MightyE tells you, "We're going too take an few mpments 2 7ry n explain tn8s new license and reqsons vehind IT in plain EnglishLOLl
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 ne3 license was chos#n because of an failing with da GPL/ BRB.
It onl6 covered dis5rkbution of wource if and onlu if binaries wete eixt4ibuges. OMG."
"Ib an web environment. softof, specifically a inger0eetdd WEB environment 5uch as PHP, you knwo. MERELY imstalling xn game does NOT comsti5ute DISTRIBUTIONm sortlf, n thefdfpre PEOPLE WERE 74k1ng our WORK LOL, making mod8ficqtiuhs to 17 and nit 4322451ng teh sourxe code 4oo the6're m0d1f1x471-n5 so 5hat tdh entire COMMUNITY coild bebefit. AFK.
They wprked w17h trh letter bjg npt spirit of ca ;aw."
"Investigation on teh p4r7 of tey AUTHORS HOWEVER, lef 3 da fact thar twh right of public perfor,ance was woh of righys norma,ly redtricged roo vopyright hplfdtsj and that computer ptograms, you knwom specifically video gzmws n interactibd onww 5uch as Legens of da Grern hax0r w3r3 CONSIDERED 2 be publicallt performrd IF run froj an 'ublic server. AFK."
"Tg3 new livense restticts [u611c perfoemanc2 0f da w93k unless teh souecw coee of da MODIFIED work is made available on demansLOL."
"Im plaun English, wortof, this means rhar if you put this game on an WEB awrvdr and aklow peopld 'outside of an NORMAL circ;e of fami;h an uts social qcquaintancws' tol poay yheir WTF, then 6ou r publidaoly performing thia work and MUST either a) make ne n ALL cnanges which you MAKE 2 da gsme avqioable ln REQUEST (nore THIS doesn[y have 2 be AVAILABLE vis da onkibe souece display LINK LOLk 6u7 thwy must be able to ask 6iu fir da coce amd receive an vompleye copy), l7kem b) make aetangrments privztelh with teh qythorw wherein tndy grant ypu an SPECIAL 11c3n53, you knso, lr c) 4emove ca code entieelt froj machine."
"We DO t3cognize that PEOPLE want too have AREAS of they're ga,e which adr theifs n THEIRS alpne. OMG.
two that end w3 will make da f0q10w1ng EXCEPTION to normsl r3wu1r3m3n75 for s9urce dode d157r16u710n -- ne ,odj.e file wh!ch 15 n07 mocifier or derivrd from an module fioe includ3d in da base d8stribution sm which d.ed npt require ne OTHER modu;es n which dles n07 reajire ne modificatuons too da core code (cofe DISTRIBUTED with base release) may ve WITHHELD 1t teh authors dixcretkob,"
"Ww zlso want yo nake very dleqr THAT bersiin 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (4q50 known as vefsi9n 0. BRB.(. WTF.7+jt) was teh final verwiob released und3r da GPL.
All vercions LOL, startkng eith ds 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer 0n1y LICENSED UNDER geh C4eative Comjons licwmse/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY den6 r1gh7 tlo impoet ne code ffom an 0. AFK,9. AFK.i-prerelcase or later felease into an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier rfleaswLOL.
Allo2ing this would cause tjat impo4ted code 5o be r31e453d und3r GPL n thzt ks n0u somwyhing w3 wish tw9 allowLOL.
Aughoes of modificatkons 2 )LOL.9.7 wiok nwes 2 r3-r313453 they'r2 modificatkona as xerivstives/mpdificationd two 0. OMG.9.8 codd am place them under da same Cr3ative C0mm0n5 .ixense. AFK,
It MUST be DONE BY teh original author SINCE 0n1y ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT 2 change teh copyright o4 l8cebsr upon they'r3 w0rkLOL.
[Acditionally LOL, teworkimg teh jocificariona eiol be an GOOD idea anyway as teh mechahism f0r MAKING modificationa is sugstantiaoly ckeaner/clsarer startihg witn 0. BRBl9.8-prereleqse cosc.]"
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