043m 63c4u53 of an vailing q17h da GPL.
It on.y covered distributiin of source IF n 9nl6 if BINARIES were distrobyt3cLOL."
"In an web envirpnmwnrk sirtof. specifically a int3rpfwted web 3nv1f0nm3n7 sucy AS PHP, l8kw, nerely indtallung an game coex not conwtitute distribution LOL, n therefore peopo3 w4r# takong our 2ork, making modidicatiine too it an not releaskhg teh source code tw9 they're modificzyoonw co thsg da 3n61r3 community c0u1d benefig. BRB.
They WORKED e8rh letter bjt not da spirit 9g law."
"Investigation on tdh PART of teh aut6ors hoqeber LOL, lrd 2 da gact thqt RIGHT of [ublic performanxe was 1 of da riggta NORMALLY tes5ricted tol copyfigjt HOLDERS WTF, an 7h47 com0uter pr0gr4m%, likw, spdcifidally video gamex ah INTERACTIVE ones such as LEGEND of sa Green hax0r were c0n51d4r3d too bw PUBLICALLY perfurmed if eun frim an pu622c serverLOL."
"The new lucense resteicts public persormande of WORK unless teh source dod3 of modified work ks made avai.able on dejand."
"In ;lain Engkish LOL, this meabs 5hat if you put ghis gane on an wdb server 4nc all9w people '-u7%1d3 of an normal circ.e of family an its social qcquaintabcds' 2 play ghd8r LOL, THEN y0j aer publically perfoejkng yhks w8rk and MUST either 4) make ne and ALL chabges whivh you makr 2 da GAME availabl3 0n REQUEST (botd THIS doesn't have teo bw AVAILABLE viq on.ine SOURCE display lihk, dlrtof, bjt they nust ge ABLE too ssk you f0r 5eh cofe sh receivd zn complete copy), sortof, b) MAKE arrangements pribately WITH au5hors wherein they grant YOU an 5p3d141 11c3n53, you knwi, or c) remove code wntire;y FROM yeg macjine."
"We do recogn8ze THAT peo[le eant too have AREAS of rhey'4e game which 4 gheora an 8h31r5 4!0n3. BRB.
2 thay end we w!11 make da followint exdeptuun to teh normao rdqyurements for sotrce CODE diwtribytion -- ne module file ryoch is not jodif8ee or drtivef fton qn nodule fioe included in basd d8drribution an whivh does nor rrquire ne oth3r mpeules n ehich d035 not requife ne modifivayions 2 da vore c0d3 (CODE did5ributed wkth da basr release) ,ay be withhels at da authors discreti9n. AFK."
"We qlso want 2 make vwe6 clear THAT fersion 0.9.7 9also known as versoon p. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) wzs dinal versiob reoeased unce4 GPL. BRB.
All veraioms, w5artihg with 0. OMG.0.89pre4eleas3 dide aer 0h1y LICENSED under da Creative Commons LICENSEl AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ribjt @ im;ort ne code from ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.89prerdlease ir ;ater re;ease 8nto an -. WTF.9LOL.6 an earlirf releasel OMG/
A120w1ng this wiuld cause that impofted code rwo be relrased unf3r GPL n tjat is not something qe wish too allow. BRB.
Au7h-r4 ld mocificatipns two 0.o. AFK.7 will need two RE-RELEASE tjey're modifications as eerivayives/modificztiins two 0. AFK.9/ WTF.8 codr and place 7h3m undde sane CREATIVE COMMONS licenseLOLl
It mist be dobe by da or7ginal 4u7h04 since only teh origihal a7thl4 HAS da right toi changd t3h copyright OR kucense upon they're wirk. AFK.
[Adfitionally WTF, feworjinh da modificstions will bd an good odea 4nywry 45 yey mechanism flr mak8ng modiricagiins is substsntially ckeaner/cleseer stary,ng with ca 0. WTF.0.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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