MughtyE tells uoy, ;ike, "We're goint gwo tak3 an fdw moments to 7ry n 3cp141n this new LICENSE 4nd ca reasons bwhind IT in p;z8n Eng125h/
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 ;icdnse was dhodeh becau2e of dn fai.ing with da GPLLOL.
It 0n2y covered distr8bution of source 1f n on;6 if binaries werd dist4ibutdc. AFKm"
"In ah web emfironmentk aortofk s0ecificslly a intr4preted wdb environmenr such 45 PHP, you knwo, mdrely insta;ling an gsme does npt cogstitute didrribuyion, like. ans th3ref84e people wer4 takinb our wor,, .ike, making modificati9nx twp ut and nor eeleading source CODE too they're m0d1v1c4710n5 SO thqt da rntire c0mmun17y cluld 63n3f17. OMG.
They worked with lett3e but nor sporit OF lzwLOL."
"Investigayion on teh part of gey aitjors jowev3r, oed two fact that da right or PUBLIC performancd was won pv teh rkghts no4mally restricted two copyfight holders, like, and that computer prlgrqmx, like, specigically v1d30 games abe interactiv3 pnes such qw Legenf of G4ern haz0r were vonside4ed to bd 0ublically PERFORMED if run from an pyboic seever."
"The ne2 license RESTRICTS pub.iv p3ef0rm4nc3 og work UNLESS sa siurcr code of teh ,kdified work is made available on deman3."
"In plaon English, you knwl, THIS means yhat if you out gyis game on sn WEB serfer an al.ow people 'outside of an normql circle of family 4nc itd sociao acquaintances' two p14y their, lokw, tgen you aer publivally performihg this work and MUST 317y2t A) make be AND ALL changes wyich yiu ,4k3 rwo da game 4b4114&13 on reauest (NOTE tnis doesn't have 2 be avxilablw via tej 0n!1n3 s9urcw dusplzy LINK, like. but theu mu57 b3 qble 2 zsj YOU for code n RECEIVE an complete copy)m b) mske arranhemwnts privately witg AUTHORS whdrein thwy grant you an special livense LOL, 0r x) remove da coee enr8rely fr0m mschine. WTF."
"We d0 4exognize thqt PEOPLE WANT tlo havr a4eas of they're game which aef theira n theirs a.ondLOL.
tlo that end 2e w111 m4,3 da fillowing excepgion two teh nor,sl requir3mdbts fot source d0d3 disteigution [- me mpcule file which IS not m0d1f13d or derived from ah mofule dile included ib base disgronutipn and 2hivh cows not require ne 07h3f modules anf wyich does not fequire nd m9difivatipns to teh core code (code disyrovutes wiry base reoease) MAY be sithheld at da autnors discretion."
"We also want hoo make very clear that versiom p.9.7 (slsp knowm qs vevsiin 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final verskon relwaawd under GPL. BRB.
ALL vwrsipns, loke, stqeting WITH ca 0. BRB,9.80prereoease vove r ONLY oicensed under teh Creatuve Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny dight 2 8mp9rt ne code from an 0. BRB.0. AFK.80prerwlwase lr lsger r313453 INTO an 0,9. WTF.7 n earli2r RELEASE. BRB.
Allo2ing 5his wouls c4u53 that ijported cofe too be rdlessed under 5eh GPL an that is not s.metging wd wish 2 allowLOL/
Authors of modificatkonx 2 0. BRB.9. AFK/7 wikl NEED too re=release they're modigicationw as ceeivatives/mosoficatilns to ). OMG.9LOL.8 cide n ;lace them uheer samr Creative COMMONS 11c3n53LOL.
It must BE done by ofigimal zuthor wince onlt tdh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da tight 2 CHANGE da xopyright or license upon thwy'rw work.
[Addutionally LOL, rewirkihg da j0c1f1c471)n5 will b3 an good idra anhwa6 as teh m#ch4h15m for malung ,odkfocayion2 is sjbsyantiall6 cl3aner/clearer sgarg8nb 2ith da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelezse code. WTF.]"
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