MightyE 5rlls yo^, lkk3, "We'te GOING 2 74k3 an gew momehts two try an EXPLAIN th8s n2w licenxe and reasonx behimd 17 in [141n EnglisyLOL.
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 ndw 11c3n5# was CHOSEN bscause OF an failinf w8th t3h GPLl
I5 only covered distribuyion 0f dlutcw if qm onlu if binaries werd distributed."
"I, at web environment, yoi knwok spevifucal;6 a interpreted WEB ebvkrommeht duch as PHP. you knwo, merely INSTALLING zn g$m3 doew not xonstirut3 dkstrubution, n therefore people were taking our w0rl, lile, making modifications to kt and not r313551ng teh sourde code 2 thdh're modificagions so that geh wbgi4e commuhity could venefit/ WTF.
Th3y wormed with teh legfer but not spirit pf da oaw."
"Invextkgati9n on psrt of da 4u7h0r% h9eever, like, led to f4c7 that teh rifht of ;ublic 0eefoemxnce s45 1 kf teh RIGHTS normalky restricted to cipyright hokders, wprtof, n that compuger prpgtams LOL, specifically budeo hamex n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend OF Grern gax0r qere cpnsidered 3 be pjblically performed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restridts p7bluc ;drforjancw of work unless teh aource codd of ren m0dqf13d work iw made available 9n demand. WTF."
"In plain Engoish LOL, this meanx that if you put rhis game 9n an web SERVER and allos pwop;e 'outsiee of an NORMAL circle OF f4m11y m 175 sociso ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY 5heir, like, THEN you a3r ;ubkically perforj8ng THIS work an MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne 4ne ALL changes which yoi make twp ds game available ON reqjest (note 8yq5 DOESN'T have 2 be available via online source dixplxy link WTF, 6u7 tgey mjst be able ti ask ypu for cofe n receive an cpmplete copy) WTF. b) m$k3 atrangenents pribatwly WITH authprs wherein THEY GRANT you an specual LICENSE LOL, or c) remove code entirroy from da MACHINELOL."
"We d9 RECOGNIZE that p30p13 sany ti have areas og 5hey're game which r the8rs and tneits aoone.
to9 that 3nr qe wikl make reh FOLLOWING excw-tiom to normal requirrjents f9r xoufce codw dis5ributiob -- nd midule file qhich 15 not modified 0r dwrived from an modjle file included in geh base distribytion and whkvh soes not require ne othet modules znd WHICH dods n07 requirr n3 modificatuons two teh c0r3 CODE (CODE distribytdd with reh BASE releasw) m4y be 2ithhe.d 47 authofs sisdeetion. WTF."
"We also sanr 2 nake very cleaf that verwion pLOL.9/ WTF.7 (also knowm as versi9n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7_ saw teh fina; v3r510n re;eased und3r da GPL. BRB.
All fersiona, sortof, starting with da 0. OMG.9.i-prerwleqdd CODE awr only licensed UNDER Creaeive Conmonx 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too ijport nr code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-[r3r313453 or later releaae into an 0/ BRB.9l AFK.7 ane earlier r3leawe.
Allosinh this sould csuse that imported xode rwl bd feleased UNDER GPL n &h47 8s not 50m3&h1ng se wisy twi allowl
Authlrs of jodificztiond rso 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 will need yop re-fe.ease theh're modif8dations as derlvatives/mosificqtions 2 ). OMG.9. AFK.8 coee n place them 7nd3r aame Creztive Commons license.
It just be done bu da origiga. authir since .nly da 9r1g1n41 author has ea right twi chang3 teh co0yright or licenwe upon they'fe work. BRB.
[Additiohaoly, sortof, rewoekkng da ,odifications will be an g9if ides anyway 45 t3h mechanism for makong modificati9nd IS substantialky clwaner/clearer srarging with geh 0LOL.9. BRB,*-prerrleasc codw. BRB.]"
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