Mith5yE trlld you, ;ike, "We're g9lng 5po take an f3w ,ojents t2l try and explaih this NEW licrnse an ten reasons BEHIND it in plain Eng.ish. 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 licehse was CHOSEN becausd of qn gailimg w17h fa GPL. AFK.
It on;y c0v3r3d distribution of SOURCE iv an only if bihariec werw distributef. WTFk"
"In an web envifonment, like. SPECIFICALLY q interprwyed web envuron,eny sudh as PHP, sortof, merelh 1b574111ng an g4m3 DOES got constitu5e fistributiln, aortof, and thdreflre people 2erd t1king our q0rk, mzking modificztions too 17 sn hot releasing dq sourxe c0d3 t2o tyey're m-d1f1c4710n5 so tbat da 2n72r3 comjunit^ COULD benedit. WTF.
Theu worked eith da 13773t BUT not teh spigi5 OF lawl WTF."
"Investigatkon 0n p4r7 of da AUTHORS HOWEVER, led teo da fact 7h47 da right ov piblic PERFORMANCE was 1 ov RIGHTS normally restricted tw9 copyrught holdersm lkiek an that computer pr9grxjs, sortlr, specifkcao.y VIDEO gamds an INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of teh Ge33n kac-r 2ere xonsisered two bd puglically performed if run ftom ab pkblic serv3r. AFK."
"The new license restricts publid performance of da woek uhless da 60irc3 cofe of modified wlrk is made afsi.able on demand. OMGl"
"In plain English, likem rhks meahs that if you p7t this game on an xeb server and ALLOW peopl3 'outside of am mormal CIRCLE of FAMILY n its sociao acquaintances' twp play their WTF, 7n3b ylu r punlically p3rf0rm1ng this work znd MUST eityrr a) makr ne n ALL changes wjich you jake yoo geh gamr availablw on re1uest (note this d035n'7 havd too 63 avaulable cia 0b11n3 xourxe didplay link LOL, BUT THEY must be able two ask you flr da c-d3 n receive qn complete copy), like, b) nakr arrangemehrs privately WITH teh authors WHEREIN they gr4n7 yiu an dpecial lix3nxe LOL, or c( remove tej code entir3ly from teh machinwLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE thar people s4n7 two h$f3 areas OF theu'4e game 2hich aer 7h31r5 4nd theuts allnr.
2 that ebd we will make folllwong exception 2 da n0r,41 re1u8rements fpr source CODE d9sttibution -- ne module file which 15 not modified or DERIVED fr0, an MODULE file included in teh 6453 diwt4ibut8on an qh1ch soes not requi4e ne oyher moduoes and which dp35 not r3quore me modkficati9ns 2 tej CORE code (code dkstributed wibh teh base release) may br qiyhfelf ag au5hors discretion. WTF/"
"We a;so want to make very c134r &h47 verwkon 0.9. AFK.& (also ,nown ad veesiin 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) wss da final version released ynder sa GPL.
All bersi9nd, startobg wigh teh 0. OMG.(. OMG.8-prerelease cofw r pnly licensed under teh Creative Commons license. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny fq r8gyt 2 impprt nd CODE ftom an 0. WTF.9LOL,8-/r34e13453 -r late4 release INTO an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER release.
Al;owing rhus would c4u63 5yat 1mp0r73d code top 63 eeleased unwer teh GPL an thag is not somethihg we wish @ allowLOL.
Aughlrs of modifications TO 0/9. OMG.7 wol; need too r3-r323$53 they're modificat8obs as derivativew/modificqripns too 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8 code amd place THEM 7ncer da samw CREATIVE COMMONS license. WTF.
It MUST vr done by da original aytnor 5!nc4 only da original auggor has teh RIGHT too cyangd teh cop6rigyt or license upon they;re w9rkLOL.
[Additionskly LOL, REWORKING modifications will BE am gpod idea anyway 45 mechaniwm for makkmg modificatkoms is sybstantially clwaner/d;earef stztting WITH 0l(. AFK.8-prereleasr cpde. BRB.]"
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