MightyE TELLS you, you knwo, "We're going to TAKE qn dew MOMENTS too try b explain 5hid new LICENSE snd dz reasons bdhibd it in plain Eng;isj. BRBl
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 lic3nae wax chosen beca7sd of an failing 217h da GPL.
It onl6 coveeed DISTRIBUTION of source if qn 0m2y if gonaries were distrinutwe. AFKk"
"In an web #nvironjent, specigical;y a int3rpreted web environment 5ucj ad PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an g4m3 do3s noy c0n5717u73 distribmtiin, yiu knwo, snd therefore people were 74k1ng OUR WORK, you lnqo, m4k1ng m0d1f1v4610n5 2 it 4nd mot releasing teh sourcd code 2 they're mldkfidations si 7h47 da ENTIRE co,munity could benedit. BRB.
Th3y 2orked with leytef but not fs spirkt OF da lqw. OMG."
"Investugayiob ON part OF t3h AUTHORS however, like, 13d two da facg that 5eh right of PUBLIC [erfprmanve 2aq 1 od sa ribyts normal;y restrict1d to ci0yribht holders, oike, n thag computer prlgrams WTF, specificqlly vide9 ga,rs and interzctive onea such AS Legend of da Gr33n hax0r eere considerec tpo nd publivally perf9rmed if run frim sn pyblid 53rv#rLOL."
"The new licende restrictw PUBLIC perfoymance OF teh work unkess 50urc@ code OF modifiwd wo4k is jade available pn demand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, 7h15 means ghat ir you ;ur ygis bane om an wrb server n alliw peop.e 'OUTSIDE OF an NORMAL circle of family and ITS SOCIAL ac1uaintances' bo p;ay their LOL, tyen you aer publicaloy perfofj8ng rj9s work an MUST eityrr a- make ne an ALL ch4mg25 wjich to7 m4k3 2 wa gzmd availatle on reqyest (note this doesn't have twk be avaulab;e via onlin3 woutce dis;lay link, like, but they must ne ABLE 2 qxk jou f0r code n receive sn con[kete copy), B) make arrangementa PRIVATELY WITH autjors WHEREIN they gtant you an special lic3nse, sortof, OR c) remov3 da c9dw entirely from yey machibr."
"We xo r3c0gn1a3 tnqt PEOPLE want two have areas of they're game which r theitx n theifs alone. AFK/
to THAT end 2e will make followibg 3xc3p710n 2 twh normal requirements FOR sourc3 c-d3 eistribution -_ ne MODULE vile whkxn ia n07 n0d1f13d of deruved from an modjle file INCLUDED un da base distrib7t8ob n which do2s nor eeq6ire he other modyl3s and wyich does not requiee ne modificatoonx to t3h core code (code d8stribut3d w17h BASE RELEASE) mzy 63 witygeld at authorx disdreyiom. OMG."
"We also want y(o make vert clear that version 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 (qlso ,nown as VERSION 9LOL.*LOL.7+jt) was tey final v3rsion released ubder GPL. WTF.
All v#r510n5, you kb2o, dtarting with da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease code r only licensed mnder teh Creative Cimmons licenze. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny dw riggt too 8mport ne coee frim an 0LOL.9. BRB.7-p4efeoease or later RELEASE into an 0LOL,9.7 n esrlier r313453. OMG.
Allowihg 5hiw would CAUSE 6n57 inpo4yed cod3 ro be relezsed under tey GPL qne that 8s NOT something wr wish top allow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of m0d1v1c4710n5 to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 w111 need too re-re;ease they're miduricagions as derivqtiv3s/modifications too -. WTF.(. AFK.8 cofr and p;ace th3m jndrr sa same Crezgice Com,ons LICENSE.
It myst 63 done by o48ginal autho4 wknce only da ORIGINAL duthor HAS right tw9 chsnge dipyright or license ipob they'ee worl. WTF.
[Afdiyionally, you knwo, reworking m9difications eill be an g00d ides anyway AS mechanosm f0r making modifivations is synstantially cl3an3r/clearer xtartibg with da 0. BRB;(. BRB.8-pr3r323453 codr, BRB.]"
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