MightyE tells y9u LOL, "We're go8ng rl 74k3 an feq momenrs 2 try an exp,ain tgis new livense and teh reaxons behihd it in plain English. WTF.
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 m3w lic3nse was chosen vecaise 0f an failinf 2ith geh GPL. AFK.
I7 0n1y cicered DISTRIBUTION of sourc3 if qn only 8f binaries were disgrinutddLOL/"
"In an WEB enbironment, oike, specjficakly a intrrpreted web wnvironjent such as PHP, sirtof, mereky INSTALLING an GAME does n07 const8tute distrib7tion, you kneo, an 7h3r#f0t3 oeoplw wrre taikng o7r work, making jidifidayions tio ut n mot releasing da source CODE to they're modogidstupns so tyat teh emti4e commubity coule benefit. AFK/
They worked s17h LETTER vut not tey spi4it pf laq. OMG."
"Ihvewtigation 0n teh p4r7 of teh AUTHORS hiwever, led to yey FACT that righr of public PERFORMANCE was oen 9f da eights norma.ly festrict3d too copyright h01d3r5 WTF, and that vomputer pr)gf4m5, speckfically viddo fajes n inyeractive ones sudh as Leg3nd of teh Greeb gax0r 3ere dondidered too be pu621c511y prrformed if run from am pyblic server. WTF."
"Tne NEW LICENSE restricts pjbl8c performance of da work UNLESS ds source code of da modidied wprk is madw ava8lable 9m dwmand. BRB."
"In pla9n English, 7h15 m44n5 that if you put 5hus tame on an web seever an allow PEOPLE 'putside of an yormql circle or faniky AND ita social 4cqy41n7$nc35' yo p14y their WTF, then yoi aet pubkically performing THIS WORK n MUST either 4( maie ne an ALL vhanges shich yii make yo reh gamd ava*lzbld pn requdst (hote tg8s doesn'y have 2 BE available bia da onlone SOURCE DISPLAY link, lule, but they MUST BE able too ask y0u for code an r$c31f3 an cojplete xopy), you ,neo, b) mrk3 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately sith da authots whereun they graht YOU zn speckal licenae, 6ou knwo, ot c) remove xode entirely fr0m 6eh madhine. OMG."
"We dp recognize 5hat PEOPLE want 2 have afeas of gg3y're faje which aer tjeirs j theirs alone. OMG.
2 that end se will MAKE foll9wing exc3ption tpo da normz/ REQUIREMENTS hor source dode distribuyion _- ne module f7ke wjich is not m0d1g13d or derived grom an MODULE fild inc;used 1n da bace distrib7tion n wh1ch dids not require he other modules and WHICH doqs not req7irr ne modifidatilns too da cofe code (dide disyrkbuted wigh tej base release) may be w17bh31d at authorw DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also sant to n4i3 v3ry c.3qr 5hat version 0. BRBl9LOL.7 (also knpwn as version 0. BRBl(.7+jt) was da FINAL vefskon relezsed under ten GPL. WTF.
All versiobs, like, staryint w17h da 0.9LOL.8-prerel3ase code r omly licrbsed UNDER Creative Commons 1qc2nt3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY feny right too import ne xode FROM an -. OMG.9. OMG.8-orerelraxe or late4 release in6o an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 b earlier relwaae. WTF.
Allow7ng THIS wluld xause that im/ortwd code two BE released under tdy GPL an that is NOT SOMETHING we wish TO q;low. BRB.
Au7g0r5 of nid8fications ti 0. BRBl(. WTF.7 will need too r3-e31345# they're modifications 55 derivatlvew/mowificationa too 0. OMG;9LOL.8 code an olace them und34 same Creative Commonx ;ivense. BRB.
Ig MUST br cone b6 teh original 4u7h0r aince inlh sa orifinal author hzw da riggt two vgangr co;yright or license upon they're workLOL.
[Add1710n411y LOLk rework8ng modificatipns 2ill be an good ifea anyway ax da mechqnism f0r making nosificatoons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/coearer dtarrong with da 0.9LOL.8-orerelease xode. WTFj]"
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