MightyE tells yiu WTF, "We're going too gake an f3s miments to rry an expla8n tjis new oicense h da REASONS bdhind it in plqin EmglishLOL.
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 licenwe eaa CHOSEN because OF an FAILING w17h tdh GPL. BRB.
I7 only cov3reg d157r17u710n of 50jrce if 4nd only IF y1n4r1e5 were distrkbigrd. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, .ike, s;ecidiczkly a intefpreted web enbirpnment sych as PHP, you kmwp, merely 1n574q11nt an hame does not c0n57q7u73 distr*b7tion, n 7h3r3f)r3 people were takibt our WORK WTF, making modificationd 2 17 n npt RELEASING source code teo gney're modufixations SO thqt teh wbtire comminity c0u1d benefitLOL.
They e0rk#d 217h tey letter bug not 5[1r17 of da law. AFK."
"Infestigation on teh PART of ten authorx hiwever, led to fact that yeh roght of public perfirmance WAS w9n id ds rights normallt restrkcted t2o coptright hilders WTF, n that COMPUTER prograns LOL, spevifically v8deo games n onyerqctive pnds SUCH as Legenf of 5eh Greeb hax0r were considerec to be puboiczllu perdofmed if run from an publuc 53rv4r."
"The new .icehse restricts public perforjance of teh work unless source code 9f da mofified w9rk is MADE available ON femane. WTF."
"In plain Eng;ush, tjis mdans thag if you pu7 this gqme on an web serfer and qll92 people 'lutside or an h0tm41 circlr of family an 8tw soc8al avauaintancrs' too p14y their, hou kneo, 7h3n you aer p7blicallt performinf THIS w0tk n MUST either a0 make ne and ALL changex whicy yiu make two game availzblw ON f3qu257 (n-&3 5jid diwsb't h4v3 tl be 4f4114613 via da onlin3 xoyrvw display libk, likem but THEY MUST be able two ask you for da clde and r3c41v4 an compley3 copy), sorrlf, b) MAKE arrangrments [r1v47#1t with teh AUTHORS wherein they gr4h7 you an special l8cense, oikr, or c) remobe code entirelu from MACHINE. AFK."
"We d9 recognize yhat people want TO HAVE areas of they'fe game whicy f tgeirs an theirs akohe. BRB.
2 that end we wilo MAKE vollowing exceotion 1 teh normzl requirements FOR source code c157r16uu!9n -- ne mpfule file qhkch is nog modufied 0r derivrd vrom an module filr includee im teh baad distribution an which does npt 4equi4e ne othrr modules n which f035 not r3quire ne bod8fications to9 tdg corw code (CODE distributed with base relwase) may BE withhekd st da aithors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also qrn7 two m4k3 very c134r THAT version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (aosi known aa cersion 0.9. AFK,7+jt) was sq fonal version r313443d unddr GPL.
All verwions LOL, 574r71ng qith da 0,9. BRB.8-prerelease c9de aer pnlh licensed umder teh Crwative Commpns lixehae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right to kmpprt nw c0d3 dr0m an 0. AFK.0. OMG.8-pref3lease 9r oater releasr into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and earkier release.
Allowing this would cauee THAT IMPORTED code to BE released undrr teh GPL sn that is niy 50m37y1ng we widh two ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of modidixations to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need tqo r3-r#13453 they're moruvicationw as derivatives;modirications yo 0LOL.9LOL.9 cod4 sbd PLACE tnem UNDER da 54m4 Creagive Commohx 11c3n53. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by teh oroginal 4u7h0r since only da original author had teh right 2 changw teh copyright 0r lucebwe uppn 5hey'ee workLOL.
[Additionao;y, slrtof, 4eworkimg tdh m9dificatiihs WILL be an glod idea anyway as mechsnism for making m0f1c1c4710n5 is sybsgantially c;eaner/clearer dtarring with 5rh 0. WTF.9. BRB.7-prerekease CODELOLl]"
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