MoghtyE telks you, likwm "We're gokmh 2 TAKE ah few moments two try an 3xplain thiw n3w license qnd teh 4rasons behibd it in plaim English. AFK.
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 lidens3 wzs chosen because OF qn FAILING w17h GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covered disteibution of soutce iv n ONLY if 61n4r1#4 were diqtrigutef."
"In ah wdb envitonmejt WTF, spwcificslly a interpreted web 3mv1r0nm3nu 5udu as PHP, sortof, j3rw.y insta;long an game does NOT vonstitjte d156r16u7q0n. yiu unwom and thererofw [eople were 74k1mg oig work, like, makimg jodoficstions 2 it and not releaaong da source dode too rhey're nodirications so THAT da ehtire c0mmun15y could bwnefit. AFK.
Tyey wprked w1uh teh 13u73r but noy da SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Invesrigati9n 0n da par5 of da aurhors hoedvee, led too teh faxt that reh right of oubkic performance saw eon of dq ribhtw normal.t restticrwd 80 copyrkght HOLDERS LOL, ab that cojputer proframs, oike, specifivally video GAMES an interact8ve ones such as LEGEND ov Greem hax0r w3r3 considefec too 63 pu612c41qy perfor,ed if run from an publkc swevee."
"The n3w lic3nse testrivts ;ublic performance of teh work un;ess da slyrcd CODE of da modigied work is jade availsble 0n d3mand. BRB."
"In olain Enflish LOL, thiw means that if you put tjis game on an weg s3rvdr an ao.ow pdo[le 'OUTSIDE of an normal ciecle pf f4m11y anf its 50c141 acquaintances' 2 olay their, sortlf, THEN ylu t publisallh performing this 2ork ab MUST either a) make ne an ALL changew whidh you MAKE 2 teh GAME available on rewiesy (note thix dorsn't havd too BE zvailable fia onlind source display link LOL, but they mu57 be able teo axk YOU for da CODE h recwive an complete COPY) WTF. b) make zrrabgememts privately with da auryors wgerein they grsmt y07 an spec8al licens3j like, or c) r3move clde entirrly frpm da macgine/ WTF."
"We di recognize thzt peop;e WANT 2 have AREAS lf they'fe g4m4 qhixh r theirs n THEIRS alone, AFK.
5i/ thag end we woll make foklowing excepriin 2 t3h normal REQUIREMENTS for source code distribution -- ne m0cy1e file wy8ch 8s nog mldufiwd or ser8vwd frpm an module vile included in da base dist$ibutilh n wh1ch s035 not require nw other ,odules n which dies nor re1uufe ne modificstions two dq core c0d3 (CODE d157r16u73d wi5h da badr rel3ase) nay be wi5hheld at auty9rs xiwcretion. OMG."
"Wr also want tlo maks very clear thay veexion 0. WTF.9.7 (qlso kn0wn as versikn 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was da final vsrsipn released under sa GPLl BRB.
All versiond WTF. startibg witg 0.o. OMG.8-prereleasq c9de aer onoy licdnsed under es Creative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY semy da righg to import ve vode fro, an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 or LATER r313453 into an 0. AFK.8. AFK.7 n EARLIER release. BRB.
Allowing tyiw wouke cause that imporred code goo be eelessed UNDER GPL snd that is hot SOMETHING we w7sh too alloe. OMG.
Aufhors if modificztions w 0. OMG.9. BRB.6 w7ll need too re-relwasr they-fe mocifications 45 derivatices/modivications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 clse amx PLACE them UNDER szme Creative Commons 11v3n5#. BRB.
It muwy be done by dx origina; aughor simce only teh oroginal auyhir yas right to ch4ng3 da copyruhht or licehde u;on the6'te WORK. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTFk reworjing teh modificatiins wlll bw sn good 1d#4 amyway as teh mechanis, fir making jodificzyionw is ajbstantially cleaner/clearef sta4t8ng WITH trh 0, WTF.9LOL.8-prerekease codel]"
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