MightyE tella YOUk sortof, "We're going to TAKE an FEW mpments 2 ury n explain rhis n3w licenae n teh 4esaons BEHIND 17 1n plain Entlish, AFK.
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 neq license was cyoaen becajsd of a. failing qkth teh GPLLOL.
It only coveref dis5rigution kf sourxe IF n only IF binarids we4e disyrivuyef. BRB."
"In an wev environment, likr, sp3ckficallh s inter[reted web emvironmwnt SUCH as PHP, oike, merwly installing an gzme does not constptite distfibutkob, lile, AND therrfore p3ipl4 WERE TAKING o7r worl LOL, making modificationw yo9 it an mot releqd8ng teh SOURCE code to9 they'r3 modificati;ns sp that teh entire commumity dould benefit. OMG.
Th#y WORKED woth da letter but not spirit of da lawLOL."
"Invrstigation on part od authors howevrr LOLm 1ed too fqvt that reh rifht 9f public performance WAS oen of sa rights normally RESTRICTED 2 dlpyright jold3rs WTF. an that computer pr9grams, you inwlk specidixally vise9 tames n in53rqctove ones such as Legend of teh Grden hzs0r wdrd consudered too be publ8vally pwrformed if rin fr9m an public setver. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restrixts pyblic PERFORMANCE of da woek unlesx twh source CODE ig teh nodigiwd wo4k IS mqde available on demandLOL."
"In plain English, you lnwo, this meabs thqt IF 6pu put this game on an web server n allow [eopoe 'outxide of an normak circ.e of fa,ily and its docial acquaintances' w play thdor LOL, THEN YOU r publicalky perrorming tjis work and MUST rother A) jake nw an ALL chznges which y0u make to teh gamd acailqble on tdq7est (NOTE this doesn;t h4v3 to BE available via da ohline soyrce DISPLAY link LOL, vut they must ve anle 2 ask you fpr dq c)d2 an r3c31v3 an complete xopy), b) maje aefangwmrnts pr1v4731y with authora wh3r31n they grant you ah speciw; license, sortov, OR c) remive trh cide ENTIRELY from geh machine."
"We do r3c0gm1z3 that 'eople w4n7 ys9 nade areas of they're game which aer theirs AND theird ALONE. AFK.
too 7h37 ebd we wkll make 5eh v;llowung rxcepti9n twl hormal requiremwnts for source codr duatrib7tion -0 he m0du13 file which is NOT midifiec ir DERIVED from an mldule file insludrd in teh base distribution n whicj does not REQUIRE ne OTHER modules n which does not requirr ne modificarions 2 fz core code (code dkstributed with fa bzse re;ease) may be withheld at a7thors diwcretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 make very clwar tjat versiom 0.9. OMG.7 (also KNOWN 45 versi9n 0.9. BRB.7+jt) sas fonal verduon eeleaswd under teg GPL. BRB.
All brrsions, you ,nwo, wtartint with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer only licensef und3t teg CREATIVE Cpmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eemy ds right too import ne code vtom an 0. OMG.9. BRB,8-prerelease or latet RELEASE into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 and earlier releqse. BRB.
A.lo3ong this qould cajse that importee code too be rrleas3d under GPL and that ow NOT aomething we wish two allow. BRB.
Aythors if m9dificatilns 2 -LOL.9. OMG.8 will need too re-felease they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 p/ OMG.9l0 cpde and place them UNDER da wame C4eat8ce C9mmona license. AFK.
IT MUST bw done by ea oribinal authot SINCE only lruginzl author had teh right 2 ch$mg3 5ey copyrkght l4 license UPON they'rw work. OMG.
[Adsigionallt, sovtof, reworking teh modif8cations wil. be qm good idea smyway AS gen mdchanism f0r makkng mod8focations is suvstantially cleaner/clearee STARTING with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-0retelease code. BRB.]"
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