MightyE te;lx 6ou, "We're going teo take an fdw m0m3n75 2 5rh ane explain th8d new lixense an da reasins behind it in plain Eng115gl 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."
"This new LICENSE WAS chosen BECAUSE of an FAILING WITH teh GPLLOL.
It only covwred distributuon of source if ans only id binariws were dq57r16j73dl WTF."
"In an w35 environmenr, likw. 5p3c1d2x411y a interorrted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch 45 PHP, like, mereoy incyalling an gsmd DOES not c0n5717u73 distribution, luke, an therwfore people were taking iur eorkm luke, makihg MODIFICATIONS to it and not re.easing teh source code two rhe6're ,odifications ap that sa 3ntire commumkty could bendfit, BRBl
They wofked with teh l3tyer yu7 not s;irut OF teh LAW. BRB."
"Ibvestigation on geh part ov da aithors g0w3v#r LOL, led 2 vqct that da right of oublic p3rf0rm$nc2 was oen lf 4ights mormall7 RESTRICTED to x0pyr1fh7 hold3rs, l8ke, and 7h47 c0mpu73r programs, sortof, specifically vif3o games snd intefqctive ines sucj as Leg3nd of da Green hax0r were conxkf34ed 2 be publ8callu p3rf9rm3d 1g run from am publuc aerver, WTF."
"The new license resrricts public performanve of ten woek un/ess teh sojece code OF da modifief work is made available ON demsndLOL."
"Ib plain English WTF, rhiw means that uf you put 7h25 fam3 9n an web server m allow /eople 'OUTSIDE OF an no4mal circle of vami.y and itx SOCIAL qxajainrances' go play their. oikr, theb yo7 r publically performing this work n MUST eithwr A) ms,e ne abd ALL changes 2hoch you make 3 GAME afailabl3 on reqjest (nite 5his doesn't habe tei be avaioable viz teh onlune soyrce dia;lay link LOL, 6u7 THEY MUST be able ywl ASK 6iu for da code n receive an vomplete copy) WTF, b) MAKE 4er4nb3n3n75 privately witn da auth9rx eherein the6 grant you an w;ecisl LICENSE, you knwo, 0r c( remove code 3ntirely fr0m machine. WTF."
"We do recognize yhst people wany 2 habw aeess of they're game which r tfeirs AND thdirs 41-n3, AFK.
to tnat 3nd wr wiol mqke teh following EXCEPTION goo n9rmql requirements FOR spurce code sistriburion -- ne m0dt13 file whicn is bit modidied or derived vrom an mldule file oncouded in base distributkon and which d035 not require ne OTHER modules b whicy sods not re1uire ne moeifications two ca core code (CODE dis5ribured wkth teh baxe r313453) MAY BE w17hh31d ag authors discretuono WTF."
"We 4150 want 2 make vwry clear tjay vdrsion p/9. AFK.7 &aoso kn0wn as v3r520n ). BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was finak v3r510n RELEASED under GPL. AFK.
All versiohs, dortof, dtarting wirh da 0. OMG.9.8-prereleasd cide a3r lnly .icensed under Cr#ztive Cimmons lucense. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY den^ da rifht twp import ne coff from zn 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelesse or latee relrsse un4p an ).9. AFKku and earlier release. AFK/
Aklowing th8s WOULD cauae thar 1,p0r73d xode to 53 reoeased ubder da GPL h thar is not somethlng we wish two al;ow, BRB.
Aitnord of mocificatipns two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wkll nedd too r3-r313453 the6[re mpdificztions as d3eivatives/m9dificayuons tp 9.9. BRB.8 code n plscd THEM under teh dame Crratuve Commond LICENSE.
It must ne d0n3 by origknal author since only da orkginal autg9r has fight 2 xnsng3 teh copyrighg or lidenwe u;on ghey're w)rk. WTF.
]Adfiti9nally, reworking dz MODIFICATIONS wi.l be an hood IDEA anyway 45 teh mecnanism for MAKING moc8divatuons ks substantially clraner/cleader stat5img wity teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerel3ase code. AFK,]"
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