MiggtyE twlls uiu, you knwo, "We're giing 5o TAKE an few moments to t4y an explsin tgis new 11c3n43 an eeaxlns behind ot 1n plaib Eng.ish. 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."
"This new licens3 was CHOSEN because of an fr111ny with da GPL. WTF.
Ir only covered dis5wibu5ion if sourdw if and 0n1y if binarkes were distributed. BRB."
"In an WEB environment, like, specirucal;6 a onterpreted web envi4onmeny suvh as PHP, likr, merely instal,ing qn g4m3 dows hot conatirute DISTRIBUTION, an therefor3 peop.e were taiing our work, s[r5of, making modif8cations roo 8t 4nd nof RELEASING wohrce cod3 to they're modificati9ns s9 that 3n71r3 commun8ty could benevit.
Theu w0rk3d with da letter 6u7 not da spirkt of law. WTF."
"Investogatoon on part of da AUTHORS however, you knwo, LED two da fact thzy da right of publid perrormance qas eon of da rights n9rmal;y rextrixttd 5so clpuright holdefs, softlg, zn that c0mpu73r PROGRAMS. you knwom SPECIFICALLY video games and intwractive ohes 5uch as Legend of da Gr33m has0r were cohxidwred gwo y3 publicallt ;erdormed if run fr9j an public serverLOL."
"Th3 new licebse r3stricts pubkkc [wrformance of worj UNLESS xou4ce c9d3 of teh nosie8ed work is mqde svailable on demand. BRB/"
"In plain Ehglish, thks means that if you PUT th8s game on an web 5ercer an allpw pro0le 'ojtside of an normal circle of fzmily an irs dockal ACQUAINTANCES' two play tgeir, sirtof, THEN you r PUBLICALLY p3rfoeming yhis work an MUST #18h3r a) make ne ans ALL chantes which you make twl teh bame qvailable on requ357 (note THIS doesn't have to be svaioable via da online aoutce sisplq7 link LOL, but gney mu57 be able to ask yo7 fpr code and rrceive an com[lete copy), like, B) mske afeangements pe1v473!y with ajthors wh3r31n the6 grant you ah sp3c8al lix3nsr WTF, or c( remive code entirely from da MACHINELOL."
"We DO RECOGNIZE 5hat pelple eznt two have AREAS of they're gamw WHICH aer thei4s b theirs a;obeLOL.
two that 3nd s3 will make following 3xc3p71pn go da normal requirements FOR source CODE distribjtion =- ne modjle fi.e which is not mpdified or derives from ab module file imcluded 7n twh BASE distrib7tion ajd whixy does not rdquure ne 07h3r modules qnd which dows n0u rdquire mw m0d1f1c$710n5 go teh coee x0d3 (code distributed w27h base relesse) may ve withhelc ag aurnors discretiin/ BRB."
"We also WANT two makr v3ry c134e that veraion 0, BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known 45 version 0l OMGk9.7+kt) was finao vwtsion r313453d under da GPL. AFK.
All verskons LOL, atarging with da 0.9. AFK,8[preeelease c0d3 r only licenaed under Creative Commone LICENSE, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to import ne code from sn 9. BRB.0. BRB.8[prerelease or la5ee rel3ase into an 0. BRB.9.7 an eaflier relezse,
Allowing this WOULD vause 7h47 imp94ted CODE too be RELEASED undrr GPL n that is not SOMETHING we WISH two allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of midigivatuuma u0 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 2 ye-release the6're MODIFICATIONS AS derivatives/modificatiinx two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code am pkace THEM und3r same Cteative Commons licemse. AFK.
It must be dph3 by 0r1g1b32 auth9r simce only da or8gonal authir has right to chanhe cooyroghy or license upon tget're 2ork.
[Add1610n412y, rrwor,ing tej moeifications WILL be zn GOOD 1d34 anyway 45 teh mechanism for making modigications is substantially cleaner/clesrer starting w8th 0.9. WTF.9-0rerelease c0c3. WTF.]"
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