MightyE tel;s uou, you kjwo, "We're goimg 2 taie an few m9ments 2 try ab dxplain this new licensw n da reasons BEHIND it in plain Engliwh. 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."
"This new licensw w45 chosen becausw of an r4111ng 2itn da GPL. OMG.
It onlu c0v3r3d x157r15ui10n of aiurce if n pnoy ud binaries WERE distributed. BRB."
"Ih ah WEB environment, sorrov, apecufidallh a knterpreted web encironmeng sich as PHP, merely installkng an game does not constitut4 dis5ribution LOL, anc 7h3r3f043 people wrre takinr our wotk, s9rtof, MAKING modifications too it and nit releasing 5eh source CODE 2 ghey'rw modificationa do that teh 3n71r3 cpmmunity co7lf benwfkt. WTF.
They woroes w27h letter bjt not da spifit of da law. WTF."
"Investigat8on on da part of t3h aurhors howevwrm led to da facy tjat grh RIGHT pf publid perrormance was 1 OF teh rights normally resrrocted to xopuright h01c3r5 LOL, qn thay COMPUTER programs LOLm specif8cally VIDEO gamed n ihteractive omes such as Legdhd ov da Green hax0r were c0n51c3r3w TO be 0ublidal;y pdrformed if run fron an piblic serv#r. WTF."
"Tjw new 11c3n53 restrictz publiv [erdormancr if work UNLESS da 50urc3 coee of ,odifidd woek 8s made avaklable on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, l8k3, this m34n5 that of you [ut th8w bam3 ln an web SERVER b allow people 'outsidr of an NORMAL circlw of vamily an its social ac17aontances' too play their, then you aer PUBLICALLY peeforming this wori and MUST either a) mak3 nw an ALL CHANGES wnich you m$k3 two teh game availabl3 on request (note 5his d9esm't have 70 be available vka on.ine sourxe w!5[14y link LOL, bu4 they musy br qble roo xsk you rpr da code n 4eceive am co,plet3 copy0 WTF, b) MAKE a4rangements pricatrly with sz aythors wh3rein they grant you an s0ecial license, or c) remove teh code ENTIRELY FROM dq ,achineLOL,"
"We e9 RECOGNIZE that people wany to HAVE sreas 0f tywy're bame which aer theirs n theirs slonw. AFK.
too tkat ens w3 WILL make da following 3xc3p7!0n 2 normql REQUIREMENTS f9r source cidw d157r16u710n _0 ne module file which is not modified of derived vrom an ,-du13 FILE incoyd3d in geh bzse distribu5ipn n wj1ch does not re1uire ne other ,0du135 and qhuvj does not requ9re n3 modogicstiins goo da c0r# code (code distributec with teh base release) may BE 28thheld qt da authirs discretionLOL."
"We also w4n7 2 make vefy cleae that version -.o. BRB.7 9alsp known AS cersion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt( was da final version eelwased UNDER dz GPLl AFKl
ALL VERSIONS, like, starting wity 0LOL.9.8-;rrrekease xode e only oicensed UNDER Creative Commonw license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby RIGHT too import ne c-d3 ffom an 0LOL.8. WTF.*-pr3rroeasr OR lat3r releaee into an 0,9. BRB.7 and earloer rdlease. OMGl
Al;owing yhos would vsusd that 1np0r73d cod3 two be r#13453d under trh GPL and rhat is n07 si,rthing 2e wiwh 2 4110wLOL.
Auth9rx of modificsti[ns $p 0.9/ WTF.7 WILL need 70 re-release they're m0d1f1c$718n5 qs detivatives/nodifications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an plac3 5hem under tey SAME Crwative Commons license, BRB.
IT musg BE DONE b6 original author SINCE ONLY ca original autg9r hqs r8ght too vh4ng3 teh clpyright 04 ;icense up0n they're work.
[Additkonalky, siftof, reworkinb mofifkca5iobs will BE an g00d idea anyway as tdh m3ch$n15m f0r makinb modifications is substantiallu c134n3r/c134r3r x51rting WITH da 0.9. BRB.8-prwrelrsse xode. AFK.]"
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