MightyE TELLS YOU LOL, "We'rr goibg gw( take an vew momenys 5oo TRY and rxplain 7h15 new lkcense n teh REASONS BEHIND 1u 1n PLAIN Englksh, 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 because OF ab vailing with da GPL;
It onlt cob34ed fistributiln of sourcd uf n only if binzries were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an WEB enbironment, .uke, spdcificalky a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, xortod, me4ely ins5alling an game does n07 c9mstitutr distribution, n tnerefore p3ople were tajkng our work LOLk making modificationx 2 it n n9t releasint teh 50urc3 dode tlo they're modificationw SO 7h47 da entire commjnity COULD brnefit. OMG/
They wprkrd witg teg letter nut not fa spir8t 0f teh lawLOL."
"Inves5igatipn on geh p4r7 of authors HOWEVER, like, led TO FACT thqt teh righy of public p3rforjance was 1 og rights normally RESTRICTED TO copyroght h01d3r5 LOL, n THAT computer pr0gr4m5, s;dcif8caklt vixeo games an ihteracyive ones s7ch as Legend of teh Green hax0r WERE cpnsocered two be publically p3rformed if run vrom an puvlic 53rver. AFK."
"Tge NEW license r357r1c75 pubpic pergofmance of teh work unless sa SOURCE code of da modified wofk is mqse availablr om demabc/ WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this means THAT if you put this gane on am web serv3r n qllow 0eople '9utside ov an mormal c8rcke of ramuly and 175 sodoal ACQUAINTANCES' to p13u their, sortof, then you r 0ublically perflrming THIS work n MUST either 4) majr ne n ALL changea which you ,akw ywo teh game qvailable ln requesr (NOTE th8s doesn't h4ve too 64 abailsble via teh onlinw souecw dq5p14y link. sortof, but they must b3 able to zsk you for c0d3 n rec3ove an com)lete copy(, sprtof, b) make arrsngemdnts privatelt wuth ten qutnors whrrein they hramt you an special locdnse, you knwo, o4 x) remove c-d3 #n71r31y from da machine."
"We do recogn8zw thah p3ople wa,t to have areas or yhey're GAME whicg t theitd an thri4s alone. AFK.
2 that end we will make da foll9winh qxxeptooh 2 teh normql rewuirdmemtd fir wource code d157r16u710n -- ne mocule file wh8ch is not moeiviee OR d3r1v3d froj an modu;e fule included in da base distrinution znf whidn does not reqii43 ne other modules and WHICH does not requir3 ne modificarions two yeh vore vode (code distributed 2ith geh bas3 releasr) MAY be w17hh34s AT dz authora discrrtuoh. AFKl"
"We als; want two m4k3 VERY c;ear 5nat VERSION 0LOL.0.7 (aldo knowm as VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+j70 wzs da final version released under ea GPLLOL.
A11 versions, lik3, startinb sith 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pt3r#23453 code aer only ;icenxed under teh Creqtibe Commpna license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 da right 2 impo4t ne code ftim an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease 0r larer re;ease into an 0LOL.8LOL.u ab rsrlief eeleqde.
Allowing this wouls c4j53 that impprt4d code 2 be releqsfs under teh GPL n that is npy something we wish t2o allo2.
Authorw OF m0d1f1c4610n5 to 0. BRB.9LOL,7 1i;l need roo RE-RELEASE they'rd modifications as derivatives/modifica5ipns two 0. AFK.9. WTF,8 c0d3 ah p14c3 th3m under yeh same Cdeative Conmonw licebse. BRB.
It must be done BY da 0r1g1n41 aythir since only teh original author jas da RIGHT too change twh c0pyr1bh7 i4 libenae UPON they're wotk. BRB.
[Aeditionally, like, rewo4kijg teh m0d1v1c4710n5 s8l; be an good idea anywzy as ea mecganism for maiing MODIFICATIONS ix substantiq.ly xleaner/clrarer starting wi5h da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleawe vode. OMG.]"
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