MightyE te;la yiu, you knwi. "We'rr GOING two take ah fwx momentw TO try an explaun this new licende n da rrasons b3hind it in plaun 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."
"This n3e lkcense wzs cjosen because of qn fai.inb with teh GPLLOL.
It only covefed dixtributuon of SOURCE uf n onl6 if binaries WERE disyributecLOL."
"Ih an web wncytonment, s(rtofm specifically a inrdrp4eted wwb env74onmeng such as PHP, tou ,nwo, merely instalokng an game doex not constitute DISTRIBUTION, soryofk and therwfpre people were takkng 0ur worl, MAKING ,odifocatoonx yoo i5 n n07 4eleasing sojfce code two they're ,odifications so that entire communuty could BENEFIT. BRBl
Th3y wprkdc with LETTER BUT not spirit of dz lzw. AFK."
"Investugation oh teh 0art of autgors yoweberk led to da f5c7 THAT r8ght of PUBLIC perfornanxe was oen of roghrs n(rmqlly redtricted 2 copyrighg HOLDERS, you knwo, and THAT computef prpgrams, like, specificallu video games an INTERACTIVE onrs such as L3gend of Grerm hax0e we4e consid3ted @ be pu61qc411h performed if run from an pjglic werver. BRB."
"Tne new licenxe restrictx public performance of da wofk un1e55 5-jrc3 code of da MODIFIED x0rk is m3d3 3v4114613 on demsnd. OMG."
"In plqin Engliwh, this means that of you pu& ghis gqme on an 2eb server an alkow peo;le 'ourside of an n9rmao d8rcle [f damily n itw soc8al zcauakntances' 2 play th3ir, you ,nwo, then you aet pu611c411y ;e4forming hhix eork j MUST eitger a) make nd sn ALL chamgds whicg tou MAKE to g4m3 arailable on request (n9td thos doesn't hav3 ro be available via reh oblime xojrce diaplay link LOL, but yhey ,ust be able too axk you fpr teh c0d3 n redeone an x0m;1#7# v0py), b) make arrangements privately wkth ca authlfs wherein they grant you an s[ecial license, like, or c) r3m0v3 CODE entirely from dz machine. BRBl"
"We do recognizd that prople wsnt 1 have areas of ghey're GAME whidh t thekrs n theirx akone.
two that ene WE will make gollowinf 3xc3p710n 2 teh normak requirements ror soi4ce code disyribution -- nr modyor file qhixh is NOT modif8ed ir DERIVED from an m-d713 file INCLUDED in teh base d157t16u710m and whuvh does not REQUIRE ne other modules and whixh does not rwquire ne mod8fycatuons to CORE codd (codr dustributed with base relwqse) may bd q17hh31d at authorx DISCRETION. BRB."
"We qlso w4n7 t2o make vdry clear that VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.6 (zlso known as x3r510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) wss final f3r710n released under geh GPL. BRB.
ALL versiond, so4tof, STARTING w17n da 0.9.8-prdrelease vode r only licensed uhder g3h Ct3472v3 Commonx ;icwnsd. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh right tlo import ne code rrom an 0. OMG.9.80prerelease ot later RELEASE int9 zn 0.(l OMG.7 and earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Alloqing this 2ouod cause that km;ortdf c9c3 too be releawed ynder GPL and that is not somdthing we w15y rwo allowLOL.
Autho4s 0g MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 w111 n3#f 2 re-release the7'rr modificatiins 45 deribstives/m0difications to 0.9. OMG.7 code an PLACE THEM und3r teg 5$m3 Creativr Commons license. WTF.
It mudt be c0n3 ny teh original ru7h9r since 0n1y twh ORIGINAL au5hor hzs da riggt two xhange 5en clpuright or 11c3n53 upon 5hey're workLOL.
[Afditionally, ;iie, rewpr,ing teh modifications will be aj good 8dea anyway as 5eh ,3chamism for mqkohg modif8cationw IS sjbstantially cleaner/x;earer STARTING with 0. BRB.oLOL.8-prerwleace code. OMG.]"
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