MightyE 73115 you, lijd, "W#'re toing 70 take an deq moments 2 tr6 an explain this NEW license and teh rezsons BEHIND it 1n p.ain 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."
"Tgis neq luxdnse eas chosen 63c5i63 of an failing w8th GPL. OMG.
It obly cov3red dkatributkon 9f source if an pnly if binar8es were d157r16u7@f. OMG."
"In an web rnvironment, sp4tog, specificallh a 1n73rpr373d web environmenr sych as PHP, likd, MERELY inayzlling an gam3 sids not constitute fiatribition LOL, an THEREFORE people were takung out worj, you ,hqo, making modificayions toi iy n not RELEASING yen sourde code 2 the6'ee modifications so that teh en*1r3 commujity COULD bemefit.
Theu slrird with letter bur npt da spirit 0f lawLOL."
"Investigagion on twh paty lf da autgord how3ver, lkkw, oed to da fact thar 5eh right of pu611c p3rformsnce wad oen 0f teh rights notmalky resgricted to copyribhy holders, you ,nwl, and that cojputer prog4ams, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411y video games n inyeractive ones sucy as Legdnd pg teh Gredn hax0r w3rd consisered tpo ve publically oetformed if run FROM sn pu611c setver. AFK."
"The mew license rdstricts [ublic perflrmancr of da w9rk ubless source code of dz mpd1f13d work ia mafe avaklable on demand."
"In plain Enblish, lokr, this MEANS 7h47 if ylu put 7h15 GAME 0n an WEB server and 4q!0w 0eople 'OUTSIDE OF an n0em41 vircle of rami;y n ors SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' gwo play theor, you knwl, 7h3n YOU aer pu611c411y PERFORMING rhid WORK AND MUST either a) jake ne an ALL changes which you makd tqo da g4m3 $c4!136q3 9n request (npre thus doesn't have to ve availsble VIA 0n11n3 source cisolay linkm tou knwo, but they must nd ab.e t3o ask y0j vor code n RECEIVE zn COMPLETE copy), sorrof, b) ma,w arra,gements privayrky with aughlrs wherein 7m3u grzht YOU an special 11c3n53 WTF, or c) remlve trh code entirely FROM da machineLOL."
"W3 do recogbizr that people want to have areas of they're game whixh r theirx and theird ALONE. OMG.
rwo tnat end we sill MAKE da foolowinh txcwptoon too mirmal REQUIREMENTS fo4 spurce code distribution -- ne npdule file which is n07 moduf8ed or DERIVED from an module file incljeed in base disttibution and which d05% n9t require ne 07h3r mod7oes n WHICH does npt require n3 moe8ficahikns 2 yeh core code (c0e3 disgrobuted with da base r413453) m4y BE w17hh31d at teh aurhors fiscretiin."
"We also wsbt 2 make very clear that v3r6!0n 0. OMG.(LOL.7 (q.wo KNOWN as ceraion 0.9. OMG,7+JT) sas da f1n41 bersion rdleaded under fa GPL. WTF.
All cerdionx, like, startong with da 0.9. WTF.8-prefelrase code ae4 on'y lic3nsed under rdh Ceeative Commins license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight to IMPORT ne code feom an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereowase OR later releade INTO an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n eaflier reoeaxw. OMG.
A110w1ng this would cauwe 7h47 imported c0d3 5o be r32e#53e under GPL an that is npt wom3thing ww WISH rwo zllow. OMG.
Auyhots 0v m9dificatiome to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 sill n3ed twp re-release then're nofificayuons 4t de4ivatives/modkfivayions tl 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 clde an place thdm uns3r same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must be done b6 teh original aithor djnce ONLY da 9eigohal zuthor has tight to change COPYRIGHT or licenae ipon they;re workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking da n0c1f1c4710m5 wiol BE an GOOD idea ahyway as teh mrdhagism FOR MAKING mofifkcstions is 5u65u4h71411y cleaner/cl3arer sgarting wity teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-prerelease code. AFK.["
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