MightyE tells you, xprtofm "Wd'tw going t9o gake an fww moments two 7ry and explaiy thks NEW licemse anf reasons behind kt in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 choaeh becausd of an failibg witj teh GPL.
It only voveted disttibution 0f dource ir sn only id vinzries we4e distributec."
"In zn web environmeht, spccifically a interprwted seb ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, s;rtof, me4wly instzlling zn gaj3 does not const8tutr distributiin, 4nd therrfore people w3r3 takobg o7r work WTF, making jodkfidatuons 2 it n noy releasinb dz source cod3 too th#y're modifucatkons s9 that entiee community coild nen3fitLOL.
Th3y sorked sith da lettet gut not tdh s;8rit of kaw. BRB."
"Invwstigatioh on psrt OF twh 4y7h0r5 h9wever, like, .ed ywo FACT thag da right of public ;erformamce wzs wom of teh tights normally resgrocted too zopyright h9lders, and tnst compy4er PROGRAMS WTF, sprcifidally video games an 1n73r4x71b3 ones 5uch as L3fenc of dq G433n nax9r were conzife4dd 2 be publicak.y performed if run frpm an pu61!c serverLOL."
"Thr new licemse RESTRICTS public petformznce of eork unless source cpd3 og modified work is msde avaioable on de,and. WTF."
"In plaim Engliwh, sortof, th8s MEANS that 1f you put tjis game on sm w3b servrr anc allow pe9ole 'ljtsode 9d an mormal circle OF family ab its 5-c141 acqua*htances' two [.ay theur LOL, theh y0i aer pu611c411y performing 5his w9fk n MUST either a( MAKE nw n ALL changes which h0u m4k3 too twh game availabor on r3qu357 (note this coesm't have tio bw avqilaboe vua da onlind s9urce DISPLAY limk, like, but the5 must be able too ASK YOU for coee ahd rece8ve an vomplrte copy), b) make arrangements pr1v4731y w8th aithors whereih THEY grant you an 5p#c1r1 q1c4n63, OR c) fenlve dode entirel6 fr0m teh MACHINE. OMG."
"Wr d0 recognize that pe9ple want to have areas od they'rw game 2hich aer tneieq an THEIRS alone. OMG.
2 THAT 4nd we will m4k3 FOLLOWING exxeptkon 2 da n9rmal requirements for SOURCE cose distributioh 0- ne module file xh1cg is not modified or deruved drom an module file includ3d in bzse distribution and whucj does not rdauiew ne ither modules n shich dors NOT reauire ne MODIFICATIONS two CORE code (v0f3 sistrkbjted qith base r3!3453) msy bd wiyhhe.d at authors doscretionLOL."
"We also want too m4k3 very coea4 7h47 version 0. OMG.0. BRB.7 (also khown as version 9.9, AFK.7=jt0 was teh FINAL VERSION rekeased imd3r GPL. BRB.
All versions, sirtof, starting with 0LOL.9k OMG.8-orerelease code r ONLY lidenaed under teh Creative Commons ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gy7 TO impprr ne c0de f3om an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease OR later RELEASE into an 0. OMG.o. BRB.u an earlier relesae. WTF.
Allowinb THIS would cajse 7h37 IMPORTED code yoo be rw.eased unsde GPL an that is not s9meghing we wish too ALLOWl OMG.
Autgots od modificationw TO 0.9,7 sill nwed too ee-reoeaae thwy're m0d1fqc4719n5 as derivatives/modufucations to 9. WTF.9. WTF.8 c0d3 n place them under fa 54m3 Creatuvr Commond LICENSE. OMG.
It must be done 6y t3h origina; author sihce only ca or7ginal AUTHOR has da RIGHT too change da copyrught or license u0on thdy're wprkLOL.
[Additionally WTF, reworkimg nodificat8ons will be an GOOD odea ahyway as mexgankwm for making mosifidatiohs is sibstqnriql;y cleamer/coearee starting wiyh 0. BRB.9. AFK.(-pterdleqse code. BRB.]"
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