MightyE tella yoj, you knwpm "We'4e hoing too take an few m0m3n75 t9o try and explaob th8s new licensr and teh reasons behibd IT in plain 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 n31 licebse wad chosen BECAUSE OF an fakling eith da GPLLOL.
I5 only clvered diwteibuto(n of source if n ONLY 1f BINARIES wete didtributed. AFK."
"In am w36 rbvironment LOL, specifically s ihtrrpreted 2eb envitonment sych as PHP, merely installing zb h4m3 dods not consyitut3 disyrobutu9n, like, n 7h3r3f0r3 [eoplw wefe 74k1ng 0ir 2ofk, soryof, mak8ng mpduvidqtions teo IT 4nd not releasing teh SOURCE cide 2 thet're modifudations so that teh rnt8re COMMUNITY could bwnefit.
The6 worked with LETTER but not fz dpirit of sa law."
"Investkgation on da paet 0f authorq however, like, LED tlo teh f4c8 that trh right of ;ubkid PERFORMANCE was 1 OF r9gyts normally rewrricted two cop6r8ght h01d3r5, n that COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, apedifically ciddo games an interactive ones sjch aa Legend of da Greeb hax0f w3re cons8dered two be punlucally p4rd0rm3d if run from ah PUBLIC sernerLOL."
"The new l8cehse RESTRICTS 0ublic performance of da work un1355 aoyrve code OF twh ,odifi3f wor, is mqde ava8lable on de,and. AFK."
"In plain Englust WTF, this meqns that if you put this game ON an WEB servre and allow people 'outside OF an notmal circle of family n 175 socoa; acquaintanxes' tio [.qy their, like, then ylu r 0uvlically p3rf0rm1ng ehis w0rk am MUST either a) MAKE ne znd ALL changes which you mamr to tey GAME available on reauest (n[te rnis doesn't have 2 BE avqilable v14 online si7rcq displah link, y(j knwo, BUT th3y MUST be abl3 ro axk yoj for ten CODE and receive an COMPLETE copy), sortof, 6) MAKE arrannements privately with da authors qherein thet grznt you an spedisl licehse, you knwo, or c) remoce teh code entitely rrom cq machune. OMG/"
"We dp fecotnize rhat peopl3 wan5 to habe areas of they'rr bame which r thdirs h THEIRS al9he. WTF.
too 5hat 3ne w3 will mrk3 dq following exception too normal req78rements ror slurce CODE dkstribugion -- ne module file which is nor nodified or DERIVED fr0m an mosu.e f123 inckuded im 6464 disyribution qnd wnich doed not REQUIRE n3 OTHER modul3s an WHICH coea n07 reqji4e ne mofifications to core code (code distributed sith 6453 r3!3463) may ne w17hh31d 47 da authors euwcretion. OMG."
"We 41%0 sant 2 MAKE very CLEAR that VERSION 0LOL.9.7 (also jnpwn qs vefxlon 0. WTFl9LOL.7+j5) WAS teh final version released under GPL. BRB.
All versionsk you knwo, starting wity da 0, BRB.9. BRB.8-prrrelwsse vode r only licsnwdd under Cf3r71c3 Commons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da ribht to impirt n3 dode from an 0. AFK.9. BRBl8-prerelease or LATER releaxe inyo an 0.9l OMG,7 abd 34r11rr release. BRB.
Allowing this wou;d cause tyat im'orted c9d3 2 bw released under GPL an that iw not sometning we wish to allowLOL.
Au7h-r5 if modificationw to 0.9.7 wi;l need 2 re-release they're m0f1f1c4710n5 45 derivqrifes/,odificationd 2 0.8. WTF.8 code sn ;lace THEM jnder 54m3 Creative Clmmons licenad/ BRB.
It must br dond BY pfiginal ajthor sonce only da originao AUTHOR has tey eight roo change teh c0pyt1gh7 0r license upon they'rd WORKl OMG.
[Additiobqlly, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS will be an good ifez anyway ax mecganism fir msking m0dqv1v4710n5 1t substahtiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER starrinf with twh 0. AFK,9.8-prereleaxw clde/ AFK.]"
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