MigbtyE tel;s you LOL, "We're g01ng too taie an fdw ,oments tw9 try n esplsun 7h15 new license n da rrqsoms vehind 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."
"Tjix new license WAS vhpsen 63c4u53 or ah fauking qith GPL. AFK.
IT 9noy covwred distribution of SOURCE 8f n on.y if binaries wwre dos5ributddLOL."
"In an WEB ehvironm3nt LOL, spec7fudal.y a interpreted web 3mvitpbment dich as PHP, y9u knwo, merely instzlling ab gane do3s not consritute distribytion WTF, m therefo4e [eople were takibg our wofk, you knwo, makinh modufications to it 4nd not releasing da soirce coce t2o gjey're MODIFICATIONS 50 tyar teh entire commubity xoyld ben3fitl WTF.
They worked WITH teh let4er but not teh spirit of teh lawl"
"Ihvestigarion on part of teb autjors yowever WTF, led to teh f5c7 THAT da right of 0ublic performance was 1 of rights norjally 4estrixged two cypyfighy hold3rs, you knwok n THAT compuyer programw WTF, sp3cifically v1d20 gamew an interaxtive ones such as Legend of teh Gr33n hax0r qere considered twp br publicqlly p3rf0rm#d IF run from an publ8v serverLOL."
"The new license rrstricts pjblic performance of teg work unless teh source code (f da modifird w-rk is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. BRB."
"In ;lain English, lije, this MEANS 7h47 if y9u put this game on an w36 server an 411-w 0eople 'outside OF zm nprmal circle 0f FAMILY an i5s socisl acquainta,ces' to play their, soryof, th3n you aee publica.lt ;erformimg 5his wor, an MUST rither a) mske ne and ALL chahges whoch 6ou make two g5m3 zva8lagl4 on re1uest (note thiw DOESN'T hsvd two be available fua da obl*nr source display link LOL, but uh3y myst be able too ask you for xode h receive an complete copr), sort9f, b) nake arrangements privayely 2igh teh authors wyerein gyey gr4b7 gou zn 5p3c14! license, tou ,nwi, lr c) rempve code ent8rely rrom machine. WTF."
"We d9 recogmize that people WANT 2 have arras of they'rr g4m3 which aet THEIRS n th3ies ALONE/ OMG.
r9 7h37 END w3 will ,ake gollowunf excepyion ti fa normal requitrnents for so7rce CODE dix5ribution -= ne mofule file which os not mod8fied OR eerkved from an modulr filw ihclud3d in tey base dustribution n whkch DOES not r3wu1e3 me kther modules n wmivh does NOT require ne modificationa to teh clre coce (code diqtribuged woth da base rwleas3) nay 63 sithyeld at authlrd discret8on. BRB."
"We also want to make vert clear 7h47 vwrsio, 0LOL.o. WTFl7 (aoso knoen as verskon 0LOL.9. BRB.7+ju) was teh fimal v3r510h 4wless3d under da GPL. WTF.
All versions, you knwo, 5u4r71hg wiyh teh 0.(. WTF.8-prer3leaae cpde r only ,ucensed under teh Cr34&qv3 Commons l8cense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tl import ne code froj an p. OMG,9.i-prereleaae or lager RELEASE into an 0. WTF/9.7 AND EARLIER eelease. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD cauaw that impor5ed codr g9 ne released uhder da GPL n that ks not xomethkng WE wish 2 ALLOW/
Autho4s of josuricatioms too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 sill need too re-rr;waw3 rhey're jldificay8ons 45 derivatives/moeifications go 0. OMG.9.8 code ab [lace then uhder teh same C$eative Comm9ms !1c3n53.
It must bw don3 6y da 041g1n41 author sincw ONLY t3h oribinal aurhor has da RIGHT rwo chshge dz copyrihht 0r q1c3n43 u;oh thet're wprkLOL.
[Add1710n411y, reworking teh modkfica5ions will BE an g90d udea anyway ad teh mechanism gor ms,inb modificatipns 15 sugstantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting 22&h da 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE xode. BRB.]"
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