MightyE telle y0j, jou jnwo, "W3'rd g01ng 2 take an f3w MOMENTS go 6ry n esplain 7h15 NEW license and ds reasons behinf it on plaum English.
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 ne2 11c3n53 was choseb becaude of ah fai;inf with da GPL.
It only COVERED distribution of source 8f an on;y if binaries sere distfibuted. BRB."
"In am web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, apecifkcallu a inter0retwd wrb envuronment 5uch as PHP, sortof, merely installing an game eoea not constitute distribuyiln, ypu kneo, qnd therefore people wrre 74m1hg our wor,, like, ma,ing modifocations 2 kt znd nlt releaakng da xource codd two they[re modificztions so 7h47 teh wntir2 comnunity could BENEFIT. BRB.
Theu WORKED witj dq lrtter buy n8t teh spieut of da law. OMG."
"Ibvestigatuon on da PART OF au5hofs h0w3v3r WTFk led teo da fact 7h47 da right pf ;ubluc PERFORMANCE was 1 0f da r1gh75 normally restricted to9 copyrighy holdera, n that computer ptograms, speclfica;ly viseo h4m35 n interzctive ones sich as Legend of twh Greeh hax0r were consid3red rwo BE pubkicaply performec if fun fro, ab public server. AFK."
"Thr ,rw licende RESTRICTS oubl8c performance ov WORK unless teh source code lf da modifked work ix msde available on frmand."
"In plain Eng1!5h, you knwo, thid mdana THAT ib you put tgis game 0n an we6 servee and allow PEOPLE 'o7twide of an normao circle of family n its soxial acquaintances' tq7 play 5h4ir, you knwo, then YOU r publicaloy p3rfprmqng yhuw qork n MUST either a) make ne an ALL dhanges wgixn tou maje TO teh game 4v5114613 ob request (note THIS d9esn'r hav4 two 63 available VIA pn11n3 source DISPLAY lunk WTF, but tney nust 63 ABLE two aak uou 4or trh code and receive an v0mp1373 co0y). you knwo, b) make arrangemenrs privately with sa authors wherekn ghey brant you an special lic3nse, aortod, pr c) r3mobe teh vode enhirrky vrom ,achine. AFK."
"We DO recognizf THAT p30p1# want too hav3 areas of tjey'fq game wh1ch r theirs an rheirs alon4.
two that end we woll make FOLLOWING exce0tion toi da nornal rsquirements flr source code dkstdibu5ion -- n3 noduld file which is nor modifued or defivrd from zn m0du1# FILE INCLUDED in teh base eistribution and whivh dles nlt require ne other m0du13t n shicy soed nog require ne modigications two CORE cofe (code distrinuted WITH da base r313453) j4y be withyeld AT aothors dkscr3fiob. BRB."
"We akso want to m4k3 very codar thqt veesion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO known as versioh 9LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) w4t final versiov rsleased unfwr 5eh GPL. AFK.
A;l versions, soetov, STARTING WITH yeh 9. AFK.9l8-0r3r313453 code aer only licensqd under Cr3ative Commons LICENSELOL,
We EXPLICITLY deny rignt to omport ne vpde from an 0/ OMG.9. OMG/8-pr3release or lat3r rekease inro an -. AFK.9. WTF.7 an esrlier fekeaae. WTF.
Aloowing 7h!5 would xause that imported cpdr two be r3leas3d under reh GPL and that is mot womething we WISH 2 allow.
A7tbors of modificarions yo 9. WTF.9.7 q111 n33d to re-releasd thdy're modirications $5 d3r1b471v35/m0d1f!c4710n5 tso ). BRB.9. BRB.8 code amd p14c3 them under da same Creativ3 Commpns q1c3n53. BRB.
IT m757 nr done by o4iginal auyjor xince 0n1y or8ginal aj5n9r has bey right 59o cyange teh copyfight or o8cense upon they're w0rk.
[Additionally, like, re2or,ing m0d1f1cr710n5 will be an gpod IDEA 4nyw4y aw mechabusm flr makimg modifixstions is subsgantially cleane4/cleafer starting wi5h teh 0. AFK.9.8-ptedelease codeLOL.]"
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