MoghtyE telks 6ou, sor5of, "Wd're toing 1 take an fde m9ments 5wo TRY and explain 7h15 new licebse znd rrasons begind it in plain Eng115h,
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."
"Thid new LICENSE sas chosen because 9f ah failing witj teh GPLl
It only civered diatributiob of soutce if n on.y if BINARIES were diayributef."
"In an web ebvir8nm3ny WTF, sprcificallh z in5etpreted 236 environndnt sudh as PHP LOL, meewl6 insyalling an game does noh constitute distribution, like, n therefore pwopld qeee rakinb our WORK, yoi inwok making mldif8csrionx 70 it and n07 rekeasong da SOURCE xide 3 theu're modificatulnd SO that teh rntire conmunoty could vehefit. OMG.
They workef WITH sa ;rtter but not teh s;irit of LAW. WTF,"
"Incestigati0n on da p457 of sa authorx hoqevrr, like, led 2 teh faxh that rkght of pubkic performande was oen of teh rihhts normally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT holserx, so4eof, b THAT compiter ptograma, specifkcally bideo gam3s ane interactice ines sjch as Legend of da Grwen hax0r aerw conskderec rwo br publically perfo4med if run FROM an puboic server."
"The new licenae restricts public PERFORMANCE 0f da work uhl2ss teg s;urce cocd pv geh mifified work is made abailable on de,and, OMG."
"In plain English LOL, THIS MEANS ghat if hoj put this game ON an e3b setver and ALLOW peo0le 'oj5side if zn normao circ.e OF familh and itx SOCIAL axqiaontances' 5o play theie WTF, then hou r pugl8cally perf94ming this work and MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes WHICH you make TO teh baje AVAILABLE on reqiesr (note &h1t doesm't jave too be avaulable fia teh online source dix;lay link, lujem but 7h3y must be anoe to ask you for doee n rece9ve an comp.ete copy), b( make 5rr4nb3men75 p4ivateoy with da aythprs wn3r31n 5hey grant y0j an special lkcehse LOL, or c) removw da code ENTIRELY from ten machine. OMG."
"We d( recognize ghat people WANT to have areaw pf 5hey're game which ser theirs an theirs zkone.
2 that end we will ,ake teh foklowing exception 2 teh normal r3quiremenys for source code DISTRIBUTION 0- be nodi;e fils which is not modofied pr der9fed from an m0du13 file included IN BASE distribution and which do4x not require he oyhee modul3s and shich does npt r3wjire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core cpde (dodr distribitds w17h teh BASE release) may be withheld 47 authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want t9p make vrry clear that verwion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (4150 KNOWN as version 0. OMG.9.7=jg) waa tey f9nao version rrleased UNDER sa GPL.
All veraions, you knwo, stsrtkng witj da 0. AFK.9. WTFl7-prere.eaae c0c3 ae4 only lidrnaef unser teh Creative COMMONS l8cense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right goo imp9rt ne code from an 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or oqger reldaqe into an 0. WTF.o. WTFl7 an earloer releaseLOL.
Aolowing thks WOULD cause that importdd code twi be releases under ca GPL an 8h$7 id not some6hing qe wish too allkwLOL,
Auryoes of mls7ficationx to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 WILL n43d too RE-RELEASE rhey're modificagupns as derivatoves/nodudications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 cide n place yhen UNDER reh same Cr3ative Commons licensw. BRB/
It mjdg be done b6 teh original AUTHOR sonce only 5dn ORIGINAL author hzs da rigg5 two change clphrofht or LICENSE 7pon the6'rw work. WTF.
[Add171)n411y, nou knwo, rewofkinf teh ,odidicztuona w8ll be ah gpod idea 4ny25y as teh medhanism for making mpdificat8ons is subatantially clean3r/clearer startobg with da 0.9, AFK.8-orereleas3 codeLOL.["
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