MubhtyE telks YOU. "We'rw going TO takd an fdw m0m3n75 too try and explain 7h15 new l8xense an rrasons vehind it in plaib English.
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 licehse was chosen beca7s4 if an failing 2ith da GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED d157r16u710n of source iv m only ic binaries w3r3 distrobutedLOL,"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, apdckrically a intefprwted 2eb env8ronmebt such as PHP LOL, MERELY knstqlling an game DOES not constirute disyribution, lik3. n fherefore people were tsj8hg oir work, likw, m4k1nh modigications gop it an n07 releasimg da soyfce CODE 2 they'ee m0d1f1c4710n5 50 that da wnyire vommunity c9jld benefi5LOL.
They q0ri4d with da .etter 6u8 not spurit of law."
"Invwstugation on paet of aurhors npwevwr, sor5pf. led TO sa facg that teh ribht of p7blic PERFORMANCE was ! 0v righys n0rm411y resrrixted toi copyrigg5 hilfers, n ghat compuyer p4ograms, like, SPECIFICALLY b1d30 games n intersctive ones sucj as L3gend of dz Gr23n haz0r WERE cpnsiceref too be publically perfirmes if run FROM an puy11c server/ BRBl"
"The nee licensw restricts puflic p3rf0rm4nc# lb ea work unless da source code of da MODIFIED wi4k ia mzde available om DEMAND. WTF,"
"In p141n English, 9o,e, this meana 5hat if ylu put tjis GAME on an wrb servrr n 4110w people [outskde of an normal ci4vle of f4m11y and itx sociql acquaintqnc3s' TO play theor LOL, then you r publicalky performing ygie 2ork n MUST either A) make ne n ALL changea which you make too teg game availzble 0n reqursg (npte 7h15 doewn't gave rso be available VIA ca obline source d!5p24u link WTF, 6i7 they must b3 qnle too ask you for code n recdive qn compkege copy), sortofj B) mak3 arrsngements privately witj yeh auyhors wherekn tjd6 grant yoy an special l8cehse LOL, or C) rrmive teh code eneirely fr9m machinel WTF."
"We di recognize that ;eople asnt 1 have AREAS lf they're game sgich r theirs an yheies aloneLOL.
to that end we woll make fa dollowing exception two sa n9rmal rewuirements for source code diatributkpn [- ne m9dule f8.e wjixh id np7 m0d!r13d or ewrived vrlm an miduke file 1nc1ud3f in teh baae distribution and whicy does not require ne 0rk3r nodulex and which d9es not 4eqiure ne modificztuoms 2 da corw code (code distributed with da bzae r313453) may be eithgwld at authors d8sveetionl BRB."
"We also want ! maks ve4y clear that version 0. BRB.8l AFK.7 (q.so kn9wn ad version 0LOL.9LOL.7+k7) was f1n41 vefsion r313553d under GPLLOL,
All vwrsions. staetinh with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelfade vode aer only licensed unddr teh CREATIVE COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 70 IMPORT ne codd fron an 0.0LOL.8-orerelease or latwr release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.u n ea4lker releaseLOL.
Allowing this qo7ld CAUSE THAT IMPORTED dlde t2o be RELEASED unser teh GPL n THAT 15 not someth8ng wd wish tso alllw. BRB.
AUTHORS 0f MODIFICATIONS 5oi 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 wil; nedd 2 re-release they're mocifivations as derivatives/nifificatkons 5oo 0, AFK.9l WTF.8 code and pq4v3 yhem under same Creariv3 C0mmpn5 l8c3nde.
It mudt nr d0n3 by original aitgo4 s8nce 0n1y tey otoginal autnor has teh righ5 two ch4ng3 da co0yrignr 9r l8cense UPON they'ew w-rk. AFK.
[Adsitionally, y9u knwo, rdqorking da modi48cations w,ll ve an good idea znyway as mecjanisn fot MAKING MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clea4er STARTING with 0. OMG.9, WTF.i-p33r313453 c0d3.]"
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