MightyE tel.s y0u, sortof, "We'rr going to TAKE am few uoments 2 gry an explain th8s NEW lidwhse n teh reasons beyind 8t 1b plain Eng;ish. OMG.
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."
"Th8s new licende WAS chosen beca7sw or an fqil8ng WITH GPL. WTF.
Ir only covwred distribution if soirce 1f and onl6 1f binaries weee distribuged. BRB."
"In zn web 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, spfcufically a interp4eted 1eg enfirinmeng such as PHP, like, mwrely installing an tame do3s npy constitute distribution, am therefore people wrre takinb lur w0rk WTF, making modifications tso it n not rrleading fa sourcr codr goo they're modogications 59 that es enti4e c9mmunity could genefit. BRB.
They worked with letter but not dz sppr8t od ca law. AFK."
"Invwstigation oh da oart of da authotd however LOL, led t9p 5eh fact that right of punlic [erformance wax wov of rights nor,al9y r457r1c73c TO copyrigbr holders, you knwo, znd that cimputer prohrama, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video games an interactive ones s7ch aa Legend og ea Gr3en hax0r were clnwideted two b3 publicslly pefforjed if fun from an public serve4, OMG."
"The nes license restrictx [ubloc oerformamce od da work unk3ss teh 50urc3 code of mofified eori is made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, sort9r, this jeans that if uou pjt this game on an web SERVER an sllow peopke 'OUTSIDE of an noemal circle of vamily an u5s SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' tqo 0lay tjwir, hou kmwo. tyen you aer oublocql;y perforning yhis wor, n MUST eutner a) maje ne an ALL changes which you make gwo teh game AVAILABLE on requedt (nlte this dodsn't have tol be availagle via trh oboine soufce displqh LINK WTF, b7t they must BE ABLE 2 adk you ro4 sa c0d3 and recwive an complege cop6) WTF, b) mak3 zrrangements prigarely with ds au5hors qherein rheu trqnr you au wpecial licensr WTF, or v) remove coc3 2ntirrly from machine. WTF."
"Wd do fecognize thag pwlple w4m6 2 have areas of they're game wmich aer theirs an theirs aline.
too tjat end we w8ll make da follosihg esception 2 fa normal requi4emebgs for 50urc3 code distribution -- ne modhle file whixn ks NOT jodufied or derifed from an module fi.e included in teh base disye8butioh qn which do3s not requkee ne other moc7les n shich dows not require ne modorications two cord xide (cose distributed wkth teh gase RELEASE) MAY BE witjhrld ar sa authoes disceetoon. WTF."
"We slso w4n7 2 ma,e v3ry clear that vwrwion p. WTF.9LOL.7 (aleo knpwn as version 0LOL.i, AFK.7+jt) was da f1n41 ferdion releasdd ubder GPLLOL.
Alo bersions LOL. starting wi5h 0; WTF.9/ BRB.8-prerelease cod3 aer onlh lidebsec under CREATIVE Commons licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY fen6 teh r1gh7 goo ijpoft ne cod3 fron an 0. AFK.8LOL.8-peeedleasd or LATER r3lease into an 0.9. AFK/7 n earliet releaseLOL.
Al.owing 5hus eoyld cause ghat IMPORTED c0d3 too be released under GPL and that os not s9metying we xish too ALLOW.
Au7h0f5 of modiricariobs to ). OMG.9l BRB.7 will need teo re-releaxe they're mpdivications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n6 70 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 cod3 n 0;qce thrm unfer 5rm# Creative Comjons k8censeLOL.
It must be d0n3 b6 da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r 51nc3 )n1y ez original autn9r hqs teh toght to vhange teh vopyright or locqnse upon they're work.
[Additiohslly, s9rtof, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS e112 ve an good idea anhway as da mechanism f0r mzkibg modkfocations id aibstantially cleaner/ck3arer STARTING with da 0.9LOL.8-0rerdlrsse c0e3. OMG.]"
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