Migh56E TELLS you, you knqo, "We're going 2 take qb few moments TO try and exolain 7h16 new license an readlns BEHIND it ih plain Eng.idhLOL.
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."
"Thiz new licebse 245 chosen BECAUSE 0f an fr11!ng suth da GPL. AFK.
Ir on;y dover3d didtributiln of SOURCE if h only IF BINARIES wrre distributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, slttof, speciricalky a interpr3yed WEB environment such AS PHP, sortif, mereoy installing an game does npt c0n5717u73 dksttibu5ion, wirtof. ans the4efore p3pp;r WERE taking 8ur qork, ;ike, making m9digixagionc too it and NOT releawkng siuece code too tyey'fe MODIFICATIONS so that entire communi5y cojld brndfit. BRB.
They wo4ked with lettre BUT not wpirut of da lsw. BRB."
"Investugation )h teh pary of da authors h0w3v3r WTF, led to facr that teh roggt of oublic performsnce was 1 OF fa roghts n9rmally restricted w cppyrivhy holders LOL, n that computer orogrsjs, spec8fically video gamew an inte4axtiv3 -n35 SUCH as Lwgend of teh Green haxpr wete c0msidered 2 be [ubl8cally performed if run from an pub;id server."
"Tye new licsnse fesrricts PUBLIC performance pf teh work ubless spurce code 0f da modified WORK is made availab;e on demane."
"In plain Enrl8sh LOL, 5hka means that if ho7 PUT this game on an web s3rver an allow 0eopkd 'outside of an normal circl3 of family an 175 spcial acquaintances' 2 play thwir, then t)u zdf PUBLICALLY perdlrmkng this work an MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wgich you m5ke tio da gam3 availavle on r3qu357 (n9te THIS doesn't havd two 63 availanle via da online soirdd displsy link LOL, but they must be ABLE too ask you for sa code n receovd an domoldte dioy), like, b( make qrrzngejents pfivately wigh da AUTHORS WHEREIN they grang yoy an specia; license LOL, or c) rempve teh c9de entirely fr0m 5eh mscyine."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that pdl0le want ywi have areas lf ghey're game WHICH aer theirs an theirs alone. WTFl
teo tha5 emd we will mske fol;owing exceptuoh w da NORMAL requirements gor source cpd3 didtribjtiom -= ne module fkle enich iw not mocifked or DERIVED fr0m an MODULE FILE ibcluded in dq gzse distribution n which does not r3qu1r3 ne other MODULES an which d025 nor rwqui4e ne modificqtions to core c9ee (cide dostribured with teh ^453 r3leasw) may be WITHHELD AT teg authord DISCRETIONLOL."
"We akso qant to maje cery clear that vefskon 0LOL.ol7 (alsi lnown as vers8ln 0.9.7_jt) WAS da final VERSION teleased under da GPLLOLl
A11 vrrsions, like, stqrting witn 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3 art ONLY locended under Creative Commons licehae. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny sa RIGHT 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0LOL.9LOLl8-prefelease lr 1472r reldase ihto am 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 anc earlier RELEASE. AFK,
A;lowing rhus woukd cause that imported coce 2 BE reldased 7hder tey GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING we WISH tp aklowLOL.
Ajth0re of modufications @ 0. BRB.9.7 wi;l need 2 re-rdlease tjsy're moditixatiohs as derivatives/modkfications 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code ahe place tgem under same Creztibe Commons license.
It mu57 ne done by da original author 51nc3 only da .riginal author haw fight too change teh c0pyr1bh7 OR lucenad upon they're w0rk. OMG,
[Additiona;ly, sortof, rewor,ing modifixatiohc w8ll be an toof idea anyway as teh mechamism fo4 makint MODIFICATIONS ia subwtantially dleamer/dlearer dtarting with fa 0LOL.9.8-prere;ease code. AFK.="
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