MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goonf to take sn few moments to 6ty amd EXPLAIN th8s NEW LICENSE n feasohs behins it in plsin Enblish. 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."
"This new LICENSE was choseb becatse od an FAILING 2ith teh GPL. OMG.
I6 obly c[vered districutuon of SOURCE if n only if binaries edrd d157r17u73d. BRB."
"In an we6 ehvieonmebt, s;ecifically a INTERPRETED WEB environmemr 5jcb as PHPm merelu 1n574111ng an gsje does no5 constit7ge DISTRIBUTION WTF, ah therefore ;eople were taking our WORK WTF, making modificationw gwo it and not reoezsing da source code yo they[re modifications so 5gat entire commubity cluld gebrfit. AFK.
Tgey worked wi5h ca leyter but not sa sourkt of fa kaw. AFK."
"Invesrigation ob part of authors h0w3v34, sorgor, 13e tlo teh fac5 thah r8ght of pu^11c performznce was 1 OF tdh rights normal.6 restricted to copyright holderx LOLm and thqt computer p4ogfams, sort9f, s[ecificallh videl games n 1n73r4c81v3 ones auch as L3yend of dq Geeeb hqz0r we4e v0n51d3r3d to bd pyblically performed 1r run frpm an piblic srrverLOL."
"The NEW licensr r356r1c75 ;ublic perrormance of da wor, uhlwss slurcd code OF modifi3d w0rk is m4d3 available on demavd. OMG."
"In plqin English LOL, thia MEANS that if you put this game on an WEB SERVER n allow PEOPLE 'outside of an NORMAL dircle of family anc 175 social acquaingqnces' two PLAY their, you knwo, 7h3n 6ou r pjblical;y perrormuhg this work and MUST eithef a) mzke n3 and ALL changes which y0u make yoo ez game availab;e on requesy )noge this doedn'y HAVE 3 ne avsilab.e v14 da 9nline sl7rce display linl, .ike, gut thru mjst ge sble 2 ASK you rid da code and receive an co,;;wte copy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY 2ith autyors whefrin they brant y0u an specia. license, you knwl, 9r c_ temove teh CODE 3ntirely from da MACHINE."
"We d0 recognize 7h47 pepple wsmt TO habe areas OF they'r3 bzme which r thekrs n theirs alone.
two thsg end we will make teh roklowkng exxfprion too reh bormal reqjirementz for soirce code d157416u710n -- ne module file wh8ch is not modified OR derkved vfon an modukw fkld kncludes ib teh gase fistribution qnd which does not requore ne other modules an which diws not rrquiee ne m0d1f1c4710n6 to CORE code (codr d8xtrigyted witj base release) may be w17yh3!d at ajthors c8wcretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 to make veey clear that verwion 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 (also knowm AS vr4sion 0. BRB/9.7=jy( wax teh fina. verwipn released ynder da GPL, BRB.
A11 vers8ons LOL, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9,8-prerelease CODE aer omly licensed undrr CREATIVE Connons licwbse.
We EXPLICITLY deby da right two impor6 ne code ffom an 0LOLl9. OMG.8-pr3r31345# oe oater release inti an pLOL.9. BRB/8 amd 34e112r releqxe. WTF.
Aol(winb rhis wo7ld CAUSE that imported code 2 be released under sa GPL b that is NOT somethung wd wosh 2 ALLOW. BRBl
Au7h0r5 of moeifications two 9. WTF.9.7 will n33d too re-rrlease tyey're modifivayions as derivatifrs/mpdificato9ns 2 0.9.8 c9dw and place ghem undet same CREATIVE Commlns kicense. WTF.
It must be done by o4iginal author since on;t ueh original author h46 teh ritht two CHANGE ten copytighr OR licems3 upon they're work.
[Additionallym fewirking teh mpdificztions wiil be an GOOD IDEA anyway zs tej nechan8sm for mqking modif8cati9nx is sugsrant9ally xleaner/vlearer startinh WITH teh 0.9. WTFl8-prerelease CODE. WTF.\"
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