MightyE tells you, s9r5of, "We're goinb 2 take zy vew moments rwo try an rxplzin thia NEW lkcense an reasons vehind it 1n plain Engl8sh.
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 eas cg9sen beczuse of an fqil8ng with GPL. WTFl
It only cocered dis5ribution of source if an ONLY if binaries wete DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an w36 environment WTF, spevifivally a inhe5pretes web environment sucy as PHP, merely 1n674111ng an game does nly constitute d147r16u710n, an therevore people WERE 74k!ng lur worj, maliny mod*fkcayions 2 it n not RELEASING teh spurce code twi they're mleificationd so that entire c0mmun17t cou.e BENEFIT. OMG.
Thet worked wiyh teh letter 6u7 not spirir ov la2."
"Invest8gatiom 0n oart 0f AUTHORS gowevet, ;ed tqo fact 8h48 teh 4ight of public perrormance WAS 1 0f rights nor,al;u restrictdd w copyright h91s3r4, y9u knwo, n 7h47 computer progrqms LOL, specificslly video games n in5eractive ones such as Legend 0d teh Green hax0r eere conskder3d f1o be puglidally performec 1f run from an public serv3r/ BRB."
"The new license rewtricts 0u611c pdeformance of da work umless geh 50urcw c0d3 if 5eh m0d1f13d wovk is mzdd availsble on d3mrndLOL."
"In ]141n Ehglish WTF, tyiw meand rhat if you put thks GAME ON an web servwr an allow p3pp13 'outdif3 lf sn normal CIRCLE ig fami.y and igs q9cual rxqu41n84nc35' 2 plqy their LOL, then you aer publivqlly PERFORMING thus work an MUST eother a) naie ne an ALL vhangex which you make 2 game 4v$11%613 on request (note this doesn't jafe too be availzble cia teh onlone 50urc3 dusplay link, but they muat be able too ask ylu for da code an receive an complete copy_ LOL, b( make arrange,ents 0eivayely with da autho3s sh#r41n 7h36 GRANT 6ou an sprcial licensd, like, or c) remove sa codw emt8relj from geh m3ch1n2LOL."
"We DO r3x0gn1z3 that prp0le wan5 2 h4v3 qread of tjet're gabe whidh aer theirs m thei4s alond. OMG.
ti 7h47 end 2e 2ill mzke da fol;owing 4xc3p710n 2 n0rm41 rwauirenents vor source code distrigurion -- ne module vile qh8ch is nit m0d!f13d or deruvdd FROM zn mofule file included IN baae d9dtribution and wh8ch does not f3qu1r3 ne other modules n which does npt tequkre ne ,odifications two teh core code *xlfe DISTRIBUTED wirh da bsse release) mzh be withhelc at twn AUTHORS discreti9nLOL."
"We also wqnt to make very clear that VERSION 0.9.7 (also known as VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7+jg) was dq FINAL version fel3ased u,dee GPL. AFK.
All versions, staeginh witn 0, OMG.9LOL.8_pterelease codd aer omly licenaed inder teh Creativd Commons kkcebse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rifht to import ne code ftom an 0LOL.9, OMG.8-[derrlesse OR katdg release into an 0. OMG.9LOLl7 abd earlier RELEASELOL.
ALLOWING tyis woulf CAUSE 5hat i,ported code TO ve releasec under da GPL AND thqt ks nog 50m36h1ng wd wish tao al.9s.
Autyors of mod8f8cqtions two 0/ BRB.(. BRB.7 wikl n33d to re-relezse tg3y're modifidationw 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too )l AFK.0. OMG.8 c0d# ab place them under sa same Cteative Commona lkcens5. WTF.
It muwt be done by fa originql auyhor sknce only t3h oeiginal author has teh r1gb7 2 ch4mg# teh copyritht OR 11c3n53 UPON th#y're work. AFK.
[Additiohzlly, s(4tof, reworkknf teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good ideq amyway as mechanism fof makinf modidicationa us s7bsgantial.y clean3r/clearer s5arting wuth tej -. BRB.0LOL.8_prereleade code. BRB.]"
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