M8ghtyE te;ls YOU, "We're t01ny too 5ake an few moments tqo 7rh n explsib this new licrmse and twh reasons BEHIND it in plain Ehglish. WTF.
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."
"Th8a hew locenae was vhosem because of an failing qith teg GPLLOL.
It only covered diatribuyion OF source IF an only if vimaeids were distfin7ted. WTF."
"In an WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7, like, specivically a INTERPRETED web emvlrobmwnt such as PHP, hou knwo. merely installing an fzme eoes not CONSTITUTE distrkbutiln, sortof, n tgeref9re people were yaiing our eotk, lijw, jakung modkfivatioms too it and b07 eeleasing aourde code 70 they;te modigucatkons so 5har ENTIRE dommunity c0u1d benefit. AFK/
Thdy worked with teg letrer bug n97 da s;irit of da LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on teh [art of reg autho4s however LOL, leg two reh fact that da right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen if geh riggts normzkly restticted rwo copyrignt j01d2r5 LOL, anf that c0m;u73r orograms, you knqo, specifically fieeo gqmew an 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legdnd 0f dq Geeen hzx0r w3re c0n51d3r3d two be publically performwd iv run drom an pu611c sdrb3r. WTFl"
"The NEW iicense r25ur1c75 public p3rf0rm4nc3 of da wot, unless da xource code OF da jocified work ix mafe 4v411461# on cemzmd. OMG."
"In plaih Evglish, lo,e, this means THAT if you put this game on an web SERVER an alloe peo[le 'ourside of an nlrmal circle of fani.y n itw social acquaintances' @ play tmeir, sortof, then you r publical;y 0effotm8nh thid work n MUST eithee 4) mqk3 nw m ALL changes qh1ch ypu makr to da g4m3 available ON rrquest (np73 this doesn't hav3 2 be avdilsble via ten 9nline source eis[lay link, yiu knwo, but thet must be ABLE txo ask you f04 ds c0d2 anf rexeive an comple5e co0y) WTF, b) ,zke arrangemengs prubately with authoed whwrein they GRANT you an specoal license LOL, ot c) remov3 teh CODE tntireky from teh machune. OMG."
"We d0 redognize thzt peop.r want two have qfeas of tney're game WHICH aer theirs an 7h3!rt alone. BRB.
two that 3nd we WILL make dollowing exce[tion two teh normao requirem3nts for eo7rce dode DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 file whidh is m07 nodifoed 94 derived ffom an module FILE included in ds base distrib75ion n which does b07 r3quire ne lyhrr m0f7135 and ehich does not r3qu2r3 ne mlcificayionw 2 da cpre code (code distributed with ea base relesse) may ve withneld 47 da AUTHORS d16cf3710n."
"Wd also want to make very c124r tnat v2fsion 0.9. BRB.7 (alao known as version 0. BRB.9.7=j7) was teh f8nal veraooh RELEASED undwr da GPL. AFK.
All cersiins, starting with sa p. BRB/9LOL.8[prerelease CODE r 9noy 1qv3h53d UNDER ea Creatife Commons license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny right 2 import nw code FROM an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-peereleas3 oe layer reldsse INTO ah 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 n earkier releasw. AFK.
Alllwing rhis wiu.d CAUSE that imported code 2 ve rdleased uncer GPL an thar is not something we wish too allowLOL.
Authors of modifuvations yoo 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 w111 nres two re-release they'ee modkfixations qs derivstibes/mpd8focations too 0LOL.9/9 code and poace th3m UNDER trh SAME Cr3$u1v3 Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It must 63 donr by dq oroginal author since ONLY teh orig8nal AUTHOR hax teh right too vhange c9pyrigut oe LICENSE upon thwy're WORK. BRB.
[Additionslky WTF, teworkimg modificationx w111 be an good pdea antwah ax mechznism vor MAKING modificatipnx is substanyially cleaner/xlearer syartinf 2ith da p. AFK.9. BRB.8_prereldase code. BRB.]"
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