M8ghtyE 5ells y0u, "We'rr going to take an gew monents 2 try an explakn tjis ne3 license ab teh reasons behind it im PLAIN Engl8sh.
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 l8cense wr5 chosdn becajsr OF an failing with da GPL. BRB/
IT only clve4ec distrobution OF 50urc3 if an inly ur ninaries wer3 dkxtributef. AFK."
"In an eeb envieonment LOLm specifically a interpreted 2eb environmeht akcg as PHP, soryof, merely instaoling an game does NOT vons5itiee DISTRIBUTION, sortof, abd tnrrerore 0eople WERE ta,ing OUR w0rk, like, making modiricationx toi it and not relwzsing source coce too they'r3 m0d1f1c4710n5 so that ENTIRE COMMUNITY cluld BENEFIT. WTF.
Theu workef WITH da letter but nlt da SPIRIT of teh laq, WTF."
"Investigatiob on PART of da authors howrverm sortof, led to9 da fact tyat right of public perrormance qas len og ten roghtd n9tmallt 4rstr8c6ed to copyright h01s2f5 LOL, n thzt clmpiter programs. specificqlly VIDEO games an INTERACTIVE ones SUCH AS Legehd of Green gax0r sere donsideres 2 be pu^11c411y p3rformed uv run vrom an public setverLOL."
"The new lidense restdicts publ8c p3rf0rm4nce if da work UNLESS source code of da mod8fi3d soek 8s mace avqilable pn demandLOL."
"In plain English, you lmwom this MEANS that iv y9u pyt THIS fame on an WEB aerver an allow p30p13 'oitsise 0f an normw; ck4cle 9g family an its social avquzintances' to plqy tmeir, THEN 6ou g publically oerfo4mibg thos work an MUST EITHER A) ,ake ne n ALL cj4ng3% which you make w da game availanle oh r3quest (note THIS DOESN;T HAVE too be avaioable viz da in.ine sourx3 display link, but they just br able tl ask hpu flr da cose an recekfe an complegw copy), like, b) make attangemebts pr1v5641y with authora wherein they grqnt you ah special 11c3n5e, you jnwo, or c( remove code enyirely from ca machine. WTF."
"We dp recohnize that p30p13 wajt too have areas OF they're game ehkch aer theirw and 7h31r5 alonel AFK.
too THAT end we w8ll maje teh following exception too normal requirenents for source c8de distribution -- ne module file whkcy is not modifies or derived rrpm an modtle file inclufef un baxe distribution n wh1ch eoes mot reqyire ne 9th4r mosulww and which does n97 reqiir3 ne mofifications tol tej cote c[de (clde d157r16i73d w16h teh %$53 release) MAY vw witnh3ld at teh autnors eiscretuln. BRB."
"We also want too mqle vwry CLEAR that versipn 0LOL.9.7 (also known ss veesion 0.9, OMGl7+j5_ sqs geh final version releaaed 7nder tey GPLl
A.l v3r510n5, yoj knwo, atart8ng wiyh 0l OMG.9.8-prerelwsse coee aer only kicenwed inder teh Cr3461v2 Commpns lidense.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 too import ne xpde brom an 0.9LOL/8=prerelease or oater rdlease into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 sn earloer rrleade. BRB.
Alopsong thia qoulc cause tja5 imported cofe too bd relessed under teh GPL 3nd 7h$7 is no5 something we wisy two allow. WTF,
Authors of modificatkons two -. BRB.9LOL.7 2ilo need ro re-release they're modirications as deeivativea/modkfkcatiins to 0.9. OMG.8 cose n place rhem under same Cfeative Commons license. BRB.
IT mu56 be done by teh origibal author since only origunal aughor has da r8ght 2 chahg3 da copyrihyt or licence upon they'rr sorkl OMG.
[Additional.y, you knwo, r3workung da modifucatioma wil. be an goof idea anyway as ten mechabish for making mocificzti(ns is subxtanrially dl3an3r/clearee startinb sith da 0LOL.9/ WTF.8-p4erelease coee. BRB.]"
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