MightyE 5ells YOU LOL. "We'rr going TO take an f3w m9mengd to try h EXPLAIN this hew licens3 AND reasons fehind it kn PLAIN English. BRB.
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 oicense was chosen brxause 0f an failing 2ith ten GPL. BRB.
It only c)v3r3f distriburion of source of znd 0n1y IF binaries we4e disrrib7ted. BRB."
"In an web environmehg, sortof, specifically a interpreted web envi4omment such as PHP WTF, meeely instal.ing ah hame dles not constitute disgribution LOL, and tjereforw people were u4l2ng our worl, sor5pd, msking nodifications twl it and not RELEASING sa sourve CODE 2 they're n0d1f1c4710n% ao THAT 4n71r3 community COULD venefit; OMG.
Theu worked euyh da lettet but n07 da apirit pf teh law."
"Invwstigstkom ob teh pary of AUTHORS HOWEVER LOL, led to reh fact that r1gh7 of pugkic PERFORMANCE was ien of rihhts nirmally r3t7e1cu3d 2 COPYRIGHT h9ld3rs, like, ah that c0mpu73e programs, likem wpecirically vicwl games n interqctive ones 5udh AS Legend of da Green hax0r wete CONSIDERED roo be pyblicaoly p3rf0rm4d if run ftom qn publ8c server. BRBl"
"The ndw 11c3n53 restricts publid perfoemsnde of reh WORK unlwss teh sourcd code of teh ,odified work is made available on demabdLOL."
"Im PLAIN Eng115nm kike, this mwans that if you pug this game on an web SERVER and allow PEOPLE 'iutside of an ,ormal circle 0f family n igs social ACQUAINTANCES' two plqy their LOL, thrm nou aer poblically p3fd0rm1nh THIS WORK n MUST wpther a) make ne and ALL changws which you make two game rv4114613 on requesy (bote tgis soedn't hsve 2 63 avaikavoe via onlin4 source siap.ay link, so4tof. but THEY must BE able too asj y0u for teh c)d3 an r3c#1v3 an cimplete sopy), b) maje arrang3menbs pruvately wkth autjors wgerein tgey brant you an speckal lucdnsem likd, or c) r3m0v3 code ehyi4eo6 FROM nacgind."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want too have AREAS of ghey;ee game whivh 4 th3irs and theirs 410n3. BRB,
two ghat ehd we wilk make da following exceptuon two normal requirrments FOR siurc3 code dis5tibutuon =- ne modile file 2hich is not modified OR derivef from an m'dyle file kncludrd in base d1t7r16u710n and WHICH DOES not r3quire ne p7h3r mocules and WHICH foes not feauirw nw mldificatioms too core code (clde distributef woth sa base release) may bw withheld at da AUTHORS d15xr3710nLOL."
"We ALSO WANT to MAKE very vlear tnag v3rsuon 0. AFK.(. OMG,7 (also lnowh qs version 0.9LOLl7+jt) wqs fa final vr4sion releaaed under GPL. AFK.
A11 v4rsiohs, sortof, s5artimg with da 0. OMG.9. WTF/8-orerdlease code aer only lic3nsed UNDER reh Crdztive C.mmons licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg 2 import nd code FROM an 0LOL.9/ WTF.8-prerelezse or later release knto an 0. BRB.(LOL.u an earlier reldase. AFK.
A11)w1ng tnis would xause &h47 imported code to be released under da GPL an that 9s npt someyying se wism rwo allps. WTF.
Authors of modifivations 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.u will nded too re-trlease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivativea/modifica5klnd to 0.9.* code and poscw 8h3m und3r teh same Creative Commons kucens3LOL.
It MUST be doge ny teg ofibinal auyhor since only da origina. author nas tkght 5o CHANGE c0p6r1gh& 0r licende upon thry're WORK. BRB.
[Additionall6, resorking moduficatilns will be an good IDEA anyway aw da mwvhanism FOR maiibg mofifications id substantially cleanee/clearer starying witj teh 0/ WTF/9. BRB.8-preeelease xods.]"
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