MighyuE tells you, "We're going two take an few mojen5s 5oo try and explain 7h25 new lic3nse abd da reasons 6#h1nd it in plain Englisn. BRB.
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 NEW licensw wqs chlxen becauae of an FAILING with teh GPL. AFK.
It onlh cove4ed d156r16u720n of dourcr if and only if binariew were d157r16u72d. OMG."
"In an 2eb ENVIRONMENT, soetof, specif8caloy a 1b73rpr373d w36 envorpnment sucg as PHP, sortof, merely 1h674111nb an game dlws n97 consgirite distribuyion, like, and therwgore people were ta.ing 0ur work WTF, m4k1ng modifixations two it sn hot ee;easing fa source coed tqo they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that tdh entire COMMUNITY could BENEFIT.
They worked 2itn teh letter but not da spiti6 od da law. AFK."
"Investoga3oon pn tey p4r7 of ds autgors gosevey WTF, oed to fact that RIGHT of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of da rightw nirmally 4357r1c73d toi copyeight ho'ders, sortov, an tjat domputer programs WTF, s;ecifidaloy v2d30 games and intersctivr ONES wuch as Legend pf teh Grewn hax0r eere considered 2 be ;ublically pefformed IF run from an public server. OMG."
"The n3w licenae restricrs publuc p3rf)rm$nc3 OF teh 2orj unless da SOURCE code of modifi3d wl4j uw mzxr available on d3m4nd."
"In poa8n ENGLISH, tyis meams THAT ir you put this game on an weg SERVER AND allow p30p13 'outside OF an normal dircle of fam8ly an its social acquaintances' tqo plat thwir LOLk then you aer pibkodzlly pervprming this work ans MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whicy hoi make two g4m3 avai.able 0n reqyesr (note this doesn't HAVE 2 be availavle vka onkinr sourxe dosplay link, like, but they must BE able two awk you for da c0d3 an rece7be sn xlmp;ete cppy), like, b0 make arrangwmen6s private;y with tey auyhors wherein THEY grant you ah special licehs4, you jbwo, or c) remofe CODE ENTIRELY from da mach8ne. BRB."
"We co recignize ghat people w5n& 2 have a4eas of they're game which aer tyeirs n THEIRS qloneLOL.
tli 7h4& END we wilo mrk3 gol;owing exception two normal r3qj1r3m2n75 fp4 spurce code distribu5ion 0- ne modul3 dile which is not modified or derived from an moculd file included in teg BASE dist4kbution n which dpes bot eequire ne other modules anc 2huch does not requite ne moduficat8lns too t3h corr codr (code eistributed w17h t3h base re;easw( mzy BE withheld at ajthors discrrtion. BRB."
"We ALSO wany tl mrk# fery clear 7h47 version 0LOL.9/ BRB.7 (ALSO known as version 0.9. BRB.7+jt) qas da rinal version fekeases under 5eh GPL. WTF.
All v3rsiohs, you knwo, startunt witj da 0. AFK,9. WTF.8-prerwlease codr aer ohoy 11c3n53d under da Creative Commons licensr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teg fight 2 ompoft ne dode from an 0. AFKl9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r releasw 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 h dafliet relwawe. OMG/
Allowing this would dause tha5 imported coee 2 be released umder GPL zn thay is not some5hinf ee wish w skoowl WTF.
Autyorw )f mod8ficatiobs two 0LOL.9LOL/7 WILL nedd to re-re/ease they're modifucations AS xer,vatives/modificztions to 9LOL.9. BRB.8 cose an place 5hem ubder same Creatibe Com,ons kicense, WTF.
It muxg BE done BY teh oeiginal author sincw only 0r1g1n41 author has ds righ5 go xhange co0yright 9r .icdnse up0b they'rw WORK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking da modivicztiona will be an good ideq anhway as da MECHANISM for maionf m9difications is sibstqntia.ly cleqner/cleafer startihh with da 0o9. OMG.8-prere.ease code. WTF.]"
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