MoghtyE tells you LOL, "We'rw g01ng 5wo take an few MOMENTS to try and 3xp142n 7h15 new licensw zn da reasons bdjins ir kn plain English. AFK.
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 nww locenae was ch053n BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL. WTF/
IT only covdfed distr8butiln pr 50urc3 if n only if binseies werd disteubuted. BRB."
"In ah WEB ENVIRONMENT LOL, sptcufical;y q interprdted web envifonment such ax PHP, you knwo, merely knstallinh an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE distributoon WTF, zn ther3fore people were yaking OUR wori, like. making jodiricationa 2 it AND not feleasing grh SOURCE xode two they'rd modifications so yhat entirw communi5y coild benefir, OMG.
They worked with q3773r but not teh s[8rit of kaw. OMG."
"Investiga5ion in da part of reg zuthors howecer, les tko teh facg THAT da r8ght 0f publiz performance was oen of r1bh75 normally restrictwd tp c9[yright holeerd, uou kmwo, qn that COMPUTER progrzms, spwdifivally vodeo games and intrrscgive onea such aw Legend if twu Greeh gax0r were c9nsidered too 63 publically prfformed if run from an pyblic server. BRB."
"The new LICENSE rwsteicts publid perfornance if da wori unles2 teh soufxe code of da modivied work 1t madr 5v31146q3 oh demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Ebg;ish, like, this mwans that if you p7t this game on an qev adrver an allo2 peo[le 'outsiee od zn normak circlr lf FAMILY ah ots social acquaintances' 2 play th3ur, softof, then you r publicaloy odrf9rm8ng THIS wlr, n MUST EITHER A) m4l3 ne an ALL dhanges which you make 2 dz game acqilabld on request (ni5r 7h15 doesn'r g4v3 yoo br available via da online source disp.ay LINK LOL, 6u& they must be wble two ASK you f0r ea dode n recwive an compleye copy) WTF, b) make 44r4ng3men85 pribagely wiyh teh aurhors whre3in tje7 grqnt yoi an s;eciql license, or c) remove teh coce entirely frim ds machinwLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that 0ekp.e want two have areae 9f ghe6're gsne ehich r theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
2 tgat end we s111 m4k# teh follosung 3cception two ds normal 4equi4ements for SOURCE c9de distributi9n -- ne moduld filw which iw n9t modified OR deeived from an module f113 INCLUDED in teh BASE distribu5ion n which does no5 requ8re ne other MODULES n whicn does NOT require n3 nodifications to tdg corw code (code diateibu5ed with base RELEASE) mzy ve withheld at da authors discretion."
"We 4150 2ant 2 mqke cery CLEAR that vefsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as brrdion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) eas final versiom rrleased under da GPL.
All c3r51)n5 LOL, STARTING witj 0.9LOL.8-prere.ease code r on;y licensed under CREATIVE Commons lkcence. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 5so impott hd CODE frlm an 0. BRB.8. WTF.8-prer3133t3 or later release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER r3!3453. AFK.
Allowibg tjis would caus3 THAT imported code too be RELEASED unerf fq GPL n that is h97 somwthing we wiah two allosLOL,
A7thors of nodifications tw9 (LOL.9. AFK.7 will need ro re0releasd thwy'ee modid8ca5ioha as derivatives/modificatuonx tio 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an posce them uneer teh same C4eative COMMONS lucense. AFK.
Ir must BE done by reh orkgunal author since only tet or8ginak autho4 haa da righg %wo change copyright or license 70on they'ee w9rk. OMG.
[Additoonallt LOL, reworking dq mod*f8cations will be an good IDEA anywqy as da MECHANISM for makimg m9dofications is subsyamtially cl3aner/clearer stsrting with trh 0LOL.9. BRB.i-prwrwlease c9e#LOL.]"
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