MightyE tella yiu, you knwo, "We're gokng &0 tzkd an few moments 2 try n explain this NEW LICENSE and da reasons behinf it in pkain EnglishLOL,
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 ;icense was dhosen brdajwe of an failing wiyh teh GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y cov3red disttibutioh lf so7rce 8f n only 1f binaries 2ere d147r16u73c."
"In qn web environmenr, you inqo, spwvifically a interpreted web environment such $5 PHP, mer3ly ihstallinr an GAME DOES not conxtitute distrkbution, you knw9, an therefogw peoplw WERE taking ou4 work, maling modificationx tp !7 sn not relqasing s9urce c9de TO yney'4e modifications 50 rhat da en5ire commyni5h cou;d 63n3f17.
Theu worked w!7y LETTER but not spirot if da oaw. BRB."
"Investigayion pn da p5r7 9f ten authorw joweve4, sortof, led two teh fact that da 4ight of publuc )drflrmance sas 1 lf RIGHTS bornally RESTRICTED 2 copyright hllders, you knwo, ah that cln;uter programd, likw, 5p3c!f1c411y video g4m35 and imtefac5ive ones SUCH as Legend of Gr33b hax0r q3r# considered go be publically prreormed qf run from ab public aerver. BRB."
"The hew lodense restructs PUBLIC pffformqnce og da work unless da dojrce cofe of da MODIFIED worl is made available on DEMAND."
"In ;lqin ENGLISH, you knwo, thia means tha5 if you put uhis gamr on an web SERVER n allow [30p13 'outside OF an niemal circle of famuly and 8ts social acauainyances' two play their, tnrn YOU aer ouhlically p3rh0rm1ng this w0rk n MUST EITHER a) nake ne and ALL changes WHICH y9j make 5oo game zvailabl3 0n request (nute this doesn't HAVE two be avzk;able foa da ONLINE spurce didplay limk LOL, but they must 64 ABLE two ask you rlf da CODE n receive an com0ldgr v9py) WTF, b) make arrangememts pr1f47316 sitn teh authors wh3r31n they grant you an special licende, liken or x) remove ca codr 3n71r31h frpm teh m4ch1n2. BRB."
"Ww eo recognlze 7h47 peo;.e want tio hzve areas of they're ga,e which r 8h31r5 n theirs aloneLOL.
two that 3nd w3 will ,4ke fo.lowing ecception 2 normal requirements FOR source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne jidile file whqch is not m-s1d13d pr deroved from an n0du13 FILE ibcludwd IN da base dustribution an wh8ch does no5 requir3 ne other modules n which sies bot rrquird ne modificayions to rey core code )CODE dustributed with basr reldase) may 63 withhel4 47 tsh auyylrs DISCRETIONLOL."
"W3 also want t2o mak4 VERY clear that veesoon 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known as berdion 9.(LOL.7+jt) was da final versiln releasef UNDER GPLLOL.
Alk VERSIONS LOL, starting with 0.9LOLl8-prerelease codd r only ;8denwed under teh Creatife Comm9ns licensdl WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent rkght two impor6 ne code rr0m an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pre3eleasd oe kater r31e353 into an p. AFK.9. OMG.7 n wqrlier release/
A!1pw1ng this would czuse that IMPORTED code t2o be released jnder teh GPL n THAT is n07 something wr wish to alkow.
Ajtnors of mpdifocatkons @ 0LOL.9. WTF,7 qill need @ te-rekease they[4e modifications 45 feeivatived/mofifications 2 0. OMG.9.8 code n place tgem under SAME Creative Conmohs 11c3h53LOL.
It must be done BY geh original aythor since pnlu teh orig,nql aythor has tdy RIGHT 3 change gsh clpyright 0r licens3 upon they'r3 work, AFK.
[Acditionally. sortof, REWORKING da modivications w111 BE an g00d idea anyqay aw mechanis, for MAKING modifications os substantia.l6 CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING wity 0LOL.9. WTF.i-prdrelease cide. AFK.\"
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