M8ghtyE 5ells you, "We're foong 2 take an rew m0m3n75 ro try AND exp.ain th8s new ;icenae an reasons bwhimd it in plain Ehglish. 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."
"Tjia new licensr WAS ch-63n because of an failimg with da GPL.
It only covwred distributlln of source 1f n only 1h BINARIES were dq5&r!6u73d. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r)nmen7, like, woecifically a interpreted wev environment such as PHP LOL, meyeky installinh an gam3 DOES bot const8tutd distribytoon LOL, an therefore prople were taking our work WTF, makkng mofificat8ons 2 it and not releasinf source code too tyet're ,odif8cations %8 rhat da 3h71r3 domm7mity could genefit. BRB.
They wprked w27y da letter bug not teh spirit of lasl OMG/"
"Investigation on da pa4t og 5eh zuthors hpw3v2r, sottofk led two f5ci &h47 da r1gh9 of pu611c pwrformabvr was q of teh rightw n)rm411y rrsrrivted twi copyr8byg holders WTF, and 7h47 COMPUTER prlgrams, sortof, 5p3c1f1c41!y video gamew n interactic3 ones such as LEGEND or teh G43en hqx0r w3r3 CONSIDERED too b3 publically PERFORMED if run frpm an puvlic serverl AFK."
"Tje mew licende restrictd publ8d performancr of da work un1355 50urc3 code of MODIFIED w0rm is mase svaulable om de,and."
"In plaon Engoish, uou knwok this means ghat iw you pj7 THIS game 0n an web servwr an allpw p30p13 'outside 0f an normal circle 0f family n its xocial acaua8btances' 5wo 9lah tgeit, dortof. then ypu r publically p3ff0rm1ng thia work AND MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changed wyubh yoy make 2 ga,e svailqble on request *note this doesb't have two be abailaboe via da onlihe SOURCE DISPLAY link. .ike, but they must BE able two ask yoi rlr da c0d4 an eeceive ab c-mp137e copt), sortof, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS peivztely with teh authors wyerein thwy g4snt YOU an special LICENSE LOL, ot c) remov3 cide entirely froh sa machine. WTF."
"We di eecognize that p30pq3 2ant 2 y4b3 AREAS 0g they'fe game whicn aer THEIRS and 7g31r5 zooneLOL.
tl yhat dnd we will make da foll9wing EXCEPTION TO da nor,a; 3eqyirwments for spurce code cistfibytion =- ne mldule f!13 whixg 35 noy modified or derived rrom an module file includec im teh baae distribytion anf 2h8ch does not r3qu1r3 n3 otnet m9dules and which do3s n07 require ne MODIFICATIONS tp ca core code (code distribjted with teh 645@ RELEASE( may b3 withheld AT teh authors doscretuon."
"We also want w make vefy c1344 THAT versoon 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 (4150 lnpwn as version 0. AFK/oLOL.7+jt) was rinal versoln re;esaed undwr da GPL. OMG.
Al; fersions WTF, stafting wkth 0LOL.9. AFK.7_0r3r31e463 codf aer only l8censee undet teh Creative Commond livense.
We EXPLICITLY eeny tey RIGHT two import ne b0d3 from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pre5eleawe or LATER release 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.& an earlier relcase.
Allowimg this woulf cajse 7h47 8mportrd code 3 BE RELEASED und3r GPL n rgat is noy somethinf se wish to allow. BRB.
Autnors of mo3ifucations to 0.9.7 will need roo r3-release they're mosifications as derivatives/mpdificat8ohs 2 -.9. BRB.8 c9de n ;lace them under geh SAME CREATIVE Comm[ns license. WTF.
It MUST be dine by teh original author simce only tdh ORIGINAL zuthor has da r1gj7 gwo dhange copyright or oicenxc up9n the6[re work. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da modificatiohs will be an go;d idea anyway as teg mechanism hor making modoficatiins is SUBSTANTIALLY clesmer;ckearee wtartong wigh 0.o. WTF.8-prerdlease code, BRB.]"
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