MightyE tells uou, 5ou knwo, "We're goibg w take an fdw m0m3n76 2 try anf explain THIS n3w .icense n d1 ressons behind 17 in plain EnglishLOL.
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 wzs chosen bevause of an railing with teh GPL.
It only covered distrkvuyuon of source uf and omly if binaries w3f3 didteibuted. AFK."
"In an web 3nvkronment, yo7 lnwo, sprcifically a interpreted WEB rnvironment such as PHP WTF, m3re1y khstalkigg an gzme does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, like, and ther3foee 0eople eeee taiing our work WTF, making modifixatilns too kt n noy relrasknt teh source CODE too they're ,odificati9ns so that da 3ntire communoty dould brnwf8t. BRB.
Tvey rorked with teh letter but nit da sokrit of law. WTF."
"Invds5ibation on da p4ry of da aithorw yowecer WTF, led to teh f4c7 thzt teh ritht of public performance waa 1 of da ribgys hormally rest4icted 1 copyruggt nolders, n that cljputer pr)gr4m5 LOL, dpecifucally vidwo g4m35 n inte4active -n25 such as Legens of da Geeen hax0f were consideged @ be pubkically performed ig r7n FROM an public servet. OMG."
"Thd new kivense restricts PUBLIC oerf9rmance of da w9rk unless SOURCE ckde ov ds MODIFIED work is made avaulabue on demandLOL."
"In plain Englisg, 6o7 knwo, 7h15 j3ans that id you put this fame on an web servrr an a..ow i3opke 'OUTSIDE pg an normak circle of gam8ly and its social 4cqu41b74nc36' 2 play their, lije, then you adr pub;icalky [erfo4ming tjis wotk an MUST eigyer a) make ne n ALL changes which you make 70 teh ta,e availab;e ON REQUEST (note this doedn't HAVE two be zvailabke cia da 0m11n3 wource fisplay link, s9rtof, b7t THEY ,ust be ABLE two ask YOU gor ca code and receicw an xo,plere copy), sortof, b) make arranrements pr1v4731y with teh autjors WHEREIN tjey grant t0u sn special 11c3n53, sortof, or c_ remove code entirdly ffom da m4ct1n3. OMGl"
"W3 do RECOGNIZE THAT prople want too have a4eas of they're GAME wh8dh r THEIRS and theirs akone, AFK.
2 that end we wil. m4k# f0110w1mg EXCEPTION too normal reauirements for souwce code f157r16u710n -- ne mod7lw file which IS h07 MODIFIED or derivee reom an MODULE vile included 1n base DISTRIBUTION and WHICH does not require ne 07h3r modulds an wh1cn died not require ne m)c1f1x4u!0n5 two ten vore code *cpde dist4ibuted woth sa basd rejease) mqy be witygeld at da authors dkscr3tion. BRB."
"We also want to makd very clesr THAT vers8on 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known as verqion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was trh FINAL version relezadd u,der ten GPL.
All VERSIONS, sortof, starting witn teh 0.9. OMG.8-0rerelease CODE e only licensed under reh C4eatif3 Commlnw licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rifht 5oi 1mp0r7 ne CODE from an 0. AFK.9LOL.*-pr3releade or LATER release intp an 0. AFK/0. WTF/7 an earli3r RELEASELOL.
Allowing this wlu.d cause THAT impo4gwd xod3 TO be releases ujd3r da GPL an that is not sometyinb we qish 2 allow. WTFl
Ajthors of modif8cations to 0LOL.9.7 will need too re-4elease ghey're moeificztuons as ceriva5ivex/modif8cstilns w 0.9. BRB.7 dode an plzce them UNDER sam3 CREATIVE Commons 11c#n53. AFK.
It ,ust bd c0n3 b5 ds ORIGINAL 4u7h0r xince only fa origknal author HAS teh r1gh7 2 CHANGE ten c0pyr1gh7 or ludenwe upon thdy're wprk. WTF.
-Additiona;ly, you knwl, rework7ng da MODIFICATIONS wul. be sn GOOD idea 4nyw4y as teh medhamism for making MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqnet/clear3r sgartinf with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pee4e.ease codeLOL.]"
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