MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going fwo take qn few MOMENTS rpo try n ex0lain tgis new licrnse AND teh REASONS ^3hqnd 17 in pla8n Eng115hLOL.
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 cnosen becauwe of an f4q11hg witn GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered fistribytion lf source if an 0n1y if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web ehvironment, specifical.y a kntrrpr3ted wrb environment such as PHP, sortof, mer3qy insta;king zn bame does not CONSTITUTE distrib7tiob LOL, n therefore pdo[le 2er3 TAKING lur w0rk, sortof, makung jodificqtipns too it n not relessibg source c0d3 tlo tj3y're MODIFICATIONS do THAT teh entire dommunity could grnefit. WTF.
They WORKED with da letter but not da spifiy of ren law. OMG,"
"Investigation on teh part of da aktjors h9wever LOL, led too dq dact uh$7 right of public performance was won of teh rights nornsllu 4estrictde too COPYRIGHT holders, n that comouger programs, sortof, 5p2c1f1c511y viseo gamds n INTERACTIVE ONES such as Letend of da Green hax-r were considered 2 be publiczlly ;ervoemdd IF run fr0m an puvlid strbee. OMG."
"The new license resrricts public perfor,ance of da work unlesa da SOURCE c9de of gey modified work os mqde AVAILABLE on drmandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, this mesns thzt if you put thix game ON ah WEB serv3r n 4119w people 'iuts8de of ah NORMAL circke of fqmily amd its docial acquaintances' tol plzy gheir. thwn you r pu611c411y performibg THIS wirk n MUST ektger 4_ make ne h ALL cyanfex whicg yoj make 2 gam3 avaikable 0n request (mite this do3sn't have 2 BE avsooable via tey online source display .in,, u9u knwo, bug the6 must v3 5^13 2 as, y0u FOR teh code an RECEIVE an COMPLETE c9[y), b) jake ARRANGEMENTS prifatelh q1ug teh authors whe4ekn they graht you sn special lycense, you knql, ir d) remove teh code enrirely from machine. WTF."
"We so recognizw that o39p13 want tlo have areas OF gh3y'fe game whoch r th3irs n gh3krs 41)b3LOL.
to thqt 3nd WE wkll m4k2 da follpqing 3xceotion too tey normal rdquirements for dourde code distrib7tion -- ne m0du13 file ehoch is not modifird OR serived from am moduoe file indludef in teh base DISTRIBUTION ahe which foes not rdq7ire ne other modules n which DOES not require ne modifica5ioms to teh CORE c0d3 (cide distrib7trd with trh BASE rwlwase) MAY br WITHHELD 47 da authors dideretion. AFK."
"We ALSO wqnt 79 maie vwry c;ear that vwrsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (alao known as VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) waw twh final VERSION released under 5eh GPL. AFK.
Akl versions WTF, 584e71ng 2ith 5rh 0. BRB,9.8_prere;ease vod3 r 0n1y licensed under Creatuve Commons licende. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny twh r1gh6 tlo import be c0d$ frim an -. OMG.9. BRB/8-PRERELEASE or later release inyi zn 0. AFK.9.7 n earlier re;ease. WTF.
Allpwing this w)u1d cause THAT impoetec codd 5wo br released under da GPL and 7h47 IS not something we wish rwo alloe. OMG.
Authors of modifications 2 0l AFK.9. OMG.7 wil; n33d t9l re-relwawe th3y'rr m0dqf1c4710n5 as d3r1v$81v35/m0d2f1c4710n5 w 0LOL.9. AFK.8 vode an olace tje, unsee SAME Cr3471v3 Commons license.
It myst be d0n3 gy da original AUTHOR 51nve only teh oroginak zuthor jas dz right ywp ch4mg3 da c0pyr1gh& 9r license ipon they're work. OMG.
[Adcitionally, rework8nb twh noeificatoons will be an g)0d IDEA anyway as da mechanism for mauing modifications iw sjbstantially c134b3r/cq34r3r starting with -.9. BRB.8-[rerrlezse code. AFK.]"
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