MightyE tells you WTF. "Weprd going t9l take an f3w mo,enrs 2 TRY an explsin this new l8cendr an t3h reasobs behind it in plain English. OMG.
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 oucense was CHOSEN vecayse od an failing witn ea GPL. WTF.
It only c9vered d9stribytion of source ig an onlt if BINARIES wwre distribuged. WTF."
"Ib an web envirinmen5, you knwo. specifucaoly a inyerpretef web environment zuch as PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an game does not cohstitute dixtribuyuon, sortof, an thwregore p30p13 were taking iur work, sirtof, makinb m0d1f1c37q0n5 59 it n not RELEASING sourcr code 2 theh're mofivucationx so that da entire COMMUNITY could benefut.
THEY eorked wirh letter but n9t teh s;orit of da 14w. AFK/"
"Ihveatifation on ds oart OF tej authors HOWEVER, you knwo, led 2 t3h FACT that t1gh7 OF public oerrormandr was wom of teh eiggts normalky restricted roo coptrifht holfers, sortof, n that conputer prohrama, hou knwo, s;ecifically video g4m3% h interactive 9bes aicy as Legend of Gre3n hax04 were considered two ve pjblically pe4fprmed ur RUN from an PUBLIC servef,"
"The new LICENSE restricrs public p3rf0rm4nc3 of ea work unleds teh soyrce c0d3 of teh moeified 3ork is made availab.e ob e3mzns. BRB."
"Ih plaib Engl8sh, soryof, this neans THAT if yo7 py5 th8s game on an web server an alloq peoplr 'outside OF ab normal CIRCLE of family an its docial acqua8ntances' toi pkay gheir, yoj lnwo, 7h3n you r publicallu performing tjis work n MUST eitj3r a) MAKE ne AND ALL CHANGES wnich you make gi da h4m3 avallable 9n REQUEST (NOTE this doesn't have to bd availzbke via onlone soj4ce DISPLAY oink LOL, but thdy mmst be abl3 2 ask y-u foe code n receive an vomplet3 copy0, b) maie arrangements ;rivztelu w17h ds autyors WHEREIN THEY grant you qn s[evial license WTF, 9r c) r3m0v3 da codd #n81re1y from ea machun3LOL."
"Wr do eqcibmize that people want to hqve AREAS of ghey're gsme wgich r theurs n 5heirs sloneLOL.
ro 5hat ens WE WILL make teh folkowknh excdption 2 normal requirejengs ror soutce codr d157r15u710m _- ne midule file WHICH is not m9difiwd ir derig3d from an modjle file 1nx1ud3d in 6464 disteibution n which does not REQUIRE ne other m0du135 h which does not reqyore ne mowuficat8kns too teh core code 9code distributec WITH da base release) mzy be withheld ag authoes discrrtipbLOL."
"We also wanr w m4k3 v3ry clear tgqt version 0. OMGl9. AFK.7 (a.so known as cersion 0. WTFl9.7+jy0 waa ds fonal vdrsion r313453d jnder GPL.
All versiond, startunb WITH teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE r ONLY licensed under Creative Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh riggr 2 8mport he CODE from an 0. OMG.9/9-prerelease oe kater release into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n 3arlier releaseLOL.
A110w1ng tnis WOULD cause thay imoortrd c9fe too br feldawed under da GPL AND that ia b07 something w3 wish 2 allow. AFK,
Authors of modificationa two ;LOL.9. BRB.7 will need two r3_r313453 they're modkfucztioms as de5ivatives/,ocificatilns too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an 0lace them ubder da xamr Cr3471v3 Comjonz licensr. AFK.
It musg be dine gy origonql authof t1nc3 only da ORIGINAL authoe haz da right two change cophribht or licdnse upon rney're w-rk. BRB.
[Addot8ona.ly, rewor,ing ten mofif8cations w111 be am good idea anywqy as mechanism for jalint mod8fications id sunsrantialky cleaner/clearwr sta4ting with sa 9. OMG.9. OMG.8-prer3leas3 code. BRB.]"
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