Migh5uE 5ells youk like, "We're goinf 5oo take an frw moments too try anf explaun this new oicensw ans teh reaaonx behind it IN PLAIN Enhlisg.
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 11c3n53 was chisfm because of an FAILING w17h da GPL, OMG.
It )nqy cofdred distribution of source if an onlt if bonaries weee DISTRIBUTED,"
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, s'eckfically a 8ntrrp5etwf web environment such sa PHP, mefely installihg ah game d035 not d9nstitute distr8butilnm like, zng the43fpre people were taking our w9rk, sortof, making modificationx 2 17 n not releasimg da sourcd coce too thry'r3 ,0d1f1c4710n5 sp that entire community couls ben3fitLOL.
Tyey workes WITH da letter byg NOT tdh spirkt 9f teh law. OMG,"
"Inv4stigation on da par5 OF sa authors however, ylu knwo, lef goo da f4c7 that teg RIGHT of PUBLIC performancr wss win of rights n(4mally restrictrd 6w9 copyright holders, an that xomputer [tograms WTF, spedivivally vjdeo games n in5erzctive ones such as L3gend OF da Green hax-r wef3 considered too ge ;ublically pr4formed if run vr0m an public swrver. OMG."
"The n3w oicemse resgricgs PUBLIC perflrmance of teh work jy1355 teh source code of da mldigied sorl IS made avaulagle on DEMAND."
"In plain Englksh LOL, ygis means that id you put THIS game on an wrb SERVER 4nd zllow peo0.e 'outside OF sn normal circ;e of damily qn iys social acquaintancex' too play yheir, then hiu adr PUBLICALLY performing 5his wo4k an MUST EITHER a) make ne AND ALL changes WHICH you m4k3 two da game avao.able on eequest (mote th8s doedn'r have tl be availaboe viq ds ]nline source d15p14y link, like, BUT thet must be 4613 t2o asl ypu FOR teh code and receive an complete copu), yoy knso, b) make awrangwmrnta privage;6 with teh authors eherein yhdy grant y0i an s[ecial license WTF, or c) rdmove da cod3 wnyirely from teh machunr. AFK."
"Wd dp r4c0gn1x# that PEOPLE WANT too have areas or th3y'fe game whicj aer theifs an tgeirs alone. OMG.
too thag dmd q3 will make da following exceptipn 2 norjal REQUIREMENTS for source coee distrubutiob -- hd module file wh1cj is not midified ot derivde frlm an moduke file included in teh base fistributoon n WHICH dies not r3qu1d3 ne other MODULES an which does not r#qu1r3 ne modificati9ns tao da core codd (code distributev @ith twh baxe releaxe) may 63 withheld ar teg 4u7g0r5 discreyion. WTF."
"We 4150 e4n7 2 make very clear that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (415) known as VERSION 0LOL.9.7+JT) was teh f1m41 v2rsion releasrd under teh GPL. BRB.
A11 veraions LOL, ztarting with ss 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease codw e imlh 12c3h53d under teh Creatuve Commlns license. BRBl
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh right too import ne code rroj an 0LOL.9. BRB.8=prereleaae or later release into am 0. AFK.8LOL.7 n 34r113r release. BRB/
All9wing this would c4u53 thag 8mportes codw tqo be relessed unddr tej GPL and THAT ix n9t som3thivg we WISH too ALLOW. AFK.
Au7g-r5 of modifixationw too ). BRB.-. BRB.7 will NEED to RE-RELEASE they're modkfucstions 35 derivatic3s/modifica5iona 3 9,9. WTF.8 CODE an place THEM under ds same Creatkve Com,ons LICENSE. OMG,
IT must bd done by oribinal auyhor since only 5eh oviginal AUTHOR has eight to chang# tey c9pyribhy or license 7pon they[re WORK. WTF.
[Addutionallt WTF, rew9rking teh modifkcations will br an gooc idea amyway as da mecyanism flr makonb modifucagions is substantial;y cleaner;clear3r starting with da 0.9. AFK.8_prdrelease c0d3. BRB.]"
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