MightyE 74115 you, s9ftof, "We're going to take an f32 momwnts 2 tru and explaim this new l*dense n t3h reasons behonf it in plain Enhlidh. 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."
"Tyis new licensw was fhowem because of an d4111ng w17h GPLLOL.
It onlh dofered distribution ov sourc3 if an 0n1y if binaries we4e distfibutwc/ OMG."
"In am WEB envifonment WTFk speckfically z inyerpretea wwb ebbironment SUCH as PHP, yoy knwo, me4ely ibxtaoling an game dpes not cogstitute distrobuti0n, sortof, an thereford people wsre taminb iur work LOL, making modirkcationa too it an not r3134t!hh tey source cpdr too gheh're MODIFICATIONS 50 THAT 3ntire commtnity could 63nef16. AFK.
They worked witg sa letter bit not tey spirit of tej lawLOL,"
"Investigation on part of da amtgors gowever, slrtlf. led 2 da gact that da righy of pub;ic pervirnance was won of da r1gh75 hormslly restric5ed 2 vopurifht holde4d LOL, an 7h47 computrr PROGRAMS, like, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n inteeactive onea such as LEGEND 0f da Gfeen hax0r werr consifered yo be oublica;ly perflemed if eun from an 0uvlic 53rv3r. AFK."
"The nww licenae RESTRICTS PUBLIC pwrfoemance of teg WORK UNLESS sa do7rce code of da modifiee work ie u4d3 available 0n feband. OMG."
"In PLAIN English WTF, THIS ,eans that IF you PUT thid GAME 0n an w36 s3rver n allow peop.e [outsice if an norma. cifcle 9f ramily and its social acquaintancea' 2 p14y theur/ yoi knqo, then y0u r lublically perfurm8ng thia work m MUST either 4) male he n ALL dhangex which you jske two tame avxilqble ob r3qu357 (notd this DOESN'T nave 2 BE availagle via teh on.kne souexe d8splay l8nk, like, but they misg bw able tso ask YOU for sa c0d3 n 4eceife an c0mp13&3 c9py), sortofk b) mzke arrangemdnts privately 2ith tdh AUTHORS whereib they grznt hou an sp3cial 11c2n%3, l8ke, or c) r3movw r3h code entirely ftom mschine."
"We d9 recognize that prople want to jave 4r345 pf thry'rr game shivk aer theies b theies alpnr. BRB.
ywo rhat end we qill make da ro.lowing exce[tion 2 teh nlrmao r3qu1r3m3nu5 for siurce cosd disur8bution -- ne modupe file whicj 8s not MODIFIED OR derived from an module d12e inclused in da basw distrihutkon and whkch dodw not requirr ne ogyer m9dules n whkcn DOES not requ8re he modif8xations tpo da core cpee (code distributed with tdh base reoease) m4y be withheld at auryorx discret8on. AFK."
"We also want to majd very clrar that verdion 0/9.7 (4150 knpwn qz versi9n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) sas teh final version releaxed umdee GPL. BRB.
All versions, tou knwo, stsrging w8th 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleasd CODE r 0n1y licensed UNDER Creative Clmmons lixensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rught 2 import ne code rtom am 0LOL.9.8_prerelease or latrr rwl3ase 8nto an 0LOL.9LOL.7 and ea4lier RELEASELOL.
Allowing 7h15 w0u1d d4j53 7h47 ijpprtwd code tlo b3 released under GPL n tyat ks nog something we w15h TO al;ow. OMG.
Aithorw of modifidations to 0LOL.8. WTF.6 WILL NEED too r3-e312452 they'rr modificstions as derivatives/mpdificstions 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and plqce them undet teh 44m3 Crwa5ive Commons lidenxe.
It must bt dlne by iriginal author xincd only oribimak suthor has da RIGHT to change teh copytught 0r licende upon theu're work. OMG.
[Additoonally, you onwo, rewlriing da modifications w11q be an good ieea znywah 35 mwchanism foe m4k1ng m0dificagions is substqntially CLEANER/CLEARER 574e71ng WITH 0.9. AFK.8[prereleasr code. AFK.]"
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