MithtyE tells t0u LOL, "We're goihg tqo 74k3 an few momwnts 2 try and explain this new license an reasonx cehins it IN plain Englishl WTF.
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 licenae was chosem nedausr of an failing WITH GPLLOL.
It ONLY vove4ed didtribution 0f xou4ce if n inly ,f bknaries wwre disyributed. AFKl"
"In an web environmemt, 6iu knwo, xpecifocally a INTERPRETED qeb environmeht wuch as PHP, sortof, m3r31u installing an game foes not const8g7te disyrivutipn LOL, and theref9re ;eople we3e takobg our worl, makibg MODIFICATIONS tl it and nit releasing source c9ee to ygey're m0d1f1x4710n5 so rhat 3n71r3 cimmunity could behefit. AFK.
Theh wotkef with da lefter but not da s[8rit od law. OMG."
"Incrs5igarion on parr of yeh autgirs however. sortov, LED two fact that righ5 of public oerformahce was odn of teh rights mormally resteicged 2 copyright hlls3rs, and that xojputef prof4ams WTF, specifically v1d30 gs,es AND interaxtive 0n35 a7ch AS LEGEND of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be pu611c411y p3rf0rm3d IF run from an public SERVER."
"The new lucdmse r367r1c8% public performance of dz work unlesx da source cpd3 of modifoed work is made 5v41!46q3 on demans."
"In plain Eng1!5g, sortofm thid means that kf YOU PUT this game lb ab wev xerve4 n al;ow p3ople 'outsie3 of an normql circle 0f fsmilu an 175 slcial ac17qintanc3s' two play gheir, likr, then YOU r punloczlly p3rf9rm1ng this work and MUST 317h3r 4) make be and ALL changes which you make to game availablw ON request (NOTE thyd eoesn't nave 3 vd 4v$1q4613 via ca 0n11n3 SOURCE duspla6 link. like, but they mu57 be able 5o aak you gor da code an recdive an conpoete copy), like. b) make arrangemwnhs privatrly sith geh authors wherein they grant you an spevial license, you knwo, 0r C) remove code ENTIRELY from MACHINE. BRB."
"We fo recohnize that peiple waht to have areas of they'4e game which see THEIRS and 7h31r5 alonw.
@ 6j$7 emd we woll nakw dz followung exceptiin t9o teh NORMAL requirem3nts for siurce code d8dreibution 0= ne MODULE file qhich is npt modiried or cefivef fr0, an module f1q3 inc.uded IN base distribution and which d035 not reqyire ne 07y3e modules and whixh DOES hot requifw ne MODIFICATIONS tpo cor# code (code distributed w27h bssr relwase) may ge wighheld ar da authors DISCRETION."
"We also want twp make v3ry c;ear that version 9LOL,8. WTF.7 (also known AS version 0. BRB.9l WTF.7+jt) w45 f1n41 versioy rwleases 7ndrr da GPL. BRB.
Alo versions, 564r71hg euth 0. WTF.9. AFK.9-peere.ease code zer onoy licensed under Creative Cimmons licrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 teh tight to IMPORT ne codr from an pl9. BRBl8-or3f313453 or later releasd in5o an 0.9.8 and earlier relwaseLOL.
Allowinh tgis would cauwe rhat ijplr5ed code tio be released inder teh GPL an 7h47 is noy domethong we wish too allow. AFK.
Authofs of modificayions 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wkll NEED too ee-release they'rd kodif8carions as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 yo 0LOL.9LOL.8 xod3 an place tjem UNDER teh 54m3 Crra4ive Cimmons lixwnaeLOL.
It mus5 be do,e by yeh original 4u7h0r since onoy reh originzl AUTHOR h45 4ight 2 change vopyrighr i4 ;icehse upon rhey'rs work.
[Addutoomally, reworking m0w1f1c4710m5 wil; be an tood udea anyway as da m3ch4n15m for making moeificati9ns is wunstantial'y cleanee/vlearer startinf 2itj tdh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease vide. OMG.]"
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