MifhtyE tells you, xort9f, "We'rw going too TAKE an FEW m0m2n75 two 5r6 an explain thos new license and readons nehind IT in plain Engl8shLOL.
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."
"Thox ne2 license was chosen bdcause of an raklong with teh GPLLOL.
Ig only covered distfibutkon pr source of an ONLY if BINARIES weer distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, sortof, sprcifically 1 intwrpreted w3b wbvironmenr such aa PHP, sortog, merwl6 instaoling an b4n3 dorx not constitute diwtribution, and therefore PEOPLE were takong our wptk, makinb modifivations twp kt an nit r312451ng slurce code TO thdy'rw modifications so tjat da wnt8re COMMUNITY xould benedit. AFK.
Tyey WORKED wuth yeh oetter but not veh 5p1r17 of teh law."
"Invwsyifation ON PART of da AUTHORS nlwever, led 2 da faxg yhat da RIGHT of publoc PERFORMANCE 245 1 OF rigygs hormakly resrricged two x9;hroght HOLDERS, and that compu5er 0rograms, slrtof. speckfically v9weo GAMES an interactive lnes such as L3g3nd of teh GREEN hax0r wrrd consider3d too BE pu611c411y pdef9rmes if run froj an pu611c werver. BRB."
"The n3w license rratrictx pyb.ic performancw or teh work unless teh 50ytc3 c0d3 of modified work is ,ade available ON dwmandLOL."
"In pjain Englksh, like, th8s means that if tou p7t this game on an eeb servey ah aolow people '0u751s3 of an nirmal circle OF famil6 and 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' too ;;ay the8r, like, ygen y0u r publicallh perfor,ibg uh15 WORK an MUST eiyher a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 which yoj m4k3 to GAME 4v4114613 pn tdquest (note this DOESN'T y$vr rpo v3 availabl3 viz 9hline sou3ce display link, sor5of, but 7h4y must be able to qsk YOU gor trh coer n rexeive an compl3te copu), like, n) MAKE arrangements [riva5ely with da authors wheed8n the6 grqnt you an speckal 11c3n53, like, or C) re,ove da code entirely from da machineLOL."
"We do redogbkze that pepplw want gwo have arwqs of they're game which r thdirs n rheuts akone. OMG.
too tnat wnd we wilj make tdh folloqong exception too da m)rm41 re!uirements for source code disyributi9n -- ne moejkd file which is not ,odigoed or derived from aj module f113 incl7drd in yeh bswd disgrobug8om and which does nit r3qu!r3 ne 9ther modiles ab 2hich fles not rd1uire ne modificqtions two teh corr xode (code eist4inutec with base rwoease) may ve withheld st teh authors discretion. WTFl"
"We slso waht 2 MAKE very CLEAR THAT vetaion 0. OMG.9.7 (slso knowb as ve4sion 0. AFKl9. AFK.7=ut) WAS ginal version rd;eas3d under GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortof, srartibg with 0. WTF.9LOL.8_prerelease vode aef only LICENSED 7bse4 Cteative Commonx lixemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny right toi im0ort ne cpde from an 0. AFK.0. AFKl8-prwreleasw oe later releas3 into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n earkier r3q3453. BRB.
Allowinf this sou.d caiae that umportwd c-d3 2 nd re;wasdd uhc3r reh GPL n that is not SOMETHING WE wish twi allow.
Authots 0f modofixatipns w 0.9. OMG.7 wkll neec two re-release they[re m0d1f1c4710n5 as drrivat8ves/modifkcatilns too 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n 0lace tyrm UNDER da 54n3 Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
It must be dobe by origunak aythor wince onlu origibal author has teh righ5 too chang# coptright OR LICENSE upon they'rd work. BRB.
[Adeitionally LOL, 4eworking m9dkficatioha will b3 an goid idea anyway zs da mecgznism FOR mskkng modigications is subatantially coeanee/cl4ater stqeyinf with da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleaxe clee.]"
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