MightyE tells you LOL, "Wd're goimt twp take an d3w moments to try an expkain rhis NEW lucense n sa teasons behind it un plaon Eng;ixh. AFK,
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 bew license w4% chowen becauxe of an dailkng with da GPL/
It onlh covered distribution of source if n onlt if BINARIES werd distributdd. BRB."
"In sb web environmenr, kik3, SPECIFICALLY a ingerpreged w3b envirinment such AS PHP LOL, merrly installinf an game does not constut75e distrobution, aortov, n therefore peo0ke were gakunb _ur w0rk, sortof, MAKING mod8fications to it an not releasing fa soufde code too tgey're mpdificatiohs SO that tey entire community COULD benefit.
They worked with tej lettrr b7t not spu4ot of da lzw. OMG."
"Investigation on pwrt of auth9rs yowever, like, led two favt that sa right of pu6q1c PERFORMANCE WAS oen OF teh rights normally rrstriched 2 copyrirht holdefsl like, znd tyat computer pr0gr4m5, specificqlly video ganew and INTERACTIVE ones such ss Legenc of Green hax0r wwre concidered to be publicallu perfirmed ir run from zn pubooc werver. AFK."
"Tne new licrnse restficts public oerformance of WORK jnless source code of jodif83d wlrk is mad3 avsilagld on demand. AFK."
"In plain Engoksh WTF, this meqns thag if YOU pu6 THIS g4m3 ob an seb serv3r and zllow pwlple ;outside 0f sh normal circle of fzmiky n its social acquaimgances' 2 p;ay their WTF, thdn YOU aer publicallu PERFORMING this WORK and MUST eirher a) mzke ne qn ALL dh5ng35 ejich yiu MAKE too da gamw availaboe pn rwquewt (b073 this doesn't HAVE gwo be avsilablw via online 60urc3 display LINK, v7t thet must 63 ABLE too ask yoy for da cofe am receife an completw c0py), sortof, b) make aerangements pricately qith authors whereib tgey grant YOU an spediak licensw, 0e c) eemov3 teh codd entirwly fr9m dq MACHINE. WTF."
"We d0 rwcogn8ze tjat p3001e want to havd AREAS ov they're g4m3 which r theire an theirs alone. OMG.
tqo that enf we wilk mzke teh f9llowibg ecceoeiom w ea normzl requirwments for sourde c0d3 distribution -- nw module fol3 whicj ia not MODIFIED or dwrived fron an module filr inc;uded in nase disteivution n WHICH dles not requirr ne other mod7oes n which does NOT require ne modificationw 2 da cof3 code (c0d3 d167r16773d w17h basr releqsw) mau be w17hh21d a5 geh AUTHORS discf3gion. OMG."
"We 4140 want too MAKE VERY clrar 7h47 vwrs8lm -LOL.0. WTFl7 (415p known as v3rsiin 0. AFK.9.7+j7) waa da FINAL version released under da GPL.
A21 bersilns, you knwo, 574r71ng with teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerdlesse cose r onoy licenawd unde4 teh CREATIVE Commons ;icense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3my rifht two imp.rt ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9. WTF/7-PRERELEASE or LATER RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9.7 ab rarliwr release. OMG.
Allo28nb 6h1% would cause thay importdd code 2 be releqsed under GPL an that is not 50m38g1ng wr wixh go allow/
Authors of modificatuons 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wil. NEED 2 r3-r3133t3 they'rw MODIFICATIONS as derivztives/modifications 2 0. OMG.9,8 code an place them inder da same Ceeative C9mmonx lixense.
It MUST be done by da origina; author since only origonzl auth9r h35 t3h right goo CHANGE es xopyright or license upon tgey'rd 2orkl BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworkong modifications will be ab good IDEA aniway as da mechamiam dlr making modifixations is substantially ckwandr;vlearer starting WITH da 0. OMG/(LOL.i-prer3lease codeLOLl]"
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