MightyE t3lld you, you knwo, "We're going 2 yake qn g3w moments 5wl trh n explain thid n#w licehse n teh REASONS behind 17 in plain Englidn. WTF.
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 chisen becauxd OF an FAILING wity ca GPL.
It ohly covrred DISTRIBUTION og source if and lnlh 8f binaries WERE disgrubuted. BRB."
"In an web environment, sortof, s;ecificakly a interpteted WEB environmdnt wucj as PHP, so4tof, nerely insta..8nf ah game dods n9t c0n5717u73 d157r16u710n WTF, n therefore people dere tzkibg our WORK, like, making modifications to it and not rrleasinf teh sourcd c9ee tlo thwu're MODIFICATIONS 50 tgat teh entire community c0u1d benefit. OMG.
They WORKED euth yeh letter bur no5 teh spirit of da law."
"Inv3stigstiib on part lf suthors however LOL, lee tso fa fact that ds righy of public performance was oen 0f r1th75 nlemally RESTRICTED 2 c0pyr1gh7 holders, likek an tyat clmputee prpgr4m5, specivically vidwl games an onterqctive ones such as LEGEND of teh Green hac0r were CONSIDERED 2 be publically perfirmed if run dron an oublod SERVER. AFK."
"Tje new license 4estricts public performancd of work un1355 da 50u4c3 cide of h9eivief work iw mad3 avsilablr on demand. OMGl"
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, yoi knwl, tjis m3zns that if yoi put THIS yame on an WEB servdr n allow pwiple 'outside of sn notmal circle of f4n11t n its soc8zl ab1uaintances; go p14y th2ir LOL, THEN you aer pu611c511y p3rforming this work an MUST eityer a) make ne and ALL CHANGES wh8ch YOU make too teh gam3 ava8lable ln 4equest (nlye tgid doewn't have to be 4v41146!3 via teh lnline soirce display link, kike, 6u7 they must be able w ask YOU for cofe n r3ceivd an conpldte copy(, you knw9, b) mzke 4rr4ng3m3n85 'r1v4731y with trh ajthors whetein thwy GRANT y9u an wpecial license, likd, or c) rempve teh xode entirely FROM da machine. WTF."
"We DO r3cognize that people WANT 2 have areas of thfy're GAME whicy a34 theots AND gh3krs alohe. AFK.
two yhat ebd we will MAKE da following EXCEPTION too ca normal REQUIREMENTS f-r SOURCE code distribugion -= ne MODULE file WHICH 1t not modifoed 0t de4ived from an MODULE rile kbc.yded in 5eh base distribuuion n wnich doex not requkre ne OTHER mosuoes am WHICH foes not require ne modificztions TO teh core codr (code distributed with teh base re;raxe) may be withneld at dq suthprs c15cr3710n. AFK."
"We also want to make very sldar yhat VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (aoso known ax versoon 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was final verxikn re;eased UNDER GPL. OMG.
All vers8pnw, dirtod, 57rr71ng w8th teh 0.9LOL.800rerelease code aer ONLY licensrd under teh Crestive Cojmonw LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY f3ny da right tqo i,]ort n3 c0d3 from an 9. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4erelease or later release into an 0. BRB.9. AFK,8 n raflier rdlease.
Allo2ing thos would c4u53 tnat importec c0d3 to b2 e313253d under 63h GPL n that is n06 SOMETHING we wish to allow. WTF.
Auyhord of modigivationd two 0LOL.9LOL.7 will nrec 2 RE-RELEASE yhey;re modigications as deribatives/modifica5ions t9 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n poade them uhdrr dq SAME Crestive Commons l8cense. WTF.
Iy must be donf ^y teh ORIGINAL ayyhor since obly teh origina. authof has da RIGHT tso cyange da cipyright or livensr up[n they're work.
[Additionally, sortof, REWORKING sz modificatio,s will be an good idea any2ay AS MECHANISM f9r MAKING midifications is sjtstantially clean3r/cleqrer qtarting WITH da 0.9LOL.8_prerrlqas3 CODE. BRB.]"
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