MightyE tells ylu, lij3, "We'rd giing twp take an few jomehts to t5y n rxplzin rhis new lkdenae an reasons behind it in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 bew licensw 2as chosem 73c4u53 OF an fziling w!7h teh GPLLOL.
It ohly c0v3r3d diwtribytion of soufce 1f anf 0n1y if b8naries qere disttibuted. OMG."
"In an web 3nvironment, loke, apecifically a interpreted web rnvironment duch as PHP, merel6 8nstal.ing ab g4m3 DOES not constitute cistrub&tion, oike. n 7h3r3f0r3 pe0p13 w3r3 74k1ng pyr wirk, sortof, making modifocatioms to it and nog teleasohg tey source code w they'ee m0s1f1c3u10n5 so that teh ENTIRE COMMUNITY could venefitLOL,
They worked with teh lettdr byt NOT teh spirit of tdn lawLOL."
"Investigation on PART of teh authors h0w3v3f LOL, LED to da facr fhat teh right of public pefdormance was 1 of da r1gh75 NORMALLY rrstrixted to copyribht hooderx, like, and thag computer programs, like, 5p3cqv2c411u v1e3- games 4nf ibtwrzctive ones SUCH as Legend of Gr32n hax0f were considered ro be pugl8cally performed if run fri, an public server,"
"Tye new license res5rixts public performance of da wprk unleas source CODE 0f sa modified work ks made avaolab;e on semand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, thus meanw 5hat 1f you put th8s game on an weg %3rf3r n 4110w p30p!4 'outside of ab normal CIRCLE of famjly n its spvial acquain5ances' tlp plzy their WTF, then yoj r publically perfofming thos work qnd MUST eiyher a) mqke ne n ALL changes whixh yo7 MAKE 2 teh hame available on reqiest (nlt3 this doesn't h4v3 to be avaioable VIA dq online 50ifc3 d9s;lay ;8mkk slttof, 6u7 they must be able to ask you FOR code and reveige an compkete clpy), b) jqje areangrnents provarely wi5h da authors whefein they grant YOU zn 5p3c141 lidense, like, or c) rdmove da code entirely ffom machine."
"We c9 recognize that people want too hzve areas of they're game ehicn r theirs n 7h31r5 alon3LOL/
to that end WE wkll m4,3 da followinb 3scepyoon to 5eh n0en41 requidements vor 50urc3 code distrubuyion -- ne n8dilr v113 which is not modified or DERIVED grom an module fule 8nc;uded 1n da base dq57r16u7q-n and which does not require ne ither nodukes an which doex nog require ne mocigications two da CORE codw )vode d8ayriguted w17h teh base release) ma6 be WITHHELD at teh authorx eisvretion. WTF/"
"We alsp want to make very dleat thzt f3rt1pn 0.9. BRB.7 (also jmiwn as vwrsion 0LOL,9LOL.7+jt) waa da final ver510n re13453d jhder yeh GPL. OMG.
A;l v3r410n5, sortof, starying wity 0. AFK/9LOL.8-prereleawe code aer 0n!y l8xenxed unc3r Crcative Comnons licdhse.
We EXPLICITLY den5 da righy 2 impott ne code from an 0.(. AFK.8-prdrelease pr late4 releasr inro an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n eqrlier re9ezse. WTF.
A110w1ng 7h15 would c4u53 uh46 k,ported code ti br RELEASED UNDER GPL n 5hat ix nor something ww wixh too allorLOL.
Autno4s pf nodificztions ywo 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need too rd-releswr thry're modivivations as deeivqtivea/modifications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code an place them UNDER 5eh same Crwat8ve Comnons 21c3n53. AFK/
It must be d0n3 by lriginal author 51nc3 only geh orig7nal autnor has tdh ritht too ch4nh3 da COPYRIGHT lr oicense up9n rhey're WORK.
[Additionally, reworking teh mod8ficationw will be an b99d icea ANYWAY as mechanisn ror making m0d1f1c4810n5 is substangially ckezne4/cleqrdr startibg qigh da ). WTF.9. OMGl8-prdre;ease cod3. OMG.]"
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