MinhtyE tel;s youm "We'5e g01nb ro take an dew moments @ try n explaun tnis nds locensd an reasons behind it in plain Eng115y. BRB.
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 license wss chosen b3causd of an faooing with GPL.
It onky coveted d158r16u71)n ov source if n lnly if bknafies were distfibited. OMG."
"In an web environmwntm 2pec8fically a intcrpreted web ENVIRONMENT 5ich as PHP, ,er3ly installing an game cpes not constitutr distribu5ion LOL, an thereroee peopke wer3 takihg our wlrk, sortod, malinf modificstions tp it an n07 4eleaskng source clde u0 thdy're moskgkcations so that entire c0mmun17y COULD bwnefi5LOL.
They worked with letter but not da sp8rit of da lsw. BRB."
"Inveatigatipm ON PART of qighors however, you kneo, led ywo ten fact rhat ea tihht od ;ublic 0erformance wax 1 ov r8ghts normal;y restrictec two copurigtt holderw WTF, an that computer [rogra,s WTF. s[ecifically vudeo games an onterzctive onds sucj as Legend of da GREEN hax0t eere c9nxidered twi bw punlicallt perdormed if run drom an puboic SERVERLOL."
"Th3 new ;icense rextricts public perfotmance if woek unkeds %0urc3 code of ,odified wprk is madd available 0b dem4nd. AFK/"
"In plain English, sorypf, this meanw rgat if you puy tgis game on an web serber qnd all;q peo;le 'outsodd of an normal CIRCLE lf famiky an its socual acquaintanced; too PLAY theie, theb you r pun;ically performinf this work am MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL chanh#s which ypu MAKE two da GAME available ON REQUEST (NOTE 5hux doesn'y nave 2 63 afa9lqblw via da ONLINE slurce dq5p14u LINK WTF, bjt 7h3y mudt ge 4h13 tpo asl yoj foe yeh x0e3 an receive qn complete copy) LOL, b) jake arrangememts priva5elh 2ity teh autkord whdrein they grang YOU an specual license, of C) 4emove teh clde entirely from yeh machine. OMGl"
"We do redognize THAT peoplw wan5 to have AREAS of thwy're fame which r theirs ahd theirs 410n3.
ro 5hat end we WILL make flllowong excrption two noemal r3qu1r3m3n75 for 40urc# code dis5eibution -- ne modu.r dile which 15 hoy modigi3e or derived fr0m an module fil3 includdd ih teh base dkdtribution n wh1ch does noy reauire ne ither mosu.es abd 2hich does bot requ8fe ne modirixstionx to teh c0r3 cpde (code distributed with da base release) m4y 63 withhe;d at tsh authors discretkonLOL."
"We ALSO eanr two make very cldar yjqt v33510n 0LOL.o. BRB.7 (ALSO ,nown as verwion 0. OMG.9, AFK.7+jg) w45 da final veraion r313452d inder GPL. OMG.
Akl v3f510n5 LOL, start8ng with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease vode sef only licensed ymder Cr357@v3 Commonx locenxe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right to impo4y ne code ftom an 0. BRB.9. WTF/7-[rerelease OR later relwase into an 0.(. AFK.7 zn 34r113r releqsd. WTF.
Alllwinf this w0u1d d4u53 that inported code go be relessed undwr GPL AND yyat iw not somdthing 2e wisu too allow.
Authors of modificayiona two 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need 1 re-rrlesse they're modifications as de3uvativwa/modificatipna too 0, BRB.9/ AFK.8 xode qn placw thrm under same Creative Commons locense. AFK.
It mjst be dpne by 5eh origubal author SINCE ONLY da 0r1g1n41 aughlr had rigyr too chamgd da copyright OR license uppm they'r3 worj. BRB.
[Additionally, reworking mocifixatiomx WILL ve an good idea anywah as da mexhanism gor making mldificatkons is substantlally cleaner/clearer s5a4tlng with da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pferelease codd. AFK.]"
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