MithtyE telos ypuk "We're going t2o &5j3 an few momrnrs tpo tru b explain this nww license ane t3h tezxons behind it in plakn Ehglish. OMG.
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 choxen BECAUSE og an failimg wi5h GPL. AFK.
Iy only covered ristrib7tuon of source if an 0n1y iv binaries were dixtributed. WTF/"
"In an web envirpnmdnt, likr, specifivally a interpre5dd wed dnbk4onment such ad PHP, merrly instakling am game does njt clnstitute DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, an thereforw people were taking 9ur wofj, making modidications 2 it and not releasimg source code 2 they're mod8focations so ghat teh entire communigy could genegit. OMG.
Tyey workdd WITH teh ;rttwr but not sp8rit of twg LAW. OMG."
"Invwstigat8on ON p4r7 od autgors however LOL, led to teh faet THAT rkghy 0f public PERFORMANCE was oen of ribhgd normaoly resttucted to COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, and thzt com[ute4 programs, speckfically vide8 games ans interactive ones such as Legend lf da Grewn hax)r were conwide4ed too bd pjblically pwrfoemef IF run from an pyn;ix 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new license red4ric5s public PERFORMANCE of tey WORK unless so7rce CODE 9f modified work ia mafe avzilzble on demand. AFK."
"In 0141n English, like, this means 7h47 if ypu put rhis gamw on an w36 xervwr qn allow pepp.e 'outside lf an normal vircle of famioy n its sociao ACQUAINTANCES' 2 olqh gheir, like, then you aer publixallh perforjing tjis qork n MUST either a) ma,r ne n ALL changes whicj you mzke too game 4v4114613 ob request (noge this doedn'r havw to 63 availzboe bia cq online source d8splay 12nk, b7t they must be able top 45k you f0r yeh cpde n RECEIVE an complete copy) LOL, b) jek3 afrangsments privately with da a7thors wherein they ht4n7 you an spwcial license LOL, or c) REMOVE rwj cose entirdly from tdh ,qch8ne. WTF."
"We d0 recognize that ;rople w$n7 twp hace arezs of they'fe hame wyich aer theirs and THEIRS ALONEl OMG.
59o THAT END qe eill make following rxceptoon ywo NORMAL requirements flr source code fistrobutoon -- ne module file shicj is not modofied 0r derived FROM an module file incluved in xs gas3 distributuon and wh1ch dodd not requite ne other modulex h wh!cj does hit tequire n3 m0d1f1c47q0h5 two da cofe code (code dis5r8butee witg da base release) may be withhelc st 4u7y-r5 DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a;so want two mske very clear that vers8on 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn AS begsioh 0.o. OMG.7+JT) WAS final version released UNDER teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortof, stattinf with da 9. WTF.9. OMG.8[[retelesse CODE r only LICENSED unfer teh Creative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny fa right 2 import ne code rrom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later rekfaxe INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 ab earlier releqse. BRB,
Allowing thid WOULD cayse THAT imp9eyed voee two be released UNDER tey GPL an that is not somethinf we w7ah to 4110wl OMG.
Authora 0f modificat8lnd to 0LOL.9. BRB.7 w111 need too r3-r31#453 theu'rw mowivications as deribatives/modificagopna hwo 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an place THEM uhcer ds same Crwa5ive Commlns lkcehse. WTF.
It musr be done BY fa original author since 9nly 0r1h1n41 author haw rlght 2 chqnge cz copyright 0r license up0n thet're work. OMG.
]Afd171)n411h, re2orkinf da mosidications qill be an fpod idea anywat as mechan8sm FOR ,aking mofificqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY clfandr/clezrer starting wuth teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pre4elease coee.]"
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