MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We're g91nt too take an few m9ments 3 tey an rxplain this NEW licensw and teh rrasons behind ir in poain English, 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."
"Thia new licenwe wad CHOSEN because OF an fai;ing WITH tej GPLLOL.
It onlt x0v3r4d dietribution of %0urc3 if an only if hinariws were distributed."
"In an web environment, spedificqlly a kntrfpreted wrb encirohment SUCH as PHP, sortofk merely inxtallibg an g4me coes not const8tute distributioh LOL, and therefore peopoe were taking our wpek, makinb modificqtions two it n not releas9ng dq SOURCE code tio th3y're m0d1f1c47q0n5 5- tjat 5eh entire community could bebedit. OMG.
They 2orled wity da letter 6u7 not teh spirit of teg law. OMG."
"Investigatkob on part of teh 477h0r5 however LOL, led too da fact ryqt teh rigyt of publid performance was oen 0f 4ighrs nlrmally restricted to copyright holdefd, tou ,nqo, n thzt co,pit2t proframs WTFm s[ecificqlly vie3o grm35 and interaxtive omes such as Legend of yeh GREEN hax0r sete considered go be publicqloy performdc uf run from an pub;id s#rcrr. OMG."
"The hew LICENSE restricts pjb;uc prrf93mance 0f wofk UNLESS teh SOURCE coee 0f jodified work is MADE AVAILABLE on demandl OMG."
"In plain Englusy. THIS m34n5 that ig hou pug this GAME ob an web ssrvet 4nd 4110w leople ;outside ov an normzl circle of famioy an kts social acqua8ntances' teo play their, sortog, then 6ou r puboically perform8ng 7h15 work and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which yoi m4k2 2 game available 0n 4equdst (note THIS doesn't have w be availsble via teh online SOURCE display .ink, soryof, but tyey mu57 be able too 44k yoj t9r ea code anc receive an complete c)py) WTF, v) make qrrangements privately wkth aurhoes wh3r3qn tyey g4znt you an spwckal ;icenaw WTF, pr c) REMOVE code entirely FROM n4ch!n4LOL."
"We di rec9bn8zd that pepple want 2 have AREAS of they're gamw wh8ch 4 theird and thfirs alone. BRB.
too tyat ebd qe wull m4k3 f9llowing rxception yo da normzl 4equirements for source coce did4ribution -- ne joduke f113 which os not modifiee or DERIVED from an module file inclyded in ca bade distrubution n whicy does not require ne otyer modulds n wh8ch does bp5 require ne modifications w cyre cpde (CODE distributed wkth teh base telease) may BE wirgheld AT 4u7h0t5 fiscretion. WTF/"
"W4 ALSO wamt two makw ver6 cleae thar v3r510n 0LOL/9. WTF.7 (also known as bees8on -. BRB.9. OMG.7+kg) wa1 da final version r31345ed und3r teh GPLLOL.
All versiins, startijg with ). OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelwase c)d3 aer only licensed under da Creative Commoms licenseLOL/
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 teh RIGHT t9o import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.*-prerekeass 9r later RELEASE into an 0.9, WTF.7 an earlier releas3LOL.
Allowing tyis woyld cause that impirtee code ro 63 feoeased indef da GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wosh two allow. WTF.
Au5hors ov modivications 2 0.9.7 will nedd @ re-release tgey're ,ocif8cat9ons ax ddrivatives/modifications two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code AND place 7j3m unfer same CREATIVE Commonq licebse.
It must be e0n3 by da otiginal autgor SINCE only da original author has teh rught to ch4nh3 trn cipyritgt or oocense upon they're work. AFK.
pADDITIONALLY LOL, rewor,knh fa MODIFICATIONS 2ill be am GOOD idda abuway as teh mechanism for makin5 moeifixations is substantislly ckwaner/clearer s5artung with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pt3release code. AFK.]"
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