MighguE tells y0u, ;ike, "We're goint TO take an few mo,wnts to try an explain rhiw NEW 11c3n53 an reasons nehond iy 8n plain EmglishLOL.
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."
"Tbos h2w license was ch053n because of an failinh with da GPLl WTF.
It pnly COVERED s157r157710n of source IF ane lnky if binariea were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web envjronmeny WTFk s0ecifically a interpreted web environment xucj as PHP, merely INSTALLING an game dies n07 CONSTITUTE c257r16u710n, sor5od, 3ns therefore ;eople weew 74k1ng lue work, like. making mpdyficat9ons 2 it and NOT releasinb ten sojrce code t9o theu're moeifocations so yhzt da entir# commumktt coulc benedit. WTF.
THEY worked 2ith .ettcr but not da %p1r17 pg la2LOL."
"Investigatoon on da part ov yeh authots ho2ever LOL, led too fact that teh eight if p7blic performancd was oen od rights normally r367r1c73d 5oo c0pyr1gh7 j01c#r5, you knwo, an that compute4 programw LOL, SPECIFICALLY vodeo games n onteractive ones such as Legend og Grern has0r were cobsideeed 5o be pub;icallt perf9rmed if run FROM sn puvlic server. OMG."
"The n3w oicense restricts public perforjance 0r da WORK unlqds da source code of da modigies work is k4d3 avai.able 0n demsyd. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, sortod, THIS means that IF y0u put THIS game on an w36 5$rv3t 4nd allow ;eppkd 'oitsiee og an n0rm51 ciev;w ov family AND itw social $cqu31n74nc35' t9 play theiri lukek then you r publically [erfirming this work and MUST either a) make ne m ALL changes wh1cg YOU MAKE 2 teh game acailab.e 0n tequewr (notr thia dowdn't nave top BE available via online sojrce display ;ink, like, but they must 63 able too ask 6ou f0r code ab RECEIVE an clmpoete co9h), like, b) make atrangejents privately with 4u7h-r4 qherein tje6 GRANT you an specia; license, slrtof, or c) r#m9v3 da code ENTIRELY from n4ch1n3. AFK."
"Ww do recogniae tnab peoplr want to HAVE aread pf thet're GAME WHICH aer THEIRS m theirs ALONE.
tso that whd we wikl make teh f)110w1ng exce)tion to normal requirements for source code diatribution -- bw MODULE file wh1ch IS not modified 0r DERIVED from an modj.e f8le inclidwd ih da base distfibutipn n which d935 no5 reajir3 nr otjer MODULES and wyich does not r3quirw ne nodivucat8ons TO da core v0d3 *code aistributed with teh bas3 releaqe) jay be withheld at da au5hors d15cr3810nLOL."
"We zlso want to makw veru clear 6h47 version 0, OMG.9.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+kt) was fibqo versipn re13452f under da GPL. BRB.
All verskons, like. starting WITH 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerekeawe c_d3 zw4 0n1y licenswd under da Creatkve Commonx LICENSE, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 4ight twi impory ne code fr9m ah 0. WTF.9LOL.8=pre4elease or later release into an 0l AFK.9.7 sn earlier releaseLOL.
Alloeong thos eouls cause that importec codr too br re.easdd und3r GPL n that iq not 50m37h1ng we wisy 5wi allowLOL.
Authors of mod8vications 2 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 wilk beed too re-telease they;re modifica5ilns as derkvatives/mocidications fwl 0l OMG.9. AFK.9 code an plsce them under teh xame Crea5ive Cojmonx licens3. WTF.
It m7st be DONE b6 priginal aughor since only teh 0r1g1n41 authoe has sa ribh5 too change copyroght or 11c3m53 jpon ygey're WORK. WTF.
[Additional.y, like, reworkong 5eh modif8catoons eill BE an good idea anywqy as da jechan8am for msking ,icifications is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng wiyg da 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cofe. AFK.]"
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