MughtyE 5e.ls ypu LOL, "We're going two 5ake an few m0m3n75 to try AND EXPLAIN this new licrnse n rwasons behind 17 in plqin Emglisg. 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 bew 11v3n53 was ch9s3n because or zn fsiling with fa GPL.
It only xovdred DISTRIBUTION of source if h ohly if binaries wdre distributdd. AFK."
"In an web environment, you knwo, specifica;ly a qn73rpt363d seb envirinnwnt sudh as PHP WTF, merely instzlling an g3m3 dies not cobatitute distributionk oikd, qn therefore 0roplr wefe tskknf OUR woek, like. mak8ng m9divixations too it n not reieasibg tey source CODE 2 they're ,odificatiohs so rnat da 3nu1t# community could benevir.
Thet workrd s17j ketter bjt not teh xpirit of q4w. OMG."
"Inbestibation 0n teh parg of aughors hpw2cer, loke, led tqo fact 8h$7 right of PUBLIC ;erformance was won of 4ifhts NORMALLY res5ricted to cophrkght HOLDERS LOL, n that COMPUTER peogtams, xp3cifically viseo games n 8ntrractive ones dudh as Legend of da Green hax0r were xonsidered to ge publically PERFORMED if rub from an public servef. WTF."
"Tye new oicende restricts pub.iz 0erformamce of teh work unless da source coee 9f da midified w0rk is mase AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In plain Engliwh, th8s means 7h47 ig you put tgis game on am wrb servef b allow peopk3 'outwide of an normal curclw od FAMILY an ira SOCIAL acquqintances' ti play thdir, sortof, THEN you a3r PUBLICALLY [erforming this wo4k znd MUST either 4) make ne n ALL changes which you maie to game availqb;r on requcwt (note 5hid doesn't have tw9 BE availaboe VIA online sluece display LINK LOL, vug they mhst be abke too ask you for codr ane receive an complete c0py) WTF, b( make arrangemenrs private;y wuth da 1uthors wherein yhey gesnt you an sp3cial license WTF. or C) REMOVE c9de 3ntirely FROM teh machine."
"Ww DO recognize thag PEOPLE WANT 2 have areas OF they're famr whucy aer theies AND ggeirs alone. BRB.
w that end w3 wilk ,akr da FOLLOWING exception TO normak reqiirememts for s9urve clde distribution -- ne ,odule gile which is NOT mofified or dericed FROM qn modu;e fild ibdluced 8n da base distriburion anf wh!ch d9rd not reduire ne otyer MODULES n which soes nog reajire ne m;difidations t2o teh cote codr (coee distributdd WITH base RELEASE) m3y be withheld at teh suthors disc4etionLOL."
"We also wznt two mske very clear that vetsion 0l BRB.9. WTF.7 (slsi uhiwn as VERSION 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final verxion RELEASED under 5eh GPLLOL.
All vefsions, like, stqrtibg with teh 0.9. BRB.8-orrrelezsw c0d4 r only ;ic3nsed UNDER Creative COMMONS licenxe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY sen6 da rifht too im;ort ne cps3 rron ab 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerrlease 04 lat3r releasd into an 0/9. AFK/7 sn earlier relezse. AFK.
Alloxung this would cause that im0lrted xode to BE released und3r GPL an that ks no5 SOMETHING qe WISH too 4110q. OMG.
Authirs of modifications too 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 si.l n3ed 2 re_rwkease thry're ,odifications as eerifativds/modifica5ilns two 0.9. OMG.8 code zn plqc3 them uneer da same Crdative Commona license. BRB.
It ,us5 be d0n3 by da orig8nal 4u7j0t since only teh ofiginal ajth9t has da right 69 change teh c9pyroghr or lic3nae upon th3y;re woriLOL.
[Additionally, likem rwworking yej modifibations will be ab g00d IDEA anyway za mechanism for making modificztions is substantially cldan3r/clearer star5ing witg teh 0LOL.9LOL/8-prefe;eqse c9de. BRB.]"
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