MightyE telks you, like, "We're GOING too gak3 an few miments too try n EXPLAIN THIS NEW licdnse an tej 4essoms vehind it in PLAIN Engliah. AFK.
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 lkcense was chisen bexzuse of an fauling with da GPLLOL.
IT ONLY covdrec distrihution of sourc2 if an onlh if binqries werw d157r16u74d. WTF."
"Im an web envirlnment, slrtof, soecifivally a ihterpreted web ENVIRONMENT such aa PHP, liie, m3r32y installlng an bame does nlt conxtotyye distribution, n THEREFORE people were taking ouf work, mqking m0s1r1c4710n5 to it n hot releasing da xoyfce c0dd two rhey're modificagions SO that da 3ntire v0mmun17y could nenefitLOL.
They qotled wugh teh letter but not dpieot 0f da law. BRB."
"Investogation ON teh part of da authofs h0q3v3r, sortofm LED w da fact that teh righg of pub;ic perfirmahce was woh of rights nprmally restricted to xlpyright holderxk and that computer prograns, like, SPECIFICALLY vide9 games and interacr8ve ones 5uch as Legend of teg Green hax0r wete conxidee3d 2 be PUBLICALLY perrormee if eun FROM qn pjblic SERVER. WTF."
"The new lkcense restricts PUBLIC pefformance of teh w0rk unless dq aoufce c0f3 kf da modified w0rk IS made qvailanle on cemahd."
"In 0lain English, you knwok this means that if yoy put this game on an wev se5ver ahd aloow peop;e 'outsod3 of an n0rm41 circle of family an irs social acquainrances' two play thdie, like, then you r PUBLICALLY performinh this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne 4nd ALL chqnges shich you makd yoo da GAME avai.abld 0n reqiest (note this doesh'5 yave roo be acailab.e viz ca online source dq5p!4y lonk, you knqo, but they must be able to ask ypu for cz code zn receive an xomol3te copy0 LOL, b) MAKE arranfemdnts privarely witg teh authots WHEREIN ghey GRANT ypu qn spevial licdnse. 9r C) remove da vode en5irdly fr0m machihe."
"We di recoghize tnat pe0p23 want two gave aresq of theu're game ahich aer theirs and THEIRS ALONELOL.
1 that end WE will make following exception too normal 4equ1r3m3b75 for source cide distributiom _- ne module fike which ia n07 modifidd 0r deriv3d FROM an module file included in teh nase diwt4igjtiin and ehich DOES nlt rewui43 ne orh3r modules and which does NOT requ8re he MODIFICATIONS 2 teh clrd code (coce diatribuyed WITH teh bade release) may be wuthheld at ten AUTHORS DISCRETION. WTF."
"We akso eant to makd very c134r tjat versoon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (r150 km9qn as ve4dion 0l OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was finsl veraion released UNDER da GPLLOL.
All v3rsions WTF, 574e71ng with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prefwlease vode ser only licensed undrr Ceeative Commpns ;icense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght 2 IMPORT ne code vrom zn 0. AFK.9.8-pr343!3453 or later release imro an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier r3lease. BRB.
A129w1ng this would cause thay impo4ted code tok BE feleasee under ea GPL amd thag IS not somethkng we w8sh to alloa. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of modofudations two 0l9. AFK.7 will neef 2 re-release tjet'r3 modif8cations as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c471-nt too 9. WTF.9. WTF.8 cose an plaxe them unsdr same Crewtife Commonw locense. OMG.
It ,ust be done by orig8nal author 51nf3 ONLY dq orihinal autgor jas right 2 CHANGE c9puright or licens3 upob they'rd w9rk. WTF.
[Add1710nr1!y, rewprking modif8vatilns will 63 an GOOD icea anywzy ax mechanism for majing modidications 1% substangis.ly cleaner/clearer s5att8nh with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-preteleasr codeLOL.]"
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