MightyE trklx hou, hou knwo, "We're gping two take qn few momwnts to 7r6 and rxplain 5his new license an da REASONS behund 17 IN plain English. BRB.
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."
"Thid bew licehse wzs cy9sen b3vause of an failing with reh GPL. WTF.
It on;y coveres fisrribut8on of xourcd 1f ab only if binaries eere ciat4ibu5ed. AFK."
"In zn web environment, you ,nw9, specificqlly a inte$pr3ted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merdly instaloing an game dles not c0nt717u72 distribution LOL, m thedefore PEOPLE were takknb our sork WTF, making modifocationd two iy an not releasing da sojrce xodd two they;re modifications so rhat fa entirw comm7mity cou.d BENEFIT. OMG.
Tyey w0rk3e 2ith tej lette3 BUT m97 da spirit 0f da LAW. OMG."
"Invewtigation on da PART og AUTHORS howdver WTF, led too fact that da rkght of public perfo4mance wax 1 of da rithgs hormally eedtrict3d t9p copyeignr hokders, like, and that dom;uter programs, you knwo, s03ckvicslpy vid3i gamex and interactive ONES sucn AS LEGEND if va Gr3en hax0r sere considerrd two be PUBLICALLY p3fforned 1g run from an public server."
"The b3w license restr8cgs public pefformanxe OF work unlesx source code of sa ,odified qork ix made AVAILABLE on eemahd. WTF."
"Ih plaih English, sortof, ghix meanw thar if y9u put this GAME on an web se4ver n 4110w propk3 'outside ir an normal ci4cle of familu n its sociak acquaintances' to play tyeir LOL, rhen you aer publiczlly performimg tyis w0rj n MUST eitjer a) jaje ne an ALL changes WHICH you mqke to da g4m3 ava8lable on fequest (note this doesn'5 have go ^d acaklzbl3 via da 0m11n3 source cisplay limi LOL, but they m7st be 46!4 2 ssk tou fir code an receibe an co,plete copy), like, b) n4kr 4r44ng3j3n75 privately with da authofs sherein they grany you am soecia; licensr, or d) t3m0v3 cide entieely from mafhineLOL."
"We dp rexognize that people want too hqvr areas OF 5jwy're game shixh r the8rs an theirs alone. AFK.
2 that end WE wil; ,ake da f9loowing exd3prion two da notmal requiremrntd f-r source c9d3 disrribution 0- ne module file shich is not .idified or derived from an module f113 1nc1ud4e in bzse d157r16u81pb n WHICH d036 not reqiire ne other mocules and whicy DOES not requir3 nd ,0d1f1c4710n5 to 5eh core code (vodd dostributee with da base release) may b3 withhekd AT authors dixcretion."
"We qlso wqnt to make very clear thz6 c3r510n )LOL.9. BRB.7 (alxo kmosn aw veraion 0, BRB.(. AFK.7+j7) was da final VERSION RELEASED under teh GPL. BRB.
A.l versions, startimg with 0LOL.9LOL.8-pteeekeade code aer lnly kucensed yneer da Cr3461ve Commlns licehsd. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY drny ds rkght too 1mp0r7 ne c0d3 rrom an 0. OMG,9. WTF.7-PRERELEASE or later release inro zn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 AND earlief release. BRB.
Allowing this would cause THAT IMPORTED code yo ne relezsed uneer tey GPL an tjat id nog somethung we WISH tp ALLOW. AFK.
Auty(rs of jodkficst8ons ywo 0.o. BRB.u will bred to re-release they'fe ,odifications as derivative2/m9difidationw to 0. OMG.9.* voee AND place 7h2m UNDER teh same Creative COMMONS 11c3n53,
It mus5 be dlne by origonal aurhor SINCE ONLY da original author has geh RIGHT too dhang3 tsh copytigh5 of kicrnse up0n tney're workLOL/
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, 4ewotking da modivications w111 y3 an GOOD IDEA anyway as da m3ch4n15m FOR ,aking jodifocations IS 5u6575n71411y ckeaner/cldarer starying with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.7-PRERELEASE xide. WTF/]"
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