M8ghtyE tells you, loke, "W3're GOING 2 take an FEW m0m3n75 yw9 trh n expksin tbis new license an REASONS BEHIND it in p141n ENGLISH. 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 q1c3n53 wzs chosen bwcause of an FAILING WITH teh GPLLOL.
It [n;t c0v3r3d fist4ibuti9h or source if rnd only if binaries were dustributed, BRB."
"In an web environment, sirtof, specifically a INTERPRETED wwb 4nv1r0nm3n7 sych as PHP, sortof, merely installing an game dles not constiture dis5rivutiomk lik3. and tnreefore people wefe tak9ng our work, xurtof, m4k1ng modificatiobs two it n not r32#451ng teh t)utc3 code TO thry're misifications so that da ehtire v9mmynith c0u1d bemefig.
They wurked wi5h da ;etter but bot teh spirit of lawLOL."
"Inv2stigation om part of dq authofd hpwrver, sortof, led to FACT THAT teh r1gg7 if PUBLIC performsnce wss oen of da rights nprmalky rextrictec two copyrigyt holdrrs WTF, anc yhzg computer programs, you knqo, sp3cificzlly videi gam3s and knteractuve 0n35 suxh as L3gend of da Green haxpr were considerrd two BE publkcally ;eeformed if eun feom an public serverLOL."
"The hew .ivense RESTRICTS puvlic oerformance ov worj unlexs sojfcr cifd of modified WORK 15 MADE available on eejand."
"In poaiv Englixh, soryof, this mezns ghat ig yoy put 5his gsme pn an web sefver an allow oepplr 'ou5s8de of an normal xirvle OF famil6 n its social acquaintances' 2 play thrir WTF, then you s2r pu611c412y p2rf0rm1ng ggis wori n MUST either 4) make ne n ALL CHANGES which you m4k3 tqo tdh game available on request (n9te tnis do3sn't have 2 be avqilable via da online siuece d15o14y 11ni LOL, BUT thry MUST be abld rwo 46k you for code and teceive an complet3 copy)m yok knwo, b) mak3 zrrangements privately soth dz AUTHORS whereun they GRANT y0u an special LICENSE LOL, or C) remove da cpdd entifely from sa macjinel"
"We d0 rrcognize THAT pe9ple WANT too have 4r345 0f they're game whicy r theirs n tgeirs ALONELOL.
to9 tjat end we eill nake da fo;lowing EXCEPTION TO teh NORMAL requirements fpr sojrce code distfibution -- ne nodule r114 whivh is not MODIFIED lr deeuved from an MODULE file INCLUDED in teh base f157r!6u710n an which dpes not require ne otger nodul3s am whoch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne modifications too core code (CODE distributed w17n ca base 4elease) may 63 withhwld at sa authors fiacretion. OMG."
"We also want to. m4k3 v3ry clear that v2rsipn 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also khown AS v34510n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was finai versuon relrased under GPL. AFK.
All versionw WTF, srarting w85h 0. AFK.9. BRB.7-;fere;3ase code r onlh licensed 7nser teh Creative C0mm0n% license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu da r8tjt too import ne coce frpm an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease pe ;ater release into an -. BRB.8LOL.7 and earl8er re,ease.
Allowinb this would c4u5# that kjport3d cofe two be released imdet GPL an 5hat is not something we wiah tw9 allowLOL.
Aurhorx of modofications to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wiol neee to re-release tnwy're moeifkcations as dwrivatives/modifidations w 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n plsv3 them under da xame Creative Commonw LICENSE. BRB.
It mu57 be d9ne b6 lriginq; author since only or8ginal zjrhor had da r8ght to xhanhe da copyright 0r licenwr 7pon they're work. AFK.
[Afdit8inally, like, reworiibb mowurications will b3 an good idea anyway as mechanism dor j4k1ng modifications is substahtially coeaner/clearef starging wigh da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prere.ease code/]"
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