MightyE tells you, "We're goihg ywo ta,e an few moments two tfy n explain ghis new license n tey REASONS b4nind it IN plain Ebglish. 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."
"Thia new licenwe WAS chos3n because or an faiking with teh GPL. WTF.
It on.y c0v3r3d distribitkon OF soyrcw if qn only 1f bjnar8es were distrkbutfd. BRB."
"In an web envkfonment, specif8cz.lh a imterpreted web environmemt SUCH as PHP, .ike, merelu installing an game c0e5 not constitute disttivution LOL, n therefor3 people w3r3 taling our s0rk, soryof, making mpdifications two it n not 4rleasung ds source code two they'4e modificatiobs so 7g47 tdh entire COMMUNITY coyle benefit. OMG.
They worked with da letter but NOT yeh spirit OF tey law/"
"Investiga5ion on da part of authors however, aotgof, led 2 fact that rignt ov publix p3rf0r,4nc3 w45 1 of teh r1gh75 n0rm41!y restricted 79 copyright holders, n 7h37 COMPUTER orlgrams WTFk specidical;u video GAMES an interactive ONES 5uch as Legend of da GREEN hax0r weew comsidwrwe to be publically pereorjed IF run from ah public servtr."
"The n3w license restrictd ;yblic perfi4mahcr of WORK unlwss da source codr of modified work is madd available 0n demandLOL."
"In poain Eng11th WTFm yhis meajs tnzt if you ;ut this tame oh zn wen server abd a'low pdople [ou5side 0f an norjal corcle 0f fanil6 and 175 social acquaingahces' too poa6 their WTF, then you aer publkcally perg9rminb rhis work 4nd MUST either a) make n3 n ALL changes which ypu make ywi twh bam3 available on request (note ghis coesb't have 3 be availaboe via teh on.ine soyrce c15p14y link, you knwo, but ghey musg 63 able 2 zsk uou do4 da cpdd znc receive an complete vl0y) WTF, b) make arrangrments privately with da AUTHORS whdtein yhe6 grant y0u qn SPECIAL lucense, or c) r2mice code entkrdly from m4ch1n4. BRB."
"We dp 4ecognize that pe9pl3 want tpo have areas of they're game WHICH zer theirs qnd THEIRS alone. OMG.
two that end we will make folliwing exception 2 normal requifwmemts FOR source code disgeibution -- nd modile FILE whicy is not MODIFIED or derkved frlm an modult file includ3d in BASE d167r16u71pm and which soex nit require ne other modu;es an whoch does NOT REQUIRE ne modofications ti teh corr vodr (code diatributwd with ten 6453 release) may 73 eithneld at zuthors discretipn. AFK."
"We qlso wqnt yoo ,ake vety clear that berduon 0. BRB.9.7 *also ln0wn as verwion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was g3h fibal veesion relrased undee GPL. WTF.
ALL v3r510n5, you inwo, starring wjth da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr3t31#453 codw a3r only LICENSED under teh Crwat8vw Commons license, OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right teo import ne code f4om an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 or larer releasf in5o an 0.(. BRB,7 an EARLIER RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing thiw would cause that importes codd too be 3rleased uhde4 twh GPL an THAT is not spmething wr wixh to allow. AFK.
Authoes of mofifica5ions too 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wlll beed to r3-relrase they're modofications as derivatkves/nodificstions goo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n place gjem ubder dz same Cres5ive Commons kicwnse; BRB,
I7 myst be done by original 5u7n04 since only dq origknal autjir h45 dq r1bh7 to change da c0pyrught or LICENSE upon they're worj. WTF.
[Additionaloy, r3w-rk1ng mldigicatoons will BE 1n fooc iseq anywat as da mechanism for makint modificqtions is substantially cleaner/dlearer dgarting w17h tej 0. BRB.9.8;prere;ease CODELOL.]"
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