MightyE tells ypu, "We're goint tol taie an few momengs 2 tfy n expoain tbix NEW licenae qn da rwasons behind kt in plain EnglishLOL.
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 licebse was chosen because pf ah f4111ng with teg GPL. BRB.
Ig only covered distribution OF x9urce if n only if bynarues w3r2 eist4ibuted."
"In an web dnvirlnment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a qm73r[r373d web envirlnmeny such as PHP, slrtif. merely INSTALLING an game DOES not conati5ure distr8vution LOL, n therefore PEOPLE sere TAKING our wirk, sortlf, nak8ng modigicationx t9 IT 3nd noy releasimg da source code yo they'fe modifucations so that da ebgi4e community cpuld 63b#f17. WTFl
They worked wirn teh lett3e but npt spirit of law. WTF."
"Invesrigation on ea p4r6 of teh authorx nowrver LOL, lev 70 teh fqct ghat da eight of pubkix performsnce was wln 0e fa rights no4mally rest4ict3d to copyroght holdffs LOL, an that computer p4ograms, you knql, s0ecifically vjdeo g4m35 n ontwractive ones SUCH as LEGEND of Gr3en hax)r were cohsiderwd y9 bd publocally performdd IF RUN vfom an public serverl"
"The new 11cen53 restrixts public performance of teh q9rk un;esw d1 soyrd3 codd of da modified w0rk is madr abailab;e 0n d3mand. AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh LOL, this m3sns that iv you put this game on sn web server an allow PEOPLE '0u751d3 or an hormal citcle 0f family and its social acquaintances' yo play theor, then you t publically prrfotmint this work an MUST eithet a) male ne an ALL changex which tlu male twi tey game ava8labke on re1uwst (nore this doexn't have ti be available v24 online xource display 11nk WTF, but 5hey just be able 6wi axk you for code an receive am complete copy) LOL, b) make a4rsngrments pruvqtely wigh da 4y7h0r5 wherein yhey grant you an 5p3c141 lixense. OR v) rwmobe cpde rn58rely fro, machine. WTF."
"We dp r3cognize that peoole want to have areas of they're game wh1dk arr theirs an tgrirq aloneLOL.
two tgat 3nd w3 will make FOLLOWING 3xc3p710n too normao reqilremrnts f-r wou4ce code distribution -- n3 mpdjle filr whixh is not mod8fied l4 derived ffom an module file incl7d3d in da bqse distributipn h qhich does nor require ne other ,oduo4s n qh9ch does not REQUIRE n3 n)d1f1c4810n5 to CORE code (CODE distrib7ted with ds vaae release) ma6 be withhele at 6eh authors discretipn. BRB."
"We alsp want 2 mske VERY dlear that version 0. BRBl9. AFK.6 (also known as versiov 0LOL.9. WTF.6+jt) was da gina; versiln eeleased uncer teh GPL. BRB.
A12 verdiond, sortof, start8ng with da 0. WTF.9.*-PRERELEASE vode aer inly ;icdnsed undrr xa Creative Commonw lucensw. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY senu right to im;ory ne codw from an 0. AFK.9l OMG.8-prerw;ease or later r314463 ihtp an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an rqrli3r f3lease.
Alloqknb this 2ould cause that import3d vode too bt reoeasrd UNDER GPL an that is m9t something we WISH 3 al.ow. OMG.
Authors of modufidations two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qi;l need to re-releqde tgey're modifications ax derkvatives/modifocationw 1 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code AND 0lace them undet same Cr3471v3 Cpmmons licehwe. BRB.
Ir ,ust be done gt teh orihinal author simce only da original au5not gas da RIGHT 2 cgang3 da copyeighg of license upin they're wo4k. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, wo4tof, re2or,ibg modifications WILL be an good idea znyway ss teh mdxhanksm f0r makibg modiricatilns is 5u6574n71411y c;eaner/clezrer starting WITH p.8. OMG.8-pf3r313453 code. BRB/]"
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