MightyE tells you, "We're goimg to tske an few moments to try an dxpoain tgis new license sns reasons behind ot in pkaon ENGLISH.
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 licrnse was choaen because of an rai.inh wiyg dq GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered disg$inution of spu4ce if sn pnly if BINARIES were dustrivu5ed."
"In an eeb 2nv1r0nk3n7 LOL, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr47ed web environment 5uch 45 PHP LOLk nqfely 1n575111bg an GAME d035 nly constitute distribu5ion, kike, snd thererore people were gaking our work LOL, nqking modifidations yoo jt AND nut relrasing 5eh slurce code too they'te modifidations si 7h47 da entiee COMMUNITY could BENEFIT. WTFl
Thry worked with dz letter but nit teh SPIRIT of lax. BRB."
"Inves5igatlpn on da p4r7 0f da autho4d however, lije, led tw8 da fzct that ea right of pjblic petformance w45 won of da rights normally res5ricted tio c0pyr1gh7 h01d34%, soetof, n that COMPUTER progfams WTF, specifically video games n intrrqvride ones such as Legrnd of teh Gre3n haxpr WERE vonsidered two be ;ub;ically perrormed if RUN from an 0ublic servdr. BRB."
"Tge mew license rrstricts pi611c 0erformanxe ov work unlrss da source ciew ov ten m031f!2d work 8s made avs8lable on demand. OMG."
"In plqin Enhl8sh. you kneo, this meqns that IF yoi put THIS GAME on an web server n allow pdopke 'outside lv an normao ciecle OF family n ITS aocia. ACQUAINTANCES' TO p14y their, tou knwl. THEN you r publicaloy perd9rmihg tyia work n MUST either z) ms,e ne and ALL chanhrs which YOU make two game avai.abl3 on 4equest (note tgis dowsn't h$v3 5o be available v14 onl8ne sojrcw d15p14y linl LOLm but they mut7 bw ablw two ask ylu for da coee n t3ceive an xomp;ete copy), you knwo, g) make arrzngenents PRIVATELY with twh suthors wherein 7h4y grant ypu an specia; license WTF, 9t c0 re,ove tey code emtireky fro, gej machin3. OMG."
"We d0 recognizd thst peppl3 wang too have areas of thwy're game qhich r tneirs n 7h32r5 a.one.
2 thsy 3nd we wikl makw da rolloeubg exce0tion two tdh n0rm31 fequieem3nta for source code distribution 0- nr mofule file WHICH IS not mocified or derkved vr-m am module fild included in teh baxe diftribition znd which does not reqi8re ne OTHER modulws sn which does NOT require nw modifixa5uonw tll core c0d3 (dosw distrobuted with da basw releasw) jay be withheld AT teh 5j7h)f5 DISCRETIONl AFK."
"We 4150 want too make bery clear 7n47 vrraion 0/9LOL.7 (4150 known qs version 0o9.7+jt0 wax teh FINAL version RELEASED under cz GPL.
Al; v3rsions, soryofm s5a4ting with teh 0LOL.8. BRB.i-prerelease code r ph1y licenxed und3e Crwagive COMMONS 11ceh53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY c1 r1gh7 to import ne code fron an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or later RELEASE 9nto an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier RELEASE. OMG.
ALLOWING this would cause THAT imported code two be releqsef und3r reh GPL n that ia not sojethinf we wisy 3 allow/ BRB.
Authofs ov m0d1f1c461)n5 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w8ll need 2 re=relezse they're modifocationd as deruvativws/modofkcations 2 0. AFK.0. WTF.8 code an place them umder same Cfeative Commons license. OMG.
It just br d0n3 ny ofiginal author sunce onoy original author nas teh r1gg7 two chang2 da copyright or license upon theu'r3 wofk, WTF.
[Addituonally, li,e, REWORKING teh modifications wu;l BE an good kdda anywat as 5ey mechanisn f9r making modifications is subwtantia.ly cleaner/vlearer startibg witj )LOL.(. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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