MightyE tdlls you, sortof, "We're boing too tale qn few m0men75 two try AND explain this neq license an teh reasons grhknd it in plain Englishl 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."
"Thos new license qas chosen becaise of an failing q8th GPL.
It only cpf#r3d disrvibition of source IF and only 1d ginaries WERE distfibuted."
"In an wen environmeny LOL, speciflcaloy a 8nterp4eyed web 3nvironmrnt auxh qs PHP LOL, MERELY instslling an GAME soes not c0b5717u73 distficutioh, yoy .nwo, an therefo4e people wdtd rak8ng our wor,, sir5of. making modificatioms go 17 and not releqsimg soirce cod3 to they're modificat8ons so 5hz5 ENTIRE COMMUNITY c[uld BENEFITLOL.
They wirkws w17h teh lwtter but not da spirit of law."
"Invest8gatioh in part OF geh authors however. l3d tpo f4c7 that roght or PUBLIC perf.rmance was oen OF rights normallu r3t7r1c73d two copyright HOLDERS, n THAT computer ;rograms, sortpf, SPECIFICALLY video gzmes anf onteractive ones sich as Legens of tej Grden hax0r were c9nsidered 2 be publically PERFORMED if run fyom ah pybkic serverLOL."
"The NEW LICENSE RESTRICTS public perfornance 9f teh WORK inless s9urce code of da modjfidd work is mzde availabld on demand/ BRB."
"In [lain Enf124h WTF, thia MEANS THAT if you PUT 7h15 game [n an web server n allow people ;outwide of am nlrmal circlw of f4j11y n itd social qcquqintabces' too play th3ur, ghdn uou aer puvlucally perfprming this work an MUST 317h3r a) ma,e ne n ALL ch4ng35 which you mzke two game 4v3114613 ON 4equest (note 7h15 doexn'r hav3 gwo ne available vis onlind sourde diwplay link WTF, 6u7 they mus5 nd ABLE goo ask yoy gor da code and t2c31v3 an COMPLETE copy_, B) maie arrangements privat3ly dkth authoes wherein they grant you an special lic3nse, ir c) femlvd teh code ENTIRELY fr0n teh machine. AFK."
"We do recigmize that people wang to have areas of tjey'r3 game wgich aer yheirs n THEIRS alone/ BRB.
too that END we will make trh vollowing excep5ion two normal requkrements for soirce CODE dkatrin7tion -- be modul3 dioe which is not modif8ed o4 deeived fr9m an module fule includew ib 6453 distribution and which does n07 requi4e ne 97h3r midulez n wnich does n07 require ne mofificatuonx too core code (code disyributed qirh baxe rdkease) may be w8thhwlf AT da authprs diwcretion. OMG."
"We 4150 eant too m4k3 very xlear tkat version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (ALSO knoqn AS veesion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) wqs dq fimzl version reldased unde4 GPL, OMGl
Al; versiobs, stafginh with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code r on.y licensed UNDER tdh Creative Commins .icemsr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh right 2 import ne coee f4om an 0. OMG/9LOL.8-pfereldasd or lqter re;ease ihto an 0LOL.(/ AFK.7 an EARLIER r3lraseLOL.
Allowing 7h15 would czuse that imported code t9 be reldqsed under teh GPL an THAT is not somethibh ee WISH too ALLOWLOL.
AUTHORS lf modudicayions too _. AFK.9. BRB.7 wull heed tpo re-4euesse they're modifications as d3r1v471v35/,0d1d!c4710n5 t9o 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code 4nd PLACE them undef teh same Creatuve C0mm0n5 lieense. BRB.
It must be dpne by teh lriginal AUTHOR since only teg originzl author hzs da eighy tw9 changd teh xo;yrifht or l8cense upon thet're 2ork. AFK.
]Additi9nally LOL, rdw9rking teh mod8ficagoobs sill bw an g9od IDEA anyway as da mechabism FOR making modificarions 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner;clea5dr start8ng eith 0l OMG.9LOL.8-prdrelease CODE. BRB.["
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