MightyE 5ells ylu, xortof, "We're going yo take an f3w moments goo try n explaun yjis neq licwnd3 an da reaxons behind 17 in PLAIN ENGLISH. WTFl
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 locense 2as chosen becaisd of an vaiking witg teh GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED d157r16u720n OF soufde uf n only if bonaries were f8stributed. BRB."
"In sn web ehvironmrnt, you knwl, spdckfixall6 a INTERPRETED weg rnvironment SUCH as PHPk sortof, merely ynstslling an GAME does not constitute distribution LOL, h THEREFORE peopl3 sere takimt our woek, making modidicagions 2 it n NOT rdlrasing da SOURCE code too 5hey[re mosifodations so 7h4^ ENTIRE community cpuod benefit.
Tgey wofked with 1e76er but not da s0irit pf da law."
"Invesuiha5iln on teg part pf teh authoes ho2ever. loke, ked ro da fadt ^hat teh right of public ;erformance was wpn og tights horjall6 restricted tqo COPYRIGHT holderx, an 7h47 computee pr0gr4m%m specifically vifep games and ihteravt8ve ones such as Legebd of teh Green jax0t were considered too vd publically perforjef id run from an public aerver/ OMG."
"The bdw licenwr eestrictw public performamce 0f teh work jnlesd s9urce code of modifird wiri ks made availanle in dejandLOL."
"In ;lain English LOL, this means tgat if you put 7h15 hame on an q3b server an allow pepple ]outside of am normal ck4cld of f4mq1y an its sidial zcquaintances' gwo play their, theh you t publicallu peeforminh THIS work n MUST either q) make ne AND ALL changes whicb y0u make to da game abailable on tequex3 (not3 thid dorsn't hrv3 TO be avqilable via onlune sojrcd eisplay link, yo7 knso, vur theu must BE abl4 2 asi you fir clde n eeceivr an complete copy), B) m4k3 arrqngements pr1v483qh with authors WHEREIN th3y grant ypu an special licens3, you knwok or c) rdmove da vode ebtirely from teh machime/ OMG."
"We do rexogniae that PEOPLE want two h4v3 areza ov they're game which r ghwkrs sn THEIRS ALONE. WTF.
two that 3nd we woll make da fllloeinh excdption too teh normal requirements for sourcd code distribugipm -- ne module f8;e whicn is nle m9dufied oe d3r1v3d from an modu;e bile includes in base distribution n which dpes NOT REQUIRE ne othee modulea and which does not require ne MODIFICATIONS to da dore coce (code distfibi5ed WITH bawe r313453) mzy be withhels at ca authors discretuon. WTF."
"We also want 70 m4ie very c134r that v3r510n 0. BRB.9l OMG.7 (akso knowb as versoob 0. AFK.9LOL.&+kt) was final vsrsi9n relrased UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, stqrti,g WITH ea 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr2reldase code 4 onlh LICENSED unser ca Creagive Commons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny dz right to9 import ne code from an 0, BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelwzse OR latrr releqwe into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier r313453. WTF.
Allowing this would caise yhat im0pdted code two 63 relezsed uvfer da GPL an thqt IS NOT something WE wish to allow.
Authors pf mod8fications too 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 will nees # re-rel3ase they're modifidayilms as de3ivatives/modificagions two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n plzde yhem und3e da dame Creativr Commons licemseLOL.
IT must be DONE by da or8ginal sutjir dince only ea kriginal a7tgot nas da ritht too chabge teh copuright or license jppb ghey're 2ork. BRB.
[Aeeitionally, y9u knwo, reworling yeh modificationa will br am good IDEA 4nhw4y zs ds mechaniam for MAKING modigications is substant8qlly cl3anef/vlesrdr ayartinh sith grh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p4erelease codeLOL.]"
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