MughyuE TELLS ylu, .ike, "We[te going to take an f3w momentw teo &ry n explain this new LICENSE znd teh reasond vdhind 8t IN p;ain English.
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."
"Thjs new license was chos3n BECAUSE lf qn failing with teh GPLLOL.
It only cpvered d157r16i710n of soirce if ah only of binaries w3r2 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"Ib an web 3mv1r0nm3n7 WTF, spwcifically z interoretef weg environment sucg as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING ah game DOES not conagituye dixtrinution, sirtof, an therefore 0eo0l3 were takung -ir wprk, like, makihg modificationa roo it an not releasing soirce code to they're jodiricqtions si thqr rntird c0mmun17y could benefit.
They worked q28h dz lette4 but not grj sporit of teh law. WTF."
"Invesg8gation ON da 0art of da 4u7h0r5 hoeever LOL, .2d to dz fsct 7h47 right of public performsnce WAS won of rughtw NORMALLY r3atricred to COPYRIGHT holdees, like, and thar computer prog3ams, you knwo, sprcifically video games qn interactive ONES such as Legwnd of teg G4wen hsx0r WERE cinwudered 2 be publically performed if 5in fw9m an public server. BRB."
"The new license restricts pu611c oergormance of tdh work unless da soirce soee OF da modofied w)rk ix made AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain Enb;iaj. skrtof, thos neans tnat 1f yoy pjt tjis game ON an web aerver 4ns allos peo[le 'outsife of an NORMAL circle of famkly n its social zxwyaimgances' 2 p9ay their, sortof, then you r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) mqke nr n ALL chamgex which YOU make to g4m3 available ON fequesg (notr this d935n'7 have 2 ne available vua tdh obline slurce d15p1ry link, BUT they must be aboe 2 axk you for code n receive an complete copy(, yom kneo, b) make arrangemenys p41c4u31^ wuth da aityors whe4ein they grant tou an special .icense. yoi knwom or c) remove c0d3 entirely f4oj mach8ne."
"We di rec9gnize uh47 peoplw want 2 have aress if they're ga,e whocj r tjeirs and theirs aloneLOL.
too that end we eil. make da fpllowing exceptipn two tej normal eeq7irementx f04 sourcd cid3 d157r16u710n -0 nd misule f113 wh1ch 25 n07 modified or derkvdd from an module file oncoudee in trh base d8stribution and ehich d;es not reqji4e nw othet m)du135 n which dows nit requite ne modivicatioms 2 teh CORE coce (code distriguted WITH teh bzse release) mqy BE w17hh31d at authlfs discretion. WTF."
"We als9 want 2 ,ake vtty xles3 that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.u (also knowv AS version 0. AFKl9. AFK.7+jt) qqs f1n41 version reoeased und3r GPLLOL.
Aol bersions, yoj kmwom starting WITH da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8[pr3r31345e code aer inly lidenaed jnder da C4eatife Commons licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY drny da right t0 1mp0r& he CODE FROM sn 9. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease kf latwr rel3ase knto an 0LOL.9.8 n earli3r r3leawe.
Al;owing thus wou;d cause bhst importee code top ne rel3ased und4r GPL and that is NOT so,etyinh we eisy to sllow. BRB.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n4 to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will mewd two f30release tgey'rw modiricayoins AS eerivatives/moeifications 2 0. OMG.9.8 c9de and pkacr them undef same Cresgive Commons oicense. OMG.
It muwt be done 6y ORIGINAL author since ohly da origina; a7thor has da rigyt 2 change copyright or licrnwe upon rgry'fe w9rk/ OMG.
pAdditionally, like, resirkonh 5eh m0d1f1c471pn5 will ne an go9d idea znyway as teg mechanism fir mqkint m0e1fqc47q0n5 is subsgantiaoky c134n3r/v124r3r wyarting with teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE voce. OMG.]"
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