MightyE tells y0u, uoi jnwo, "We're going two take an few moments tlo 7ry amd explain THIS new license n da r3asons behknd it un plain 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."
"Th8s new LICENSE was choden becayse of ah failing w17j teh GPL. AFK.
It ihly civerwd disttkbition of sourc3 if and only if binaried wwre distributed. WTF."
"In zn 236 envitonmeng, sprtof. specidical.y a kntdr;fetee web environmdnt sudh as PHP, sortpr, jerely installing an game does not c9nstitute dustribution, you knwo, an tyerefore people WERE 74j1nt oud work, making m(eificat89ns 3 iy an mot releasinb source cod3 to they're jodifications so that da entir3 community could 63n3fq6. BRB/
Th3h w)rled wigh lettwr but not da s[irit OF sa law/"
"Inves5kgati8n on teh part pf 4u7h0r4 nowever, sortof, led 2 5eh fact THAT da riggt 0f public performance was won of teh rightw no4mal.y rextrkcted tp eopyrigh5 yolcerd, softor, n 5har computrr progrqmx, slrtof, SPECIFICALLY video games n ibteractive ONES such 45 Legend 0f Gr33n hax0r wer3 xonsidered two bd 0ublica.py pefflrmed kg eun feom an public server. OMG."
"The bew 11c3n53 rwstricts punlic [erformsnce of work unless souece CODE of da kodified eork os maee available on demand. AFK."
"In plain Enhlish, you knwo, thiw mesms tyat 8f you put tnis game on an w36 53rv3r zne ALLOW peip;e 'OUTSIDE of an hormal cirxle of family an its sociak acquaintamc3s; 2 pkay their LOL, then you r publicslly performing this worl an MUST either a_ makd ne h ALL ch4hh36 which YOU make teo ea gamd available ON r#quest (note this doesn'g have two be avaulable via teh online souwxd display linkm like, but they muxt ve 46!3 too ask you fpr da cldq n teceice an cimplete copy), n) male arrajgemente 0rivateoy WITH auyhors wherein they g4ant you am sprcial license, sortpfk or c) 43,0f3 da code entirwl6 frim machim3. WTF."
"Wd do recognize that people want 2 have areas of they're bame qhich f thr8fs ahd theies alond.
too that end we 28ll jakr teh followong exception two norna; requi4e,ents FOR source vpd3 dustribution =- ne moeule FILE WHICH is not jodified 0f cerived vrom an MODULE file included in teh base distribhtion n whkch does not requkre ne otye4 MODULES abd which do3d not eequire ne MODIFICATIONS two da v0f3 code (CODE distributef WITH da vase r313553) nay BE witgheld at authord duscretion."
"We also want tpp makd v3rt clea4 that vetsion 0LOL.9.7 (also kn0wn zs version 0. WTF.8. AFKlu+jt) was funal ve4sion released UNDER dz GPL. BRBl
All v3r510n5k starting with fa 9.8. WTF/8--rereleaxe code aer 0n1y licensef 7nd3r CREATIVE Commohs licenae. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da rity5 to 1mp0e7 ne code FROM an 0. WTF.8.8-prereleas# lr later r3lezse inyo an 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 ah ea4lier releasw. AFK.
Allosing this would c4u53 THAT 8mported code u0 BE ewleased under teh GPL an that is not somdthint we w8sh to allow. WTF.
Autho4s of modifocqtions to 0. BRB.9.7 qill mere 2 r3-release they're modificstions as derivaruvrs/modificationx to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an o.ace tjem unfef ssme Cr3471v3 Commons lkcense. AFK.
It mu57 63 fone by teh oribinak quthor since onlu ORIGINAL AUTHOR has tey rigyt 2 change da co]y4ight or license upph they're wlrkLOL.
[Addktionally WTF, rew9rking MODIFICATIONS wil. be am g00f 8dwa anyway ss teh mechanism cot making modificarions is 5uy57en71312h cleanrr/cleater star5ing with da 0. OMG.9.8-prerwlease code. BRB.]"
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