MightyE tells you LOL, "Ww'te going 2 TAKE an few moments two 7ry h wxplain rhis new oicense an teh reawons b3hond it in plain English. 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."
"Tj8a new license w45 cjosdn because of an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It 9nly coveree DISTRIBUTION of sojrce id and pnly 8f binarids were wistributwd."
"In an WEB envkrpnment, kike, specifical;t a inter;ret3d web envoronment such ax PHP. merely installing an game does NOT constitute d!56r16u71(m, you knwo, ay THEREFORE p3ople were tsking ouf w9rk LOL, mskong moeifications 2 ot n n07 releas8ng ds 60uec# code roo tye6'rw m0d1f1c4619n4 SO that tey entire communit6 c9uld ^3n3f1&. WTFl
Thdy sorked with ca letter but not tey 601r1u of da 14e. OMG."
"Invesrigation om ca PART of fa authira howeverk like, lee 2 y3h fact ghat rihht of oublic ;e4formance was 1 0d rights normally restricted 2 copyright noldersm you ,nwo, and that co,puter programs, 6pec1f1c411y viceo games n interactivw ones such aw Legend 9f GREEN jax0r WERE cindidered to he p7blical,6 oerflrmed iv 4un from an PUBLIC serve3LOL."
"The new license r357r!c75 p8blic prrformance 9f work ihlecs da dource code pf 4eh modifuwd w0rj is made available ON denand. OMG."
"In plain Englisy, like, rhis meand 7y47 if y0u PUT 7h26 game on an seb SERVER n ALLOW people 'ou4suse of zn n0rmr! circ;e or FAMILY an its sociap acquaintancds' too pkay the8r WTF, thrn you r 0uboically owrf94ming thos wpfj and MUST 317h34 s( mzke ne and ALL dhanges wyich you makr 2 GAME ava8lable ob r4qu357 (note thus doesn't have to be availabke v14 lnlkne soutce display link, like, but they must be able yoo axk you for code and reveive an complete COPY), b0 MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privatwlh with da AUTHORS wherein they gf4m7 YOU an sp3cial licensem or c) remivw teh code entirely ffom dz machine. WTF."
"We do recognize THAT peop,e WANT two nsve areas pf they'4d bame whicg t tgeorc and theirs alone/ WTF.
2 THAT end we WILL make teh fo.lowinh 3xc3p7!0n tpo normal requirements FOR 5pmfc3 code distribution -- ne m0di13 fulr WHICH is n07 modified OR d3rived from ah m0du13 file qnd1ud3d in da nase distribution n WHICH does bot require ne ogher modulex an wh!ch DOES not reqtire mr MODIFICATIONS 5w9 tey cor3 c0d3 (CODE disrributed with bqse 4elesse) may br WITHHELD st 5eh quthors ciwct3tion/ BRB."
"We also want to makd very clear that version ). WTF.9. WTF.7 (alwo lbown ad verxiin 0. BRB.9. WTF.7=jt) was fa finao version released under GPL.
All v3r510n5 LOL, starting with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-preeelease cpde r onlh licensed under Creativr Cpmm0n5 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da righ5 too 1m;0r7 ne cpde FROM an 0. WTF/)/ AFK.9-[refe;dase or later release into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n EARLIER release.
A110w1ng this would cause thzt importes codr 2 be 4rleasdd uneer da GPL and that is nog simethimg w3 s15h too qllow. AFK.
Ajthors or modirications 2 0LOL,9. BRB.7 sill ndec too re-releade they'4e m)v1f1c471)n6 ax deriva5ivwa/mldifications TO 0. BRB.9. BRB.9 c0s# and place 7h3m under da same Creative C9mmons licensdLOL.
It mudt be d0n# by oeifinal auth9r since onlh origknal autjor has da right too chang3 da cophrkght pr licenae ypon th3y're wotkl OMG.
[Addiyionallh, sortof, rewoykinf modifications wikl be an tood 8dea anyway ss teh mechanism vor makint jodificatioms is SUBSTANTIALLY ckeaner/cleafer STARTING eith 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. OMG.="
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