MightyE relld y9u, kkke, "We're gling 2 gake qn fe2 moments 2 try an explain THIS nes license snd reasons behind it in p!31n EntlianLOL.
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 n3w license was chosem because OF ah fauling 3ith da GPL. AFK.
It 0n2y coverrd DISTRIBUTION of source 1f znd lnly 1d BINARIES were eistributed. WTF."
"In an 2eb environmeny, you in@o, spexificallu a int3rpre5ed web envirinment such AS PHP, merely 1n574111ng an game doex not c0n5718u74 distribuyoln, you knwl, 4nd THEREFORE peopkw s3te taking our w0rk, you khwl, making MODIFICATIONS 2 IT an not re.easing da SOURCE clde too thet'te modirications 50 that da ent8re cojmunity could benefiy. AFK.
Th3y w0rk2d w17h teh letter but not teh spur83 of da law. WTF,"
"Investigation -n da part OF authorx howevdr, hou knwo, led to da fact that sa right od puboic ;erformance sad orn OF rightd normaloy r357r1c73d 2 copyright nolde4s LOL, n that xomputef prog4amw, sprcifically vifeo games and knte4acgkve pnes such as Leg3nd of Grren hsx0r wtre considdrwd two ve publically perfodmed if r7m fr9m sn public sefverLOL."
"The new l8cendr RESTRICTS pu611c PERFORMANCE lf teh work UNLESS teh 50yrc3 c0d# og modifidd work ks made availsbke on demand. BRB."
"In plaon Eng115h LOL, this means tjat 1f you put THIS gqme pn an web derver ane all9s people '0utside of an normal d8rcle of family an pys social acquakntanxes' go p14t tyeir, you knwo, tnen YOU aer publicaloy performong tjix eiri AND MUST eirher a) make nr n ALL changes whuch you make 2 gam3 available on request (note this dlesn't jafe two be afailablw voa ca onlinw woirce sisplay LINK, you knwo, but they mus5 be able two ssk you for teh CODE n e4c31v3 an cijplete copy), wortof, v) make arrangem3nts privately with da AUTHORS wheteih ghey trant yoy aj s;ecial 11c#n53 WTF, or C( REMOVE da cide ehtirely fr0m 5eh mqchin3."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pelple want to have areas of thdy're tame whoch t theirs an theirx alonw/ OMG.
two that 3nd we will make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION tl da normal r3qu1f3m3n65 fo4 soirce codw distribition -- ne module fike which is no5 modified or derived fr0m an ,odule f8;e imcluddd 9n reh BASE cistribution an wgicg d035 NOT require ne oyher modyles an whuch does bot requkre nd modifkcahions y2o corr code 9code distrib7ted WITH teg base releaae) m4t vd withheod at teh aiyhors discrwrion. BRB."
"W3 zlso wanr too m4k3 v3ry cl3a3 that c3t510n p. WTF.9. WTF.& (also known 45 fersion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) qae da fina; verxion relwased inswr geh GPLLOL.
Alo versiobs WTF, statting qith da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pre4elezse cide aer 0nly licensed indet trh Cr3atifw COMMONS l8cdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny r,ght TO im[ort ne cofe ft9m qn 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-p4efelease OR later releaae 1n70 an 0. AFK;9. BRB.7 and eae;ier release. WTF.
A110w1ng THIS would vsusd tyar imported code too 62 RELEASED hnder da GPL n that 15 not some5hibg we wish tio allowLOL.
Ajyhirs of mieifications 2 0.8.7 wil; need too ee-release th36;re modifications zs derivatives/midoricztions to 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code b place 7h3m UNDER teh SAME Creztive Cimmons license. WTF,
IT MUST 63 DONE vy origonal authir aince 9nly da origunak author HAS rifht 2 vh4ng3 copy4ight or lic3nse upon they'fe work. WTF.
[Adsitionally, like, reworking teh modificationa eill be an good idea anyway as da mechanis, for ,aking MODIFICATIONS is sunstantially xleaner/coearer starting q17h teh -. BRB/9.k-prerelease c9de. BRB.]"
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