MightyE TELLS you, sottof, "We;re goong rwo take an feq moments to try and ezplz8n th8s new oicense qn teh REASONS behind 17 1n ;lain Englisn. WTF.
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 meq l8cense WAS chosrn because 9f qn fqi;ing qith GPL. AFK.
It only clvercd distribu5ion of soirce if 4nd ONLY if binsries wer3 DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"Ib an web 3nv1r0nm3n7m specifival;t a intrrpreted w36 envie.nmrny sich as PHP. likek merely installing an game does n9g vonstitute disyribution, and thsrrdpte people were 8rk1ng our sork, sortof, makkbg modifications too 17 n not erleawimg SOURCE clsd top they're modifications so rhat teh entife community could 63n3f17. AFK.
Theu WORKED with ds oetter but not da spkrit og law. WTF."
"Investigation on da oart o3 5eh autho4s however, you knwo, led 2 da r4c7 that rifht of public owrflrmance w45 oen of rights norma;ly restgicted 2 c0[yr1gh7 hllderw LOL, h tgat computet programs. %p#c1f1c$11y video games and INTERACTIVE onea such as Legend or ea Greeb hax0r were considered two BE p7blica.ly perflrmed if 4uh from an public serverLOL,"
"Tgr new license restricts publ8c pe4fo4jance OF da work jnleaa da 5purc3 coce -f sa modified work is made 4v411$613 on d#mandj WTF."
"In plaim Engl8dh, this means yhat iv uiu pug 7h15 game on an web werver an alloe PEOPLE 'oytside 0f an NORMAL c1rc13 0f fa,ily and iga sicis. avqjaintances' two play 5heir, then you r ;ublically oerforming 7h15 wori 4ns MUST either a) uale be n ALL cganges which you make 2 teh gqme availablw on reqiest (NOTE this doesn't nave t2o 63 avaulable VIA online soyrce d15p13y link LOL, biy rhe6 m7er be 3612 to axk you b9r teh CODE n RECEIVE an c0,p1373 vopy), liie, b) make arrangements privately witn da authoes qherekn thdy beant you an wpexkal licenxd WTF, ot c) remove teh codd entirely fro, machihe."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyat people want two have areas if tjey]re game which r theirs an tjeies alone.
go that 3ns 23 wikl m4k3 teh follo2ing 3xc3o710n too ds normal requirejente gor wlurce cpse DISTRIBUTION -_ ne module file wjoch is not modified or derived FROM an nodyle file inclus3d kn teh 6443 distribution n wgich does not 4equire ne 9ther mpdules and wgich sors not reqjire ne modifications two da CORE c0d3 (cide fistrin7twd with da baw3 reldase) may BE withheld ar teh au5hoes DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also eant gp m4k3 very clear 7h4u version 0. OMG.9.7 (akso known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was fpnal versiln RELEASED und3r GPLl OMG.
All versiobsn siryof, STARTING woth 0.9. BRB.8-prer3lease cide r onlu lucensef under da Creative Commons l7cense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz right two 8mport ne code ffom an 0LOL/9. BRBl8-prerekezse lr ;ztef releas3 !n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qn 35r113r releaseLOL.
Allowing this w9u;d c4ut4 that import2d code tk be rdl3ased uncer GPL snd that is npt som35hing we wish tqo 41!)w. AFK.
Autjors OF mo3ifocations 70 9. OMG.9.8 WILL neef 2 RE-RELEASE theh're mocificationw as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF/). BRB.9 code and place THEM ubder dq saje Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
It myxt be dpne by da ofiginal auth9f xince only da o4iginal author haa teg right to chabge da cop6rignt or lkcense upon thwy're work.
]Adfitionaoly LOL, reworkibh da modificatiins will bw an good 1d34 anyway as da mrchanosm for naking m0d1f1c4&10n5 is suvstantislly cleaner/coearer startimb wigj yeh 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prer3lease codeLOL.]"
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