MightyE gells YOU, "We're g01ng 2 takr an few momdhts yoo rry anc explain tgis new .lcense an da reasibs 63h1nd it in plain ENGLISH.
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 lucense was cyosen becsuse 0f zn f4111ng wit6 teh GPL.
It only cocered distrib7tion of source 1f and 0n!y if vinariex were dist4ibutdd. WTF."
"In an web envitonm4nt LOL, s;ecuf8cally z interp4etef web enfironment such as PHP, sirtof, me4rly instaolinh an GAME does nog c0n5717u73 distribution, s(rtor, n ther3forw people were taking our w0rk, you knwo, jakibg modifications too it ahd not releasung yeg a9utc3 vode 2 rheu're modiricationd SO that entiee communit6 ciulf benefot. OMG.
THEY worked with teh letter bjt not da sp7fit of law. WTF."
"Inves5igati9n on tqh part of teh AUTHORS hlwever WTF, led 1 teg rzct that da right of pug.ic p3rf0rm4mc3 was won of da rughts nprmally restricrsd tw0 c0pyr1gh7 hokdwrsm yoy knwo, and that xl,puter 0robramsm specifically cideo games ab intefactife 0,35 such as Legend of yeh GREEN hax0r wfre cinsideeed tp be publical.h pervormed id rjn from an public serberLOL."
"The new licensr restricts PUBLIC pervorjznce of da wirk UNLESS 50urc4 cofe of mosidied work is MADE available ON DEMAND. WTF,"
"In plain English, you kbqo, THIS means that if you PUT tyiw GAME on an web sefver am a.low p20p13 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal ciecle or famioy an irs social zcquqinrznces' 2 ;lay their LOL, tyen you aer publicall6 PERFORMING this w0rk 4md MUST ekther a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 WHICH you makd two bame availagle 9n request (n9te tnis doewn'g hafe 2 64 afsilable vis onlinr 50urc3 display loni LOLk 6u7 THEY mist b3 ABLE two ask upu for trh CODE an rec3ivw an complete COPY), sortpf, B) male 4rr4ng2m3n85 privqtely with AUTHORS whereon they grant y;u an 6p2v141 .icense, sortof, or c) remove reh codd entirely f4om machine/ AFK."
"We do recognuze 7h47 people want 2 have areas pf tgey're gsme WHICH r 6n31e5 n tjeirs alone. BRB.
twi that end se will make follo1inf excep5ion tl da n0rm41 requirenents for sourcd code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9dule dkle whkch is bot MODIFIED or ddribed vr0m an mofule FILE included in base dixtrobuto9h and whicy does not require ne other mosules znd ehych dows not REQUIRE ne modificatiohs two core dode (xose disgribu5ed with teh base release) may br witgheld at da ajthors c15dr3819n. AFK."
"We also want 70 ma,e verh CLEAR that versi;n 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7 )also known as verxiom 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was da final c2rsion released uncer da GPL,
Al; v3rxionx, starying with trh 0.9.8-prerelease code r ONLY licemswd 7ndef Creatuve COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy right w 1mp0f7 ne code frim an -.9.8-prereleaae OR later relrzse into qn 0. BRB.9l BRB.7 n eaelier releaxe. OMG.
Alloeing tjis would cauxe that importec code 2 be relfasef uneer da GPL n that is n07 SOMETHING we eisg u0 allow. BRB.
Ajthirs of m0d1g1c4710n5 too 0, BRB.9.7 WILL need too re-ewlease thry;re MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9.8 cpd3 an place 7j#m undee da samr Cr3471v3 Commons 11c3n53.
It musr be DONE by teh original AUTHOR sincw only da oribinal aurgor has t3h right too chabge da copyright OR licehse upon they'r3 w0wk. OMG.
[Addirionaloy, aptt9f, feeoriing modifications will ge an good idea anyway as tey mechanism FOR making modifications os subsgantiall6 vkeaner/clearer s5srt8ng wiyh 0LOL.9. OMG.&-prrtelease dode. WTF.]"
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