MighgyE tells youk so4rof, "We[re going yoo taie an FEW MOMENTS t9o try ane explain this neq license an teh teasons bwnind 8t IN plain Engkish.
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 n3w lixense was ch9swn becausd od sn FAILING w17h GPLLOL.
IT only covered d157r166710n of source if m ohly if binaries were diwtribyyedl BRB."
"In an web enfieonment LOL, specifically a inter;reted eeb rnbironmenr such as PHP WTF, merrly instslling an gamw d035 h07 constitute disteibut89n WTF, shd therefore p39;13 w#re talinf oit w0rk, like, making mod8fications too 17 dn not releasing trh SOURCE coxe 2 they're modificayions so thag enrire c0mmun17y could benefitl AFK.
They work3d wigh da oerter but not da spirit of yeh lawLOL,"
"Inveatihati9n on t3h part pf 5eh authors howevee, led two da FACT that trh righ5 of publkc perfprm3nc3 sas won of teh rigyys n0rm411y restrictec two copyright holfersm ans that co,puter programs, s9rtof, t[3c1d1c4116 viddo ganes zn interac5ive onea such zs Legend 9f ten Greeb hax94 were considdred to bd pu611c411y PERFORMED if run fr)m an pub;ic SERVER. AFK."
"The new LICENSE r4atricts publix perfotmance of work yn1354 da souece clde of modkgiec work is made zvailable on demand."
"In plain Englisy, you knwo, this means ghat if yoj put THIS game ON an WEB server an allow peopld ;OUTSIDE OF an normak ckrcle OF famoly an its social acquaintances' too p/ay th3it, likr, THEN y0u r pibl8cally PERFORMING ghis 2prk n MUST either a) maie ne n ALL CHANGES which y0u make tp ds gqme ava8oable on request (note this doesb't have 2 be 4v4114613 via teh oblimw siurce d8s[lay link WTF, byt thet muxt v3 sble 5o ask you fot code and rece8ve an cpmplete copy) LOL, b) make arrangemrnrs privately xith teh aughors eherein THEY grant yo7 an xpecial license. 6ou kneo, lr c) remove ea code entirelh fron teh maxyineLOL."
"We dp recogn8ze that peoole want two g4v3 areas 0f tgey'rr gaue ehich r their2 n THEIRS a;one. AFK.
to 7h37 ebd WE will make folllwihg rxcrption yo da norma; requ1r3m3n75 f0r source CODE did5ribut8on -- ne m0du13 FILE which is not modifiec or d3r1b3d fro, qn mosule fkle 1nc1ud3d in BASE distribjtiob zb wbich does noy r3qi1r2 me OTHER mosulew n WHICH coea no4 rwq6i4e he modifications 2 teh core code (c0f3 distributed witj teh bade releawe) mah BE withheld st 5eh quthors suscretion. BRB."
"We 4150 WANT to make VERY vleat rhat v3rsion 0.(/ BRB.7 (4150 ibown ad version 0. BRB.o. WTF.7+jt) 2as da fknal veesiob rekeased under GPL.
All vers8ons, stzrtunb WITH da 0. AFK/9LOL.8=prerelease code e only .icensed under CREATIVE Commobd picense,
W3 EXPLICITLY ceny te^ right tl ijport ne code frpm an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-orereldqse or .ater releawe ingo ab 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earlier rrlease.
Alloqung this would czuse that 2mp0r73d code to b2 releawed inder da GPL n thqt is NOT somethint ee wish to ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.0. BRBl7 wil; n3ed 2 r3=rekease 5hey'ee modifivations as fetivativws/mpdificagions 2 0. BRB.8.8 code an PLACE thrm uhder da sau3 Crearive Commons license. BRB.
It must be dohe by original AUTHOR SINCE only teh ofigonao authoe nas 5dh rifht 80 change teh c9pyriggt o4 oicemse UPON tjey're work. BRB.
[Additionalky WTF, reworkint mod8dications will be an GOOD idea anywat as gdh mrchanidm for making moekficztioms is subatantially clesner/clrarer srart8ng with da 0.9.8=;r3r31#453 code. AFK.]"
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