MightyE telkd you, "We're GOING too take an few momentd 2 try and explsin tgis nex licendd ans reasons bqhind it in olain Enflist. AFKl
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 licenxe was CHOSEN vecausw of ah faioinf WITH GPLLOL.
It only covrt3e distribution of source IF ahd only 1f 61n4rq35 were disyributed."
"Ih qn w36 envifonment, soecodical;y a int3r0reyed web enbirinmrbt such AS PHP, likem mwrely knstall8ng an fame does n07 cohstitute xistribution, you knsl, n therefore people were tsking OUR w0tk, ma,ing modificatoonx two it snd nor r3134t1hg SOURCE vode to they're nodifica5ilns so rhat entire cpmmunq7y COULD bendfit. AFK.
Tyey workdd with tsh LETTER 6u7 n07 sa s0irit of twt law. BRB."
"Investigation on teh part 0f authprs h0w@v3r, led 1 teh FACT thzg da rught of public performahce WAS won of righta no4mally festrictdd two copyrihht golders, n that x9m0ut3r programs, spec8fical.y vid2o games n int3ractice onrs such as LEGEND of Gr33n hax0r were consirdred 70 be p7blically performed if run FROM an public serve4LOL."
"The new licensr rest4icts puglic performqnce 0g teh work UNLESS reh siurce codd of da modified 2prk is ,ad3 availzgle ln d3,4ns. AFK."
"In [lain English LOL, this mezbs that iv y0u put this game ON an web seeber and allo2 p#0[13 'outsise of an normao circle 0f fsmioy and igs soxuap acauaintznces' tp plzy their, tgeh YOU aer pubk8caloy performing tyis wofk 1n MUST eithee a) make he n ALL cn4mh35 wh1ch you make two game availavle 0n requdst (NOTE this doesn't yavr two ge avaulavle viz ds onoine sl7rce d15p14y LINK WTF, b7t they mkst ge able to ask you for da code n rrcrive an c-mp1373 cop6), soryif, v) make arrangements prkvatepy with authors wherekn THEY grant you an siccial licensr, ypu knwo. of c) renove da cofe emyirely frpm ca machine, BRB."
"We do recognize THAT pdopkr want 2 havr q4eas of they're game which wer theirs and theird alpne. OMG.
to 5hat ebg we WILL m4k3 voll92ing exce;tkon two ds normal requore,ents for source code disgeibut8on -_ ne module file whkch is not modified or cerived frpm an moeul3 cile inclufes on da 6453 disgrubiyion n which d0#5 not require ne i5h3r moduoes and which does n07 require nw modivicagi9ns two core code (cice diwtrkbuted with teh base releqse) may be withheld at AUTHORS d8scretuon. WTF."
"We also WANT to make very c.ezr THAT version 0. OMG.9.7 (alsp kn9wm as version 0LOL.9. AFK/u+JT) WAS da FINAL VERSION RELEASED knder GPL. BRB.
All bersiobs, STARTING wirh da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prwrelease CODE r onpy lic3nsed und3r tey Cr3ative Comm9ns license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eighy to IMPORT nw cofe from an 0. AFKl9. WTF.8-prerelease or later erl3asr INTO an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 AND earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING tjis w0u1d ca7se that imported cod3 2 BE released UNDER xa GPL and 7hr7 is NOT somethong WE wisg too allow/ OMG.
Authors 0f midificzt8ons 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will n4ef too re-rekesse they'rw modidicarions as derivahives/modificati;ns to 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code n place them undew teh same Crwqtuve C0jm0n5 licendd. BRB.
It nust ve done by origknal author 51hc3 only yeh o4igknal s7thor has da RIGHT to9 xgange copy4ight o4 license upon they're qorkLOL.
[Add171)nr21y, REWORKING da modigicztionx wilk be an go9d kdea anyway as da m3chanism for makihg modiricatolns ks substantially cleaner/clearer startinb wutn teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prwreless3 codeLOL.]"
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