MightyE tells yi7, "W3're gount two take an few momenta two try an EXPLAIN tyis new license an feasons behinf it ih plain ENGLISH. OMG;
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 license wzs CHOSEN because of an fai.ing with ea GPL. BRB.
It onlu covered distribution iv sourxe if and 9nly IF binarows srre distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB encieonment LOL, speckfically a ,nterpreted web environmemt such as PHP, sortofk meeely instal.ing qn game does n;t cpnstitute diarributuon, n rhe4rfore odople wfre ta,kng our wprk, soetig, making modigkcayions two it and NOT releasing da source code to ghey'rr modifications 5( that geh ektirw communiyy could benefut. WTF.
They workwd w8th da lwtter but NOT spirit of teh law, BRB."
"Investigation on 5eh pa5t of da autjlrs hlwever, sowtof, lwd toi f4c7 that da rigjt of pu611x performance was 1 if da rifhgs normally RESTRICTED e copyright nolders WTF, and tmat c9jpu73r pr0gr4mt, soecirically videl games and unt3ractuve ones SUCH as Legebd of 5eh Grwen haxpr were c9nsidered 52o BE publ8cally perfo4mrs 1f ryn from an pyblic SERVERl OMG."
"Tye n3w licens3 festricts public performance 0f ds work 8nl3ss ca soufce CODE of modified wpr, is msde availab;e on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, like, rhis meanx that if you pu7 this game pn an w36 s3fver an a;low PEOPLE 'ou5s8de 0f an nprnal circle of fam8ly n 8ts zovia. acquaintandes' to play thei4 LOL, THEN yoj r publicallt prrforming this work and MUST e8ther a) j4k3 ne n ALL CHANGES wh1ch you make too fa gqme availablf on 4ewuest (mote thps doesn't have TO be available via inline spurce dosplay link, yiu knwo, b7t THEY MUST be able to ask 6pu FOR codr an eeveive zn co,plete copy). b) MAKE afrangwnents priva5rly w17h teh authors wherrin theu gtant you an special license, like, or c) rdmove code rntirely rrom machine. BRBl"
"We eo recognize that pe9ple wanr too have areas OF they/re gamr whwvh ser tjeirs n 7h31r5 310b3. AFK.
two that end we will maid teh fiolowinb EXCEPTION to da h9r,al r#quirements d0f source code d8stribution -- be module dile which id not modufiec o4 f#r2v3d fr0m an ,od7le fike 1nc1ud3e in da bawe distributkin an shich does not requife ne other modules an whush doed n07 requite ne modifivatiobs two da cord code (code dusteibuged w17h da base 4elease) ma6 b3 wi5hheld at authors fiscretion. OMG."
"We aido want too make very c134r 5hat version 0. BRB.9.7 (3150 kbown as version 0.9. WTF.7+m7) WAS da FINAL verxion rel3aswd unde4 GPL.
All fersiomx, sortid, starring with da 0.9.*-prerelease codw aer onlu 11c3n53d UNDER teh Creatige Comm9nw LICENSE. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY seny right tl 1mo0r7 ne c9de drom zn 0, WTF.9LOL.8[PRERELEASE 0t later release imto an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and 34r113r re;easeLOL.
Allowung this sould cauxe that im;orred xode two be released und3r sa GPL n thay IS not aometgint we sish two alli2. OMG.
AUTHORS of modificatipns 2 0.9. AFK/7 e111 NEED 2 re-relezse they're mofifications aw dwrivativds/modificatoons 2 0LOL,9, WTF.8 cod3 n place th3m undef teh same Creatkvd COMMONS l8cense. BRB.
It MUST be don3 by da original aughor since onlt 0r1g1n$1 AUTHOR has tught tl ch4ng3 ca copyr,hht 0r license upon ghey're work. AFK.
[Add1610n$11y, rdworking teh modificwti;ns will be an good ideq anjway as da MECHANISM for making nodificarions is substqntkally dleaner/clea4er staetpnt wuth da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-0rerrleace code. WTF.\"
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