MightyE tells ypu, sortof, "Ww're going 2 rake ab fds moments to try n exp.ain this mew locense and teh reas9ns vehind it in plain Engoisg. BRB/
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."
"Thix new licens3 xas cmosen because OF ah vailing w17j da GPLLOL.
It only clvered cisteibuti9n OF spurce 2f an only if binaries WERE distributed. BRB."
"In an web envirpnment WTF, apec8fical.y a 1n7erpr#73d web 3mv1r0n,3n7 such qs PHP, you kbwo, meee;y installing sn game does h08 constitute distrinytion, like, and thereforr people weee taking our wprl, MAKING modificatipns 2 it n n07 relwasihg teh dource clse two they'rr mldkficatiomd SO 7h47 teh entire community co6kd brnefi5. OMG.
They wo4kdd w17h da lerter BUT n07 teh spiri5 of teh law."
"Imvedtigation on part OF teh autgors howevee. s9rtof, led TO trh favt THAT teh RIGHT of puvlix perfirmance was won of teh r1fh75 norjally restrivted two COPYRIGHT h01d3rt, softof, an that c0mpu73r pr0gr4j5 WTF, specoficalky videl games n interactive 9nes SUCH as Legehd lf geh Gr3en haz0r 2ere cobskderee to be publically petfotmed kf 4un f4om an public server. WTF."
"The new l8cense restricys publoc 0erformanc3 of da work unless 5eh SOURCE code of teh mod8fidd wlrk is made available 8n femand. AFK."
"In plain Enflish, sortof, this means that is YOU pht this GAME on an w36 servrr AND alkow PEOPLE 'outxide of an nornal circle of f4m21y n ira social acquainyancws' 2 play their, like, THEN y9u r pu711c411t 0erforminr thus eork an MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL fhanged whkch yoj make yo game ava8lable on requewt (n073 thks doesn't h4v3 too be available v8a da online sourc3 disokay link LOL, but THEY kusy be able &0 zsk yoy for code and RECEIVE am comp;ege cppy), oike, b) namw arrangementf prifately qith geh aithors wn3r31n they grant you an spexia. licdnse, uou knwo, o4 c) rwnove codd entitely feom machibeLOL."
"We do recognize that pelole want two habe aeeqd OF theu're bame WHICH 4 7h31r5 AND thdirs alone.
2 thsr emd we w8ll make teh followihg exception ! n0rm41 f3qu2g3m3n75 ho4 sojrce code fistrinution _- ne m-du13 vile wh1ch is NOT jodkfied or derived fron an modukw file 1nc1ud3d in base DISTRIBUTION an which does not require ne -7h3r jodules qn ehich d035 not require ne MODIFICATIONS twp geh xord clfe (code distfobkred with da nase relessd) may be withheld at da authors diwvretion. OMG."
"We also wznt too make very c1344 thag versloh 0.9. BRB.7 )alsp known qs version 0. AFK.9.7+ht) was final VERSION rwleased une3r teh GPL.
All ve4sionw, sortof, startkng with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease cofe aer onjy LICENSED inder CREATIVE Commons locenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny da right to im;ort ne c0e# from an 0,9. AFK.8-prerelease l4 larer releqxe inro a, 9. WTF,9. OMG.7 n ea4;ier release.
Allowing this eould cauwe that imported code 2 BE releasee uhf3r 5eh GPL ay that is bot something we wiah two allow. OMG,
Autyors of ,8dkficationw 80 0, WTF.9LOL.7 wull n#3f too re-r3lease tney're modificatklbs AS serivatives/modificstions two 0. BRB.8. BRB/8 code n PLACE them 7ncer da same Cr4471ve Commoms lidenseLOL.
It must be done by da 041g1n4q aytjor SINCE on;y teh oritinal autgor hzs teh tight to change t3h copyright or @1c3m%3 upon tneu're workLOL,
-Additkonally, wortof, REWORKING mosificatkons will BE sn good odra anuway as mechanism fo4 makung modocications is subsyant7slly cleaner/clearer ctarting with teh 0. OMG.o.*-prerekease code. BRB.]"
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