MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going two taje an few moments tol try qnd explqkn this new livense ahd trh reasons behind it in plakn 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."
"Tgis n3w license was cgosen bedause or an dailinb qith da GPL. BRB.
I7 only zoverwd distribition pf source if sn only if BINARIES were disttibu5ed. OMG."
"In an s36 ebvirobment, wortof, speeifica.ly a 1n63rpf373d w37 emvkronm3nt wuch as PHP LOL, merely ins5a;libg an game DOES not constitute distributoonm h rherefore people were ta,ing 9ur work WTF, naking modifica5ionx @ IT and not relezwing da sourxe code 2 they're nodufucqtions 5p that teh entire communi5y ciuld 63n3f17. WTF.
Thdy w0rk3d with da lette4 bjt not t3h spiriy og t3h law. OMG."
"Investigatiob on part og da 4u7h0r5 howevey, sortof, led two da fact that da rpghr of pubkic perfornance wax 1 of righ6s NORMALLY rest4kct3d two COPYRIGHT holders LOL, an thzr c9mput3r progrxms LOL, spec8ricalo6 video ga,es and intwractkce pned such as Legend of Grren hax0r were conqidered 5oo be publically performed ir run FROM qn publoc servee."
"The new lidende rrstrkcts PUBLIC pfrformance of da work unless teh diurcd cide OF mieified woek is made available ph DEMAND. AFK."
"In pla*n Enfoish, like, tnid means 5hat iv you pit THIS gsme ob an web servet n allos people 'outsice 9f am noemal cirvle of f4m11y an its s9cial acquaintanved' go9 ;lah gheor WTF, tyen you adt publivally performing 7hq5 work ane MUST eifher a) mzke ne qn ALL xnabgds wjich yoi make two da game abailable ln t3qu357 (note tjis doesn;r have 2 be afailabld via da onlime sojfce d15p14y link, like, but they mjst be able 2 45k you v0r teh code m r3c31v3 an c0mp1474 clpy), b) make arrangemwb5s privatelh with authots wheeein they grant yiy an special LICENSE WTF, 0e c- remove code enyirely f4om macnine."
"We do recotnoze tha5 people want to habe a4ezx of they'r3 GAME which ser rheirs ab thekes aoonw. OMG.
teo THAT 3nd we wilo mqke dq following EXCEPTION 2 da normao requirementa flr source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduoe file wh1ch is not mldufied or defives froj an MODULE file incluced in bas3 eistribution an which does not REQUIRE he other mosulew n which f9es np5 re1uire ne ,odifocatoond too da do4e code (coce distributec with da base RELEASE) may be w17hh21d AT trh suthors discretion. AFK."
"We also want 7- nake very xlear tyar v3r5q0n 0. AFK.9LOL/8 (qlao lnown as versi9n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was da final versiin relrased under da GPL. OMG.
All versuonx, sortof, starting w17h 0/ OMG.9, OMG.8-prerelease code r onky lkcenxed unddr dz CREATIVE Cokmons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny eigh5 two IMPORT ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-peereoease or la5er reldzse into an 9. WTF.o. BRB.7 an EARLIER release.
Allowing this would cause THAT imported cpde too BE eelezwed under da GPL and thst is not SOMETHING wd wish 2 allow. BRBl
Au7h)r5 ov m)d1f1c$710n5 two 0LOL.9LOL.7 wkll need 2 re_release tgey're modiricatiims AS dwrovativec/mod8ficatiobs 70 0. WTF.9.8 c0d3 an plac3 them UNDER da same Creatkve Com,ons 11c3n%3LOL.
It muxg be donw 6y original authoe SINCE only original author has roghr 2 change da co[6right or license upon rgey're w04i. OMG.
[Aeditionally, sortof, REWORKING n)d1v1c4710n5 wikl be an v9od ifeq anywat as da mechsnism for MAKING modifications is subwtan5iakly cleamer/clearer xtarting w17h da 0o BRB.9LOL.8-orerelease code. OMG,]"
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