MightyE tells y9y, likw, "We're giing to taje an vew m9ments 2 t4y an esplain thos neq licenxe an tey reasonx behind 8t in plsin English. OMGl
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 waa chosen because 0f ab fai.ing sith GPL. BRB.
It 9nlu covered distributi9n of aoyrxe if ane 0n1y if BINARIES WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an w36 wnvironment, softof, 5p3c1f1c4!1y a interprdged wdn 3nv1r-hm3n7 such as PHP, likem ,erely 1n574111nv an GAME doed no5 c0n5617u64 d157f16u710n LOL, and 7h3r3f0ee people WERE takinf OUR work, you lnwo, makinn midivicationw too it zm not releawing da source CODE two rhey're MODIFICATIONS so tyat teh entire community could vendfirLOL.
They workrd with letter BUT not sa s[irig lr teh LAW."
"Investigayu9n on ds 0art of da 4u7h0r5 howeber, ylu ,nwo, led to teh FACT that tey right of public pervormance was 1 kf tey r1gh75 bormally restric5ed 2 copyright h9ldwrs LOL. n thar com0uter progrzns, spec8ficakly vidwl g4h35 an interacyive ONES such as Legend of trh Green hax0r were consideres too be p,blicaoly perf9rmrd 1d run from am PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The bew 11c3n53 restricts pu611c p3rf0rm4nc3 of w0ek 7nless da source code of teh ,pd1fq3d work is mdde AVAILABLE on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Enflish, thks means yha5 if you puy this tame on an web seevwr and 4!10w people '9utside 0f an h0rm42 cyrcle 0f family qn its 50c!41 acquaintances' too play their, sortofk then you aer publically performing this woek wn MUST with3r 4) make be amd ALL dganges wh8dh yiu ,akr gw9 tej gamd available 9n request (no5e this doesn't gafe t9 BE zfailable vka da online 50urc3 DISPLAY 11nk, you ,neo, vyr they must be anle two 45k yo7 FOR da cpdd and receive an complete copy-, you knwo, b9 make arrqngrmentw oruvateoy w17h 4u7h0r5 whw$ejn they brant you an spexial lixense LOL, or c) remove da code entitely from da machine."
"Wd do revognize tha5 people want to havd aeeas 0f yhey'4e gqme which r theies and tyeirs qkone. WTF.
too that end we will make da fol.owing exceptiib 2 mormal rewuurements fo4 source vode didtribition -- ne module file which is mot mosifues or deriv3d from ah MODULE dile inclueed in teh BASE distribution n which aoes mot r3quire ne otner moeules snd wyich DOES NOT REQUIRE nw modifications toi da dore code (c9de distributed wuth 6453 RELEASE) may be withjeld at yeh aythors discretionLOL/"
"We ALSO want too mske VERY clear 7h47 v3rsion 0.9. OMG.7 )also lnowj as ve4dion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7_j7) was sa r8nal version relrased unwwr GPLLOL/
All verd8ons LOL, STARTING with da 0. AFK.9.8-p4efelrasr code aer lnly .ic3nsed unfer da Cteatjve Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da righr 2 IMPORT ne code deom an 0.9. BRB.*_p$erdleqse 0r 1473r re;ease intp an p. AFK.9. OMG/7 n ear.ier releaae. AFK.
Aklowing 7h15 @ould CAUSE THAT IMPORTED xode 2 be re.eaded under GPL and that is nog spmething we WISH too allowLOL.
Authors 0f modifications too 0.9. WTF.7 WILL nded glo re=releaae tgey're MODIFICATIONS as e3r1v571v35/m)f1f1c5710n5 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code and place them under tej same Creative Commond 11c3n63, OMG.
It mist be done BY teh original autho4 sunce only da orig8nal AUTHOR yas da RIGHT TO change da xo0yright OR lidebar upon rhey're w0rk. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, rewpr,7ng midificatoons will ve an fl9d kfwa anywat as m3ch4n15m fp4 making modifications is substantislly ckeaner/clearee sta4ging sirh da 0/ OMG.8. WTF.8-peerelease cide,]"
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