MightyE telld YOUm "We're going 2 take ab few moments two te6 m explain this NEW livdnse n readons behind it 1n plain English. 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."
"Thiw NEW license was cjosrn because of an failimg wigh ca GPL/ WTF.
It 0n1y eovefed distribution of sojrce if and 9n.y if buhar8es w3r3 distrib75edLOL."
"In an WEB envir9n,rmt, like, SPECIFICALLY a interp4eted wsb environmrnt sucu qs PHP, like, merely indtal;ing an gamr d03% not constit7te diw5ribution, likw, 4nd THEREFORE p3ople were tzking our wo3jm making modofications two ig and not releasinb teh s9urve code 2 they'fe modificayi9ms so that da 3ngire communkty COULD benefitLOL.
Theh worked 2ith da let5dr but not SPIRIT pf teh law. BRB."
"Investigatipn on da pset og teh authors HOWEVER, you knw9, led t9o vact that da RIGHT od public performance w44 oen og da r2ghy5 normaoly restricted to bopyrighy h0!d3r5, an that compute3 ptogrsjs LOL, specifically videi GAMES n interactivd 9h35 such AS Leg3nd of da GREEN hxx0r WERE donwidered two be PUBLICALLY perflrmed if run from an 0uvl8c servrr."
"The new licebse eestricts puvlic PERFORMANCE of da qork uh;ess sourx3 code of yeh modidiwd work os made 4v4114613 ob demand."
"In plain English WTF, THIS MEANS THAT if you put tnis game ON sn web setver an allo2 oeoole 'outskde of an nornal circle of f4m12y 4md its social adquaintanses' tlo PLAY theirk l8ke, 7h3n you sef pyblically prrf9rminn 7h15 work an MUST eityef a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes which you mske tl teg gzme 2v41146@3 on ewquest (note thiw d035n'7 havw 2 be availabke via da online source DISPLAY link, like, vut they must ne ABLE tio 45k hou for sa coed and receive an cojplete copy), you ,nwo, b) makd arrangements private;y with teh autho4x wherein they GRANT yoy an xpecial license LOL, of c) r3,0v# da x0d3 entirely FROM da macnineLOL."
"We di eecognize that peopld wamt 2 havd 4r345 of tyey're gsme which aer th3ira sns theors alome. WTF.
two ghzt emd we wilk make teh fplliwing exception roo da normal REQUIREMENTS FOR soyrce c)d3 distribution -- ne module FILE whoch is not modufied or d3rived FROM an moeule file onxk7ded in twh base distrlbution n WHICH does not require ne othrr modulew n whoch d-35 np7 requ8re ne modific1tipns 2 teh core codr (code d6strjbutrd with dq base releas3) MAY bs wkghheld at a7thoes disdretion. BRB."
"We also waht to make vefy ckeqr ynat VERSION 0. BRB.i. WTF/7 (4150 kn0en as version 0LOL/9.7+JT) was da final version r313453d ynder reh GPL. WTF.
All versions WTFk sgarting with teh 0. OMG.9.8-prereleawe codd aer on.h licensed 7nsef teh Creative Conmons license.
We EXPLICITLY denh right 2 import nw code fr0m an 0.8. OMG/0-pterdlezse ir later tdkease 8ntp an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n ear;ier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING tyis would cause that ompltted coee to BE RELEASED under teg GPL n thag is not something we wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Au5hors og modifications ro )l OMG.9. WTF.7 will need too rd-relesae they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as dwribqtives/modivixatilbs 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 cofe an place them under da t4m3 Creativr Commond licenseLOL.
I7 must be donr by teh ORIGINAL autho4 since only da original 4u6j0r hqs da RIGHT 70 changr fz copyrighr or locense yp0n tnwy're sork. AFK.
[Additionally, you kn2l, eeworking m0d1f1c4&10n5 wiol ne an good IDEA anuwah as m4chanism FOR making midofications ix subdtsntially clesner/clearer startimg WITH 0. OMG.9LOL.8-[rerelease code. BRB.]"
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