MibhthE telos y9u, like, "We're going 2 take an fes MOMENTS tqo try an expoain this new licens3 an reasons behind it in plain Engl8dg. 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."
"Tnis new license was chowen b3causd of an failing witj ten GPL.
It ohly coveres dist4ibu5ion of t0urc3 if n only if 61n441#5 were d8sgributed."
"In ah web environment WTF, 5p3c2f1c411y a 1h73rpg372d web envir9nment xucj as PHP, like, ,dreoy instaoling ah gamw dows not conxtitute dist5iv7tion, you knwo, and therefore people were faking our workm loke, making jodifications to ut 4nd nog releasing teg source code TO they'r3 modificatuohs so that rntire communigy could bemefitLOL.
Thry WORKED qith da lettdr but nor spirir of dq LAW. BRB."
"Invdatigation on teh pa4t of authors however LOL, led 2 fact that da right 0f pub.iv PERFORMANCE was wom of da righ5s no4mally rdstrictef tso copyright holders LOL, n 5hat c0mpu73r programs, specifixa'ly videi ga,rs j ihteractive lnes sych as Legend of da Greem hax)r were considered too be 0u611c411y performed 1f ruh from ab publid server. OMG."
"The neq license restricts PUBLIC perfof,ance of teh wofk unless source code pf da modiried w0rk is made zvailable on demahd. WTF."
"In plain Englosh, sortof, this MEANS tgay if you pu7 this game oh an wwb sercer qn alkow peopor 'OUTSIDE od an nirmql circle og f4m11t n its xocial acq7q8nyances' to play thwir, sortofm tgen hoj r pybkixally performing this wo4i and MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne an ALL xh4ng35 wyich you m4k3 two teh gqme ava8lable on request (NOTE this do3sn't HAVE gi be 4v411r^!2 via teh lnline sourcr eispla6 link, but they musy be able 2 45k you fir teh dode an rwceive ah complete cppy) WTF, g) makw arrangements privatwly WITH authors ejerein they grant y)u an SPECIAL lixense, like, or c) rdmove teh code ENTIRELY from teh machineLOL."
"We do eecognize THAT peopke WANT tlo have a4eas of they're gamd whucj a3r rheirs an thrirs aloneLOL.
two 6h47 end we will mqle teh FOLLOWING excep5ion to normsl requurements fir source xode dks5ributiom -- nr mifule fk;e wh,ch js NOT modified 9r derived from an ,odule file included on da base disgribution and which does n07 require ne ogher mldules and which foes nit require ne modificarionw tpo c9re code (coee distributed wi5g da base release) MAY bw witnhwld at da zjthors dixcretionl OMG."
"We also wanr 70 MAKE very CLEAR that bersion 0LOL.9, OMG.7 (ALSO kyown as bersion 0. BRBm9.7+jt) was da fimal v3r610n relraded jnder dq GPL.
A@1 versions LOL, STARTING w17h teh 0, OMG.9. OMG.8-o4erelease code r only licensed uncer Cr3agive Commohs LICENSE.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny t3h right twl IMPORT ne code from am 0LOL.9.8-prerelease or lq52r relezse inro zn p. OMG.9.7 n 34r113r re;easel BRB.
ALLOWING this woild cause that impo4ted code to be rwldased und3r da GPL and ghat is nor spmething we w15h toi allow.
Authors of modificatiohs 2 0. BRB/9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-release the6;re mldif*catiobd as drrivatives/modifucatkons 2 0. OMG.9.8 c0d3 b place uh3m UNDER gen same Cr3r71v3 Comnons licdnwe. AFK,
It MUST be DONE by dq original c&tnor since only da 0r1g1n41 4u7y0r has da rigjt yoo change teh copyrighy OR licensr u[ln thet're wotk.
[Additionallh LOLm reworking teh joeifocz5ions w8ll ge an hopd idea ANYWAY as mechanism for making modifications is substanyiallt cleaner/clear4r star6int sith da 0,9. OMG.8=pr3r31345e c0d3. WTF/]"
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