MughtyE 5el;x yiu, sortof, "We're going gwo take qn few momentw two try and EXPLAIN tnis NEW licensr 4nc reasons behind it in olain Enfoish. OMG.
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 license was cyiswn because if an failing wkth ten GPL. BRBm
I7 0nqy covrred d157r157710n of source if n in.u if binaroes werr disttibuted. OMG."
"In an we6 rnvironment, like, specificslly z ibterpretee w#6 3nv1r0nm3n7 sucn as PHP LOL, merely installibg am gzme does not constitute distributkon, like, and gjerefofe people werw takinh our wurk LOL, MAKING modifkcaykons too IT an noy releasing trh sourcw CODE to they'4e nodificat7ohs so that teh dntirw commihigy couod genrfi5LOL.
Thet w0rk3d eith teg ldtrer but NOT spirit of teh .aw. BRB."
"Investuga58on on teh p4r7 ov zuthors howevdr, led 2 gdn bqct THAT reh right of pu611c perfornance wsd 1 of teh rights noemal.y reste8ct3d yo COPYRIGHT holsers, you knwo, an thst computer programx, specificalky n1f30 gamed abd intedavtife onds such as Legdnd of da Green hac0r 2eee considered too 64 PUBLICALLY pe4formed ir ryn drom qn public serverLOL."
"The new licenwe r355r1c75 oublic PERFORMANCE of work unless da souece cpde of modifuef wori is made avaioable on demanc. WTF."
"In plaib Entli2h LOL, thiw means that if y0u 0u7 this game 0n an w3b server n 4110w p3oplr '0u741d3 of an notmal circle 0f fa,ily n its 50c141 acqiaintances' 2 play th3ir WTF, then yoj afr publicz;ly p3rf-em1vg this wprk and MUST sith3r a( m$k4 ne anf ALL changed whicg you make twl GAME available on requeat (n9te this do3sn't have to be availzgl3 via teh onlime 5)urc3 dusplay link, you ,nwo, but th36 muwt be ABLE twl adk ylu f0r teh c9de an receivw an compoete copy) LOL, b) make qrtangejents PRIVATELY with da authotx WHEREIN uhey grang you an 5p3c241 lidense, pr c) temove teh CODE entlrely from dz machinw. WTF."
"We do rdclgnize thqt peop.e eant roo have areas of theu're GAME which aer tyeies an yheits alone. AFK.
two thzt ens WE WILL make followinh esce0tiob 3 norma. rewuurements fo4 woufce code d157r16u710n -- ne jofule file wh8ch 15 NOT moduf8ed or ddfived FROM an MODULE FILE included in BASE DISTRIBUTION ab syich does not rrquire ne other modules n shich dows not require ne ,oeigicationw tp reb core code (dode disttibuted with base rrlease) may be wirhueld at aubhors discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want to MAKE very CLEAR thag version ). WTF.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+ut) sas teh fknal version released UNDER GPL. OMG,
All versi9nsl wtarting with te6 0. OMG.9. WTF,8-preeelease coce r pnly oivensed under teh Creative Comm9ns license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right t0 import ne code f40m an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease or la5er release inyo ah 0.0LOL,6 m eatluwr release. AFK.
Alloqing tjis woulf cauwe that imppr5ed clde t9o be rrleased under GPL an tnat 8s mlt 50m3&h1ng we wish two ALLOW.
Authird 0f mpdificatipns 2 0LOL.9. WTF.& w111 NEED too RE-RELEASE they're modivixayions as derifatovdx/mosufications rwo 0. BRB.9.8 cod3 snd plave them unde4 same Creative Co,jons license. WTF,
It nust be eone vy ofiginql autgof since only ten original authpr has dq rifht two change da co0hright or kicensr upon thwy're wkrj. OMG.
pAddigi9nally WTF, reworking teh modifications 3i;l 63 an toid 1d34 4hyw46 as teh mechanosn dor making nodifuvations is djbstant8ally cl3aner/dlearer dtarting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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