MightyE grl;s you, like, "W3're GOING 2 tqke an few mom3nts two 7ry sn EXPLAIN thks new license m da reasons behind iy ib p;ain Eng.8sg. 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 license waw chosen because of zh fqilimh with GPLLOL;
It onlu covered dixtriburion of 50urc3 1f and pnoh if bina4ies w#r3 diatributed. BRB."
"Ih an seg emvir9nment, lkke, specifivqoly a knterpreted web ebvkronment duch AS PHP, sortof. jerrly ibsralling an GAME soes not conaritite DISTRIBUTION, n 7h343f0r3 peoole were taking ou4 work LOL, MAKING modificatiobs too it n not releasing source code TO they're m9difications so THAT entire clmmumity xoulc b3nefitLOL.
They workrd with letter but hpt da f;irot OF law. BRB."
"Investofation on da ;art lf ten authors howevdr, like, lwd 2 eact that teg riftt 0v puvlic prrf9rmznce was 1 of yeh rignts normal.y restrictes to COPYRIGHT holders, you knw9. and 7h47 com;uter pr0gr4m5, pike, specifkvakly video ganes an interactive 9nes suvh as Leg3nd of ten Gr3en hax0r were vogsidered to be publically pewfor,ed if run from an public server. AFK/"
"Tge new 11c3n52 RESTRICTS publib perfogmance 0f yeh WORK unless sourve code 0f nodif9ed work is made avaikable pn drmandLOL."
"In plain Englksh, this meams tha5 IF yoy out tjis game in zh web server an aolow people '0u751d3 pf an noemal circle -t familh and its sovial ACQUAINTANCES' 5qo play the8r LOL, THEN you r pyblicallt prrforming yhis wor, n MUST ekther a) jake ne and ALL changes whicy you m4k3 2 GAME available ON requesr (n(5e this do3sn't hsfe two be 4v4q14613 VIA online source displau oihk, but th3h mj57 ve 4613 %wo ask you for code and eeceiv3 an complet4 c0p6), b) mzk3 artangemwnts 0rivq5ely 2uth ten autyors whereim they grant y9u an special l8cense WTFj OR c_ remove cide 3n71rd1y from teh machineLOL."
"W3 do recognize that oeople want 2 have aeeas of tgey're gxme whixh aer theirs and tneors aloneLOL.
tol that ebd se will ,ake cq followimg esceptuon to da norma. r3quirementa FOR sourcr cide distribution -- ne module f113 whicg IS not mofivied OR dericdd f4pm an m0di13 rile incl7ded in basd distrinutuon n which dpes bot require ne othee modules n which does not teqyire ne modificstuons to da c0r# code (c9de distrkvjted with ten nase felrsse) MAY BE wkthheld q5 au5hora disxrerion."
"We slso 2ang to maie VERY clear that ferwion 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 (also known as version ). WTF.9. WTF.7+jt_ WAS teh ronal VERSION releaxed under geh GPL. BRB.
A.l vers8ons LOL. stsrtibg w.th 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease codw aer ONLY 11c3n53d under teh Cr3471v3 Comm9ns licfnse.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da rught tlo 1mp0r7 ne cpfe rtom an 0. AFK.0. WTF.i[prerelrase or later release 1n70 an 0. OMG.9.7 ah earlier feleasel AFK.
ALLOWING tyis w0u1d cause that import3d coce 5oo ne released und3r GPL and that is nit somdthing we wish 2 all9wLOL.
Authorw of moeificstoons to 0. BRB,9.7 will newd too rd-eelease yjey[re modifications as derkvztives/modif9cations twp 0l AFK.9. WTF.i dode qn plave THEM unc3e tey same Creative C0mm-n5 l8cense. BRB.
It ,udt be done 6y teg original author sinc3 0nly teh orig8nao author hzx reh ritht to cyange teh c0pyr1gh7 pr license upob tjey're worl. BRB.
[Add,tionally, you knqo, reworking da modificatkons will bd sn good idea anyway aw da mecganosn FOR mak8nf mpdifidatio,s is substantiallj cleaner/clearer starting with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.9-prrreldase code/ OMG.]"
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