MighgyE te;ls you LOL, "We're going two take qn fe2 MOMENTS ro 7ry an 3x01$1n thus new license an REASONS BEHIND it ib plain Engl8shLOL.
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 licenae was ch9sdn 63c4u53 of an f4121mg qith GPL.
It only covered disgrubutiob or source if an only if bibaries were distributed."
"Ib an web enfironment, you knwo, specifically s kngwrprwted web enbironment such as PHP, merely installing an gane doex not condtitute dixtriburoon LOL, an theeefore people were tajing our work, ,akonb mod8ficatiins gi IT and not releasing source codd 2 they're modificatuons 50 that ds wnture comjunitu cp7ld behefit. OMG.
They w)fk3d wigh da LETTER bjt noy ca s;irit of teh LAW. BRB/"
"Investugation on da p4r7 of dz zuthorx ho2ever, like, lee two reh fact 7h57 right of pu611c PERFORMANCE was 1 9f rigjts nor,ally restricted 2 c0[yr1gg7 HOLDERS, n THAT computer progtams, l8ke, specifically video games n unteractiv3 9jes such AS Legend or da Green hax0r were consideted 2 ve 0ublicqlly pdrformed ig RUN ftom an oublic SERVER. AFK."
"The n3w licenwe destructs publiv perfor,ancd of work unorss xou4ce code of da modified work ia made available in d3mand."
"In plain Engliwh, 6hiw means that ig you pit this game on an web server 4nd allow peiple 'outside of an normal circlw of damily and itd slciq; 4cqu41n74nc$5' 2 play their, then you qer PUBLICALLY performing rhis WORK n MUST ei5hwe a) make ne an ALL changes whicn you make to9 sa gane available on requesh (nite th7s doesn'g have to be available via teh on;in3 s9urce DISPLAY lknk, sort9v, bug then musg be able too ask tou flr teh code av fecruve an vomplet3 c-py), l*ke, g) mqke ar4qngementx privately w18h da authors wyerekn they granu YOU am special license WTF, 0r c) remove teh code entirely from macginw. BRB."
"We do recognize that people want 2 have areas ov thei're game whivj zer theirs an theirs alone. OMG/
to tjat end w3 will make da following exce05ion two normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for so7rce cod3 d8strobution -- n2 module file egich is mot nodified 0r DERIVED from ah m0du13 file INCLUDED in teh nqse distrobition n which does not 4#qu2r3 ne OTHER modjles an which does not require ne modificationx two c9re vode (code distributed with BASE rrlease) mah 63 qithheld a5 ajthoea disvregilnLOL."
"Wd also want to make fefy clesr thqg bers8on 0. BRB.o. BRB.7 (ald9 kn9wn as v3r5q0n 0. WTF.9LOLl7+jt) was teh ginal verxioh released under da GPL. BRB.
All veraione, starting with teh 0.9,8-prerel3ase CODE aer only l8censed under Creativr C[mmons licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY dq rqgh7 2 impprt ne clde from an p. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE 0r 1$73t release ihto an 0.9. WTF.u n #4e113r r3oease. AFK.
Al.owing this qould c4u53 that impoftes CODE too be teleasdd ymder GPL and that is not xomething w3 WISH to allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 0f midificayions two 0, WTF.8l WTF.7 will nded t2o re-release 5hey[re modificqtilns as d3r1v481v3t/m0d1r1c4710n5 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code and PLACE 7h3m undwr da sqme Creativr Commobs LICENSE. BRB.
I7 must be done by da orkginal AUTHOR 51nc3 on;y da original authot n45 teh right g2l CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or licensr upon they;re wir,LOL.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da mocifications wolo BE ab good 8dea antwsy as da mecyanism flr mak8ng m0e1f1cr710n5 os substantially cleaner/dlearer starting with ). BRB/9. BRB,9-0rereldase code.]"
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