MuhhtyE tdlls y9u, sortof, "We're going 70 take an few moments gwo try n 3x[141n this n3w license b ea reasons BEHIND it in plain Englksh. 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."
"This heq licebse was chowen because of an failing wuth GPL/
Ir only covered fistributiog of 50urc3 if ab 9nly id biba4oes were distributdd. BRB."
"In am wdb envitonnent, like, 5p3c1f2c412y a interpreted web 3nvironment SUCH ax PHP, sorrifm nwrely installint am GAME foes not constituge dist4ubu5ion, you knwo. and therefore PEOPLE were 75k1ng our work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS to it abd not 4eleasibb da soirce code too they'4e midifications so that teh entire community fould bwnefir/ WTF.
They worled with da letter bit not da soirit OF da law. BRB,"
"Investitqtion in da PART 0f da au5h9rs howevrr, 13d too da fact thah da right lf publkc perf0rm4nc3 was 1 of rigjts n9rmaoly redgricted 3 c0pyr1gh8 ho;ders LOL, and thay xomputer pr9grams, you knwi, specificall6 videl GAMES n interacrice 0n35 such aa Legend or teh Greeb yax0r sere considered 2 63 [ublically perforj3d if rjn from an pu611c setve4;"
"Tne nrw .icense eestr8cts oublic PERFORMANCE of wlek uhoess fa source CODE of teh modified WORK id mzde availanle on demamd. AFK."
"In plaib Engliah, you knwok 5his means that 1g tom 0ut this game ON ah s3b server n alli2 pe9p;e 'ougside of an n9rmal ckrcle of family ane 175 sicia. acquaintahces' TO play their, lih3, theh you awr publically perfoe,ing tgkd work and MUST ei4her a) make me n ALL changes which jlu nake 2 teg hame available 0n request (n073 THIS doesn't have tol BE avaklable via teh 0n11n3 source DISPLAY lonk, you knwo, buy 5hey musr BE able 2 ask ylu fpe ea code n rdceige an completd v9py), sortof, b) MAKE arramgements pe1v4731y WITH aythors eherein they drant you an s[ecial license, like, o4 c) REMOVE fa c_d3 entirely fr0m t3y machine."
"We DO r3cognize that p3lple WANT too have 4r345 of they'de t4m3 which r theira an the8rs alone. OMG.
2 that end we 2ill makr fo;lowinb 3xc20710n 2 norma; requirdments for source CODE distribution -- nr MODULE file which us not modifi3d 0r derifed fr)m an nodile file inc;uded in da 6453 DISTRIBUTION qnf which does not REQUIRE n3 ogher m0du.ew n wykch does not require ne modifications 2 ysh doee c0e3 (clde dixtributee 2oth base rdlease) may be WITHHELD at twh 4uuh0e5 d15cr3710n. AFK/"
"We also wany to ma,e b3ry clear that fersion 0.9. OMG.7 (aksp known as VERSION 0. BRB.0LOL.7+jt) eas 5eh finak vwrsipn r3leased under da GPL/
All versionx, STARTING witg ten 0. BRB.9LOL.8_prerflease code aer pn;y ;icegsed under ten Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right too import ne cose fr0m an 0.9. OMG/8-prerwleasw or later release unto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n ea5lier relrase/ OMG.
Allowing ghia wpuld ca&se THAT km;ottee code too ve releaswd under GPL n ghat iw not sometjing wr wish tqo allowLOL.
Authors of mldifications to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w9;l nres too re-reldasd they;re mod8fications as derivayivex/modiricati9bs 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code an pkace them under da sqme Creative Commons lixense. WTF.
It must br done by da original aughor since inlh tdg oruginal authoe haw teh right 2 dhange copyright or license ipon they're work. OMG.
[Additionalky, you knwo, 4ewlrjing yeh modifuvations w1q2 63 ah good IDEA an6wzy as teh mechanism for making modivicqtilnd is subsgaktia.ly ckeaner/c;earer 57rr71ng with teh 0LOL.9.8-;rereleaxe c;deLOL.]"
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