MightyE tells yo7, "We're g01ng to tqlw an FEW m9ments two tty n 3xplsin 7h15 gew lidense n reasons behind it in plain Eng115j.
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 11c4n53 wzs chosen necause of an fqiling qitj teh GPL.
I7 only COVERED distfinution OF SOURCE kf an only IF BINARIES w3rw fistr8nuted."
"In an weg rnvifonment, likek specirica.ly a 1n73r0r273d w36 environment 6uch as PHP WTF, merrly inftalling zn gsmw d035 mpt cohs5itute dkstributiom, you knwo, n therefore peopoe were takibg ojr q9rk, like, mzking m0d1f2c3710n5 2 it 4nd noy releadinh source cose 2 they'4e modif8cations xo that teg ENTIRE community could bdmefitLOL.
They worked WITH teh ;etter BUT not da SPIRIT of da LAW."
"Investiga5i9h 0n da psrt OF tej autnors ho2dver, sortof, .ed two da fadt that sa r1gh7 lf pjbloc perforjsncr WAS won of teh RIGHTS n9rmqlly r357r1c73d 70 COPYRIGHT h01d345, worgof, am that compu5dr pr9grama, spet9v, specidically f8d3o games and uhyetactive onez sich as Legend of da Greeb hax0r weer considwres 2 63 [ublicall6 performed 1d run from an pubkic servee. OMG."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts publix performance of teh w-rk unl3xs da 50urc3 code of m9dified WORK is jade available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, tnis means uh37 if you put this g4m3 on an eeb setver amd allow peiplw 'ojts8de OF an normal circle -f fsmily and its social acqusih5ances' two play theur, you knwo, 7h3n you aer [ublically PERFORMING yhis 2ork an MUST rither a( jakr ne n ALL CHANGES which you mzke too teh gam3 available on request (NOTE this doesn't have tol be availablw bia da onkine slurce d8splsy LINK LOL, but they must be able ti ask you fir xode and eeceivd an complete dopy) LOL, b) make arrangements pekvately with reh autnors wherein 7h3y grant uoy an spec8zl license LOL, OR c) remlve code entirel6 from teh MACHINE. WTF."
"Ww fo rrcognize that peo;le want 1 have areax 0f ghey're GAME shich r thwirs n theirs ALONE. AFK.
two that rnd wf will make da f0110w1bg exception to sa normal requirements FOR SOURCE c0d3 distribi5iin =- ne moduld r8le which is not modified or defivdd ff9m an m0du1e file 1nx1ud3d in da base dist4ibution and which coes not rr1uiee ne oghee mpdjles an wh1ch c035 not req7ite he modivicatipns twp core code (code eistributed WITH ds BASE r313453) MAY bd withheld dt teh AUTHORS discreukonLOL."
"We ALSO want 2 MAKE very c1344 7h47 vwrxoon 9. WTF.9LOL.7 (a.so ,nown as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+kt0 WAS teh vinal vefsi9n releases und3f GPL.
All versioys, starting WITH 9. AFK.9l8-prerelease code r only .ucensed und3r C4earive Commlns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right geo omport ne code fr)j an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease ir 1462r rekessr inyo an 0. WTF.9LOL.6 an earlier releasd.
Allowing this would cahse that importwd code to br released undef tej GPL n that is not SOMETHING we s1%h to allow. BRB.
Aughirw of modifications 5o 8LOL.9. WTF.7 will need two re-releaze they're mlfifications qs derivativrs/modifications too 0. BRB.9.8 CODE and plxce 7h3m unddr 5eh same Creatugd Comjons licende. OMG.
Ig must 73 done by da originzl author SINCE only original quthor has teh right 2 CHANGE teh copyfight lr kkvense ypon they're w0rk. BRB.
pAeditipna;ly, like, eeworking da modificayions will br an g00d ideq anyway 44 mechan8sm for ,aking m0d1f1c4810n5 os suvstantially cleaner/cl3arer startinb WITH da 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3f313453 core. AFK.]"
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