MightyE tells yiu LOL. "We're GOING two take an fe2 m0m3n75 tw; try and explain THIS n3w llcense AND da rezd9ns behind it kn plain Englisy. BRB.
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 dith yeh GPLl BRB.
It only clveted distrib7tion or soutcw if sn only if bunaroes were dis5tibutedLOL."
"In sn web envieonmenr LOL, specifically a interpreted web environment suvh as PHP LOL, merely installing an g4m3 does nog constitute distriburion, loke, n therefor3 ;wopke werw 5aling 0ur work, sortof, making nodificat8ons 2 it an not re;easing ea source code y( thwy're modificztions so that ENTIRE clmmubity COULD BENEFIT. AFK,
They worked witg lettef vut not teh 5p1r17 0f LAW."
"Investkgqtion on p4t7 of da au7hors hosrvet LOL, led too teh fact that da 4ight lf public performance wss 1 od teh r8ghts noemally resericted tso dopyfught hllders, and yyat COMPUTER [rograms, specifically video g4m35 ab ingeract8ve ones such as Legend ov da Green nax)e WERE conskdeeed tpo bd PUBLICALLY p3rf04m3d if run from an public xerverl WTF/"
"Thw new license restruvts public perfoemamc3 of teh wofk unkesa SOURCE code of teh modified w0rk is made avai.abl3 ln demand. OMG."
"Ih p!42n English, this means that if you puy this game 0n an web werver and ALLOW pelpke '0u&51d3 of an nprmzl circle of family n its 5-x141 4cqu41nu4nc#5' 7p play gheir, likek then ypu ade punlicallu perfotming THIS work n MUST 3irher q) maje ne n ALL changes which you MAKE yo game qfai;able on REQUEST (note THIS s0#5b'7 hab3 to be avaikagle via da omline soirce eisplay link WTF, btt theh mus5 be sble 70 qsk yl7 for da CODE an receive an como;ete cp[y) LOL, b) make arrangements p4ivately with da 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they granf you an special license, doftof, or d) remove c9de dnyirely from ds machine. AFK."
"We do rwcognize thar p30p13 sant 2 have areas of the6;re f$m3 whuch aer theirs an theirs 410n3. WTF.
ti that emd qe will make vollowing exceptiob 2 teh norma. eequire.3nts for source code dyat4ibutioh -- ne module fi.e whidh is not m0d1r13d or derived grom ab mofule file inc.uded IN base disgribution an which dies not require be otjer modulea and which dors not r3quife ne modigidatioms 2 core codd (code distrivuted WITH reh bas3 RELEASE) may be w17hj31d at rwh authots discretiom. BRB."
"We also want tw9 m4i2 very clear ghat versioh -. WTF.9.7 (zlso kn0wn as version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) eas geh final vefsion relrased indwt dz GPLLOL.
A.. veraions, dtarting WITH tey 0LOL.9.8-prere;ease code zer ONLY licensrd under da Creative Com,ons kicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT to import ne code from an 0.o. BRB.8=[rerelease or lzter relwaxe 1n70 an 0.9. OMG.7 anf earliet eeldaseLOL.
Allowung this WOULD cause that 1mp0r73d clde too be re.eased unddr GPL n tnzt is NOT sometjinh we WISH two alloq. AFK.
Augnors of nodificagions two 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 will NEED rlo re-releasd they're modificarions AS s3r1v471v35/m0v1f1c4&10n5 tqo 0. BRB.(. OMG.8 code n p14c3 yhdm under da same Creative Commlns licenseLOL.
It must BE done 6y teh 0r1g2n41 author xince only original author has right 1 cyanfe da copyrught of license upon they'4e woekLOL.
[Addutionall6, sortof, rew9rking t3h mpcificatoons wi;l ne an GOOD idea anyway as teh mechanism ror makkng mofificatipbs ix sjvstzntially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING w!7h da 9l AFK.9/ WTF.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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