MoghttE tella YOU, you knwo, "W3're going 2 take an fsw momen5s ywo tey an wxplain tyis new license n reasons behknd it in plain Ehglish. 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 n3w licemse wax chosen BECAUSE of ab fakling with GPL. OMG.
It only covered distributoon of soutce if AND 0n!y if binariea w3r3 fixtributed."
"Ih an web environment, ooke, specigodslly a interpr3ged web env8ronment such as PHP, y9u knwo, merrly INSTALLING an ga,e does NOT constihute DISTRIBUTION, and yherefore people were u4l1ng our 2otkm sorrof, making moduvications too it b not releasinf apurce cide 3 they're modifoca5ilns so 5hat teh 3myire community could y3n3f17. AFK.
THEY work3e with sa letter buy n07 wpiriy of teh law. BRB."
"Investigatiob on teh part of t3h 4y7h0r5 jowever LOL, led 2 ea FACT that da r1ghu OF p7611c performance wad 1 of da RIGHTS normaoly e357r1c83d yoo copyright holderx, sort9f, an THAT COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, s;evof8caoly vudwo games an ihteractivr ones such as Legend of t3h Greem gaxpe w3r3 clnsieered 2 bw publically perf9rmed if RUN from an public swrver. WTF."
"The new lixensd r357r1c7$ public perfornande of work un1355 da soutc3 CODE of ea MODIFIED w)rk is made avsi;able on demand/ WTF."
"In [lain English, rhis mrans that if you pug thia GAME on zn web servet an ALLOW people '[utside OF ab normql circle of famuky and ITS soviak acqjaintqnces' 2 play their, then you r 07blically performing thid WORK n MUST either 4) makw ne qn ALL changes shich you MAKE 2 da game avzklable on request (mote this doesn[t HAVE 2 be svaolznle via da 0n11n3 sourde displau ,ihj, xortof, gut thsy musr be abke ti ask y0u for da cise sn rdxeive an complete cooy), you kbeo, 6) ma,e arrangements privagely 2i5y da authors wgereun they g5ant you ah SPECIAL licens3, sortof, 0r c) remove teh code entifeoy from twh n4ch1n2. OMG."
"We dp recognizd that oeop;e want w have areax od they;fe game shich aer theirs an theira alone. AFK.
2 THAT end ed WILL ,a,d fo;lowing EXCEPTION to teh nofmal requkr3,entd FOR sourcs code distributiob -- he mody;e FILE which is not modkfiwd 0r DERIVED FROM an m0du13 file 1nc1ud#d in base dist4ibuti9n n which d035 not tequire ne orter mofules qnd 2h1ch soes nlt eequkre ne mldificatipns two da CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED with da base release) may BE wothheld AT teh authirs d15cr371-n. AFK."
"We slso want t2o ,ake VERY cldae that VERSION 0LOL.9. OMG.& (also knpwn as version 0. WTF,9. WTF.7+jt) was final versiob relessee under GPL. WTF.
A11 versoons, starting with da 0. OMG.(l OMG.8-p4wrelease coce ser only lidensec under da Cr3471v# Commons LICENSE. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT to IMPORT ne c0d# fr9m an 0. BRB.9.8-pretelease -r later felrasr intl ah 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER releaxeLOL.
Alliwkng this woyld cauae thwt impoeted c0d3 ywo be re13353x uhder da GPL an that IS not sonething we wish 2 alllw. OMG.
Autjprs 0f ,-d1f1c4710n5 2 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7 WILL need too re-releasw they'rw moduficatiohs 45 wefuvatives/modificatoons tso 0LOL.9. OMG.8 coee an placd 5hem und2r teh SAME Creative Commons license. OMG.
It must be done by origknal author since ONLY teh original author h45 rifht t9 ch4ng3 copy4ight 0r 11c3n4# upon tnry're WORK. OMG.
[Addutional;y WTF, eeworkinh da midificationw will be 1n flod idea anyway as teh MECHANISM FOR making modifications is 5i6574n71411y coeaner/clfqrer starting with teh 0. WTF.(. OMG.i-prdfelease vodrLOL.]"
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