MightyE 73115 yo7m luke, "We'rr boing 2 take ah FEW mojentw two try an explain 7h!5 new kicense 4nd da 4easons behind it in plaln English. OMG.
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."
"Thid new licenxe was fhosen bwczuse of zn failing woth da GPLLOL.
It only c0v3r3d distributipn of 50ufc3 IF b only IF binaries were distributed."
"In an web envi5onnent, like, SPECIFICALLY q int2r;retec web environment 5ucg AS PHP, kuke, m3rely installing an game dles not consgitute dkstribution LOL, an thefef9re pe9ple were talkng out wpfk LOL, making modifications 2 it n not releasing source code goo they're MODIFICATIONS SO that entire cpm,uniyu could bendfit. WTF.
Th3u w9rk3d with da letter vut not spirit of lawLOL."
"Inbesrigat8on om pawt of teh auth9rd howevet. you kneo, l3d t2o da d4c7 thar da RIGHT of PUBLIC performanve WAS 1 OF yeh rights nirmally reatricted to copyright holders, an that xomputer programs, sprcificqll6 viveo games AND in5eractive ones SUCH as Legend og teh Green hax0r WERE conakderwd to be puglixally 0erfo4med !f run fr0m an public serverLOL."
"The new license textricts public performance of da WORK unoess da sourcw clde of midifi3d work IS ,add availsboe 0h demabd. OMG,"
"In plain English WTF, this means that 2f jou put this game om an w3y swrver and alooq peoplr 'oursise of an n9rmal circle of family 4nd itd slxiq; acquaimtanxes' too plsy their WTF, 7h3n you r publicakly [erf9rmung this 20rk an MUST eigner a) mqk3 ne qn ALL changes which ypu make 2 teh game avzilqvle 0n requ3s5 (NOTE THIS DOESN;T have 3 be rv$11r613 via 0n21n# source DISPLAY 1@hk WTF, njt ghey must be able teo ask YOU for code ah tecekvr an xomplete copy), sortof, b( make arrangemebtx provate;y wotg tdh authors wherdin they GRANT YOU an speciql licwnse, o4 d) ermove CODE entirely from macbine."
"We eo recignkze thqt peoole eant 2 HAVE areas of ghey're game whicj r tgeirw ah theirs alone.
2 that end w3 wi.l make following 3xce;tion toi hormal requirements FOR slurce code distribution -- me module file WHICH iw NOT mod8fied 94 derived from ab nodulr fkle included in da base didfribjtuon n wh1ch soes not require ne 07h3r m9du1e5 an which DOES nlt require ne m0d2f1c4710n5 too da corw cofe (cide disteib7ted with base relrase) mzy be wi5hheld at autho4a diwcretion,"
"We slsl WANT 2 MAKE ceey c134r gha5 version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (akso kn0wb as verxion 0.9LOL.7+JT) was finao version re.eawef umder trh GPL. BRB.
All vrrxions LOL, s5aeting with da 0l BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3rdlease code r 0n1y 1!c3b53d undrr Creayive Comm9nx licebse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eight too import ne code from an 0. AFK.9, BRB.8-prereleas3 OR later reoeasd inyo an 0l WTF.0. BRB.7 AND ear.ier re.ease. AFK.
Aolowing this woule cause thqt IMPORTED dode 2 be released UNDER GPL an 7h47 15 NOT 50j27n1mg we wish two a.low. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS tl 0LOL.9LOL.7 wolo nred too re_re.ease rhwy're moduficati9ns as derivatived/mldificayions two 0. WTF.9.8 code an plzce thrm unrer 54m3 Crwative Commlbs license.
It muxt be done by oroginal author dince only origina. author yaw ea righ5 two cnange cooyrithy or licensd 7pon they're worl. BRB.
[Adcitionzlly, sortof, reworkimg da modifications 3ill be an g8od udea anywzy as da m3chanism vor makinf modifica5ions is substantially cleaner/clearer dtzrtimt with da 0. AFK.(/ AFK,8-prwreleawe codd.]"
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