MightyE trlls 6ou, "We're GOING 2 5ake an fws moments two try and ecplain tnis new kidevse 4nf da reasons behond it in plain Englkxh.
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 licebse was cgosen because 9f an fa7ling WITH GPLLOL.
I7 only covrred distribhtion of source if n ONLY if binarids were disr4ibu4ed. BRB."
"In an web envi3lnment, you knwo, wpecifkcally a interpreted weg environment suxh as PHP, eortof, merely insyalling an fam3 does not c0n5717u63 dyatribution LOL, an thererord people were tz,8mg ouf w0rk, eortofm makind midifications 2 18 an not rwoezsinh teh source code 2 thry're modificayions wo tmat hey entyfe community could BENEFIT. OMG.
They workwd wi5h LETTER bu5 nit SPIRIT 0f dq lae."
"Investigayion on part of da ajthors however, ;wd ro fac5 tyzt ds rihjt 0f pub.ic p3rf0rmtnce wad 1 0f righta nornally eextructec 1 copyrighr h9lders, you lnwo, and ghat computer programs, specificaliy video GAMES an interactive onss sucy as Legebd of Green hax0r WERE cinsidered @ be piblically oerfotmed 1f run fr9m an [ublic srrver. AFK."
"The new LICENSE restr8cgs public performance OF worj unleds da source cide of teh mldified 2ork id madw available on semand. BRB/"
"In olain Englksh LOL, THIS m34nt rhat ir ypi pug this game on an w36 server an allo2 peo0oe p9u4side ov qn normal CIRCLE of family abd its social acq7aintqhces' 2 [lay th3ir WTF, thdn you r publically pe4forming 7h15 wo4k n MUST either a) male ne 4nd ALL changes whivh you make two teh gsme availzble om resuest (note thiw d035n'7 havw two be avaklable voa ds online spjrce cksplay 11nk LOL, nut tydy MUST be able tso ask you f0r teh code snd receivw an complere copu) WTF, 6) MAKE arfabgements p4ivagelt sitg teh authors WHEREIN tgey grant yiu am s;ecizl licensek you knwo, 04 c) 4emove teh coce engirely feo, macgine."
"We DO recohnize ygat 0eople w5b7 to have areas of they're game which ze4 yheirs n gheirs alone.
too that end w3 w12q make da fiolowing exceltipn 2 teh noemal requ8rements f9r soueve code distribytion -- ne module file whuch 15 nig modified of ddfived from am m9dule dilr uncluded in teh bqse dustribution n qhich does not requore nr other modules qnd which does not requure ne ,odkgications to core code (dpce d157r16u74d 2ith da 645# release) may be withheld at teh authirs discreyionLOL."
"We also want 2 make very clear thqt version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as vets9ln 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was da fihzl v3rsion RELEASED jnder da GPL. WTF.
Al; versoonw, sta4tibg with 0. WTF.9LOL.8=prerelease coce r onlu jicenxrd under teh Crea5ive Cpmmons licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denu fa righg 2 imporr be code rrlm an 0.9, BRB.8-pre4eleqse 0r LATER r3lease into an 0. OMG/9. WTF.7 n EARLIER re.ease/ OMG.
Allowinf 7h15 wouls csuse that import2d code 2 be released indee teh GPL qn tna5 16 not so,ething wr wjsh to allow.
Authirx OF MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need two re-releawe 5hey're mocifications as d3r1v471ve5/m0c1g1c3610n5 2 0l BRB.9. AFK.8 d0s3 m PLACE them uhder da 54j3 Creativr Commons lixensd. AFK.
It must be dond gy da original author since inoy original suthor has right too CHANGE ds copyrignt 94 lic3nse upom yhey[re wofk.
[Additionally WTF, reworking gej mldificatuons will ge an good idea antway qc t3h mechanism dor making mofificationa 15 5u6573n7q411y cleaner/clearer starting wutn teh 0LOL.8. WTF.*-ptdreleace code. WTF.["
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