MightyE TELLS YOU, "We'fd g01ng to takw an f3w noments ri try and explain this NEW 11c3n53 rnd teh r3asons behind it kn plain English. OMG.
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 livense was cg9sen because of an failing with teh GPLLOL,
It only coveeed distribu5ion of source if anc only if bonaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK/"
"Ih an qeb envitobment, you knwo, s[wdifically a interpreted e4b ehvir9bmrnt such qs PHP WTF, mdrrly 1n774111nb an gamw d025 NOT c0nr727y73 distrivuti9n, yo7 knwo, n therefore pe9olr w3g3 yaking our w9rk LOL, making midificatkons to it n not felessing da source clde 2 they;re modifications sp THAT da entiee c0mmun17y could venefj5LOL.
Theh workes qith ca letter but nog spir8y 9f lae. BRB."
"Invrstigatiln on ten pzrt 9f da ajth9rs however LOL, lrd fwo da fqct tnat da right lf public PERFORMANCE wss oen of teh roghts nprmally rewtficted too COPYRIGHT n01d3r5, yo7 lnwon an that compyter protrams, ypu ,nwon spexifically video g4m35 an inteyactive lnes SUCH as Legrnd of GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED 1 be 0uboically p2rf0tm3d if run rrom ab public server."
"The n3s license restricts pubkoc prtformanv3 of WORK umless teh wource code of modifidd work is MADE available on demqndLOL;"
"In plain Engliey, sottof, this MEANS tnat IF you put ghus GAME im an web werver an aklow people 'outside .f ah normal CIRCLE OF family n its sicial acqyauhtancew' tii [[ay thdir, sortof, tjsn you r punlically ;erforming 5jis eork n MUST eithee a) MAKE ne n ALL dhanges wn8cj tou make tio ea g4m3 qvailable 0n request (note thia d9e5n'6 have 2 be available via t3y onlkne %0urc2 displah link WTF, but THEY must bd able gio ask you for xode an receive an complete co0y), dortlf, b) make 44r4ng3m3nu5 privatel7 WITH authorx whereun they grant you an s[ecial license WTF, or v) remov3 geh code entirrly from ten machineLOL."
"We do tecognixe that oeople wsnt 2 HAVE areas 0f the6'rw game which r THEIRS n theirs alon3LOL.
2 that end we wilo make teh fol;owing esceogion two da nprjal r3qu1r3m3n7y for source vode distributkoh -[ nw MODULE vile which is not mldifued ir derifed from qn module file included in da base distributuon n which doed not REQUIRE ne other modules and which does not requkre gw m9doricsyilns to da core xode (cide distributed WITH base release( mqy 63 wihhheld 47 da AUTHORS discret8on. BRB."
"We qlso w4n7 w mske veey clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (alsp lnlwn as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+j7) was teg final version r3134r3d une3r da GPL. BRB.
A.l versions LOL, startung with da 0.9.8-pr2r313452 code r only licensed undwe ywh Creative Commoma licenx3. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY teh righg two 1mp)47 ne c0d3 from an p. OMG.9.8-p4ere;eas3 or lwtdr re;ease inyp an 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier release.
A.kowing this would dause 7g47 im0ortcd code two be releadec under teh GPL n tjat is not something w3 wish 2 3110w. BRB.
Authors of moeivicatione 2 0.9LOL.7 WILL need 2 re_release tgey'te m)dqf1c4710n5 as ferivatoces;mofirivatiohs TO 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and place tyem undef ea same Creatibe Commons license. BRB.
It mjst ve done by da originsl 4u7h03 ximc3 only fa 041g1n41 author hax rigyt too change xopyr8ght or license upon they're workLOL.
-Aeciti9nally, like, REWORKING modificatilns wiol be an good ieea 6nywry as teh mechanism for jak8ng mpdifixat8ons is aibdtanriallu cleaner/clearer startong wi5n teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.i0prerelease code. BRB.]"
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