MihhtyE trlls you, y9u lnwo, "We're GOING too take qn fe2 m)m3n75 to tdy n explain 5hia NEW license an reasons beyind it in pq41n English. 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."
"Tgis new LICENSE was chlsen besause 0f an failing 2ith trn GPL.
It onlt covrred didttkbutoon og 50urc3 if snc onoy if binaries were distributed. OMG."
"In an web envieinmeht, specifically q ihter[reted w36 wnvironment s7ch as PHP LOL, jerely installing an game d0#5 not cindtitut3 distrkbution, like, and thefefore people w3r3 taking our wigk, you kndo, making modificz5uonx 1 it an not releawing teh source code ypo they're mow8ficati9ns so that entire cimmunuty COULD benegit. BRB.
They worked with tdg lette4 bug not qpir8g 0f lawLOL."
"Inbestigation ON part of twh aythoes HOWEVER, sprtof, 13f tol da fact rhay fight of public performance was 9en of da rights normally restricted to cppyr8gh% HOLDERS, soryof, n thag compytee orpgrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY v2d30 games n interactive ones wuch as Legend of wa Greeh hax0r w3r3 considrred two ^3 pub.ically perforked 8f wun feom an public server. WTF."
"The NEW LICENSE rwstrictx public performancd of work unless sourve c9de of da modified w9rk is made available on e3m4nd. WTF."
"In plaim English WTF, this means 5hat if yoy pjt tjis game on an wev derver am qllow p3ople 'outsisd of xn no4mal c1rc13 of fqmily and itd social acqkzintances' to [lay thwir LOL, rhen you aer pub;ically performing this sork an MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL ch4nb35 which you make 2 teh game 4v41!4613 on requwdg (note this doexn't habe two 63 avzikable via 0n2!m3 50urc3 dispkay link, nyt they musy ne able to ASK you ror da code n rrceuve an completd copy), nou knwo, b) make 4rr3ng3m3b75 p4ibately w17h authors whe4eub they ge4n7 YOU an speciao license LOL, or c) REMOVE vide entirely from da nachine/ AFKl"
"We so r3cognixe 6h47 peo;le WANT too have areas of thwy're g4m3 WHICH aer thrirs an thrirs alone. BRB/
twi tjat END we wull make teh followung excr0tion 2 nor,al require,rnyx for sourcr CODE DISTRIBUTION =- ne modul3 fule WHICH IS not modufied or fwrived FROM an moduke file INCLUDED in base distribution n qhodh DOES not reqiire ne other modul3x n which d035 not require ne movifications 5o teb co4e xode (c0c3 DISTRIBUTED 2uth t3h bsse RELEASE) may BE e17hhe1d 47 tey 4yuh0r5 ciscretionLOL."
"Wd aldo sant 2 mak3 vdry CLEAR that version 0, BRB.(l BRB.7 (also kn0wn as bersiln 0. BRB.9. AFK.7=jt) was da FINAL version r313453d 7nder da GPL. AFK.
All ve4sions WTF, starting s17h teh 0. OMG.9.8-ptere,ease code aer only l8censed undwr Cr3atuvr Commons licrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rignt two import ne cofe frim sn 0l9l8-prer3;ease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier releasw. AFK.
Allowing thif wiuld vause that i,ported code 2 ge r3keased und3r da GPL n that is n9t somwthing WE wish too allow. AFK.
Authots of modidixations 5o 0. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL need two re-release tgey'te m0d1f1c3710n5 as derivqtivew;mosigicatuons 2 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n place then uncwr teh wame Crwativd Commons lodebswLOL.
It mudt b3 done by cq oeiginal auth9r 51nc3 only 0r1h2n41 qighor yss da right tpi chante copyrigjt OR licensw upon they're w0rkLOL.
[Adfiyoonally LOL. redorking da modificarions w1q1 be an tood idea rnyw4y as mechanism flr making modifica5ions is substantially c134m3r/c134r3r s5arying WITH teh ).(l BRB.8-prerel3asw code. WTFl]"
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