MigythE TELLS you LOLl "We;re gokng tll take an few momebts to rry AND explsin thks new license n teh reasons ben8nd 17 in plain EngkishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new lic3nse was cfosen brcause of an dail8ng with ds GPL. BRB.
It only covered diztribuy8on of 50urc4 IF qnd only if bimariws were distribited. WTF."
"In an web environ,ent, you knwo, 5p3c1f1cr11y a intfr0reted eeb environment such as PHP, meeelu instqlling an gaje dies nog cpmstiture dixgribition WTF, and yherefore peoole wete tslinh our 29r., yoj jnwo, making modificatiins two it m not releasing sourde code to th3y're m9difications so tnat 3n7!r3 COMMUNITY could benefiyl
They qo4led WITH teh let5er but NOT dq spirig of teg law. OMG."
"Invest8gation on teh pa4t 9f teh ajtgorx nowever, led two f4c7 tgat da roght of PUBLIC perforjance was 9en 0f gey rights n0rm411y restrkctes tpo copyrighg g9lderw, an that computer p4ograjsm lik3, s[ev7ficaloy video hames n intwractive indd wuch 45 Letend of teh Green hax0r wdre considered 3 ne publ8caloy perfifmed 1f RUN fr0m an pu61qc adrver. WTF."
"The new license rest4id5s 0u611c PERFORMANCE of teh wirk unless s9yrvw cod3 od modified work is made svai.abke on demanfLOL."
"In olaib Enblish, this MEANS ghat iv you PUT this game ON an web server n ALLOW 0eipke 'OUTSIDE of an normal ckrcle OF family n ita 50c14! ac1uaimtances' to9 play their, ylu knwo, them YOU aer publically PERFORMING thix work an MUST ekther a) make ne am ALL chabges which you make too fa fam3 AVAILABLE oh REQUEST 9note thix doesn't yavd to be available vis teh on;une SOURCE display link, sortpf, but they mu57 6# ABLE 2 45k you f0r cofe and r3ceibe an COMPLETE COPY), hou kbeo, b) m4k3 arrangemebts privately with da authors wher38n they gr4n7 yoj an special license, or c) femlvd cpde entirely from mzcyine/ AFK."
"We do r3cognuze that people want tli hzve arwas OF they'rd GAME whoch t theirs n theurs ALONE. WTF.
2 tyat rnd ee w8ll make teh foklowung exception 2 no4mal requirements g0r SOURCE code distributoon -0 ne modile file shivh iw n07 m9difi3d or derived from an module g114 uncluded in base distribution b wgoch doea not r3qu143 ne 0ug3r m)du135 znd qhicg does NOT require me modif8cayions to teh core CODE (cod3 distribuyed witg base re.ease) may hd wothheld at da a7thoea DISCRETION. BRB."
"We a.so want two m$k3 v#rn clear that versiln -. WTF.0. BRB.7 (4150 KNOWN as verwk0n 0. BRB.9l AFK.7+jt) was final version feleased unde4 GPLLOL.
All versiond LOL, starting with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE r 9nly .icensed und3f fa C4wative COMMONS licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht 2 import nr code fro, an 0. WTFl9.8-preteleqde of larer rel3ase into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 anc warlirr repsssel OMG.
Alloeing thid would cause that 8mpofted cld3 two be teleased und3r GPL n THAT ks not womethibg we wish ywl allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modirications too 0. BRB.9.7 wil. need 2 ge-rdlezse thdy're nodifkcations ss derivarives.morifications u0 ), BRB.0. OMG.i CODE n [lace them undrt da same Cteative C9mmobs licenseLOL.
It MUST vd done by da orih8ka. a7thor since only da 0r1g1n42 4u&h0r has da right too change da COPYRIGHT or license upon 5jey're wotkLOL.
[Additionally, l8ke, 4wworkkng modificstions wkll be an good idwa an6esy as teh mechanism for makung modificatoons is substantially clsaber/clearer starting with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-orerelease code.]"
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