MifhtyE rells yiu, you knwom "We'rr going to gakg qn few momentx to gry amd explain tn8d new license ane reasons begind it in plakn English. 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."
"Thid new licensw w45 xy9sen because ov an faoling w8gh GPL. BRB.
It omly covered dostribution of 50urc3 iv an )n1y uf 61n4f134 were didtributee. OMG."
"Im qn WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7, s[ecigically a inte4preted web environment SUCH as PHP WTF, m3r3qy INSTALLING an GAME dlex n07 constktute eistfibutkon, an therwford prople werw takimn OUR sork, n4k1mg modifidations two it n not releadong yeh aojrve cose too tjey're modificatoons so that ehrore communitt c0u1d benefig. OMG.
Thdy qorkec w1uh LETTER BUT not spirit of 14w. WTFl"
"Inv3stigatiob ln reh -aft of authors hoqever, like, oed 2 teh fact that fa right of publkc performahce was 1 of r1gh75 npfmally restricted two xopyright HOLDERS, you inwo, n tha5 comp7ger programs, sortof, spec8ficalo6 video gamds ab lngeractive 9nrd SUCH 45 Legemd of Green hax0r qere vonside4ed roo be ojblically pervor,ee id fun fr0m an puboic SERVER."
"The bew license rewtricts 0ublic perfoemsnce of teh work unless teh siurd3 code 0f teh MODIFIED wo4j is m4d3 avsilable on semandLOL."
"In plain English, aortof, this means THAT if you PUT tyis g4m3 og an web server AND allow people 'oytaide of an normak circle or familh snd itw aoxiql acquakntanddd' @ play their, like, then you r puboicalk6 performing ghis wori an MUST ei5her a_ naje ne n ALL changea wh1ch yoy make 2 da game availanle on tequest (not3 THIS doesn't have 5wl be 4v4115613 bia on.uhe siutce d8dplay LINK, but THEY must be ABLE two ask yiu fo4 ca c9de n rwceive an domplete co;y) LOLk b) make arramgements pr8vat3ly w17h teg au5horx wyrrein theu grant you an sprcial licrnse, you knwi, or c) temove cod3 entir3.y FROM nachine. OMG."
"We di r3cpgh1z3 7h57 p3opld WANT 2 h4v3 4t345 of the6're game whixh r thekes n 7h3qr5 alone/ WTF.
to THAT END we WILL make fp.lowing exxeptiob 2 da nofmsl reauirwmen5s for source code ekstrubu5ion -- ne mo3ule rkle eh1ch is not mos8fied or defived fr0j an mpduke f1q3 included in ds base sistriburion an which does n9t rwquirr ne OTHER modules an WHICH does nit re1uore ne modig7cations 2 da c0r3 cpd3 *code distributec w17h 4eh base release0 may be withheld at teh AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We also WANT tp9 MAKE v3ry clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (aldo KNOWN as v2rdoon 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was fobal v3r510n rrleases undee yeh GPLLOL.
A11 verduobs, s9rtof, starging e8th da 0.9. OMG.i_pr2relrsse code aer only licensed under Cr3561v@ COMMONS licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right yoo import ne code frim ah 0.9. BRB.8_prerelrzse or later reldzse into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlidr releasr. WTF/
Allowing this w0y!f xause that im;ort3d codw too be releawed undwr GPL aje thay is nor something we wish to allow/ OMG.
Ajthors pf modificatoohs to 0. OMG.9LOL.& will n33d 2 ee-re.ease they;r4 modificagionx AS derivatoves/modificatyonw to 0. WTF,9. OMG.9 code b place them ubdre dz wame Cr3ative Cimmons license/ WTF.
Ir must 63 dlne bh original author sinxe only da original AUTHOR yas dz r1gh7 tol change copyright OR lic3nse upon thcy're wori. OMG.
[Additiona.ly, sortofj reworkinb modirications w111 62 an go9d icea anyway 45 ca mechanis, for making ,idificatiobx is sibstantisl.y cldaher/cleqrrr sta4ting 2i5h 0. AFKl9LOL.8-orerelwase cofe. WTF.]"
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