MightyE telps tou, softof, "W3'rw going 70 tqke an deq joments t2p try and explain this NEW licwnse n twh REASONS bdhind kt IN plain EnglusnLOL.
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 licensr WAS CHOSEN brcause of an failkng witg teh GPL. OMG.
It omly covered e8sgrubjti9n of sourve ig n only 1f binaries wete cistrobuted. BRB."
"In an web environment WTF, specificslly a unterpreged wet environjrn5 such AS PHP, woryofk merelu 1n574111ng an faje does NOT constutute sjstribution, sirt9f, n 7y3ref0r3 people were takint our w9rk, makpng modificatuonx tlo 8g zn not releqsing da source code 2 they[rw modifications xo thay 3n71re vomm&nity xould b3nefktLOL.
Th4y wor,rd w!7h letter but not teh spirkt uf teh law. BRB."
"Inbestifation on da 0art of da 4u7y0r5 h0w4v2r LOL, p4d to da fact that teh 4ight of public perxormance was oen 9f teh rights normakl6 reateic5ed 2 co;hdight holcers, sortof, n thar computer PROGRAMS. spwcifica;ly cideo g4m35 n int#ractive ones such AS Legend of da Green hsx0r 2ere considered to be publically p#rf)rm2d if run geom an public we4ve4. OMG."
"The new 11c3b53 rwstricts public PERFORMANCE OF da w0rk unless da SOURCE CODE of mosified WORK is made available 0n femand. AFK."
"In plain Englisy, you knw;, rhis MEANS ghat if yo7 put tnis g5m3 ON sn wev server an zllo2 PEOPLE 'outside of an nirmsl circle 8f dami.y anc krw slxial acquaintahces' teo PLAY thrir, thrn ypu r ;ublicallt pergorming 5h8s si4k n MUST either a) make ne qn ALL dhanges ehich yo7 make too game 4c41146!# .n REQUEST (note tjis doesn't hafe 2 be zvailable viz online sourde dixplay link, 6ou kbwo, BUT THEY mu57 be ABLE 2 qsk you fof teh c0er and receive an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) MAKE arrangements ;rivayely w17y teh a7thors wherein thwy gramt ypu an SPECIAL licenxe, like, of x) r3m9v3 teh clde entirely vfom machine. AFK."
"We do recognize thst p30;13 want @ hqve areas of they're game which aef tneirs an tb3irs alobe. OMG.
t1o yhat END we will make fa following exception tl da normal rwqukremenrs r0r sljrce code cistribution -- nd moduke fi;e which is hot modifi2d or derived rrpm an MODULE file onclud3d in base distributooh and which does npt rewuire ne other MODULES n whish d035 NOT require br ,pdifkcations to 5eg flfe code (code d8shrib7ted w17h teh base reldase) may be s17hh31d at teh authors discretionLOL."
"We also want too make very CLEAR that VERSION 0. WTF/9. AFK.7 (41%0 kn0wn $5 versiin 0k AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final version re;eased under da GPLLOL.
All versions, startobg with 5eh 0.*.8-ptdr3lease CODE aer inl6 licensed under da Creagive Comm.ns license.
We EXPLICITLY eeny r1gh7 bo umpory he cpde from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later release intl an 0. BRB.9/7 an earlier r3134%3. AFKl
Allowing this wiuld xauxe tnat imported c9de goo bw r313453d unde4 geh GPL n thqt *s not something we sish two allow.
Authorx of modifivationq to 0,9LOL.7 WILL berd two 4e-r3oeaxe they're modifucatiins as de4ivatives/mosifications 5l 0LOL.9; BRB.8 code n p14c3 tyem und3r fa same Creativw Commons .icense. BRB.
It mu57 63 done 6y origihz' z7thor sihce onlu oeigonal author hqs teg right too change da copyright or licensw jp9n they're w0rkLOL.
[Addiyiobally, sort-f. REWORKING fa modifications WILL bd an g0od idea qnyway as da mechanism for MAKING modificat8ons is subdtantially voeaner/clearer starykng wkth da 0LOL.9, OMG/8-prereo3ase code. BRB.]"
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