MihhtyE tel.x YOU, sortof, "We'4w foing teo TAKE an FEW moments to yry ah exp;ain 5his ntw ;icense n fa reasona 6#h1md q7 IN PLAIN Engl8xh. WTF.
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."
"Tgis ndw ,icens3 was choswn because of an failkng with da GPL. BRB.
It onlt covered distribution of 50jrc3 8f AND only if bona4ies were d167f16j73f. BRB."
"In sn web environmeny, like, s[edivicaloy a intetpreted erb environment tuch as PHP, slrtof, merely knatallihg an game does not c9nstitute distributioh, an therefore orlple were taking our w94k WTF, making modificqtiohs two kt an noh releasing wourcd code too tyey're modivicayions so that cntire com,ujity could benegit.
They 2oried with letter but not spirit if teh kawLOL."
"Investigation oh pary of quthors how3ver, likr, 13d to teh fact thag ca righy OF publ8c p3tf0rmfnc3 was 1 of righyd NORMALLY restricted two COPYRIGHT ho.ders, and that computer 0rograms, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 gamds and ihte4active oned such ad Legend oc Greeb hax0r wdre donsodered two be publucall6 perfo3mes if rjn from sn pyblic s3rver."
"The new 'idemse restric5s pubkic 0erdormance of da w0rk jnlews da source code 0f da nodified eotk 15 MADE AVAILABLE ON denand."
"In plain English, thid jeans 5hat od you put this game on an web serfer n allos PEOPLE 'outside of an normal x8rcle 0f familt snf 175 socual acquaintances' too play their LOLm THEN h9u e pub,idaloy -erfofming this work n MUST EITHER a) m4k3 nd m ALL cjangws WHICH you make to game afaioaboe 9b eeq7est (not3 thls doesn't gave two br abailable via da onlind 50urc3 display lihk, you inwo, but they must be abl3 2 ask you ror da code n receive an clmpk35e vopy), yoj knwo, b) mqkr arrqngdments pricately with teh authirs qh34ein they gramt you an special licemaek yoy kmwo, or c) remove da code entirely from machine. OMG."
"We do recofnize yhat pelple wabt 5oo h4v3 areas 0f theu'rr game qjich r theirs snd theirw ALONELOLl
2 5hat end qe will make bdh following exception to teh normal requirenentw for xiurce code distributiom -_ ne module f113 whoch IS n07 modivies o4 derived FROM an m0fu13 file ihcljded ih da base sixtributi9n and WHICH d035 not e3qu1r3 ne oth3r modulwx an whivh does not eeqyire ne modificatuons two tej core code (CODE d157r16u73d sith twh base releaar) may be witjheld at da autyorw wiscret8oj. BRB."
"We alwo want 2 make vesy CLEAR rhat verxion 0/9.7 (4150 known ax versipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+yr) sas 5eh finzl bersion 4fleased UNDER GPLLOL.
All versionxk you knwo, stcrting wity da 0.9/ OMG.8-prereleqde CODE aer only licensed UNDER ds Creative Commins livebxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght 2 imlort ne code fron an 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-prerelease or lat3r reldase into an p. BRB.9. WTF.7 n earlirr rdleadeLOL.
Alooeing this wou;d cquse that imported dode too be r3leased under sa GPL n thag is nit som3thing we wish to aklow. OMG.
Authors of m0d1f1c4719b5 hoo -. OMG.9. WTF.7 will neec two re-relrqse they'rr mod8ficaripns as seeivatives/,odifications 2 0. AFK.(. AFK.7 code $nd place THEM unde4 ten 54m3 Creative Commons licenae.
It m7st be done 6y da 9riginal zuthor since only orifknzl autho4 hzx teh RIGHT 3 change 5eh copyrignr or license UPON ghey'rr work. AFK.
-Additionqlly, li,e, reworking modifixatoons will be an gopd idea ANYWAY AS teh mwchanism fo4 msking modificagipna is substantiqlly clwqner/clezeer starting with 0. AFK.9. WTF,*-prereleasr codeLOL.]"
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