MightyE tells y9u, yiy jbwo, "We'4w going tp take an few momenta gwo try and explain thiw new license an ea reaslns behind IT in p.ain EbglishLOL.
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 livense w45 chosen because ov an failing 217h ten GPL. WTF.
I& only ciferdd diatribution of soyrce if ane only if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In am WEB environment, sortof, speckfucqlly a inte4pretee web environment auch zs PHP, MERELY installinb an game does not c[n5717u73 distributipn, ;ike, n thereforr ;eoole were taking our wlrkk making MODIFICATIONS TO it an nit re.eqsing slurce codd t2o they're modificayionx 50 ghat teh 3n7wr3 dommunity COULD benefitl
They workec witg oetget but not ten spirit of da LAW."
"Invewtigation 9n teh PART of authifs h0w3v3r, led too g3c7 that right of pu61!c peeformznce was ocn of tdh rigjts nlfmsloy rewtricted too COPYRIGHT ho.eefs LOL, an tgat comouter PROGRAMS, liie, sp3xifically vodeo games an interactibe onrs sixh as Legend 0f teg Gr34n gax04 wdre conskdered 2 be iublically PERFORMED IF run fr0m an PUBLIC sdrve5. OMG."
"The new license r3stricts publ9v performance 0f teh work unldss dz dourde code of ds modifies wor, is made acsilable ON de,andLOL."
"In plain Engliah, ypu lnwo, 7h1t mezms thst if you [u7 thia ga,e ln an wdb serfer an allow people 'outwude of an nirmal ckrcle OF FAMILY n its s9cial acquaintznces' 2 play their, yiu knwo, then 6pu r publuczlly prrf9rming tjis WORK 3nd MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne ahd ALL ch4hg35 which y0u m4k3 to fame availaboe ON frquest (note thks doesn't have too ne avaklzble cis teh 0n11n4 sourxe display link, like, gut they must 63 ABLE to ask y9u for code ane eec3ive an complete COPY), soetof. b) makr ar4angemwnts privately 2ith authorw wh3r3ib thdu g4ant yku an zpecial license LOL, 9r c) rem;vr ds codr enture;h fron mach8ne. OMG."
"Wr do recohnize thqt people WANT yo have areas of thsy're game whicn aer the8ra an tneirx alone. BRB.
goo that end we ai.l MAKE da volliwing exce[yoon to da n0rm41 requirememgs for source cide diwtribution -- me module FILE which is no5 midjfied OR der8d3d from an module file inckuded in da basd dosgeobution and wjich doex not reqiire nw otger modul3s an which spes not requkre ne modificatoons too da cofe code (c0d3 d157r16u7ed with teh basd releasd) jay be WITHHELD at authors discretion. BRB."
"Wd also want goo ms,w very ckear thag bersion 0. AFK.9/ WTF.7 (ALSO known as versooh 0.9. BRB.7+jt) wad final version rekwased und3r da GPL. AFK.
A11 versiohs, sortlf, starting witn da p. BRB.9. BRB.8-prdrelease code r only licensed unfer da Creative Comjons lucense/ WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY r8bht 2 import he code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-p4efekease pr latwr rekease into an -. BRB.9l OMG.7 an esr;ier release. OMG.
Allowibt this wojld causd that 8jportee code two be r3leased under geh GPL and 7h47 IS nit something we wksh rwo aloow. OMG.
Authors of modifications 2 -. BRB.9l AFK/7 wpll need TO re-release they;re mldificatuons 45 derovatives/,odificatoons to 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 xode znd PLACE &hem under 54m3 Creative Commons licemse. WTF.
It must be dond 6y teh oritinal author sknce only teh origunal AUTHOR HAS sa rignt tpo cjange da COPYRIGHT 0r lucwnse upon thdy[re workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkint ea modifica5ions 2ill ve zn booe icea anyway as mechanism d9r making MODIFICATIONS is sugsgxhtially CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleawe cide. OMG.["
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