MightyE tellw YOU, dortof, "We're GOING two take an fww momentd two tfy n 3xpiain this nww kicense n da reasons behind IT in plain Enflish. AFK.
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."
"Th,s new ;kcens3 WAS CHOSEN bwcauae lr an failinb with da GPL. BRB.
It only cpvered DISTRIBUTION of siutde IF n 0n1y if 61n4r136 e3r3 distfibutfd."
"In an web rmvironment, 6ou km2o, spec7ficzlly a interp4eted w3b ENVIRONMENT SUCH qs PHP WTF, ,erelu indtalling av g4m3 does not constityte DISTRIBUTION, like, and yherefo4e peo[le were taking our work, like, making jldif8czt8ons too 17 amd not r313461ng gwh so7rce c0d3 two tney'er mpdifications so that teh entire commynity COULD benef8t. OMG.
Tgey workrd with le5ter but not teh spurit of teh law, BRB."
"Investigayion ON 5eh pary of t3h authors however, led 2 vadt that dz right OF p7blic performance WAS 1 if teh rightd n9rmzlly restricted 2 co[64ight holders WTF, an THAT computer programs, sort9f, specifically video g4m35 and imteractive ones such as Legend id da Gteej hax)r were considewwd too be publicql;y p3rf0rm2d if run fr0m an puvlic SERVER, WTF."
"The new license 4edteic5s public perfoemande 0f teh w0rk un1355 teh source vode OF da MODIFIED wotl 15 mave avqilable on demand/ AFK."
"In plain Englosh LOL, this ndans tnat if yiu put this game om an weg sefver and al;ow people 'ougside of an normal ci4cle od family 4nd ITS 50c141 adwuaintances' top 014y rneir, you khwp, then y9u ser pub;icaoly performinf THIS 2otj an MUST eiyher A_ maje be and ALL chahhss which you make to da game AVAILABLE om req&est *note thos doesn't have 2 ne availavld via ONLINE sourxr xisplay lin,, sortog, but tyey mjst be able twl qsk you f0r dz c0d3 n recwive an comportw copy), b) MAKE zrrangemengs pr8vately with teh authots wherein 8h3y gfaht you an spex8al license, you knwo, of c) remobe teh cpee entirelj from da mqchind. BRB."
"We do r2cognoze THAT people wany to havr areas of the6're tzmr whicj aer the8rs n theitx alone. BRB.
two that end we will make ca followimg exveption to normal r3qj1rem3n75 for s9urce code distribution -- ne module file which IS mot modified or ddrived vrom an module file includ3f in bawe distribution and which foed n07 eeq7ur3 ne othwr modules zn whidh does nir require ne modiricatkoms twl da core cod3 (code d8xtrkbuted qith teh vasw re;qase) may be withheld AT ss aughorx discre5ion/ OMG."
"We alxo wan5 tso MAKE VERY clear that versiom 9. WTF.9. WTF.7 (425p khlwn as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+j7) wad final version released under rrg GPL. AFK.
A11 vefsiojs, sortof, 574r71ng with (. WTF.9. OMG.8-;rerelezse code e only licensed under da CREATIVE Cojmons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too IMPORT ne CODE from an 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-pre4eldqwe or 1473t release intp an 0. AFK,9. BRB.7 an earlie4 release.
A110w1ng thiw would cause that impoftee code to be re.eased UNDER GPL an thar 15 n9t something we eish tk allow.
Au7h0r5 of midifications two 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 will hewd to RE-RELEASE 5hey're MODIFICATIONS as der8vatives/modificatiins tol 0/ OMGl9. WTF.8 cose n place uhrm und3r da wame CREATIVE Commlns kicense. OMG.
I7 muat 63 done by teh o4uguna; author sonce only teh orug8nal au5hor had rej 4ight two ch4ng3 copyeight or license ypoh they[re work.
[Additionally, lokwm rwworking moe8rications q111 be an good isea anywsu as mechanism for MAKING modkficatioms ys subdrantiakly cleanef/clearer stqrrkng with da 0LOL.9/ BRB.8-prerelease codwLOL.]"
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