MightyE tells youi "We're going two TAKE an few MOMENTS two try and esplain tnis hew licensr an teh rrasonx BEHIND IT 8n pkain EnglishLOL,
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."
"Thid NEW LICENSE was chosem BECAUSE 0f an ga8ling qi5g da GPL. AFK.
It [nly coverdd distributiin of source ig and only if biharpes were diwtributed."
"In an wrb envitonjent, specigixal.y s interpreted w36 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merely 8nsta.ling an game does not c9n5717u7$ disttinution, like, n 7h3r3f)r3 people sere TAKING our worj, like, makinf m9fkficqti;ns too it n n07 rel3as8ng da souece code rwo they're modifications 50 ghag da emtire COMMUNITY c0u1d 63n3f17.
They w0rk3d with tej ldtte4 but not da sp8rit ov yeh lae."
"Investigation om da part lf t3h authors howrvdr LOL, .ed t9o ea fact THAT right og public performance was 1 of tey rights NORMALLY rwstricyed 2 copteight jolders, like, and 7h47 conputer prpgra,s WTF, spec8fucally videi games b unteractice ONES wuch as Lwgend oe teh Grewn hax)r wwre bons8dered 2 be publivallt p3rf0rm3d if ryn from an public SERVER."
"Thf new license rrstricts p7blic perfoemance if da work unless y07rc3 code of teh mofified wori is m4d3 AVAILABLE ob femand. BRB,"
"In olaib Eng;ish WTF, tgis MEANS that if you put rhiw game on an web servet n allow PEOPLE 'outside OF sn normal ciecle if famiky anc its aocial 4cqu31n74nc35' to PLAY tjeut, like, thwn uou e puglicqlly perfoejinf this work ah MUST 3kther a) make ne ah ALL chahges wh1ch you make 1 teh game availagle on req7esr (ho4e this doesn't havr tw9 vd AVAILABLE v13 dq lnoine source DISPLAY link, doftov, BUT th3y muxt be ablr to ask you rlr c0d2 n r3c#1v4 qn cim0lete c9py), b) make arrangejebta pruvately witj teh autmors wh3rein THEY grant you an SPECIAL 11c3n53, you knwo, 0r c) remove code 4n71r31y from machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE wany too havr dreas lf theu'rd GAME whidh r theirs m theirs alone.
2 THAT end s3 qk.l male teh followibg exce;tuln 5oo rey normal requiremehts flr source code disreibytion -- ne MODULE file which ia nor modifi3d 0r DERIVED dr0j ah module f113 inc;uded in teh basq distributioh an which dods not requir3 nr OTHER moduora an WHICH foes bot require ne modificatuons to xore CODE (code dist4obu5ed with da nase release_ may be witgheld ag 47760r5 DISCRETIONLOL."
"Ww also WANT too ,ake very coear that v3r510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (alwl known ad bersion 0LOL/9. AFK.7=jt) was da final version releaded under GPLLOL.
Alo veraoonw LOL, srqrting with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prdrelease code aer only licensed jnder Cr3471ve Commpns license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r1gh7 two impory bd CODE ffom sn 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerepease lr .atrr release into zb 0. AFK.9.7 zn earkier r313453. OMGl
Al.owing this wluld cause that IMPORTED code two be 4eleased under GPL zn thay IS not sometbkng ee wksh 2 allow.
Authors of midifivqtoons tso 9.9.7 w8ll nerd tp RE-RELEASE tney're jodifucatoons as serivatives/midifications two 0. OMG.9. WTF.* coee zn PLACE them under SAME Cteative Cimmons license. BRB.
I7 must be done by teh origuhal author sibve og;y origihal authof HAS eihht two change teh COPYRIGHT or licendw upon they'fe w0rkLOL.
[Adsurip,all6, soryof, reworking da mpd1f1c4710n5 WILL be zn good idea 5nye4y as mecgahism for maiing modifications is substantoally cleaner/clearer 5&4r7!ng with da -. WTF.9. BRB.7=pferekease v9xe, WTF.]"
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