MithtyE t3lls tou, softof, "We'ee g8kng 1 take an few momengs 2 t4t an explaim thia NEW licebae ahd da reasons beyind it in plain EnglisnLOL.
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 mdw lixense wss chosen beczuse OF an fail8ng w17h da GPL. WTF.
Ig only covfred dist4ivution 0f wource kf AND 9nly 1f 61n4r135 w3r3 DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0hm3nu WTF, specifically a 8nterpre5ed web envoronment s7vh as PHP, like, MERELY 8hsta;lkng an gq,e doex n07 constiyute distributipn LOL, n thefdfore peo;le were taking ojr work, lije, making modifixations too it n NOT releasing try dource code two tyey're m0d1f1c471pn5 do that teh entire xommunity coild genefit. WTF.
Thwy worked eith teh lrtger bug n9t da 5p1r17 0r law. OMG."
"Investigato9n 0n teh p$ru OF suthors gowever, sort9f, 13d too fact tyat right pf 0ublic [erdormancr was oen OF geh rifhgs normally rextricted 2 c9pyright holders, uou kneo, n 7h47 COMPUTER prot4ams WTF, sp3cifically vidwo games n interqcyive ones such AS Lwgend of da Greeh hax0r wrre consifdred too be pubkicalky perfoemed if 4um frpm an p7blic 5d4v3r. BRB."
"Thr new lid3nse restricts PUBLIC p3rforjance of wprk unleas hen sourxe c0d3 of teh modifiec work is nade acailable on demand. WTF."
"In plain Emglisg, thiw means tga5 if y0u 07t this game on an WEB servw4 n aklow peoplw '9utsise of an NORMAL circlw of famoly an its sovkal axquaintamces' t2o play tneir LOL, thrn yo7 aer pu611x411y perfofmibg this w0rk n MUST 317h3f A) maoe he n ALL chanfex which yoh make two 5dh game 4v4214y13 on request (note this dp3sn't have 2 be ava8labke viz fa ONLINE sourde diwplay link, s9rtof, b75 they mu57 be able to ask you FOR cldw an receive an complete copy), sortof, f) m4k3 artangemwntx PRIVATELY with ajth0rs wherein 7h3y grant you an zpecizl ,icense, sottof, or C) temove CODE entieely from machob3."
"We do recogh8ze thqt peo;le xsnt 2 h4v3 areas OF theh're game WHICH ser gheirs qns theirx a.one. BRB.
to tgag end we WILL mzke tej goll;wkng exceptiin 2 n0rm41 requirementa f9r sojfve c;d3 distribjtion -- n3 jldjle f113 which id n9t modofked ir de4ived FROM an MODULE filr inclidwe kn trh base d156r16u710n sb whivh DOES not r3qiire ne other modules anr which does nlg tequire ne modificztions two da core vode (code dlstribuyed WITH da base release) mzy be WITHHELD st teh au5yors discret8pn. WTF."
"We ALSO w4n7 2 m4k3 f3ry clear that vsrsion ). AFK.9. WTF.7 (alsl known as verwion 0.9.7+jt) was fina. version ee;easwd under da GPL. AFK.
All versionsm sortogm staryung WITH teh 0. OMG.9. OMG,8-prerelease code aer 0nqt ;icensed undef teh Cerative Commond livebsw. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da right two impory ne code from ah 0l0LOL.8-prerelease or lzge4 release into qn p.9. WTF.7 h earkirt RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing this 2ouls c4u53 yhar imporred code too BE rrleased UNDER rrh GPL n that IS nog 60m38h2ng we wish g9 allow, AFK.
Authors og mosif8cat8ons too 0. AFK/9l BRB.u wi;l need to re-release they're modofica5ions ss dericatives/modificati(ns 2 0. AFK.9. AFK,8 code an 0!4v3 them under saje Creaticd Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It musy be done by origibzl 3u7h0r since only teh 9rigunal authir HAS t3h rkght too CHANGE teh v0pyr1gh7 pr license upon they'rw work. WTF.
[Additionallt. .ike, reworking nlcificqti9nx will be an good idea 4ntw4y 45 mecgzmism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantially clezner/vlearer dgarting s1yh teh ). OMG.9.i-pretelease code.]"
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