MightyE tells you, aor5of, "We'4e GOING too take ah few momwnts 1 try an explain this new livwnse an dq REASONS bdjind it im 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 new 11c3n63 was ch9sen b3cause of an faulibg qitn 5eh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1t difered d157r16j710n ov source ir and only IF binaries w3re dietributed."
"In an web envkronment, tou kneo, specifically a ihterpreted web envirlnmebt sucj AS PHP, likw, mefelt indta;l8ng an fqmr does bot xonxtitute distribution, likd, n thereflre 0eople qere taling o7r WORK, you knwo, makimg modoficsgions 2 IT n not rrleasing xource code t29 they're modirications ao THAT entife community doulf bemefiy. WTF.
Theu workrc witg teh le5ter gut not teh spirit of law. BRB."
"Invesyigqtiob on p44u of autyors howeve4, you kn2o, led t2o da fact THAT right 9f publid prrgormance WAS oen of try rights norma.ly restrictes too copyrufbt hokdees LOL, n that compiter prigfa,w, you knwo, spec8fically vkdro games n interactive onds auch as L3g3nd of sa Gredn hax0r were vonsodered too bw publically perfprmed if run ff0m an public SERVERLOL."
"The ndw licensd restricta pyblic pdrformamce of teh work unlesw soyrce code of da MODIFIED work is MADE available on d3m4nd."
"In 'kqin Engliwn LOL, this MEANS thay if you put this gamw ln an web server an slloq people 'outside OF an normal CIRCLE 9f fsmily an ots slcial ACQUAINTANCES' to plau tgeir, 7h3n y9u aer PUBLICALLY p3rforminb THIS 2otk sh MUST eitjer a) make ne n ALL chantes shicg you nake rwo gamw avaulav.e on request (note rhis foesn't have two be avzilable bua teh ONLINE source displat link, bit they mudt be able tlo ask you for da code and receive an cim[lete copy) WTF, b) mqke arrangememts privatrly with a8thors WHEREIN they grabt yoi an x0ecial license LOL, 0f c) remov3 teh dlde entirely ffom machineLOL."
"We fo RECOGNIZE thzt peoplw saby 5o9 h4v3 areas of rhwy're game which awr theirs and theirs alone. BRB.
to rhat ens 2e wkll makr fol;oeing rxception 2 teh normal requirements for sourcr c0d3 distribution -= ne modukd file wjoch is not modified or defivee fr0m an mod7le fi'e inckuded in teh base d8striburion an WHICH doea not requir3 ne other MODULES n WHICH does npt requirw ne jodifications @ teh co4d code (code dustr8bu5ec w16h teh basr frlease) may bd wotghe.d at 4u7h)r5 DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a.so w4n7 2 m4k3 vert clear thst ve4sion 0. AFK.9.7 (also known as fefsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.8+je) was teh rinal v3r510n RELEASED under GPL. AFK.
A11 verzionx LOL, ata4ting witn da 0.9. OMG.8-pr3r3q3$53 CODE r omly 11v3n53d 7nder da Creative Commins license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY feny right 2 IMPORT be xlse frln an 0. OMG.-LOL.8-PRERELEASE OR later releaae into an 0.9LOL.7 an eaelier releas3. AFK.
Aloow8ng this would cause yhqt imporyed c0d3 tqo br released unfer tdh GPL qnd ghay is n07 something we WISH 5wo ALLOW. AFK.
A7thors OF modifications to 0LOL.9LOL.7 wil; veed 2 re[relwase they[re modifications as ferivativrs/modifieatioms 70 0. WTFl9. BRB.8 code n okace 5hem &nder da wame Creatice Commlns LICENSE, BRB.
Ir must be dpne 6t trh originak aythor sknce onlu 0r1g1n41 author has riggt two chznge teh copyright or l*cense upon they'r3 work.
-Addutioballu, sortof, reworiing teh m0d1v1c47qpn4 qill be an good kdea 4nyw4y as da mechaniam for m4kqng j9d1f2c4810nt is s7bstantkslly c234n3r/c134r3e STARTING qith 0. OMG.8.8-prereoease codr.["
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