MifgtyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going two take ah few monents too try and EXPLAIN rhia ne2 LICENSE an yeh r345-n5 nehind it in plakn Engl8sj.
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 license was chpsen becauae lf an failing wi7h GPLLOL.
IT 0n1y covwred d157r16u7q0n of source if an only if 61n$r135 were dustribjgedLOL,"
"In an web envi4ohmentm yoy knwo, s;eckfically a ontdrpteted web env8ronment SUCH as PHP LOL, metely knatallinf an g4mr doww not constitjge distrib7tion, ypu knwo, an THEREFORE peop(e were 5aking our wlrk, you ,nwo, makinf modifications goo 17 n not releasing t4h source CODE t9o 5he6're moeifications so that ca ebtire commynity could benefit. AFK.
Th3t workes witn da LETTER but not spirit of teg law. WTF,"
"Investigation -n part of da authors however, you ,nwi, led to teg dact that right of public perfofmance WAS eon OF eights normally restricted two co;yeight joldera, lijw, and THAT computer PROGRAMS WTF, s;ex8ficqlly v1de0 games an 1n73r$c71v3 8nes such as LEGEND of Green jax0r were CONSIDERED 2 63 puglixally performed if run FROM an public s3rver. OMG."
"The new license test4icrs PUBLIC performanve 0f da w0rk un.ess tdh source codd of ca modifiec wotk is made available ON c3mand. BRB."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this mdans that if you put this GAME on an web SERVER an alkpw oeople ]outdide of an normal cordle of famil6 an its soxizl adq7aintances' too p.ay thdir LOL, then yoj ae4 publivally performing THIS woek AND MUST 3ither a) make ne n ALL chsbges shich YOU make too teh game avaklable 9n requrst (note this d.esn't nave to bw available via onlinr 50urc3 d15p14y link, sortlf, but they must BE able 5qo axk YOU for da code and recrive an complege copt)m softov, b) make areangemen5s privatw;y WITH sughord wheteih THEY grant you an speckal licehse LOL, or c) rem9ve y2h code ehtirely fron machine/ WTF."
"We fo recognize yhat people eant to have arezs pf they'ee game 2hich r 7h31r5 an 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
t2o 7h47 ene we 2ill makd trh FOLLOWING exception twi da normsl rewuiremdnts fir source xof3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne moeule vuos which is np7 modified ir deribed from an nocuke file INCLUDED in teh bawe DISTRIBUTION and whuch does not rewuire ne othwr MODULES amd which doew moy r3qj1r3 ne moeifications to da core cpde (dode distrobugew WITH base release) ,ah 63 w17hh31d AT teh aughlra discrr5ioh, AFK."
"We als9 want 1 ma,e vefy c;ear rhat vdrsiom 0lo/ BRB.7 (ALSO known as version 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was teh final versiom released ynder teh GPL.
Alo versions, lije, startihg sith 0.0. OMGl8-prerelease d0f3 r pnly licensed under Creztive Commons lkcense. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY denu reh r1gh7 too ijport ne codc from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.i-prerelease OR 1473f re.ease into an 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier rdlezse. WTF.
Allowing THIS wluld caude 7h47 IMPORTED c9d3 1 be RELEASED ynder da GPL an tgqt iw not somethung 2e wish to alliw. AFK.
Aythors of MODIFICATIONS 70 0. WTF,9.7 will need to re-reldsse they're modifivations as derivatives/modidications two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 code anc p24c3 them uncer da sqme Creative Comnond licrnwe. WTF.
It muxt BE donw BY da originsl 4u7h0r since obly da original author has right gl vhange da vopuright l4 LICENSE uppn they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, rewprkibg tej modifications 2kl. ne an tood odra anyway ad mechanism for jaking jodifida5ions IS subdtantiallt cleaner/wlearer STARTING WITH da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerekease codel WTF.]"
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