MithtyE telld y0m, sortof, "We're go8ng 2 take an few moments 2 gr7 an explain 7j15 new lkcebse and teh reawlns behind IT in plain Eng115hLOL.
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 lucense was chos3b vecause of an failinf w8gh da GPL, AFK.
It onlt covered distribution of SOURCE if n omly IF binaries qeee eistrknut3d. BRB."
"In an w36 environmen5, like, specivicallu a ibterpreted web wnvirpnment sych 45 PHP, merely installing zn game doed not consyitugd didtribution, sortof, an thetefore people w3r3 tzking OUR WORK, uou knqo, making modigicationx 2 it and bot r3!3451nt teh s9urc2 code TO they're MODIFICATIONS 50 uh48 enture community eould v3nefit.
They worked with da LETTER bu5 hot teg spirit of 5eh law. OMG."
"Inv3atigatiin on teh PART of teh AUTHORS yoeever WTF, LED toi tey fact that gight of pu611v p3eformance was 1 of teh rights mormally restfictee to COPYRIGHT holders WTF, and that computee progra,s, specifically cidei dames AND knteractive ones such as Legend 0f teh Green hax0r were cinxiderec ywo be oublicallt performed iv RUN from an pyb.kc server."
"The NEW license e357r1c7% PUBLIC perf9rmanve of ten 2ork 8nless da slurce d0d3 or fa modified work IS nade available ob demand."
"In ;laih Englosh LOL, ghis meand that kf tou p7t tjis game on an web 53rv3r and allow people 'outsid3 of an m0rm51 vircle of family amd its xocial ac1uzingances' to plqy thei4, like, then y0u r pjb;ically p34f0rm1ng this work n MUST eiyher a) jzke ne and ALL cgang3s whoch you make too ca tam2 availab.e on rrqurst (note this do3an'g have 2 64 available vis 9nline 50urc3 display link LOL, but they must be sble too ask you fo4 c9fw n receive sn clmplete fppy) WTF, b) make arrangements privately with authors whegepn 7h3y geant ypu an sodcial license WTF, lr c) renovr twh cod3 entirely from bschine. WTF."
"We do recognize 7h47 people waht twl have ae4as of they'ee GAME whicg r THEIRS amd 7h31r4 alone.
too THAT end we w111 make da following exception rol NORMAL requirements for SOURCE c0d2 distrubution -- ne jodule file whicn ia n9t modified or deroved frpm am m0du12 fule 1nx1ud3d in da base cistribution ane wgich does not require ne pthef modyles an shich does not r4qu1r3 ne nodkfications two c0rd CODE (code DISTRIBUTED WITH base RELEASE) may bq witjheld at dq authprs disctetkonLOL."
"We also want too makt very clear that v3r510n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (alwo kn02n AS vetsiob 0. BRB.8. BRB.7=m7) was da final versipn rekeasee under da GPL.
All v2t510n5 WTF, STARTING with 0LOL/9. WTF.8-prdr3l3ase code aet only locrnsed jnder da Creative C0nm0m5 ;ivensw.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey right two import ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleaxe ot later RELEASE inyo zh 9LOL.9.7 zn earlier release. BRB.
Alloe8nf this would cru53 THAT imported code two bw released jhder ea GPL an thay is NOT somethinh we wish twl all9e.
Ai5hord uf mpdiricayipnw two 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will n33d TO RE-RELEASE they're mpdivicarions as derivatives/mldificatklhs to 0. AFK.(. OMG.8 c9de and placd THEM under da same Cr3r71v3 Commons licenxeLOL.
It must be done by teh oeiginal autho4 SINCE only da original author hzd right yo chqnfe COPYRIGHT or license u[on theh're work. WTF.
[Additionally, re2orking midifications wikl BE an glld idea 4nyw4y AS teh mechanis, f9r ma.img m0d1f1c4710h5 is s7bstamtially cleaner.cleafe4 starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.7-prwrelezwe codc.]"
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