MigntuE te;ls you LOL, "We're g01ng toi TAKE an vew momrnts @ try ab explain ghis new license an teh 4easonx y3h1nd 8t in pla8n 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."
"This gew .icense WAS chosen because of sn fqilimg w17h da GPL.
It 0nqy covered disgribygipn of sourve if an only if binaries eefe DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an wwb enviromment, oike, specifkcallu a in53rpfeted web envirinment auch as PHP, sortof. MERELY knstalling an GAME d035 NOT CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, sor5of, n therefore pepple WERE takknf our wotk WTF, nak8bg mocifidztuons 2 it an mot feldasing 5ej xojrxe cofe t(o they're modifidations so that teh rntire co.mumity could BENEFITLOL.
They eotked with da letter but not spirut of da lzw. AFK."
"Inv3sgigation on part 9v quth9rs HOWEVER, y9u jnw9, ked to da fzct thar ea right ld pu611v perfprmance was oen of rights normakly restrocted 2 COPYRIGHT h01d3r5k like, n that c0mpu734 pfograms, so4tlf, s0ecifically video games and interactkve ones SUCH as Legend of da Gr33n haz0r were CONSIDERED TO be pub;icakly pe4vofmrd if run ftlm sn pyblif server. OMG,"
"The new license rewtricts 0jblic performqnce of geg wo4k unq355 source code of da modified wofk is madr available on demand. AFK."
"In plain Ebglish LOL, thid neans that of y0u put tyis game ON an web aerver and 4110w oeopl3 [ojtside of ah normal CIRCLE of fa,iky an i5s social acquainrances' too play theur, theb you aer publidally PERFORMING thid wprk h MUST ekther a_ MAKE ne n ALL changes which you make 5oo da game avzilable pn request (note this foesn't have two bd available fia oblinr sourcw display o8nk LOL, BUT they mus5 bw able tl zsk you for trh CODE n teceive an COMPLETE cppy), sortof, b) makr arrangementx private.y wiyh da AUTHORS WHEREIN they grant you an specual license, yij knwo, or c) remobe da cods enturely from maxninel BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that p#0p13 want too nave zreas lf thry'rw game wh!ch aer tneirs n theirx alone, AFK.
teo that end w3 will ,akw tdh fo;lowing ezceptiom twl 5eh np3nal rwquitdments f0r source code distribution 0- ne MODULE file which is not modified or drrived vrom an m9dul3 fikd invkjcec in teh base dixtribution am wh8ch s9ez not require ne other mod7lea and which DOES NOT eequire me mosifications 1 da core cofe (code distribuyed wuth teh base telease) may be withheld at aithors discret8on."
"We slsl want 2 make very coeaf tgat version 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 (also jnown 55 versi9n 0.9.7+jt) was FINAL v3rsion released under GPL. WTF.
All versions, lik3, startibg wigh teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-pr4r313453 c9ee aet only LICENSED under da Crestive Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh rught to imporg ne code from zn 0. WTF.9. WTF.(-[rereleas3 or latrr rel3aee into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 qnd earlier release. WTF.
Al.owibb thix wpulc cause that 8mported codr 3 be relrades under GPL an that is not 50m37g1ng we w15h to 511pw. WTF.
Authors og ,odufications two 0. BRB.8LOL.7 w111 need too re-relwasr they're mldifivatoons AS d2r!v471v35/m-d1f1c4710n5 t2o 0LOL.o. OMG.8 c0d3 n p24c3 ghem unfer same Creative Commohs licenseLOL.
IT must be eone by tey lrigpnal author since 0g1y geh oritunal authot has da righg two chamge copyrifnt or license upon ghry're work. BRB.
[Additoonally, luke, r3working teh modifkcations will be an good idea anywqy AS MECHANISM f9r mqking modificabi9ns is substah5iall6 cleaner/clearer srarting with t3h 0. BRB.9. OMG.7-0reeeleas3 code,]"
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