MignryE tells you, "We'rd goibg tro take an f3w moments 2 try n explain ghis n3w oicenxe abd teh reasons behind IT 1n plain Englixh. AFK.
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."
"Tmis NEW license was chosen 63c4u53 of an failing wi5h ca GPL.
It obly covered DISTRIBUTION or soytce if n 9n1y IF 61n4r!35 were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an WEB wnbifonment, sortof, speckeically a ingerpeet3d web environment such as PHP, you khwo, m3r31y inatal,ihg an g4m3 d035 m07 c0n5717u73 dixtributkon, like, n therefore prople we4e taking our work, you knwo, making modirications 3 it qnd not reldasing da siyrdr cod3 to tgry're modificarkons ao that da entite vommunity cojld benegit. OMG.
Th3y workec WITH 5dh let5er buy nit rrh spifit of da LAW. BRB."
"Infewtigatiom on tej part OF ds authors h0w3v3r, like, led TO teh fact that tdh righr OF piblic peff9rmance was p3n of reh 4ighgs NORMALLY restric5ed 2 copyright holderw, an thst computer prohra,s, speckfically VIDEO games $md inrefactive ones such AS Legebd of Green hax0r were considered two ge pub.ivally performed if run from zn pub.ic xerverLOL,"
"The new licdnse RESTRICTS PUBLIC performance of work unldss aource code of midified qork is made 4v4114^13 pn DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, sor5od, this meana that uf y0u ou7 THIS game on an web server n ALLOW [eo;le '9urside og an normal ci4cle of fsmily an its wicial acquqontajcrs' @ play their, then toi a3r publicakly pergorming 7h15 work an MUST EITHER 4) make ne an ALL xhanges wyich YOU MAKE teo game svailable on rrquest (notw this d9esn't have 5o be availavle via teh ONLINE SOURCE siaplah lihk, l8ke, b7t they miwt be ag;e 2 ask you for teh c0d3 an r3c31v3 an ci,plete copy), b) mzke arrangements 0ricately with authors 2nerein they GRANT you am sprcial luvwnse LOL, oe c) femovr teh didw entire.y from teh mavhibe. OMG."
"We do eecotniaw that peopld w4n7 tpo have AREAS of th3y'4e game whicn r thei4s an theits aloneLOL.
tp 7h4& ehd we w111 m4j3 ds fol.owing ecception to normal requi4ements gor sou4ce dode ristrivution -- ne moduld file which is not modified or ddrived frpm zn m0du13 fil3 1nc1uded in base distfibuti9n am wh1ch does nlt requied ne othwr modiles and which dies no5 r3qu1r3 me m)d1f1d4710n5 too teh core cofe (codq distributdd 1ith teh basf rrlesse) mzy be wityheld at da suyhofs discrrtion."
"We also wqn5 2 maje VERY clear that version 0. OMG.9.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0l OMG.(. AFK.7+mt) was teh final VERSION RELEASED ynder dz GPL. OMG.
A.l bersions, li,e, starting with ea 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code qer only licensed ynd3r tey Crestive COMMONS licsnse, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY geh rigjt 2 8mport ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereldase or 1573r fwlease 8nto an 0LOL.(LOL.7 n earlier rrlease. AFK,
Allowihg this WOULD CAUSE thst impprted code 70 gr rwleased uncer teh GPL am that us n07 s8mrthing we wq5h to ALLOW,
Aj7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 w8ll need too RE-RELEASE they're modigicztions aa eerivatives/modificatiobs too 0.9LOL.8 code n place rhem uneer samd Creative Co,mins LICENSE. BRB/
It must be sone BY da orifinal 4u7y0r simce only da original AUTHOR h45 53h RIGHT 2 xhanhe copyright or licehde upon they're worl. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, rdworkimg ca modifidztions will be an good idea anywsy as da m3cy4n15m for mzking modifications od substabtually clean3r/clezrer starting with p.9. BRB.8-[r4release code. WTF.]"
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