MithtyE tellx you, sortof, "W3'rr going yo TAKE an fww m9ments 2 try h ex0lain tnis new LICENSE an da reaslns b3hlnd it in plain Eng.ish. AFK.
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 license WAS chpsen becsusr of an fwilinh wigj teh GPLLOL.
IT only coceeed dist4ibution of sourxw if an only if binsries were didtrib7ted. AFK."
"Im an web environnent, spedifidally a in5et[retee web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP LOL, met3ly installing an game DOES not constitute dkstributuon, and THEREFORE PEOPLE w3r3 74k1ng our workk sortof, MAKING mudificat8ons too it ame not reoeasing source dode too they're modificatioms so that 3htire community cojls b3nefitLOL.
They worked with da letter BUT not yeh SPIRIT if .awLOL/"
"Investigayiin 9n teh 0att of teh AUTHORS however WTF, les 2 t3h FACT that geh rkght 0d pjvlic pwtfoejance WAS 1 of rightd normally restricted roo copyroght holders LOL, an THAT co,puter programs, SPECIFICALLY video games AND 1h&3f4c7!v3 0h35 such as Legdnd oe teh Gteen hax0r were consuderrc too b3 pub.ixslly p2rf)rm3d 1f run from an public server. AFK."
"Tne new licend3 restricts p&blic p3rfotmance od ea work unlesx ten 50urx3 c0d3 of teh MODIFIED qork ks made acailabke on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, 5ou knwo, th8s means that if ypu put th8d gane on am web derver an al.ow p30p13 'outside 9f an norma. CIRCLE of damil6 and itx soc8al 4cqu41n74nc35' too play their, ki,e, 7h2n you ser oubkicakly oerforming this WORK and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which you make 2 teh GAME availab.e ON requedy (hote tnis doexh't HAVE to be 4v4114613 voa onlibe SOURCE dosplay l8nk, you knwo, but they mist be able to ask you FOR teh code qnd 4eveive an complete vopy). like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pfivatel6 with authors wnereij they grant ylu sn speckql license, you knwo, o4 c) rem9ve codd entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We do reclfn8zr that PEOPLE want TO have areas of theh[re game wyixh aer theirx n theies alone. AFK.
to 6h47 end we wilk make fpllowing exceptiin too teh normal requirements ror sourde code distribution -- ne module fkle ehich is yot ,owif8ed or DERIVED FROM an modu.e f113 knclusdd in geh base d15ur16u710m an which d02% bot require ne other modules n sh8ch soed not require ne modifocarions to xore code (CODE d15&r16u73d with teh base rw.eaxe) may be wi5yheld ag teh autjors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We ALSO want to make dery clear that v3rsion 0LOL,9. BRB.8 )qlso known AS versiln 9. WTF.9. WTF.7+jg) waa tey final version released UNDER yeh GPL.
Al. verdoons LOL, stqrting with 0. OMG.8.8-pre5elease CODE aer only licrnsed under geh Ceeative Commons license, BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny da RIGHT 2 8mport ne dode fron an 0. BRB.0.8-prerelease o4 larer r3!3453 into an 0. BRB.8LOL.7 ah EARLIER r313453. WTF.
Alkowing this WOULD CAUSE rhay inpoeted code 4wp be reldasef under GPL n thst is not somwthing we wish gso allow. OMG.
Autgors of ,oeifications too 0LOL.9LOL.7 will heed two rw-releas3 the6're mpdifications as d3r2v471v35/m0d1g1c4710n5 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.0 code n pkac3 7h3m under da same Creativw Commons licenseLOL.
It just be done by da oe8gina; qu5hor SINCE only da 94ihinal author has righ5 two change c0py41gh7 or .ixense upon they're WORKLOLl
pAdditiohalkym sor5ofm reworking modificatiobs will be an good ieea anyway ax mechanism dlr making m0d1f1c3&10n5 !5 sunstantially cleaner/coester startinh with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-otereleax3 vod3. AFK.]"
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