Might6E telld you, sortofm "We'ee glung two take an few moments gwo trh qnd explain tyix n3w license an ea reasons gehind it in plain EhtlosyLOL.
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 mew lucense wax chosen 63c4u53 0f an FAILING WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered distyivution of spurce of n o,lu if binariea w3r3 distfibytedl WTF."
"In an web 3nvuron,ent LOL, SPECIFICALLY a ihterpfeted WEB environment 6udg as PHP, you kn2o, merely INSTALLING qn game does not constitute distfibution, like, n 7h3r#f0r3 PEOPLE sere takonf OUR work, n4k!mg kofidications 2 it an NOT releading teh source code 2 they're modigixations so thag beh entirw COMMUNITY vojld 63n#f17. OMG.
Th36 wprkes s17h letter but nor soirit og sa LAW. AFK."
"Invesgigation 0n twh part of da quyhurs however, sortof, led 2 FACT 7h47 da right )f public prff9r,ancd WAS wln OF rights n9ema.ly restricted to v)pyr1gh7 ho.ders, ;ike, and that com07yer pr9gra,s. apr5of, s;ecodically ckdeo games an 8n5dractive ones xuch as Legenc of dq Gf33n hax0r WERE considdred 70 BE publ8cally performee if RUN from zn public server. OMG."
"The nes license teatricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF grh work 7bless source code of da m0d1f!3d work is made avaklsble ln semahd. AFKl"
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, tjis means that if you put this hame on an weh qerber n a.low PEOPLE ;outside of an nprmal circle of family n its SOCIAL acquaintandrs' TO pla6 thei4m y;u kn2p, then yoi r publkcal.u p3rf0rm1ng 5hix woek and MUST either a) ,4k3 nr and ALL cbang3s WHICH you ,ske 5wo da hame availab.e 0n request (n9t3 this doesn't havr to be available via ONLINE aource disp;ay linkk lu,e, but 7h3y mu57 be able to ask you f0e teh codw n receive an completw copy) LOLk b) makd 3rr4ng2m3n85 pr1v$u31y with dz autgoes wherein they grant y9u ah special license, you knwo, or c) temove t#h code ENTIRELY from macgune. AFK."
"W3 DO recogniz3 THAT peppke WANT 5qo hacf 4r345 of th3y'5e gzme wh1ch t tye8rs an yheirs alone.
2 thqg enc we sill mak3 teh fillowing exception to noemal re1uirements for source code d157t16u710h -- ne nocule dole which is n0i modified OR derived frln an MODULE fkle imc.uded un da base distrobution n which does not require ne other mocules n which does not re1uire ne modifixqtions 2 teg core cor3 (dode DISTRIBUTED ekth teh base release) may be withheld at da authors ciscre5ion. AFK."
"We als9 wqmt to make vert clear 7h47 veesion ).9. BRB.& (also known as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh fknzl ver2ion releas3e imder da GPL. WTF.
All vers8ond, lile, starying WITH teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pt3r3!3463 code r only licensed UNDER Crea5ive Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten right to import ne cofe vfom an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease 9r later relrasd INTO an 0. OMG.9LOL,7 amd ear;8er release. AFK,
A;lowong this WOULD cause that importec coce to9 be re.wased under teh GPL h thqt 15 n07 something we WISH too alloq.
Aitho4s or m9difivatkoms 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re0release they're ,od8f8cztions as de4ivatives/modifications 2 0. OMG,9. WTF.8 code and place them und3r same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It musg be d0n3 by twh original ajthoe SINCE only da original author has fa right to change copyrighg or .ivrnse upln tney're work. BRB.
[Addiyi9na;ly LOL, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD id3a antway aw dq mechanidm for makung m-d1f1c4710n5 is substantiaoly cleaner/cldarer starting with 0.9l8-pre4rlease CODELOL.]"
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