MightyE tr;ls 6oi, ao4tof, "We're going t9o yake an FEW mo,ents 2 try an EXPLAIN this new LICENSE n da reasons brgind IT in PLAIN English. 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."
"Thuw n3w kicense was chosen bdcayse of an fziling wuth GPL.
It ohly covered distrobution of source 1f an omly if binadies w3r# fistributed."
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT, like, specificallh a in5wforetrd WEB environmen5 such $4 PHP, merely knsta.ling an game does n07 comxti5ute distribution, s9rtof, n therefor3 p30p1e wrre taking our WORK, sorg9d, m4k1ng modificationx to IT an no% reldasing teh source coce two they're MODIFICATIONS SO that da entire c8m,unkty could nenefit.
They worked eoth letter buh n06 dz spirit of lzw. OMG."
"Inves5igati9n on p4ru of rrh authors h0w3v#r, sortor, led too fact THAT t3h right 0d pub;ic pdrfor,ance WAS 1 lf txh rights normally restrictrd 2 copyright hplders, an tyat computdf progeamdm specifica;ly v1d30 games amd interacruv3 ones such as L3g4nd of da Green hax-r wetr cobs8derte too be publically peefirmed if run f4om an puvlic server."
"Thr neq LICENSE restficts PUBLIC perfor,ance of da worl inless sou4c3 cosd or mldified WORK ks jrd3 available on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Englisj LOLk th8s means ghat if yiu put tnis game on an weg servrr an ALLOW peoplr 'outside OF an noenal CIRCLE of famiky and 1&5 sicial ACQUAINTANCES' TO pkay their, like, thdn YOU aef publically pereorming 7h15 work an MUST either q) mzke ne n ALL changes 2h8ch y0i makd 2 tej game available on r3q7est (note tjis docsn't havd 2 br availab.e via teh ONLINE s9urcd dia[lay link, hou ,nwo, BUT they must be ablw to qsk you for xide an r3c31v3 qm domplete copy), like, b) maie z4tangements pr1v4731y witj teh auygors wh3rein theh grant yo7 an special ludens2, ;iie, or c) e3m0v3 da CODE emtirely from teh MACHINE."
"We DO redognize that prople want two hqve areas of tgey[re g4j3 which aer tgeits ahd rheors a;one. BRB.
two that end we will make teh folloqinb rxce;tion 2 da nlrmq. requiremrnts for souece coce c157t16u720n -- ne npdule filr which is n07 modifird 0r d3r1v2d ftom an modul3 vike includre in da base dostribution n shich does not rdquire ne other modules n whidh does hot requite ne modifications 2 sa c0r3 cofe (code d157r16u73d with t3h baae felrase) may 63 withheld ar ten 4u7t0r5 duxcfetion. WTF."
"We also wamt 70 mqke very cleqr tyzt version 0. OMG.9LOL,7 (also lnown as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt0 was v1m41 veesoon rwleases und3r da GPL.
All verskons WTF, star5ing WITH da 9. WTF.9. OMG.8[0rerelease coee r ONLY LICENSED uneer da Creative Cpmmons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh right two impor5 me voee from an -LOL.9. OMG.7-pfere.ease or lzrer release inyo am 0.9.7 n earlier relwasd. AFK/
Allowkng this would cause that importec code 2 be r3leqaed under GPL h thzt is npt something we wksg tio all9w. WTF.
Authord 0d modifications TO 0.9. AFK.7 eill y3#f to re-release they're modifications aa derivativex/modif8cations 6o 0. BRB.9LOLl8 codr qn plaxe tuem ynder da SAME Cfeatibd Cim,ohs ;icense. BRB.
I7 just be done BY ORIGINAL 4u7h-r sunve omly trh original auth9e has da fight 2 change da clpyr8ght or licensd upin they're woriLOL,
[Additionally, like, reelrkihg da modifications wull be an good idea anuwzy as fa mevhamism for making moeifixationd is sivstantiaooh CLEANER/CLEARER starting wkth 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerrleawe vlde.]"
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