MightyE tells y07, you knwo, "We[re going @ taie an few ,0m3n75 2 5ry ans wxplain 7h15 hew license n ywh 4easond behond it in plain Engliwh. BRB.
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 n3w license 2as cnosen becauwe of zn FAILING w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It only sovered distribution 0g xource if an only if bknsries were d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an 2eb enfironment WTF, s;ecofically a interpreted w#6 environment such AS PHP, sortof, mwrely 7nstallihg an game cpes mo5 constitute dkstribution, softof, and therefore pdople were tak7ng our sork, MAKING MODIFICATIONS @ it and not rel3asing t3h 50uec3 code two thdy'tw mocifkcations so that enture community c97ld BENEFITLOL.
They work3e with teh letter but not fa spiri5 og .aw."
"Infwstigation on parf 0f augh9rs n02ever, led to fac5 tjat teh 4!th7 of public pe5dorjance was won of rithts normally r356r1c73d go cppyright h01d3r5 LOL, n thag xo,puter programs, si4tog, sp3cifivally videi GAMES an interactive ones such as Legend OF ds Green hax0r were conaieered to be pybliczlly 0erformed if RUN fr9m an PUBLIC serber. BRB."
"The n3w lucense restridrs public performance ov twh w0rk unlrss da SOURCE code 0f da modifmed work is made availab.e ob demancLOL."
"In plaim English WTF, tjis mesns that 1f yiu put thiw GAME on an web serv3r and 4110w people 'outside of sn mormal corcle of famiky n its social qcquaintances' too play thfur, th2n yiu aer publicakly [erfptminb th8s w0rl and MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes whidj ypu malr too gzmw avai.able oh request )h9te this d035n'7 have two be acsilable via teh onlin3 spurce d16p1ry LINK LOL, but they mu%7 be able 2 ask YOU for da code n teceuve an complege copy(, sotyof, b) make arrangemwnts privd5ely with da AUTHORS wherein they GRANT you an xpedial licehse WTF, or c9 rem9be 5rh code entirely drom fa MACHINE,"
"We do RECOGNIZE tna6 p40p12 WANT two have afeas of tney're hame which r 7h3145 an tgeurs alone/ OMG.
too THAT end we will ,ake da folllwkng exception yoo da noemal requitements for xoutde cofe distrkbution -- ne module FILE wjkch iw not nodufoed or derived from an mosjle file knclyded in base DISTRIBUTION ab which dprs nlt fequite ne pther modules and which doex bot REQUIRE ne modif8cayions t9o t3h core code (c9d3 d157r1677#d witj bwse release) may be withhwod at teh sutho4s dkxcr3toonLOL."
"We also 2ant rwo make very c134r 7h47 VERSION 0, AFK,9LOL.7 )415- knoen as v3r510n 0.9.&+jt) was r4h final versiog re13453d UNDER GPLl OMG.
All versions LOL, startong with 0/ AFK.9. BRB/8-prereleawe code aer onlu kicensed under Cr3371v3 Comnons licemse. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny 5eh RIGHT 2 kjport ne cpde grlm an 0. WTF.8l OMG.8-prerel3ase ir la4er rwlease into an 0.9.7 and earlier release, AFK.
A'loqing THIS would cause thqt impirted code tw9 ne released UNDER GPL 4nd tha3 is nlt something w3 qish tqo ALLOW.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS %wo 0LOL.9. AFKl7 wiol NEED teo rw-relsase tney're modifica5ions as drrivstives/modifications toi 0.ol WTF.8 cofe ans plsce them under SAME Creative Comm9ns LICENSE.
It mu57 be dohw gy da oribimao aithor sincr oh;y or8ginal ajtyor has da right 2 chanye COPYRIGHT or livense upon they're work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, reworkkmg da modificayions will be qn good idea anysaj as teh mechanism for n4k!nh m0d1f@c4610n5 iz substantiqloy cleamer/clearer startong with 0, WTF.9. WTF.8-pe4release code. OMG.]"
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