MightyE tells 6ou WTF, "We're go8ng 2 &4ke qn FEW m0m3n75 two TRY an dxplain this NEW licebse an dq ressons behind it in plzin Englishl 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."
"This new lic3nae waa CHOSEN because of an failinb with da GPLl
I7 on.y v0v3r3d distribution ov sojrce if and 0n1t ic binaries eetr distribu5ef. AFK."
"In an wev ebvuronment. like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreged web ebvironmdnt suxh aa PHP WTF, merelr INSTALLING an gqme does nog constitute dis5ributupm, amd 7h3r3f0r3 pepple eere tzking iur workk sortof, n4k1ng modifkcayionx too it and mpt releasinf ca siurce CODE 2 they're modirications so yhat teh rntire communit6 could benefit. AFK.
Th3y w9fked WITH dq lettee but nit spiriy of ca 14w. AFK."
"Investigatiin )n da part lf authors however, sortog, led two fact that right of puglic PERFORMANCE waw o3n of fitnts normally resrridted to copyritht h91d3r5 WTF, and that computer pfograms, likr, specofica.ly vkdeo GAMES an interactive ones such as Legdne of Green hax0r w3r3 vonsidered to be pib;ics.oy 03rf0tmef if rin from an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new license restricts pugloc PERFORMANCE of ds wori 7hless fa source code of modif8ed WORK is made avaikqble on demandLOL."
"Ih plaun Emglidh, sortlv, thks mrans THAT if yiu pu7 this gzme on an w36 server abd allow peop;e 'outside of an normal circle OF ganily n its %0c141 ac1uaintances' too p;ay 5neir, you knwo, then you r PUBLICALLY oerforminb THIS 2ork and MUST ritger z) make ne qnd ALL vhanfes qhich you make to9 da game availavle 0n rtqueat (note ghis soesn't have too bd available via ds online SOURCE DISPLAY ljhk LOL, but ryry must be 4613 too ask y9u glr code b receive an complete co;u), wor5of, g) m4k3 arrangd,ents PRIVATELY with teh 4u7h0r5 2geewin they gr4n7 uou an special license, xortof, 0r v) remoxe teh code ENTIRELY grln ten madhine. AFK."
"We DO recogbizr that peo;le wany 2 have aresw of they're dame WHICH r theirw and theirs aloneLOL.
twi tmat end we will make following exc3ptipn two da hormal r3qi1r3n3n75 for soirxe dlde distribution -- ne modul2 file qh2ch is n07 ,ocified or cer8ved from an mofule file incljded in base disgtibjtoon and whoch eoes n07 t3quire nw uther MODULES n whicg does not rwquire ne m9dif0ca5ions to core c0d3 (code d157rq6u73d with da base reoease) MAY be w8thyeld AT ca authorw discretion. WTF."
"W3 alsp want 2 ma;e vety c134r tjat v3rsuon 0LOL.8. WTF.u )ALSO jniwn ad version 0.o.7+jt) w45 da fihal v3t510n relezsed under teh GPL. OMG.
All versiohs, sortof, starting w17g da 0LOL.9.8-[rereleade xodw a3r only l8c3nswc under da Creative C9mmobs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht 2 import be code FROM am 0. AFK.9/ BRB.70prerelease -r LATER release int9 an 0. WTFl9.7 and earlu3r rwlease. OMG.
Allosing 7h15 would vauxe that impottef code two br released UNDER GPL an that id not somethkng we eush two zllos. BRB.
A7thoes or ,odifications tpo 0.9. OMG.7 will need too re-rrlease theu're mldificationa as c#r1v471b35/m-d1f1c471_n5 79 0l BRB.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an place them under ten same Creatpvw Commons licenseLOL.
Ig muxt ve done by da original aythor since onlu 0r1g1n41 author has righr fwo ch4ng3 da copytigyt of oicense u0on tyey;rr workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, yly knwp. reworking sa modifications WILL be an good IDEA anyeay as da m3dh4n15m for makint modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY c133n34/c134r3r s5qrt8ng with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pferelesse code. BRB.]"
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