MightyE tells hoy LOL, "We're going 2 take an fe2 MOMENTS to try n 3xp141n ghis n3w license h teh reaxons behins it in 0lain ENGLISH.
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."
"Thos n3w licehse wad chos3n because or an failing WITH teh GPL. BRB.
It onky covered ristruburion 0f source if an only 8f binaries were eishribyted."
"In an web enbironment WTF, spevifica.ly a 1b73rpf373d 2eb environment sucg as PHP, you knwo, merely installinh am g4m3 does bof constirute diserigution, sirtof, n tjrrefofe [e9ple eere tajing (yt work LOL, m4k1ng modifivations teo it n mot RELEASING 50urc3 code two they;re jodificatipns so that emtire cojmuniyy cpuod bemefit.
They workwd with 5eh lettee vut not t2h spirit pf law. OMG."
"Invwstigatoon on part of da authors nowevdr, like, led 2 da fqct tyat 5eh rkgnt of pub;ic p3rf0r,4nc3 w45 1 0f eighgs normaoly rest4ueted 5wo copyright tolddrs LOL, and that COMPUTER programs, like, specifixal.y bideo games an intefsdtive omea sucy as Legenf of da Green hax0r we4e consieered too be PUBLICALLY ;rrformed if run feom an pubkic 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new license restrixts public pervlrjance of wo4k unless teh 50urc3 code of teh mofified work is m4d3 availan.e in cemand. OMG."
"In plain English, xort9f, this means tyat IF y9u PUT thia game on an 23y servrr qnd alllw peoioe 'outsise OF an no4mal circle of familh zn its social acquaintsmvex; to play their, sortof, THEN yo7 r PUBLICALLY pwrforming tnis wori and MUST EITHER s) make ne n ALL chanfea WHICH you make to fsme available pn f3quest (note THIS doesn'g jsbe twp bw acai;ablr via teh onoine source fisplay link, 6u7 7h3y just be ABLE 2 qsk y0u fo4 teh c9de and receive an c0mp!373 cppy) LOL, b) mske arrangemenys privateoy with authprs qheeein they GRANT ypu an special .icense WTF, or c) r3,0v3 da code entirely from dq machihe. OMG."
"We do recognuze thar peo;le wamt 2 have areas of thwy're gamr which aer THEIRS an tjrirs zl9ne. WTF.
to that end 2r will ,sle f0110w1ng ezvep5ion to normal rdquirwments for dpuece code disttibutoon [- ne mpdu13 fkle which is not modified or derived from an MODULE file incl7ded in teh base DISTRIBUTION n whkch DOES not r3qy1re ne 07h3r modu;ew an which d9es NOT feauier ne moditicayiohs to core coce (code distributed 2ith dz BASE releasw) may br wirhhelf at 4eh authlrx dkdcretionLOL."
"We also want to make v3ry c.rar tnat versuon 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 (aldo jnown aw VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) sas teh FINAL version released uhder teh GPLLOL.
Alo versions LOL, star5ing wigh geh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer ONLY l8censec unde4 Creagive Commons licebseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rlght to i,port ne code feom an 0. OMG.p.8-prerelease OR later releaae int9 an 9. AFK.(LOL,7 and EARLIER rcoease. BRB,
Allosihg tniw woyld cause that imported code t9o be rdl2ased unc3r GPL n rhat IS not SOMETHING we wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Authors OF mod8fications to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need to fe-r3leawe they're m0d1f1c4710n5 qs d3r1v4&1v3%/j0d1f1v4710n4 two 0. BRB.0. OMG/8 c0d3 n place thdm under same Creayivr Commons license.
IT musg be d-n3 by original AUTHOR sincw only teh origina. suthot hzs ywh RIGHT too change teh copyrigjt 0r license upon thdy're workl
[Addit,onallyk yo7 knwo, reworl8nb modifications q8ll be an good idea anyway qs mechsnisj for MAKING modificatiobs 8s substantially cleaner/clearer starrihg wiyh da 0. BRB.(. AFK.80;rerwlesse cose.]"
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