MightyE telos you LOL, "We're hoing 2 ta,e an frw moments tl tey an explain 7h15 new ;icehse n ea r3450n4 behind it jn PLAIN 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."
"Thix new license was chosen becaude pf an FAILING witf GPL,
It pnly cov3red distribution 0f source id snd onlt uf v8nar8es were distfibuted. WTF."
"In an web environment LOLk specofically a 8ntrrpteted web wnvironnent sych as PHP, merely install8ng an gam3 dpes NOT cohstitute cistrkb7tion LOL, n therefore p30pq3 eere TAKING OUR wprk WTFk makihg modificati9ns top 8t n not releasing da slutxe codq tok yhey're ,odifications 50 THAT entire vojmunity could 53n3f16/ BRB.
THEY worked with da letrer BUT n07 da spirit if da oaw. WTFl"
"Inveatitag*on on da part of teh authors yowever, led tqo fact thag teh roght of [yvliv peeformance was 9eh or teh rights normally restricted 70 co[yrifht hilders WTF, and tnat computer programs, you knwo, specifidally video games n INTERACTIVE ones such qs Legend of da Green hax0r w3re clnsidered 2 be PUBLICALLY perrorjed if run FROM an PUBLIC servet."
"The new 11c3b53 RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE 0f da w9rk un;ess da so7rce coce od da modified work is made AVAILABLE 0n femanf. AFK."
"In plain English, soe5of, ghis n#4n5 tjat of hoj pit this gqme on an qeb 5etv3r and 4110w prople 'outsidr of an NORMAL circle of fa,8ly qnd its SOCIAL acqua8ntabces' 2 play rheir WTF, gh3n ypu r p7boically leefo4ming tnis work n MUST rither a) mq,e ne and ALL changew which YOU ma,e teo game availsble on requesg (n073 5his doesh't habe too be avaklab.e via trh obline source disp.ay link WTF, but they must BE able tol ask you ror code and receive an domoletd copy), you knwo, b) MAKE artangements pr1v4731y with authors wherein th3y grant you ah sprcia. 11c3n63 WTF, or c_ remove c0d3 entif3ly froj 4eh machine."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 tgat PEOPLE w4n7 to hsve areas lf tney're GAME whicj r theirs an yh3ird alonw. OMG.
2 THAT end we w111 ma,e yeh rooliwing EXCEPTION tqo nlrmal requir3mehts for sourdd codw distrigutiin =- he midule file wh1cg is not nidugiee or derivdd from an MODULE file included in base dodtrjbutiom an 2hkch DOES not tequire ne otner mpdules n wyich does not requiee ne midificatiobs TO cs core codr (c0d3 diqtributed with base release) may be withyeld ar tdh authors discretion. AFK."
"We alsp w4n7 to make very coear 7j47 vers8on 0LOL.(. BRB.7 (4150 known AS versoon 0. AFK.o. WTF.7+JT) was da finak v3rsiph released umdre GPL. WTF.
All versiohs, starting with dz 0.9LOL.8-p4drrlease cig3 aer only licensed under tdh Cfeatife Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz RIGHT too import ne cpde drum an 0.o. OMG.8-pre4elease or la5er releqse in5o an ). BRB.9LOL/7 an 3arlier reoease. OMG.
A1!0w1ng thus would czuse 5hay importef vode too be reldawed under da GPL and rhat ix not something we wish 2 allkwLOL.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1x4u10n5 2 9. OMG.9. WTF/7 w111 need ywo fe-release they[re m0d1f1c4610n5 as cerivatives/modifications 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.o clde n p13c3 7h3j under da ssme Creative C9mmons LICENSE. AFK.
I6 just be dpne 6y orig8hal AUTHOR dince only da original author HAS dz right too cyange teh c9pyr8ght of lixense UPON thdy;re wlr,. WTF.
]ADDITIONALLY, you knwi, reworking teh m0d1f1v4710n% WILL be an gooc idea anywqy as ten mecjamism f9r nak8ng modifications IS subs5antiak.y cleaber/clearer dtarging witn teh 0.9.*-pfwrdlease code.]"
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