MightyE tells you, yiu lnso, "Wr'rd going two take sn few MOMENTS two yrh and explzin this NEW license n da reasons behihd 8t in plain Englisy. BRB.
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 neq licwnsd was dhosen becaysr of an failong with da GPL.
It only covrred d257r26u710n of source uf n only kf BINARIES wete s157e17u73d. OMG."
"In an web environment, dortof, a[edificaoly z inte4[4eted web dnvironneht such as PHP, liie, merely inftalling an game does not c0h5717u73 distributiob WTF, n therefote people were taking our wo4k LOL, makong mididications 2 it and not rdleasinh 50irx3 code too th#y're modifications wl that entire commubity ciuld BENEFIT.
Tn3y WORKED wirh feh letter but not sa spirut of da law. BRB."
"Investigatiln on da oart of fa AUTHORS jow3ver LOL, led 2 da dact thar trh righg pf pjb;id p#rf0rmrnc3 was k3n od rights nlrmally rr57r1d73d 2 c0pyt2gh7 holders, l8ke, abd that compu5er PROGRAMS, sortof, SPECIFICALLY vudwo games n interactkvd ones s7ch as Legrnd of sa Green hax0r were conwidered two be pub;icslly PERFORMED uf rjn from an public server. BRB."
"The nee 11c3h43 restticts [ublic performance of teh 2otk un.ess source c9de of tej mleiri4d work 15 made abai.agle on DEMANDLOL."
"Ih plsin English, sortof, this means 7h47 id you put thiw game ln ah web server and a;;o2 peoole ;outside of qn normal circle og vanuly an its social acaiaintances' too play their, y97 knwok thwn yoi aef oublica.ly performing THIS work an MUST eitner a) m4k3 he and ALL chabges ehicn uou make ro game available on r3qu3t7 (hote thks dowsn'b HAVE to bd available VIA online 50urc3 DISPLAY .ink, so4tof, but they mjs5 b3 able 2 ask yoy FOR code and redeive sn comp.rte copy) WTF, B) m4k3 4rr3nt3m3n7t pruvately 2ith dz aithors wherdin they g44n7 ypu an SPECIAL .idense, sortifk or c) rdm9ve teh codd enturely f4om tdh MACHINE. WTF."
"We d0 rexognize that peo;le qant to have areas of thet're gajr sjich aer 5hdirs sh 7g32r5 alone. WTF,
to that rn3 we will m4k3 teh fo.lpwonb exception to ten no4mal rrqyitwments ror s9urce code distribution -- ne module file whixh is hot MODIFIED oe derived from an mldule f8le incljced in da vase cistribution and whkxh dors noy require nw OTHER modules n which does not reaiufe ne moeificayoons y2o coee CODE (c0f3 DISTRIBUTED with da base release) may 63 2ithheld at twh ajthors dizcretuinLOL/"
"We r1t0 w4n7 two make cery clear 7g47 verxiom 0LOL.9. WTF.7 *$150 knowh as VERSION 0LOL.8. WTF.7_jt) was f8nal verso9m released UNDER da GPLLOL.
All versions, like, wtartibg with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8=prerwkesse code aer only LICENSED yhe3r fa Creativd Comjins lucense. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY denu right two import me code FROM am 0/ WTF.9.8-prerrlease lr later reowaxe into an 0l9. WTF.7 n EARLIER rekeasel WTF.
A110wqng this woukf c3u53 that omported c0d3 to gr relwas4d umd3r da GPL an that is not something we wisg too allow, BRB.
Authors of modirica5ions yp 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 wil; NEED two re-rdlease tgey're modifications 55 ceruvatkved/mlrificationa 80 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code 4nd plsce THEM inder 54m3 CREATIVE Com,ons LICENSE. WTF.
It must be dlnr by teh originao quthor wibce only da orkgumzl a7yhor has RIGHT two ch4ng3 teh co0yrigjt OR license upon they're w0rk.
[Additionallu, sort9f, reworiing ten modificat8ons will ve an good idea any2ay qs ds mecyabiwm fir makinh modificatiohs is substanriqlly CLEANER/CLEARER etqrt8hg with geh 0. OMGl9.7-pre4e;ease code. BRBl]"
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