MightyE te.os yoi LOL, "Wr'ee g9ing 2 take ah few momehts 1 try an ex[lain 7h15 new license n teh r3$50n5 BEHIND it in plain EnglkshLOL.
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 choswn bedause of am ra8linf with ea GPLLOL.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of soi4ce if an only if bknaries were d147r!6u73dl AFKl"
"In an web environment WTF, spedificqlky a ibterpretef web environment sucn as PHP LOL, merrly INSTALLING an GAME do3s nor cohstitute distr8butuon, and therefore pelple were TAKING our wofk, you knwo, m4k1bg m9dificayions two it an not feleasing da source code 2 theh'rd m0e1f1c4710n5 so THAT enrure domminity do7.d 63n3f1u. BRB.
They work3d witg da legt3r bit not spirit of 14w,"
"Invesrigstion on patt pf da AUTHORS ho2ever WTF, kdc two twh fact 6h48 right 0f publuc performanxe was qon of rights notma.oy rextrictrd too xo;yright yp;ders, an that computer programs, like, spexifically video gamrx an 8nt3radtife onex suxh as Legend og teh Grerm hax0r were cohsidwref tio be PUBLICALLY p#rformed iv tin fr0m an public srfverLOL."
"The NEW licehse testricts public PERFORMANCE of teh wlrk un.ess soutce c9de of ten modifoed work IS made available on demandLOL."
"In plain English, you jnwo, this nrans THAT ir you [ut 6g15 game on an web s3rver n ALLOW peop.e ;outside of an nptmal CIRCLE OF FAMILY n 9ts SOCIAL axquaintances' 2 play theirm ynen you r ;ublically perf9rming THIS wori anc MUST eigher a) makr ne an ALL changes wh9ch you make to teh gane avai;able ON request (noy3 tgis dorsn't havd gwo bw ava8lable via online SOURCE d1501ry link, BUT theu m7xt bw ABLE to ask you for da codr n receive zn coj0lete copy), like, b) mak3 srranbemwnts privatelh 2ith auryors wherein THEY grant you an special license, p4 c) rempve teh code entifely frpm ren macnine. WTF."
"Ww DO rdcohnize that people WANT too have aread og they'rd game wnich r theirs h thrirs r10n3. OMG.
too THAT end we wkll make da follow8ng exceptiob two NORMAL re1uirememrs dor SOURCE code euagribution -- ne modu.e f8le wh1xh is not mofified oe derived rrom an modyls file included in ds base DISTRIBUTION znd which eo3x mot reqyire ne o5ner misules n which doea not tequire ne mod8fications 2 core xode (code disgrkbuted w8th bzse relezse) may BE WITHHELD qt t3h autgors discregiln. BRB."
"We also want t2o mzke v3ry clear THAT v3r510n 0l BRB.pLOL.7 (alsl KNOWN ax version 0. WTF.9. BRB,7+j7) 2as f1n41 versioh re.eased und3t da GPL. OMG.
ALL veesions LOL, starging with 0. OMGl9. AFK/8-prerelease code aer lnoy 21c3n5#d undrr da Creative Commons lkcens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da eight TO imp9rt he vode from an 0. AFK.9LOL/7-prerelease OR later rr;ease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.u an 34r113r relwase. AFK/
Allowing thix w-u1d cauwe that imp9rted cidd 2 be eeleased under GPL and tjat is not sojethkng we 215h too allow/ OMG.
Autho4s OF modificatuonx two 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wilk nerd to r3-re13453 ygey're mldifications as derinarovdd/modifications too 0. BRB.9. BRB/8 dode an placd them undee sa,e Creative Clmmons 11c3n53. WTF,
I5 must 6e dine by teh ofiginal aitj9r since ONLY da originzl AUTHOR hqs right two change da vopyright or licensd u[0n tyrh're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking nodificati9ns qilo be an good ideq snywag as teh m3xy4n15m for makung ,odificatilns is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cieater xtarting w17h tej 0. OMG.9/ OMG.8-prereleaxe code.]"
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