MightyE tel;s 6iu, ypu knwo, "We'ee going 2 take an few ,omentd 7- try and dx0lain this new lic3nae n da reaxons beh8nd it in plain Eng1q5h. 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 new oicense was chod3n b3cause if ah railing wlth da GPL. WTF.
It only clvefed d147r16u710n of 50urc3 if n on.y if bina4iex were distributdd. BRB/"
"In an web dnvironnemtm sortifm specificaloy a knterpreted seb environment sucy as PHPm merely knstaoling sn gqme does not constituge diftrib7tion, ylu inwl, and therefore p3)o13 were tajung our w0rj, oikr, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it an not r213451ng teh dource CODE 2 they'ww mod8ficatolns SO thag ENTIRE community could benrritLOL.
Th2y workwd with lettef but not ten spifit of oaw. OMG."
"Investivatoon ON t3h part 0f da 4u7h0r5 yoeever, sortof, ;ed too reh dact that right og public p2rf0rm4nc3 waw oen pf teh rihhts nor,ally r357f1c73d 2 copyright holderx, n that COMPUTER pfograms LOL, specifically VIDEO ganes an INTERACTIVE onex such 45 Leg4nd of teh Grddb has0r qer3 considefed 2 be puglically perfi4med if run rrom an punlic srrver. WTF."
"The new licenwe restricts public pwrgormanc3 0f teh worj unless dq SOURCE coe4 of da ,0d1f14d work is made 4v4114613 on demahdLOL."
"In plain Engliah, this means thah if y0u put this game on an web server and 4110w peoplw 'outside of an n9rmsl CIRCLE 0f fzmuly an its %0c141 qcquaintanv3s' two play thdir, then you r publically 0erfofbing this wor, amf MUST EITHER A) make nr sn ALL ch4ng35 shich toj make 2 teh gaje available on requesr (note this doesn't h4v3 w be avaulable VIA 0n11n3 s9urcs dixplay kibk, sortof, but rhey must be r613 t2l ask you for c0d3 and $eceive an complete copy), B) male ARRANGEMENTS orivat3ly wigh yeh authl5s whefe8n they grant YOU an special lixense, ypj khwo, or c) remove c9de entirely f4om teh mqchin3; BRB."
"We do recognize that peopow eant ti HAVE areas of they;rr game WHICH aer theivs n theirs aloneLOL.
too 5hat end WE will make ea folkowing 2sc3[71)n @ fa nkrmal frquirements FOR soufce code s157t16u71)n -- ne joduoe f8le qhicn is nit modifoed or DERIVED ftom an ,odule file inclived 1n teg base distribjtion and WHICH does not rrqukge me other MODULES ans whixh dies not require ne midifidations to da core code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED with da base rdlease) may be withkeld at tej authors dkscretion,"
"We also want too m4k# VERY clezr THAT version 0,(. WTF.7 (also known as versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.7+j8) was teh t8nzl bersion releaddd under GPL. BRB.
All v3esions, like, STARTING with da 0.9. BRB.8-prere;rzse CODE ser onkt lic3nsed und3e teh CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tpo 1mp0r7 n3 c0d3 frlm an 0.9.8[PRERELEASE iy oater rel3ase into an 9LOL,9LOL.7 and earliet release.
Allowing rbis would cayae that imporyed code t9o be rel3ased undwr da GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING w2 wish too a;low. BRB.
Authoes of modkficatuons 2 ). BRB.9.7 w8ll need two re-re.ease th3y'4e modifixarions as dwtivativea/nldivicatiobs w 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code and place tyem UNDER 5rh xame Cf3471v3 Cpmmons license. AFK.
Ir mudt bw done by teh oyitinal author since onlh ORIGINAL author has r1gh7 gwo change da dl;yriyht or lic4nxe upin they'4e wori. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, r3w0rk1ng mod8rivstions w8ll be an good ldra ANYWAY as m3ch4n15n for m4k1,g modifications is s7bs5antoakly vleaner/clea4er startihg wi5h twh 0LOL.oLOL/8-prerdleade CODE. OMG.]"
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