Migh5yE te.ls you LOL, "Ww're golng two take an few mo,enrs tso try an expla8n 5his NEW oicensr ab teg reasons bthind it 1n [lain 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."
"Thos nee licenxe sas chosen because of an FAILING witn da GPL. OMG.
IT 9nlt c0v3r3d distribuguon -f sourcd if amd inky if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web rngironmwnt, like, w[ccifically a inyerpfreed w3b envifonmebt such as PHP, merely installong am GAME does not xpnstiyute dist4ibution WTF, and THEREFORE oeo[le were taking OUR worj, makung nodificatiuns 7p it an not rwleasinb da s9urce CODE 2 they're modificatiins so that da entire cimm7nity could benefit. OMGl
They worked with da ;etyer but not t3h SPIRIT of teh 1rw. WTF,"
"Imvesy8bation ON paet of teh authlrs hiwever WTF, orc to fact that r1gh7 of PUBLIC performamce was e9n of tights nprmqlly r357r1c73d too copyright hold3rs WTF, n that computwr pr0gr$m5, specifically vidwo gamex sn ibterqcyive ones such as Ldgend of teg Green kzx0r 2ere clnsidered too BE publicallt peefor,dd if run f4on am public seeverLOL."
"The new licensw restricts pubkic pervormanve of worl jnless source cpdw of teh ,oeified work is made zvailab;e on ddmqnd. WTF."
"In plain Englixh, sortpf, this meqns tha5 if y0u pyt yhks game ob zn qeb server an akkow ;eople 'ourside OF ab normak CIRCLE OF family an irs xocial acquaintanc3s' 2 [lay tgeir LOL, tjen YOU r pyblicallt peeforming this woek an MUST eiryrr a) male ne an ALL changes which you m4k3 too teh game abailabld on requwst (no5e 7h1t dowsn't hafe too 63 zvaklable v14 teh onlunr soirce display link, but they must be ab.e too %%k ypu for da xode am rexeive an complere cppy), loke, 6) ,ake 4tr4nte,3h75 privately with try 4u7n0r5 wherein they gr4n7 ylu an special license, you knwo, ir c) REMOVE code entirely drlm nachkneLOL."
"We fo recognize thzt people want 5o have afeaw of th3y'fe game which aef theifs wnd theirs aline. BRB.
too that ens w3 wi'l MAKE teh dollowing EXCEPTION two da bormal requuremwnts for w9urce code distribition -- ne MODULE file which is hot MODIFIED 0r derived froj an module filw included in base disgribution an wh1ch eoes not require ne oth3r MODULES snd wh8ch does npt rewuiee ne modificqtions too clte coed (c0d3 distribjted with teh base RELEASE) jay be wothjdld 58 da AUTHORS discrdtionLOL."
"We also wamt too make very cleae that version 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 (4150 known as version 0.9.7+h5) wss 5en final versiom rrleaxed jnd#r geh GPL. AFK.
All vetsions WTF, stsrting woth da 0. OMG.9LOL.80prerelease c0d2 r on/y ;idensed under dq Crestive Commons loc3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh r1gh7 too import ne code from an 9. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerekease or later rf;easd INTO qn 0.9. OMG.7 n eariiwe release. WTF.
Allowong this would CAUSE that importdd code to BE releadee und2r da GPL an thst is n9t something we wish two allow. OMG.
Aithors 0f modificatiins 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 WILL need to re-teleaxw 5ney[re mldificarions as d3r1v471v35/m9dqr1cr710n5 2 0. AFK,9. AFK.8 CODE n placw them under same Creative Commons kicensw. WTF.
It mjat be cone by da ORIGINAL author since inly original author hqs rwh RIGHT 2 change 5eh xipyrign5 or licensr UPON they're WORK. WTF.
[Additionally, rdwir,int da MODIFICATIONS WILL be an GOOD udea anyway as mechanism for makihh jodididations us subsramtial.y vleaner/clearer s5qrtkng WITH da 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease cofe.]"
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