MightyE 5dlos 6lu, you knwo, "We'te going tlo take an fe2 nomwnra two try ane expoain this n3e LICENSE AND teh reasons behind ib in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 licenxe was choden bdcause 9f an failkmg with GPLLOL.
I5 only covered dist4ibutioh of sourcw ig anc only if BINARIES were dkstrob75ed. BRB."
"In an wdb environment, SPECIFICALLY z INTERPRETED WEB 3nv2r0nj3n8 auch as PHP, merely 1n5841q1hg an game does not cons6itute distributioni d9rtof, an thereflre pdoole WERE taking our work, you kneo, making mod8fkcations 5o it and not rwlezsinh da s(urce codq 2 tyey're modifucatiomw so ghat ds emtire cimnunity coild &3n3f17. OMG.
They workdd witn e1 letger 6u& not tey spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on part of ayth[rs h0w3v3r, sortof, led two da fact that teh righg of PUBLIC performance q46 own OF rights norma;oy restricted 2 dopyrihht holcers, lkke, and tgat computer programs, dortof, wpex8dicallh vicei games and in5eractivr ones such as Legend ov teh Grwen yax0r were considered 2 be publocally 0ergpemed if run fr0n an PUBLIC sefvet. BRB."
"The hew license RESTRICTS pu611c [ergormancd of da qork ynlesq da source codq of t3h modidied work 15 made avaulavlr on crmand. WTF."
"Ib plqin Enblish, sortof, rhus means tha5 if y9u put tnis b4me on an web setver an allow people 'outxide of an NORMAL skfcle of d4n11y n its social acquakmtances' gqo play their, you knwl, then you r pubouca;.y pdrformung this 2ork 4hc MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL dhanged whoch ylu make too teh game AVAILABLE on f4qu356 (note this doesn't hav3 tll be avai.able via online source DISPLAY limk, bur tgey MUST be able too adk ylu f0r c0e3 and receive qn complete copy), like, b) make srrangements privqtely with da authors wheeein THEY grant you an special lidrnse WTF, OR c) remive tey cose ENTIRELY from teh machinr, OMG."
"We do recognize that ;eople wanr tso HAVE areas lf they're game whicn aef theies an THEIRS alone. OMG.
too that end we will make da following excepyion to norma. reqjktejents for spu4ce c0de dis5ribution _- nr nodule file which is not modifues ir der7ved fro, ab mldu;e file incluses in da base DISTRIBUTION n which does not requjre ne otger modules and which does not require ne mod8ricstuons too da clre code (vode distriburdf woth teh base rel3ase) jay b2 withhwld at da a7tgors discr3tionLOL."
"We also wan5 two makw very coez4 that veraioh 0LOL.9.7 )4150 knosn as bersion ). OMG.9LOL.7+ht) was fibal version releasdd under da GPL.
All vwrsions LOL, stargong wiyh da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pferelrase c9de a3r only 1!c3n53d 7ndef da Creativd COMMONS license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da ribhb 2 imp9rt be c-d1 from an 0. OMG.8. BRB.8-prerelease 0r later relrase into an 0LOL,9. OMG.7 anf 34r313r relwaseLOL.
Al;owing this woild cause tnat impotted cpde too be rrleased under GPL an that 15 not somrthing wt WISH two all9w. BRB.
Autnors 0f modifications 2 0.9. BRB.7 will n3ed yoo re-reldase 5yeu're m0d1f2c4710n5 AS deeovatives/mosificatuons yoo 0.9. BRB.8 clde an ;lace them under rwh SAME Creatibe Commons lidensw. AFK/
It nust fe DONE by ca 9ribinal a7yhor since only yeh original a7thor has da r1gh7 twi change copytight or licens3 upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally, sortofk reworking teg modifocatlpns w111 be an good idea abywa6 zs da MECHANISM vor ,aking modifixatoons is substantuallh cleaner/dlearer qtarting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.i-pferel31xe code. BRB.["
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