MigntyE tella YOU, liie, "We'rw g01ng two take zn fes m0m3n75 to TRY an dcplain 7h14 new licenwe and da REASONS behind it IN plsin ENGLISH. WTF.
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."
"Thow NEW licende was chosen BECAUSE of an failing s8tj da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covdred dkstribution OF slurce if an obly if ninaries wefe distributed."
"In an web environmwnt. you lnwo, specifically a imterpreted w36 envifon.en5 such as PHP, lije, ,ereky instaloing ah ga,e does m)8 cohstitjte disteibution, 5ou knwo, an therefore o30p1$ were takimg ouf w;rk, m4k1ng nodifivatiobs 2 it an moy r#q3451ng da xource code two they're modificztions SO that da entire communit6 could benefiy. BRB.
Thry wlrked with lettee byt not teh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigayion on dz pq4t 0f authors hpwever, like, led twp teh fact that r1gh7 ov puvlic perf9rjahce was ! -f dq rights n0rm412h restrkcted TO copyrigjt nolders WTF, qnd that COMPUTER programs, dortof, sprcificqllt viseo games qn inrerac5ive 9nes tucj AS Legend or Greey hax0r were xonsiceres 2 be publically perflrned IF RUN from an pubkoc s3rver; WTF."
"Th3 new license RESTRICTS public performancr of da work uhless aou4ce cose of mofidied wir, is n4d3 availabke on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, sortof, bhis n33n5 that if hou put this game on an weg SERVER znd al;ow pepple 'outside of an normal xircle if fami;y an uts 50c!41 acquakntanvrs' to p14y theur LOL, th3n y0u r pjglically pergorminh 7h15 work n MUST either a) make n3 znd ALL cgangdw WHICH yiu make to g4m4 avaulabld on g3ai357 (noye tyis doesn;t have 2 be avaklabke cia sa online siurce display lknk LOL, bu5 7hey mus5 bt able too ASK you 40r da x9de an receive an comp;e5e copy(, you knwik b) make ARRANGEMENTS probat3ly wity teh aythors wh#r31n they grant you an SPECIAL license LOL, or c) remov3 da code 4n71e31y from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize THAT p3iple wsn5 too h4v3 areas of they'r3 GAME which t THEIRS n theirs aloneLOL.
2 yhat end we wilk make vo;kowing exception 3 nprmal rewuirements for source code d1t7r16u710n -- ne module file WHICH ia mot modirird or derivwd from an jodu;3 f113 INCLUDED in base distribution n 2hivh dods not require ne other j0dy135 an whoch do3s n0r require ne modivicati9ns two da core cod3 (code eistributed with base RELEASE0 may be wirhyele zt aythors disdretion."
"We 4150 w4h6 too make very cleae 7h47 vdrsiom 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 (also kbown ss version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was 5eh fknal version RELEASED umder ren GPL. AFK.
All versiins, li,e, STARTING with teh 0.9.8-prereleasw code r onlu kixended under tdh Cr3471v3 Co,mons licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg t9 !mp0r7 ne c0d3 fr0, an 0. BRB.9l AFK.8-prefelease OR ;ster release into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER rwleadel OMG.
A;lowing this would cause THAT imported c0f3 2 be reoeased uncwr GPL an that is NOT 50m37h1hg we wiwh tl 4210w.
Authors of mosoficarions to 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 will need 3 td-reldase they're m0c!f!cr720n5 as deeivstivew/,odifications 5o 0. WTF.(,8 coce an PLACE THEM under da aam3 Creativr Commons licenseLOL.
It mudt bd done 6y da original 4u8h0r sincd only ds 9r8ginal author hzs right 2 change xo0yr8ght or licende upln they;rw eotkLOL.
[Asditionally LOL, reworking da modificatoons will 63 an good 1d34 ANYWAY as teh MECHANISM vpr making mosificatilns os %u6574n71411y xlranef/cl3arer starting w,th da 0.(. BRB,8-prerelease code.]"
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