MifhtyE TELLS 6lu, likem "We're giing TO 5ake sn f3w momsntx 2 try an exp;ain this n3w license ah 4dzsons behind IT in plain Eng115h. OMG.
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 ndw locense was ch9s3n beca7se of ab failing 2ith teh GPL, BRB.
I7 lnlu cofdred didtribution )f 50urc3 1f abd only if binaries were distfibuted. WTF/"
"In an w3b environment WTF, xpecificakl6 a intedp$eted WEB environment such as PHP, like, merely ibsyaklong sn hqme doea nlt cons5itutr diwtribution LOLm n therevore peoplr wete takong our work LOL, makkng modufications 2 o5 anc not releaskng da aou5ce cofe twp yhey'ee MODIFICATIONS so that teh entire commumkty could benedut. OMG.
They wpfk3d WITH 1e77er but not da spirkt 0f geh law. AFK."
"Investigatkon on trh part OF autyors y0e3v3r, sorgof, LED 2 da fact tha5 da right OF pjbluc performance WAS 1 pf teh riggta nprmally restridted 2 co;yright holders, and that cimpjger programs. sortof. specifically vkdeo gamds an interactkce ones such ad Legend of da Geeen hax0r werd cobsidered 3 be publicqllt 0erfoemed 1v ryn from an public sercer."
"The new LICENSE rqstricta pubo8c prrformance or wo4k unless teh SOURCE code of 5wh mldivied WORK us MADE avai;able ON demand. BRB."
"In plain Engliwg LOLm this means that if you out this game on an web srrver and allow people ;outxide lf an nlrmak x1rc13 pf familh an its w9cial acquaintances' 1 p14y the7r, sortof, 7h3n yo7 aer ;ubliczlou perform8nh this elrk n MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL cjanges which y0j mqkr yo trn gaje availavle on request 9n073 this doeah't have to be 5v4114613 via 9nlute source d15p14y ;ink, BUT thet jusg 63 ABLE 2 ask yoi fo4 da code and rwceive an conplete copy), b) mak3 afranfemehts privately 1ith da AUTHORS wh3r31n THEY g4ant you an specisl license, sortof, OR c_ remlve teh xode ENTIRELY from machine, AFK."
"We dl recognize that people wan5 2 have areas od tycy're game which qer THEIRS n theirs alonr. AFK.
2 THAT end wd wi.l make teg fol;owkng exception t9 da nornal rrquirem3ntd for sougdd code distfibution -_ ne module file WHICH 1t not modified 9r ddrived f4oj zn module file INCLUDED IN teh base disrributkob n whqch doew not REQUIRE ne oth3f midules am whicu dpws not require nw modificatiogs too da core code (code disttiguywd WITH dz 645# r4oeasw) may be witgheld AT da authors dkscretion. AFK."
"We also wanr too m4k3 very clear that versoln 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (a;so jn9wn as versiin 0l9/7+jg) was finzl b3r520n releaaed under tej GPL, BRB.
ALL vrrsionx, sortof, 574r71ng eigh 0. WTF.0.8-prere;ease clde 4 only licensec under teh Creatife Commons LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY r2h right to import ne CODE FROM an 0.9. WTF.*-prereoease or lage4 release INTO an 0LOL.9.8 n earluer rel3ase. AFK.
A!10w1ng this wo7ld CAUSE that 1mp0r73d codf too 63 4e.eas3d undet GPL and that os not something ww wish 1 aolow. WTF.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9. AFK.& wikl need to de-releaae tuwy're modivicaroons as derivatives/modifivatilns 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code n place tjem uhdet ten same Creativd Commons .icense. AFK.
It must be done by sa ORIGINAL zjth9r sinxe only t3h oruginal 4u7g0g has da eight too change coptr8ght or license upon theh'4e w9rkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworkinb da m0d1v1c4710n5 will be ah gold IDEA anyway as mechani2m for makihg jodificati9ns is subshantially cleaner/cleqter starting witg teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.i-pfereleaxe cldeLOL.="
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