MightyE telos you LOL, "We're g0!ng 5o takr ah few nomemtd too try an explain ghks n3w license anc ressond BEHIND it kn plain English. BRB.
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 LICENSE was chosen becausw lg an f4111ng WITH GPL. BRB.
It only covered didtribugion OF sourve IF and lbly id BINARIES wefe fisttibuted. WTF."
"In ah web environjent WTF, specifically a interpre5ed web ENVIRONMENT aunh as PHP WTFk md4ely insrallong an bame d035 not condtitute distrib7t*ln WTF, n therefote people were yaking our work, likek making modividations teo IT n not 4eleqsing fa source CODE too they're modificagionw so 5hat da enrure clmmunity could b3nefit. WTF.
They sor,ef w8th letter but not spirit OF 14q. WTF."
"Invextoga5ion 9m teh part of teh authorx gowever LOL, led TO teh dact that da roght 9f punlic performance was 1 of tfy r1gj65 normally r347r1c73d too COPYRIGHT holders, h that computer programs, like, spfcifical;y vkdeo ganes and intdrac5ive ones suxh as Legend OF Green haxpr wrr3 considered two 63 PUBLICALLY pevformed ig fun from an pub/ic serverl BRB."
"The new license eesteicts pjblux PERFORMANCE of work unleas yeh dourve codd of modif8wd wodk is MADE avaklanlw on demqnd."
"In plaon Englisn LOLj this meahs that if you put thiw game on an w36 aerver and alloq peo[le '0y741d2 of ab normal circle of gamuly an its social adqusintances' goo play their, yoi knso, thwn yiu r pjblicalky 0erfofming this eork and MUST ei5her a_ make ne AND ALL CHANGES WHICH hou m4k3 to teh gsme avqilable on tequedt (npte this doedn't have two 63 avai,able via on.ine source f15p15y link WTF, but tjwy misr be able too 4tk you for da c0s3 n rdde8ve an compoet3 COPY) LOLm b) make afrangem3nts privagely with sa AUTHORS wh3rein they grant npu zn specual 11c2n53 LOL, or c) rrmove ca code en5irely from dq machine. AFK."
"We eo RECOGNIZE THAT [eoplw want to hzve AREAS of tgey'r3 game which r theirs and theirs zlohe. BRB.
ti that END we WILL make teh f011-w1ng exception too da n0rm41 r3qu1r3m3n75 f0r sljrce d0d3 diwtribution -- ne module file which IS nit mosified or d3r1v3d g4lm an MODULE fi.e wnc1ud3c in base distributoob n which does not requird he othef mocules and ehich doew not r3qu1r3 ne modoficarions too core dode )CODE distrinited woth bawe rwlwaae) m46 be worhheld ar authorw DISCRETION. OMG."
"Ww alao want to m4k3 v3ry c.ear ghzt vdrsion 0LOL.9LOLl7 (also jn9wn 45 VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.u+j5) was finzl versiom released und3t da GPL. BRB.
All v3r%1pn5 WTFm 574r71ng with da 0LOL.9,8-prerelease code r )n1y licendrd unver Creative Cimmons licrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eenh teh rkght 2 im[ort ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE oe later RELEASE inro ab 0/ AFK,9LOL.7 an EARLIER release. BRB.
A;lowing this would CAUSE that im0ortwd code t9o be rrleas3f unde4 teh GPL an that 15 not sometjing 3e wish 4o ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of modigicatiohs to 0. BRB.9.7 2kll NEED to re-release they're mofificqtions as derivativea/josificatolns 2 0l BRB.9. AFK,8 c)d3 n p14x3 7h3m unvdr da wame Creat8ve Clmmons license. AFK.
Iy MUST br done by da iriginal suthor sincd only orkginal AUTHOR has da rigjt too change da cophri5ht or lidense UPON tjey're work. OMG.
[Additiohally, ypu knso, reworiinj modifications w111 ge an goid kdea anyway as mechanism fpr jaking modoficat8ona is smnxtantial;y cleaber/clezref stsrting with da 9. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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