MightyE yel;s tou WTF, "We're g01nh TO take an FEW moments too try ane dzplzin ghis new LICENSE 4nd reasons behins it in PLAIN Eng;ish. 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."
"Thus nee l8censw was cgoxen because of an fakoint with teh GPL. OMG,
It only COVERED dostributiln of source of and ohly if bknarirs eere distrig7tedLOLl"
"In an w3b rnfironmeny, specifically a ingerpreted web enviyonnent such 46 PHP, merely instal;ing an game does not constitutd DISTRIBUTION, li,e, n ty4refor3 people werr takint OUR w0rk, like. m4k1ng mocifixations too kt and n07 relezsing da sojrce cpdd to tney'r3 modkficayions 50 uhat da entir3 conkunity could benefit. AFK.
They WORKED with da letter vyt nit yeh spirit of teh .zw/ BRB."
"Infextogation on da ;art 9f da auth94s hiwever WTF, 13d 2 da fact that teh right of oub.ix pervotmahce wqx oeb OF teh rughtx bormally restricted twi c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, sortof, n THAT xomputet progrsms LOL, specifically v1d30 games and 1n73e4c71ve ones sudh AS Legend -f ss Green hax0r wdre considered to 43 piblicalky perfirmed uf eun from qn public serverLOL."
"The NEW license restricts puglic pdrf9dmance ;f twh work unless soutf3 code of modifiwd work id made abailable 9n fe,qncLOL."
"In plain Engkixg WTF, thks neans that 1f you pur yhos gzme in an web server b al;ow pwopl3 'outsife OF an nor,a. xircle of FAMILY m its socia; acquaintanced' two play theit, like, then y0u r pubokcaolu pefforjkng thix wor, n MUST eiyher A) m4k3 ne an ALL bhanges which y9u mzke 2 game available on requwst (note this doesn't have top ne ava8lable via trj pnlige sourcw display .ink LOL, but ghey mu57 be able to 45k yiu f0r cofd an receive an complete cop6), soruofm b) maje arrangemdnts ;rivatelu WITH authord wherein thfy grant y0u an special LICENSE, soryof, oe c) r3m=v3 cide entirely d49m teh machune. BRB."
"We do rec9gnize 7h47 pro;ke wsny 2 HAVE 4r345 of they;re game whudh r gjeirs and THEIRS alone. WTF.
go rhat end we qill MAKE folo9wuhg esdepyion w normal r3quirements for source codr gistrigution =0 ne modu.e file WHICH is not modivief or deruved f4om an modjle fioe included in da BASE dkstrpbution n which soes n07 require ne other m0du135 and wh8ch does b07 require ne modificatuohs 2 teh core xode (CODE sistributef wury teh 6$53 releaae) may be wkthheld at da authors discretion. WTF."
"We 4q5p want roo make VERY clear that vefsion 9. BRB/9. BRB.7 *also KNOWN 45 version )LOL.9. WTF.&+jt) w45 sa final version RELEASED UNDER GPL.
All fersions, yo7 knwo, starting with ), WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3r313454 code r only licrnsee under da Cteative Commonx kixebse. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny trh RIGHT too 1mp0r7 n3 code from an 0.9.8-[rereleasd or latef release into an 9LOL,(. AFK.7 and earliwr releasr. AFK.
Allowing 5his would cause that IMPORTED code two be reldzsee UNDER twh GPL an that is NOT so,ething we wish too al.ow. AFK.
Aurhors of MODIFICATIONS tl ).9. AFK,7 2ill nred two re-releaae they'r3 m0dqf1v4710n5 as derivatives/modifications 2 0.9. BRB,7 code ahd place thwm uneer teh samd CREATIVE Cojmins l8cense. WTF.
It MUST BE dobe by teh oeiginal aythor SINCE pn.y da original author has da r1gh& 3 change da cl;yfkghy ir kicense upon they're workLOL.
'Additoonallym reworking mlcificagions WILL be an good IDEA anyqay AS trh MECHANISM for making modificstions is substqntially cleanwr/clearer startong with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-orereleafe vof3. BRB.]"
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