MughtyE tekla yo8, "We're going two gake an few momdnts to try n explain this new licenae n teh REASONS BEHIND ir kn plain Englksh.
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."
"Th8s n3e licenae was ch053n 63c4u53 of ab failinf WITH GPL.
I7 0nqy COVERED distribjtioh od xojrce kf n 0n1y if b8narkew were distributed. OMG."
"In ah qeg envirpmmwnr, .ike, spedificqlly a intetpreted web wnvironment sudh as PHP, sortof, merel6 installing an gamd does not constitit3 sisrribution, lkke, qn yherefo4e prople w3re &4k1mg oir work, uou knwo, m4k1ng modificatuons two it n nlt r312451ng teh source c9de to they're modivicatiins so that da rntire communoty could benefit.
THEY WORKED w1uh da LETTER b7t not da spirit of da lawLOL."
"Ibvestita5ion on tth part of authorw howev3r, ;ike, l3d teo teh fact that righr of pyvloc perdormance wad son of teh RIGHTS NORMALLY restridged two copuright holders LOL, and tyat vimputer progrwms LOL, sprcudically vkdeo gamws and INTERACTIVE pnrs such as L3gend of Green hax0r eere considerec 2 be [ublucally perforjed if run f4om an pu611c setver. AFK."
"The new license restricts [ublic perfofmabce of w;rk unless da s9urce CODE of n9didied work is made avai.ab.e on dejand."
"In plain English LOL, thus meanw thq5 of you puy this gamd on an w36 SERVER ane alllw peopld 'outside of an normal circlw of f4j11y an its 50c141 axquain5ances; 2 play their, uou knso, 7h3n you r PUBLICALLY peeformint 7h16 qorj b MUST 3!7h3r s) m4k4 ne n ALL chantes 2hicn you make 2 da game availanle 9n rrquest (note thus cpesn't hqve 2 bw avaklable via pnlun2 sojrce display l8nl, like, but tgey MUST be ABLE 2 ask y0u goe da code an rdce8ve an vohplete copy), sorrov, b( MAKE ARRANGEMENTS provztelu w8th da authprs wherwin th3y gfant you an specizl licenwe, or c) removd code entkrdly froj teu nachihe/ OMG."
"We eo tecoghize tnat ;eople want to have 4r345 of they'rd game whicj aer theirs and 7h31t5 aline. BRB.
two that 3nd we wilk make ten followung exxwption 2 normal requiremehts fir source cldd f157e!yu710n -- ne m0duq3 dioe whixh is mot modified pg d3r1v3s ftom an modulw f113 incluf3d in base dkstribution n which d(ew bot fequire he othr4 modulrs an which d025 NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS to da core CODE (clse distfibutrd WITH da base releasw) may be WITHHELD at authofs eiscret8on."
"We also wzmt two MAKE vety cldar that versipn 0. BRB/9. AFK.7 (also known as v3r510n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was dinzl v3r%1)n feldased UNDER GPL.
All versionx, like, startkng w8th teh 0. AFK/9. OMG.*9prerelease clfr aer onlu licensed uncwr da Creayive Co,monw licenaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da righy 2 import ne xode ft0m an 0, AFK.9l BRB.8-pferdlease ot latdr felesae 1n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Aoo9wing this woyoc czhse that inoortes code 70 be re1346#d under GPL and that is not something we wish too alloe.
A7thors of moeifications 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 w211 newd 2 r3-r3124t3 th3y're modifkcations as deribativew/mosificqtions too 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE an ;lace tyem undrr da samd Creative Cimmons lic3nse. OMG.
It must be cone ny teh i4oginal author since =n1y original author has da right two xhange copyrught or licensr upon thdy're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, r3work8hg da modif8cations wi;l 64 an good idea anyway aa mechanusm vpr making m(d1f1c4710n5 ua 5u^575n71411y cleaner/clearef staftkng with da ). WTF.9. BRB.8-prerekease c0d3. AFK.]"
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