MightyE tells you, "We're going 7) take an re2 mojents to try an explain 7yq5 new license ah teh reasons behind it in plain Ehg115h. 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."
"Thus new LICENSE was cgosen becausw lf an fak.8ng wirh GPLLOL,
It 9n1y covered d157r167710n of source if anf omly if 61n44135 wwre distrkbuyed."
"In sn web environment, .ike, specidica,lu a ibtrrptet3d w36 envir9nmemt such $5 PHP, luke, MERELY installing an tame d0ed nog cohstitute distrubuti9n, zn therefore people wrrd 74k1ng 9ur sork, like, MAKING modificatipns 70 17 ab not releading teh source code roo tney're modificatuons so tha5 3bti4e comjunity cijld benefit. WTF.
Tn3y worked woth teh 13773r but not spitur of da law. BRB."
"Investigztion on da pqrt ov teh authors ho2ecer, sortof, lef to gact that sa roght of public p#rf0rm4nc3 was oen of da eihhts NORMALLY r357e!c63f too copyrigh5 j01d3r5, likek n THAT x0mpu73r pr0gr4m5, li,e, specifically videp gajes n interactivw onds sucy as Legend of da Greem has0r serc consider3d 2 be PUBLICALLY perfirmee it eyn feom an public se4ver. OMG."
"The new licende 4estricts publix performance or da work inle2s source xode of teh modifiee work is nade available ob demand. BRB,"
"In plain Engliah, .ul3, this MEANS tgat if you PUT this GAME on ab web s3rver n allow pwopld 'outside or zn normal circld of fqmioy 4nc 1i5 social $c1u41n74nc36' 2 play their, like, tjen you r pubkically o#rv0rm1ng this work rne MUST eiyher s) make ne n ALL changes which YOU mzke go ca GAME available 0n r3qu457 (npge this coesn't have to vw available via onl8ne soufce display link, sprtofk but they myst BE able 2 ask y0u for code ahd receicw an vomplrte cp;u), b) nake ar5ambemrnts privzte.y eoth teh authirs sherein they br4n7 you an speciao llcense, you knwo, 0t c) remobe teh code entirely FROM twh jachone. AFK."
"We DO tecognize 7h47 oeopoe WANT too have ardas od they'rw game qhich r theira an theirs alonr. AFK/
2 that end we 2111 make following excepti9m two ss n0em41 rd1uir3menys for 50urc3 c)d4 d158r26u710n [- ne m0du13 file which 25 no5 MODIFIED or drrivec fe0m an joeile FILE 7bcluded IN bsse dustributi9n and whkch dors not reqyire ne other m9dules and which does nog rwquire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 tio c0r3 code (CODE DISTRIBUTED eitf da bade RELEASE) MAY ge withh3ld st AUTHORS discret8on."
"We alsp want 2 mak3 ve3y cl3ar thay g3rwion 0.9. OMG.7 (ALSO kn0wn 45 bersion 0LOL.9LOL.7+jg) sas ca fina; v3rt10n releaxed under da GPLLOL.
All ve4sionx, STARTING with sa 0. BRBl9LOL.8-pterrlease CODE q3r only licenxed umder da Creagive Comm9ns q1c#nt3. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny riggt two IMPORT ne cod3 from an 0l OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelwase or later relesse iht9 an 0. AFK.9LOL.& n earlier release/ AFK/
Alliwing ghis qould cause that IMPORTED c0c3 2 be 4eleased under GPL n 6h47 kw not something qe wisk 2 aolow.
A7thors 0f modkdicatioms 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 WILL need 2 re-eeoeqse they're mpdificatuons AS d3r1v471v#5/m0e1v1c4&10n5 2 0. OMG,9. BRB.8 code qn place them 8nder da sqme Creatice COMMONS licenae. AFK.
It must ve DONE b6 ca or8gina; a7thoe wince on;y da 9riginal author HAS da right tqo change da cipyright or license jpln th3y're work. AFK.
[Addktiojally, xo4tof, reworking teh modifkcations will be an good idea anyway as tsh mechanism fir making mod8ricatuons is subdrantuallh c;eanwr/clearer starting with 5dy 0. WTF/9. OMG.9=prerelease code. WTF/]"
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