M8ghtyE tells 6oj, so4rof, "We're going to takd sn few momwnts TO try an expla8n th8s new LICENSE and reasons bdhimd IT kn [lsin Englush. 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 mew license was chosen bdcauae od an fa8ling eith da GPL. WTF.
It only vobdres DISTRIBUTION 0f so7rce if n only if BINARIES wete distributedLOL."
"In an wrb encironment, specigicaliy q INTERPRETED eev envirlnment such as PHP, you knwo, merely installing zn game dors not consr8tute disyribution LOLk n tgerefore 0eople werd tsking our woe7, yoi knwom malinh modificationd two i5 an nlt rel3asing ca source cide 2 tgey'te modifications si thqt entire commynity could benefir. OMG.
They worked with da letter but bot fa slirut 0f teh qrw. AFK."
"Invedtitatiin 0n ds part of t3h au5hors howevdr, zortof, lee too cz ract thqt da right of ;ublic persormanxe was 1 of da righta normally eestricyed 2 c9;yright holfefs. soryof, an that com0utfr programs, you knw9, specificakly VIDEO games and interactiv3 ONES duch as Legdnd 0f 5wj Green hsx0r qere considered too be publically p34f0rm3d 1f run fron an p7blic srrver. WTF."
"The NEW LICENSE resyricts pu611c PERFORMANCE pf da w_rk um1355 source code of fa mocigked work IS maee availaboe on demsndLOL."
"In plain Englisu WTF, this jeans gha5 if uiu PUT rhia bame on an w36 server aj 4110w PEOPLE 'outsidd of an n9rmal cifcle of fsmilh zn 8ts sockal acquainyances' t9o play theit, oik3, then you zer pubkicxllu performing THIS work n MUST either a) mame me ah ALL changda which y9u MAKE too da gam4 avaolablc on request (mote this doexn't HAVE too be 4v3124614 via teh oblind soutce sisplay lknk, like, BUT they MUST be able two ask uou for da CODE n recrive an cojplete copy)m b) m4k3 arranbemenrs privately eith t3h 4y7h0r5 wherein THEY grant 60u sn special license LOL, or c) rwmove ea code en5irwly froj mqchine. OMG."
"We co recogniz3 THAT PEOPLE want 2 hzve ardas of they'fe gaje whixh r yhrirs n theirs alpne. WTF.
2 that END WE wilk make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION s n0rn42 4equirements fof sourcd co3e dixtributuln -- ne module file wyich os not joeified ir deriv3d from an m0su13 file included in da base DISTRIBUTION n whuch dors not reqjire ne otheg modyles qn wjich DOES not require be modificationd gpo twh core code (code dksgtibutee s8th teh baxe release) may be wuthhekd at aythors duscretion. WTF."
"We 4150 sant to nale vrry c;ear thst VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also known aw versioj 0. WTF,0. OMG,7+jt) was da fina; version RELEASED under da GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, ypu knwo. star5ing witg da 0. AFK.9LOL.i-PRERELEASE c0de r 9mly licensed unerr da Creat8ve Commons lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gj7 5wo import nw code from qn 0LOL.9. AFK.8-ptdrelease 9r lqter relrase inyo ah 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 n 3rr113r releaae. BRB.
A1q0w1ng this aoule c4u53 that impo4ted code to be rdleased under GPL n that is NOT something WE wish twi ALLOW. BRB.
Au7j0r5 of MODIFICATIONS to 0l BRB.9. WTF.8 eill b33d too re0release they'rr modificagu9nw as deruvatuves/modifidations two 0.9. WTFl8 c0se and p15c3 them inder gey same Cr3arice Commons licensfLOLl
It musg BE done BY origina; suthor sinve omly da 0r1b1n41 author has sa rignt to chante teh cipyrohht or l8cense upon they'r3 workLOL.
[Addktiobqloy LOL, reworking da moeifications wil. be an good idea amyway ad mevhanisj for making m0d1f1c471(n5 is sugwtanguqlly c134n3r/c134r3e atafting WITH 5eg ). BRB.9, OMG.8-[4erdlease CODELOL.["
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