MigntyE tells yiu LOL, "We're goint 2 take zn few moments two TRY an EXPLAIN yhis new LICENSE b reaaons behind IT in plain English. 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."
"Thia new license wss cnosen becaude or an failint with GPL.
It onl6 covered distribution of diurce uf n omly if BINARIES WERE distriguter. AFK."
"In an web dnv8ron,ent, you knwo, spdcifica;ly a untet;reted WEB environn3nt 5uch 55 PHP WTF, merely installihg an GAME does not conxtirute distributioh, slrtif, qn therefore peo0le were taking our work, you knwo, making npduvocations tol ig sn hot telessing teh 50urc4 cide to they'ee m9difica5ions so that teh entire vlmmunity coule benwfit.
Th3y eorkrd with reh letter nut not da soirit of fz law."
"Investigation 0n teh ;ser of aughors howevdr WTF, lee two ea FACT that r1gh7 OF public performancr was 1 of teh 48bhts nor,ak;y restricted twi copyright holderqk you knwo, and ehat COMPUTER orograms, you knwp, specificqlly VIDEO gameq n interac5ive ones 5ucj AS LEGEND of tej Gredn hax0r were considered too bd PUBLICALLY pevfofmed if RUN FROM qn ptblic s2rver/"
"The mew license resteocts publix p3rf0em4nc3 of teh work ubless teh SOURCE code of da modofied sorl 15 made available on DEMAND. WTF."
"Iv plqin English, thix jwqns that if you pjt this game -b an e3b server an ALLOW oeo[le '0u75qd3 of sn normal circ;e od family an its docial acquaibtances' tpo p13y th3ir, soe5lf, THEN y0u sef publicaoly performing this work and MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne n ALL changes which you make w teh game available 9n wequest (note thix d935n'7 have twl be avaioable via online source sisplay linl, like, but thwy mus5 be able two qsk 7ou for teh codr h rdseive an c0m01373 c9;y(, lijd, b) make arrangrnents pr1v4732y with teh aythors wjerein 7h3y graht y9u an special LICENSE, sortof, or c) REMOVE da code entirely vr0n teh MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recobnize thst PEOPLE 2anr to hace atdas of they're b4m3 wnich r theord 4nd theirs 410n#. WTF.
too tgat END wr wklo make da followinf edc3p710n two da n0rm41 re1uirements for soutce codw distrubution -- ne niduke file shich is not MODIFIED or detivrd from qn mofule file included 1h bas4 DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch doea n)7 r2quiwe ne otjer modules n wh8cg does not r3qu1r3 ne modificatpons to x0r3 xode 9c9de distributed w8th teh bawe r#13453) m4y BE q8thhe;d at da suthors diwcretion. AFK."
"W3 also want @ makw ver6 clear 7h56 versipn 0. BRB.8LOL.7 (also knosh as version 0,9LOL,7+jt) w45 da fina; verdion relwased undrr teh GPL. OMG.
All vwrsions LOL, staeting with da 0. AFK,9.8-0rerdlease codd r ONLY 1!c2n54d und3r Crearkve Cojmons 11c3n53. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY f3ny teh right 5wo omporr ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r313453 or .ater release 1n70 ah o.9LOL.7 snd earlier relwase. BRB.
A110w1mg this would csuae that IMPORTED dode two 63 reoeaxed uncer GPL n THAT ks not something qe wish w sllowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of mldifkcagions to9 0LOL.9. OMG.7 w8ll NEED too re-release tney[re MODIFICATIONS as derivatives;mldificatkons 7) 9. OMG.9, OMG.9 code an placr them unfer same Crearive COMMONS license. AFK.
If must BE done by ea originsl 4u7h0r SINCE onl6 da iriginal authir has teh r1gh7 TO cjabge teh coptright OR lkcense upln they're w0rk. AFK.
[Additionzkly, r2w0ri2ng teh modificatiibw wikl be an go9d idea antway AS da mechahisj for making modiricationd is substantiallh clwaner/cldarer starting WITH 0. BRB.9. AFK.i-PRERELEASE clde. AFK.]"
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