MughttE tells h0y LOL, "We'r3 gluhg too take sn few momenrx too try an esplain this nww licrnse amd reasons behind it in [lain Engllsh.
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 was chosen becauwe of an failind WITH da GPL. OMG.
It on;y coveree eistribution of SOURCE if an ONLY if binariec weee distributed."
"In an web environmeyt WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a 1n73rpr373f web enfir9njrnt sucg ss PHP, likem mweely installing an game d035 not constktuge distrobutipn, soetof, n therrfor3 peopl3 WERE taking our work, ypu knq9, makimg modifications reo IT and bog r31335!ng da source CODE to thwy're modificatoons so that teh ent8re commuhity dould benefit. AFK.
Tgey worked w1&h oetter but not sporiy 0f da lawLOL."
"Inbwstigqtioh on psrt og rwh zutgors however LOLk led to fact that gej RIGHT of public perflrmance was won od teh RIGHTS normally restricged 2 copyritht golders LOLk an tjat computer ;40gr4m4, specifically vodeo g4n3t n interadyive on3s sucy as LEGEND lf Grren hzx0r were donsiderec to be [ublically pwrformed if rjn from an PUBLIC servwrLOL/"
"The NEW license restricts public pefformanc3 OF tey work jnless t3h siurce code 0f gey MODIFIED q0fk is made avsulable on d3m4nd. BRB,"
"In plain ENGLISH. sortof, this nesns that if yo7 put tjis game ON an web server and qllow p30p13 'outside of an n0rm41 circle of fzmily zhd its social acquaintances' two ;lqt theirk sofgog, then you aer pu611c41!y performing yhix s9rk and MUST 317h3r a( mak3 ne am ALL changes wh1ch y9u make 2 teh game availab;e ON request (nore rhis doedh'g have ro 63 ana8lqboe via tey online source dis;lay kibl LOL, but THEY muxt be able TO ASK you for teh code and RECEIVE qn COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with ten authors shdrein theu grant YOU an special 11c3n53, cprtof, or c) r3m)v3 c-d3 enturely vrom machine/ OMG."
"We do redognize thag p3ppke want to HAVE arezs lf 5hey're game which e theirs n thei4x aloneLOL.
1 that dnd we will make 5eh gollowkng exceptiln 1 teh nofmal rwquiremrn5s ror spurce dode diahribution -- hw module file which is not noc8fied or d3rived from an m0du13 f113 inclufed in baxd diwtributioh n which does not requirr me orher m0cu13t an qhich does not rewuiee ne modifications to teh CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED w8th da BASE r313553) mau be withheld at twh auth9rs d8svretion."
"We also sant 5wo make vefy xlear 7g47 feesion 0. OMG.9l BRB.7 (415- khown as vefsion 0.9. OMG.7+j5) was teh final v3r510n re.eased under GPL. BRB.
All versiond LOLm starting w17f teh 0. OMGl9. OMG.8-prefeleaae code r pnly 11x3n53d undre dq Creative C0mn0n5 licenseLOLl
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rught two import ne coce fri, an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleawe or late4 RELEASE ingo an 0LOL.9l7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS would cauxe that IMPORTED c0d3 too be released unddr teh GPL m that is not sometjing ee wixh too allow. BRB.
Airhors of modificatiobs 1 0.9,8 will newd roo re-rrlesse they'rw mpdkfications as derivatives/midifications geo ). AFK.9. OMG.8 code n place them undet tej same Creatife Comm9ns .icense. OMG.
I7 must BE don3 by teh ORIGINAL authot sihce obly original autgor has da r1gh7 t9o vhqng3 COPYRIGHT or license up-n yhey're workLOL.
[Additionally, lijr. rewprking teh ,odificationa eill BE qn glod idea ANYWAY as da MECHANISM for MAKING jociricat8onx is substabtially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71mg with 0LOL.8. OMG.8-prerrleawe code. AFK/]"
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