MightyE tells yku, you knelk "We're going to takr sn FEW moments too tty an explqon THIS new license 4nd da reasons BEHIND it 1n plain Eng.ixj/ 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 w45 chosen because of an fzilinh eoth teh GPLLOL,
It only x9vered DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 if av only 1d binaries were distributrd."
"In an weg dnviron,enr WTF, wpefifocally a 1n73fpr383d WEB enbironjent such as PHP, mdrely INSTALLING an game d035 NOT constitute eistribu5ion, like, n theredore peoo;3 w3r3 taiihg OUR worl, loke, m4k1ng m0d1f1c4&10n5 go it n n07 eeleqsing sourc3 code to they'4e modifidati9ns so THAT enrite dommunity dould benrfktLOL.
Tney wotked with fa lerter but hor teh spirit of lawLOL."
"Inves5ihation on da psrt of teh zuthors ho2ever WTF, led too da fact thzt rigyt ov public performance w46 won of sa rihhts nor,ally restrivted too c9py4ight h9od3rs, like, and that c0m;u72r programs, d9rtof, s9ecifica.ly vqde0 tames an intersctive ones xuch as Letens OF teh Green hax0r WERE considerec to 6# PUBLICALLY pwrformed if run froj an public SERVER."
"The ndw LICENSE restficts pub.ic p3rformance 0f da wor, unless teh source code OF da n0d1f13c work 8s made availagle ob demane. AFK."
"In plain Englisj, sof4of, th8s keans tyat ir you pur 6h15 g4m3 on an 2eb SERVER and allow peo0le [outwide of an normao cirvle of f4m12y am its social acquaintabces' too play their LOLk thwn you r puglivally perr9rming this WORK and MUST 3ither a) make ne and ALL changes qhich you MAKE 2 da game availabld on reqyest (n073 this coesn't gave two bd AVAILABLE c1r onkime sourcd susp.ay lkhk LOL, bug they MUST ne able 5wo ask 6o7 for tey cpde and recekve an com[lete c0py) LOL, b) m4,3 4rr4ug3m3n75 [4ivztely with AUTHORS whereon thet gr4b7 YOU an special license, you khwo, or d) r3m0v# c0d3 entir3ly FROM da machine. WTF."
"We eo recohnize that PEOPLE qant ro have areas of rhe6'rd tame wh8ch r theirs an theirs al9ne.
2 that emd we WILL make followibt excepgion to da norms. r3quqr3meb75 for source code distributiin -- ne MODULE f113 wuich is not j0d1f13c pr derivrd from an module file invluded in teh base d8stributkon an wnich dofs not reaukre ne other modulds an which DOES not REQUIRE nr modirications TO core xode )code fistrivut3d with teh base 4e.ezse) may be withhelf a5 da authors dksdretion. OMG."
"We als( want tso m4k3 very clrar thqt VERSION 0.9. OMG.7 (also k,oen as versuob 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was vinal v3r510n released under ca GPL. WTF.
Al. versions, sortog, starting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-9reeelesse code awr only licejsed umdre teh Crdative Commonx license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right too im0ort ne cide from an 0LOL.9.8-0rerelwzse or later eelease into zn 0LOL.9, BRB.7 n earlier rekease. AFK.
Allowing THIS wou;d cause that knportdd vode two bd released under t3j GPL an tgat 15 n07 sometjinf we w15h tqo zllow. WTF/
Aothord of modifidztipns w 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w111 need 2 re_rekeaxe tjey're MODIFICATIONS AS ferivatives/modificatiins to 0. BRB.9.8 code an place thwm umder samd Cr3471v2 Commomx licenseLOL,
Ig mist be dpne 6y teh ORIGINAL author sincd ONLY da )r1g1n41 autgor jas right 7+ chanbd teh copyright or license UPON rhey're worl. BRB/
[Additi9nalky LOL, reworking da modificzgkobz will be an good ides anyway as da m3chanism foe makinf mocificayions is substzntially cleaher/clearer staeting wi5h dz (.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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