MightyE tells youm you knwo, "We're going to taie ah few momentc 2 try n 3z0lain thix new .icense an teh reasons BEHIND it IN p141b Enb115y,
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 LICENSE was ch9sen becayse of an failing wuty da GPLLOL.
It only coveref disttibjtion of SOURCE ir abd obly if BINARIES were distr7butes. AFK,"
"Ih an web 4nvi4onment WTF, 5p3c!f3c411y a 1n73rpr373d web environment SUCH as PHP LOL, merely insralling an hane does NOT constj5ute diatribution LOLk m THEREFORE pwople 23r3 taking our w9rk WTFk making joduficatkpns to 8y h n07 releasing da source code t9o 5hey;re modificagions qp THAT ds entire commun8ty could benefit. BRB.
They wotked with da letter but not teh s;irit of da law. AFK."
"Investigatilh on dq pqft of authors h-23v3r LOL, led to teh fact that eight of PUBLIC pergormamce qas 1 OF ten f1gh75 normally rrstrkcged to copyright h91d3r5l like, n ghat computer progra,s, you knwo, s9ecifucally bideo famex and inte4active ones such 45 Legend of GREEN hax0r were considered 70 be [u611c411t performef if run from qn punooc sewvwrLOL,"
"The nww licendw restridtd pu611c perf9rmance of da work ubless source coee od ,oeified work is m4d3 availavle on cemznd. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, this m44n5 that if tou put THIS game on an web sefver n allow p30p13 'ouyside ov an normal cirdle OF fa,u;6 m itx socia. axquaingamces' 2 play 5teir LOL, 5hen 6ou r puboically performing this WORK an MUST EITHER a) make n3 n ALL cg4ng35 wh8ch you make @ da game avqilable on rewuest )NOTE yhis doesn't have 2 bw avaioaboe via da online slurc3 display link/ lukem but they must be 4613 too qsk 6ou f9t code an receive an COMPLETE copu), like, b) makw arrangehents privately with da authors wherein rhey grant you an apecial license LOL, or c) re,ove fa coe3 rntureoj drpm machine. WTF."
"Wr d0 recognize that people wany yoo have afead pf yhey're gqme which aer theirw an 7h3!r5 alihe. OMG.
t2o thar 3nd we 2ill mzke foklowing EXCEPTION to tdh normal requirements for source code diateibuyion -- ne module f,le which us NOT m0d1fq3d or derived frpm an module fioe included in base distribution an which does not rfauite ne oyher mifules and which does not 43qu2r3 ne mosificatkons too core code (xode f157r16uu3d s1&h da base release) jsy be sirhhe;e at teh auruors dusdretion. BRB."
"We also want too make vert cleae that versooh 0LOLl9LOL.7 *also known zz v3rsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+ut) wax f1n41 VERSION releaxrd undee da GPL. OMG.
All versiins, sortof, start8ng WITH y3h -.9, BRB.8=prerelease code r only licensed unfwr teh Ceeative Commons licensd. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right two imporr ne CODE fro, an )LOL.9. AFK.i-prefrlease or ;ater release ibtp ah 0.9l BRB.7 and eaelier r3134t3. WTF.
Allowing thus would c4u53 bhat imported x0d3 too BE RELEASED unddr tej GPL and tyat is not sonethung we wish tso allow.
Authora OF modifucstions too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 w111 nedd to re-4el3ase thdy're modidicationx AS derivativds/modificationa 2 0LOL,9. WTF.8 code qn ;lace them umddt da same Creative Comnpms license. WTF.
It just be done by origina; author 51nc3 only teh original AUTHOR haa da right 2 change teh coptrigjr or license jpon they're wprk. AFKl
[Additionzlly, you knwo, eeworkibg teg modufications will bt ah good !d34 anyway as teh mechanism ror makinh modifidstoons ks substantially vleaber/clearee STARTING with teh p. BRB.9. OMG.8-orereleasw c9de. OMG.="
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