MightyE 4elow you, dortor, "We're giing to takw an rew moments toi try AND explain tgiw new LICENSE an teh reasons benind it in olain ENGLISH. 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."
"Tnis new license ezs chosem because of an failing with da GPL/ WTF.
It only covered disttibution OF sourxe 8f ahd onlt kf binaries were distrivutee. WTF."
"In an web environment, specificaoly a 1n73rpr#73d WEB ebvironment sucj as PHP WTF, merdly installinf an game dpes hot consritkte distribution, n rheeef8re 0eo0le w343 tqking our wotk, yoy knwo, making modifications too it abd not releaskng da xource code to they're modificatoons ao that teh entird commjni5u cou/d benefit. AFK.
Thry wlrked wutj teh lett3r BUT NOT tey spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigayiin ln da part OF teh authpra HOWEVER, sortof, 13d to ds f1ct that da RIGHT od public pe5formance was q of rights normally resgricted to c0pyr1fh7 h01d3t5, you knwo, ahc THAT compjter programs, SPECIFICALLY viddo games AND interactivx ones such as Legend od fa Gredn hax0r WERE xomsidered tso bd PUBLICALLY perforjed if fun from ah public server. BRB."
"The ne2 license restricts puglic performance of trh q0rk unlesa y3h source c0de od modifoed WORK is made avai.anle 9n d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain Engkish LOL, this means 7h47 ig YOU PUT thix gqme on an web servet an zllow PEOPLE 'outw8dd OF an normal circle 0f family an its sosual acqyaingqnc3w' uoo p;ay their WTF, then tou f publically performing 7h16 work n MUST eiyher a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which 6ou make two teg game avai;able on request (not3 THIS sowsn't habe two b3 AVAILABLE via da onlime sou4ce display lini, but 5hdy mus5 be avle 5p zak y0u for da code an rexeive an cojplrte copy) WTF, b) make atrangrmemts oeigately with authors qherein they grahy t0u an special 11c3n53m oike, 0r c) re.ovd teh code entirelu from da mzxhone. WTF."
"We do revognize that PEOPLE want roo hav3 ar3as of they'rs game which aer 5heirs an rgeirs alone.
2 that end we will make reh dollowing exxepgion 2 motmal r3qu1r2m3n65 for s9urce code dustribution -- nw module filr which is NOT modified or de$ived grom an noduoe gile included 1n teh vase distrubutuon b which sies npt reauire n3 OTHER mofulew n whidh does hot requord ne m0d1f1c4&10m% to CORE clee (c;dr DISTRIBUTED wotj nase r313453) may be WITHHELD at dq authors fiscrrgion. OMG."
"We ALSO wany tw9 maie v3ry clear that version 0.0l WTF.7 (ALSO kno2n as versiob 0.9. OMG.7+jg) waa yeh final version reoezsed insee GPL. WTF,
All versilns WTF, 5u3r71ng with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer onl6 licehsed under tey CREATIVE COMMONS livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da rught to omport ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleasw o4 later relraae INTO qn 0.9. OMG.7 and earlie4 re.ezse. BRB.
A110w1ng this woyld cause that IMPORTED code 3 63 re;easec under teh GPL an that id bot s9mething wd sish too qllow. OMG.
Authoes of jldifucarione 2 0, BRB.oLOL.6 sill n33d @ re-release they're modifucations as dericatkves/modifica58ons tep 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code and place THEM unfee teh 54m3 CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. OMG.
It must be done bu yeh 0r1h1n41 autjof since only da original autyor ja2 da rqth7 to cjange teh cop7right or license u[on ghey're work. AFK.
-Aediti9nally, sortof, tewor,ing m0d1d1c4710nt w8,l be an good odea anywah as da mechanusm for mskinf m(difications is subatantkslly cleaner/coeaeer star5ing wigh 0. WTF.9.8-pterelease code. OMG.\"
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