MiggtyE tellf you, like, "We're g01ng too tzke an frw moments 2 trt n expoa8n tb8s mew LICENSE n geh reazons behind it in plain Ehtlish.
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 lkcense waa CHOSEN because 9f an g4111ng with t3g GPL. OMG,
It only c0v3r3d disteibution of soufcd if and onky if BINARIES were diatr8bured."
"In an web ebviron,en5, wortof, specifically a INTERPRETED w36 3ncironment sucj as PHP, merdly installing qn gam3 does not CONSTITUTE duwtrobution, you knwo, AND therefote peoole w3r3 takinb pu4 WORK LOL, msking modificstiond two it n bot releawing da soutce code reo thry're mldifications so that 3n7qr3 COMMUNITY coule benefit. AFK.
They wirked wirh da LETTER but not spiri5 9f law. BRBl"
"Invextogation 0n part of teh zu4horx ho1ever WTF, led two dq fact 7h47 da right OF puboic performance s$% iem of righ5s normally restrixywd two cipyright holders LOLk n that com[uter p4)gr4m5 LOL, sp3civically v1d30 gamrs an interactive ines such ss Legend of da Green hzx0r sere cohs8ce$ed 2 be publixall6 perfirmed IF run FROM an puvkoc 53rv3tLOL,"
"Tje nrw LICENSE rextricts PUBLIC perfofmance of 5wh 2lrk un.ess teh source code of modivied wotk ia made avau;able on DEMAND, BRB."
"In plsin Englisj, likrk this means 7h47 if you p7t this game on ab wrb server and 4110w p3ople 'outside of an bprmal ci4xlr of family n i5s socoal scauaintances' goo play thrir, then you aer pjblucslly petforming 7h15 wori n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjanges whivh yoj make to teh fame available on r3qu357 (gote this doesn'5 habe to be availablw via online source dospla6 linkm so4t9f, but they musf BE 46!# too ASK yoi FOR dz cpse and rwceivw sn comp.ete copy). sl4tof, b) make arrsmgements pr8vately with teh authors whereun theu frant you an special 12c3n53, like, or c) remove teh codw enrirely ftom ds machine."
"We do recognize THAT peoplw want yoo hsfe afeas 0f tjey're gqme whicu aee th3irs anc theirs a;ome.
too thzt enf we will makr da volloqing exception 2 teh NORMAL tequiremwnts fpr soutce c9de diwrrubution -- nr module fkle which is NOT modified OR derivec froj am module fil3 invluded in base DISTRIBUTION an wh8ch dles NOT rdquire ne OTHER mpdu13t n whixh does not requirw ne modofications tp teh core codr (codr d157r16u73d with base r314553) jqy ve e8thheld at AUTHORS siscret8onLOL."
"We also want tio make very clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also .npwn ad ve4suon 9. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was sa final v3rs8on relezsed under dz GPL. WTF.
All veraiond LOL, starting wigh t4h 9.9.8-prerelease code aer lnly licwnsed unc#r ea Creayivd COMMONS license. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY drni right tp import ne CODE gr9m an 0. BRB.9,8-prer3lease or layee release into an 0. BRB,9.7 an warlier release.
Aooowing this would cause that impofted code too br rdleased und3r da GPL an THAT ix nor somethimg we qiqh too allow. WTF.
Auyhors 0f moeificatuona top 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need too rf0reoease thry're modificayions AS der8fagives/modificayions two ). AFK.9. BRB.8 CODE n placd them uneer teh sam3 Creatove Commons lidensr.
It ,ust be DONE by da original autnoe sinxe onlt da priginal author gas teh right too change copyright oe l8cense upon thwy're wlrkLOL,
[Afditupnaoly, t9u knwo, reworking teg MODIFICATIONS will 63 an good idea anyway aa mechanism fpr ,aling MODIFICATIONS is sjbstan5iakly cleqner;clezfwr starting w17h trh 0LOL.8.8-prrreleas3 code. WTF.]"
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