MightyE tel.s you, soy5of, "We're goong 2 take an FEW jomenys two tt6 n explain tjis new LICENSE anc ds reaxons behind IT im plain English.
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 n3w license was ch053n because od an failibg qkth da GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribution )v sourcr if n ONLY if binaries sere didtrigutrd, OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c411y a inteeoreted wwb envi4om,ent such ad PHP, sirt9d, merely insta.linh am game does not donsritit2 d8attibution, an gheref9re people were tqking our work, slrtof, mak8ng m0d2f1c4710n5 rwo kt and not rel3asing teh source dode 2 they're mkeifucatiobs so tha5 entire co,munity cpuld benefktLOL.
They worked w16h lrtter but mot 5p1r1& pf da law, OMG."
"Inv3stigation 9n da par5 0f da zutyors hl2ever, sottof, lwd two da fadt 7g47 da right of punlid pe4fofmance was wpn OF yeh rightd nprmzllt reat4icted tqo COPYRIGHT hold3rd, sortof, n thzt computer programx, tou knwo, SPECIFICALLY fideo games ans onterac5ive pmes such as L3g3nc od teh Green hax0r w3f2 cobskdered 2 be publica.ly peeformee IF run from sn public serve4. BRB."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS p7blic p#3f0rm4nx2 of teh wor, in1355 xource code of da moeified work ix maee availqble ON femanc. AFK."
"In p.ain Eng115h WTF, this jeans THAT 1f yoi put this g4m3 on an web server b alllw peop.e 'outdide of an normal circlw of f4m11y and its social 4cwu4qh74nc#5[ tio p.ay tyeir WTF, rhen uou aer pu611c411h pdrf9eming yhis worm n MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL changes whixh tou make 80 da game AVAILABLE on rwquest (n073 7h15 eoesn'y hace two be availqble vis ea ONLINE doufcw dispkay lknk, tou lnwo, 6u7 gj3y must 63 aglw too ask yoi for da cofe n r3ceiv3 an c0mp13u3 COPY)k soetor, b) make 4rt4ng3m3n7t prifately with teh aythofs wherein they grant you an wpeciql licdnsem or c) remove da CODE ENTIRELY from mschine,"
"We d0 rfcotvize that people want yo have areas if they'te game qhich r tgeirs and theits alone/
too 7h47 ebd we wi;l mske teh followihg exceprion 2 da norma; fequirementa v0r 50uec3 code sistrubution -- ne joculd file which kx NOT mod8fief OR eerovef from an module fild jnckuded in teh 6453 d157r16u7!0b n which d036 noy requore ne othe5 modukws and shich doew not require ne jocifications ti teh core code (CODE fidtrobutec wigh teh base release) may ^3 withhelf at auyhord discreyion. BRB."
"We ALSO want to ma,e very c.ear &h47 verxoon 0. WTF.9LOL.8 (also known as vdrsoon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt_ 2as da final versiom rel3ases unddr GPL.
Alo versioms, sortof, startinh with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerdlease code aer ONLY licensed UNDER Creative C9mmohs LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight to imoort nd code drom an 0,9. WTF.8-prree.ease or lat3r release into zn 0LOL.9. OMG.7 sn earlier r3lease.
Allo3ing thks would cause that 8m;o4ted cide teo BE reoeased 7nder teh GPL an tga5 is not somwthing we wish 2 allos, OMG.
A75hord or modifications two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need too fe-relesdw theu're modificstuonw qs deribatives.modifkcations two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 CODE n place thdm uneer ssmw CREATIVE C9mmohs license. BRB.
It must BE done b7 5eh orugunal autho4 51nd3 pnly da ORIGINAL 4k7h0r yas ritht two change da vopyright of licrnse upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking mpdificationw will be an gooe idea qnyway as t3h medhanixm fot making modifications is substzngial;y cleaner/clearer starting wirh da 0. BRB/9. AFK/8-pfereleasw code. AFK.]"
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