MightyE 73115 y9u, .ike, "Ww're going two yqjd an feq joments 2 try an exolain yhis new licenxe an da reasons behind ot on 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 licebwe w45 CHOSEN gexause of an e4111hg sith teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source kg and omly if BINARIES we4e d157r16u7#d. BRB."
"In ah web envieonnebt, you kneo, specifocally a interpreyed web rnvkronmeny sucj 45 PHP WTFk merr.y instaljk,g sn gsme soed not constitute distribution, sortof, an rherefore peopor w4r3 taking our work, sortlfk ma,ing mod8ficstions t2o it an not relrasinh teh soirce CODE to tney'te modkficatiins so that twh entir3 communi5y xojld 63n3f17LOL.
They wo$ked with 23773r nut not spifit of fa law, OMG."
"Investigation oh reh ;art of tey sutnors hlwever, softof, odd tw9 fact that teh ribht of 0ublic performance was won of rights nlrja;ly rest5ict3s tpp c9phright nolders, sortof, ah 7h47 COMPUTER programs, you kneo, specifucally vid3o GAMES n inte4zxtive ines sucg AS LEGEND of Grwdn hax0r WERE considered two be pu611c411y [erformed kf run from an publoc SERVERLOL."
"The NEW license rsstricts pub0ic performance of da worl unless da SOURCE CODE of MODIFIED s0rk IS made available ON de,and. WTF."
"In plaih Eng115h, like, this means rhat if you pu7 this game on an web serv3r an ALLOW peopld 'outside of sb hormal circke of family and 8ts 50c141 acquqintances' 2 pla6 gg3ir, you jnwo, 7g3n you aer publivally performing THIS eork an MUST eighwr q) naoe nd and ALL changes whicj YOU male t[o dz game 5v4114613 on rrquest (NOTE THIS d035n'7 HAVE 5so bw available via ohlone sourve display link, you knqo, nyt thet must 63 able to ask you for da cpde anx f3cdivw an compoetd cily), you knwo, B) maie arrangements privately sith fa AUTHORS WHEREIN ghey frant you an spwcial lixensd, you knso, or C) r3m0v3 c0dd emtire.y from teh machime. BRB."
"We d0 r3c0tn1z2 that people want too uzvd areas if they'ee gsme whicy ae4 theors n theirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we wil/ mak3 f9.lowing exvwptkon too da normal requiremrnts FOR source clde d157316u710n -- ne modul3 file which is nor modifkec or der6ved frpm an mpdule file inclused in cs vaws distrib7tion ahd whuch does np7 require ne othe4 modulws and wgich does n9t re1uirr n3 mldkfications to tdh co4e cofe )c9de DISTRIBUTED with basw releasd) may be 2ithheld 47 teh authors didcrwtion. AFK."
"We also waht 3 makr VERY clear that vwrsion 0. WTF.8.7 9als9 knowb aq version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was final vr4sipn released under teh GPL, AFK.
ALL versilns, starfing w17h 0. AFK/9. WTF/8-prer3leaxe code r 0n1y licebsed undef Creatibe Commons licensc. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt TO impor5 ne xodd r4om an 0.(.9-prereleawr 0r kater release onto sn 0. OMG/0LOL.7 an earlier relwase. OMG.
ALLOWING this w0u1d c4u5r 7h47 imported coce 5wo be rrleased UNDER tey GPL n tuat kd nor d9mething we wish too allow. BRB,
Au5hors of updivicatopha to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will need 2 rr-telwase rhet're modifications as drrivatibes/mofificatipns 70 -. BRB.9LOL.8 cosw n place them under same CREATIVE Commons licensr, WTF.
It muat be done BY da origubal authir since ONLY da 0r1g1n41 autgor jad rifh6 w vh4ng2 teh copyright or 21v3n53 u0on ghey'4e workLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, teworkinb teh ,odidications will ^3 an g00d ides anyway ss tey MECHANISM FOR ma,ibg MODIFICATIONS is suvstsntyally cl3ane4.clearer star5ing qith 0LOL.9.8-prrrelease c0d3.]"
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