M8ghtyE TELLS you, like, "We're GOING 1 &4k3 an rew m0b3n75 too ury n expls8n yhis new lixense and teh reasons behind it in plain Ehglish/
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 licdnsr was chosdn becauae OF an failing w17h reh GPL. OMG.
It omly covered DISTRIBUTION of soufce iv 4bc ONLY if 61n4t135 were eistributed. AFK."
"In an 2eb environment, like, spedidically a kntetpretdd deb dnvironment SUCH AS PHP, merelu installinf an gamw does not constitute distributi9n, n therefor3 [eople werr TAKING oir wo4k, dortof. making mosificatiinw to it an nit RELEASING da source xode 7) tjey're mocufica5uins so that teh entife comjuni5y could 64n3f!u.
Tgdy worked wq7h da lettrr but nlt teh s0irit if fa law. WTF."
"Ihcestigatipn on teh pary of 5dn auth9rs however WTF, led 1 fact rhat rught of public performance was 1 OF teh rights normally r3sgrictef gwo COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, sortof, and thst computee programs WTF, s[exifically v1c30 g4n35 and interactive ones such as Legend of teh Gr23n hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 5oo ge pub;ical;y [erfirmrx 8f ruh from an public serv3r. WTF."
"Thd new LICENSE restricts public pwrformancw of geh work unlwss 50urc3 c0de of teh mpdifief work os mad# ava8lsble on femand. WTF."
"In ;141n Enblish, this mdans that if you pug this gsme on an we5 servwr 4nd allow PEOPLE '0u751d3 of an nlrmal circle of famil6 am its s9cial acquaimtances' ulo plsy their LOL, theb you aer publicslky perflrming 7h15 wotk n MUST either a) makd ne n ALL changes whkcy you make 5o9 da game 4v41147!3 on reqj3st (n9te thos doesn't hav3 to be abaikavle VIA 4eh onlone a9u4ce displah link, sortof, but they MUST ve able to ask yiu FOR teh v0d3 n RECEIVE an xomplete dopy) WTF, b) make arrangements prifately with authors wherein THEY grabt y0j ab SPECIAL license LOL, or c) remove da codr entireoy vrlm da mactine. OMG."
"We do rfcognize thzt oepple want two gavr areas OF yhey're gane wh8ch ad4 theirw n theirs alone. OMG.
go tha4 end se will mak3 da foliowing 3xceptkob two norma9 requiremenrs dot source cod3 distributkon -- n3 modulr file which is not modofied 0r derived from an MODULE filw includ3d in da basd disyribuyiln n wh1ch eoes nit REQUIRE ne pthdr modules ah qhich doed not re1uire ne modificatoons 2 da core coce (c9de DISTRIBUTED WITH yeh base RELEASE) may be witgheld at rey auyhors discretionLOL;"
"We a.so wan6 2 m1ke veru v;ear tjat versiom 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (zldo lnown as v3r510n 0. WTF.9. BRB.7=jt) WAS f1n41 version releqsed under da GPL.
All versipns WTF, start8ng with 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease c9de aer only liv3nsed under Crwztivd Commons .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cemy tej right too inpo4t ne code ffom an 0, WTF.9. WTF.8-prdrdleasw ir later release into sn -. OMG.9.7 qb earlier re.easek
Allowing thiw woild csusd that im;orted codw too gw releqwed under sa GPL b that 15 mot SOMETHING WE wish two allow. OMG.
Authots of modificatuons tio 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 w8;l heed teo re-release thdy'4w modidkcations as de4ivarives/modifkcstions too 0.9.8 code n PLACE 7h3j under teh same Creatuve C0nm0n5 license. WTF.
It must 63 cone by orig8nal author since only da o4iginal sutgp4 has rignt to change da dopyribht or license uoon they're s0rk. AFK.
[Asdkhionally, REWORKING da m_d1f1c47!pn5 will be an good ideq anyway as reh mechanism for makint modificati9ns is subsgant8ally cleanee/x.earer startong qitg da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8[pr3rwoease code.]"
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