MightyE t3lls h0i, soetof, "We'fe g0ing two take an few ,omemts 3 try an ecplain this bew licebse an da reasons behind it in pksin Engk8sh, AFK.
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 NEW licrnse was chosen becaude of an dailinf wuth da GPL, BRB.
I7 onlh cpvered distrinutipn 0f so7fce if n only 1f binarkes werr disueibutedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTk dpecificslly a ibterpreted web envi4onmejt such as PHP, like, MERELY INSTALLING zn game d9ws n07 cohstitutr dixtribution, you kmwo, n theredore PEOPLE were takibg our work LOL, msjibg modifications to9 it n npt releaximg 5eg 5purc3 vode top they're modifica5ions so that da ebtire commuhity coulf venefit.
THEY worked WITH da oetter but not s0krit OF teh law. BRB."
"Ihvestigatkon 0n p4r7 0f teg aitgors h9w3v3e, uo7 jnwo, led too dq fact thqt teh right of public pervormance WAS won of rights NORMALLY restrictes 2 copuright h9lr3rx, n that conputer p4ohrams, like, specifically video gamrs h interactive ones such zs Legend of Gteen hax0r wrfe cobsidered t2o be publicaooy performed ig run f4om ah public SERVER. WTF."
"The new livense restricys publoc ;erformance 9f da wprk uh135% coutce code of tej m0d1v13s work IS nade available on demand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, th8s MEANS tgag if yoi put 6his game on an web server and allow peoplw 'outside of an normal circlw pf family and 1u5 social zcquaimtandew' to [lqy th3ir, l8kr, yhen hou aer pu611c411y PERFORMING this work and MUST eityer a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU m4k3 twp gwh game available on requrst (nore this doesn't j3v3 5oo ne qvsklable via onlkne source d15p!3y LINK LOL, buy tney nust ge able to ask ypu fof CODE an rdceive an complete copy), B) makw 4rr4bg3m3n75 privatr;y with da AUTHORS wgereih thet grant you a, SPECIAL 1qc2n53, sprtov, or c) removr teh coce entirely from m4ch1n3. WTFl"
"We do r2coghize thqt pwlpld want too have sreas of thet'r3 game 2hich aer theirs abd tjeirw alone, WTF.
t2o that ene se will ,qke rol.owing exception top tej normal requirements fpr source cpde distrivutkon -- ne mofule file which is bot modifidd lr derived drom an modile FILE imcluded in base dq%7r17u710n qn which d035 not require ne other MODULES n which does h07 r3qu1r3 nw m9dif8catiogs two core code (CODE distrkbuted with geh BASE eelwase) may ne witnheld at da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"W3 skwo sant ti make very clea4 rhat ve3sipn 0. AFK.9.7 )also lnown as version 0.9.7+jt) wax da dknal VERSION RELEASED und3r GPL. OMG.
ALL VERSIONSk s94tof, atarting WITH 0.9. WTF.8=prereleasw code r pn1y licebsed uhder da Ce3471v3 Commons licensel WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 import ne codd fro, an 0. AFK.9LOL.8_prerelease ;r later r313t53 into an 9/ OMG.oLOL.7 an 34f113r releasr. AFK.
Allowing this would cause thay impirtev code 2 be releawed under ten GPL am THAT is not sometj8ng we w25h two allow. WTF.
Authlrs -f mpeificationx two 0LOL.9/ AFK.7 will need 2 re0relesse they[re modifications aa deruvagives/jodifications to p. AFK.9.8 cosd n placr 7n3m under da same Crwativ3 Commons license.
It mu57 be s0n3 by 0r1g1n41 aithor sonce 0n1y tdh ORIGINAL autnor hqs right to CHANGE teh copyrifh5 OR license u9in they'ge wprkl OMG.
[Adsitiohzlly. reeorking mod8focatioms qilo be an good 8deq anyway ss da mechaniwm for majing modifkcations is SUBSTANTIALLY dleaner/clearer starting qith da -.(.8-prereleaxw codem]"
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