MightyE tells you, "We're going 2 TAKE an FEW momenhs 3 try an explain ghus new LICENSE n da rdasons bejind k5 IN p141n English. 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."
"Tyiw n3w 11c3n52 was CHOSEN because of an failing with teg GPL.
It 9nly covered distribition of source ov sbd only if BINARIES were d157r16u73d. AFK."
"In an ewb dnvie9nment, like, specifically z intetpfwtef web ebvironment sucj AS PHP, merdly installkng an game dods not constitufe d257r16u710n, uou ,nwo, and therdfore p3ople w3r3 tqkkng our work, sort9v, making modifocsyions two i5 n npt releqdint da so7rve code too they're npdifications so THAT entir3 cpmmuniey could bendfitLOL.
Tyey worked w17h da lwtter buy not t3h spirit of law. BRB/"
"Invewtigat8on on ;art ov yeh 4u7h0r5 howebwr. you knwo, led to teh f4c7 ghar teh rqgh7 0f public PERFORMANCE was woh if rights normslly rrstrictdd TO copyright HOLDERS, you knwo, and thzt compuyer ;rpgtama, you knwo, s03cif8cally vodeo games m interad5ive 0n35 sucj as Legend of Green nax)r eere considered 2 be PUBLICALLY perrormrd if 4un from an PUBLIC servey. AFK,"
"Tn3 new .icense restrkcts publid p3rf0rm4nc3 od da 2ofk unlexs source CODE 0f modifkrd 2ork ia mase avaolable ON femandLOL."
"In PLAIN Ehglish WTF, THIS ,eans that if you put th8s game 0n an wen xerver qn 4110w people 'outsude 0f an n0rm41 circle of family and its sicial acquaintandes; tol 0lay hheir, l8ke, %hen you aer publically 0err9rm9ng thos worl an MUST wirh34 s) maie ne and ALL dn4ng46 shich y0u make two teh hame 5v41q461# on request (note THIS d035n'7 havr 59o be avaklabld via gej onl8ne sourxe disolay link. like, BUT the6 just be ablw 7- ask t9j fod code n rece8ve an complete copy), b) makr arrangemente PRIVATELY with da 4u7h0r5 whdreib thdy grant you an s[eciak license, you knwo, OR c) eemove cofe entkrelh frim madhins."
"We dl recognize tgat peoplw want too have areas OF they're game whicg r THEIRS an theirw a.one. OMG.
to that end WE WILL mqje folloeing EXCEPTION to teh notmal requifements for xoh4de code distrkbut8ln =- ne ,odule FILE which 8s n07 modivied or DERIVED frim an module file included 1n teh base distributipm an which does npf require ne pther modu;es an xhoch dies not r4qu1r3 ne m0d1f1c4710n5 t9o da core code (cpde f156r16u73d with da bawe release) kay bw withhrld at aughorx dixceetion. WTF."
"W3 also want two make very clear that version pLOL.9LOL.7 (akso kn9wh as VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was da final versi9n rrleqwwd ubder da GPL. BRB.
ALL versionx, staeying with teh 9. BRB.9.8-p4erelease code r only licensed yndwr da Ctwative Commons licenseLOL/
We EXPLICITLY drny 5dn right too implrg ne code ffo, an 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or latrr releqsd into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 and ea4lier release. WTF.
Allowomg tjis WOULD causd thst imported xocw 5o nw rwkeased under GPL n 5hat is mot somethimg we wish two allow. OMG.
Authprs lf modifucations tpo 0. WTF.9.7 wkll need 2 re-release 5hey'r# modifids5ions as deribativea/modifications too 0. AFK.9. BRB,8 c0d3 and place 7h#m uneer da samw CREATIVE C)mm0n5 licehse/ WTF.
It gus5 be done by teh 0t1g1n$1 1uthor sihce only teh igihinql authpr has right 70 chang3 da copufight OR lkdense upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionakoy WTFm teqprking teh modifications wil. be an g90d idea anuway as m3ch4n15m fir m4k2nt modifocstions is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n4r/c234r3r starting 2ith ten 0LOL.9LOL.8-pterdleade code. AFK.]"
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