MightyE telks you, "We're GOING t2o 5ake qn few momenta gwi try an rxplain 5his NEW lucdnse an da rwasons behind it in p141n English. BRB.
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 WAS chosen becsuse of an gailung with ea GPL. BRB.
It onky covered distributipn of source if n inly if binafies were distrivuted. BRBl"
"In an WEB environment, .ike, apecifical;y a INTERPRETED web envirohmenr such aw PHP, merelt installing qn g4m3 does npt consritute distribution, and theredore people w3r3 takknh our work, soryof, makong MODIFICATIONS too 8t n not r313451ng teh soutce code w they'4e jodificayoons fo that da dntire COMMUNITY COULD 63n3f17LOL.
Th3y wprked wiyn da letter but not teh SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Investigation on teh [art if fa authors uoeefer WTF, led 2 teh fact that right 9f puglkc performance was oen of da righrs hormall6 restrocted to COPYRIGHT holdets, so4yof, and that compurer programs, ,8kw. specufically fideo bames n ibteractive onea such aw Lwgend of Green hax0r w2re considered two be pu611c4q1y PERFORMED if tun gron an public aerve4, AFK."
"The n3w licenae RESTRICTS pub;ic perfprmance if w0rk unlecs teh sou4ce code oc da ulfif8ed WORK is made avaulable on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, sor5of, this means that if you puy 7h15 GAME on an seb 43rc#r ab allow people 'outwide of an normal circle 0d family n its sicial acq7aihtances' to play thekr WTF, rheh y0u aer publicakly perdkrming uh15 work n MUST EITHER A) maue ne n ALL changes whivh uou m$k4 twl game available ON reqyest (n0&3 this DOESN'T hafe top be availab.e cia tdj (nline slurce diaplay lunk, b7t 5hey must be able too ASK h9u FOR code n receive an v0mp1273 copy), sortof, b) make qrramgemen5w PRIVATELY eith teh authots wheeeon they grant you an special licenxe, sortof, o4 c) remove teh cofe entkfely FROM fa mavhine. BRBl"
"We so recofnize that people w4n7 2 havc areas ov they're gam3 whoch r theirs an thekrs ALONE, OMG.
to 8h47 end we will make da following exception 2 yeh normal requirem3nts for slurce CODE diwtribut8on -[ ne MODULE fioe wyich is n07 modufied lr deeivec from an mofule gile kncluded 1g base d157r16u610n and which does not rrquire ne othdr nodules n whixh doex not REQUIRE nw MODIFICATIONS too teh core code (dode disytibuted with 5453 rekexae) may be wi5hheld st aythors siscretuon. AFK."
"We aoso want 59o make very clear that vers8on 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (5150 in0wn zs VERSION 0.9. BRB.7=jh) w45 final versoon released under da GPL. OMG.
All cersions, likd, srartimg with da 0LOL.8. WTF.8-prerelease code r ONLY licemsed UNDER da Ceeatove Commons licqnseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righy two impo4t ne xode from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.i-pe3r413453 or 14u34 release into an ).9LOL.7 n earlier relezse. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD cause fhat imoortea cofd to be RELEASED under GPL and ghat ix not 50m37h1mg ee wish two z/low/ AFK.
Authorx 0f modoficati8ns tp 0LOL.9.7 wull NEED two re-release 5hey'r3 mod;vications ax derivatives/mkdifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE n p14c3 them undef same Crwative Cojmonw licenseLOL.
Ig ,usy be DONE by da -r1g1n41 author since only teh orkginal author has right to chxnge teh copyright or LICENSE jpon they're wirk. OMG.
[Add8tionally, kike, reworking tej m0dqf1v4819n5 wi.l 63 an goid idea antway as mechanism FOR making modufications is s7bstantially dleane6/clearer sbarting w17h teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF,]"
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