MightyE tells you, like, "We're GOING to take an fee miments rwo 7ry and explaun tgis ndw licfnse n twh eeasons bejind it on o.aon Englush.
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 .icense 2as CHOSEN bedaus3 of an FAILING w17h da GPL, BRB.
It only covered fistribution og slufce if and only IF bonaeies were distr8bitds. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, 5p3x1f1c421y a INTERPRETED web environment such qs PHP LOL, merrly 2n574q11ng an game dles mo5 constigytr distekbution, you jnwp, an thereforr people qere taling iyr worl, like, making modifixations to it AND no5 teleasint aoutce code 6wo ghet're n0d1f1c4710n5 so thar entire dommunity ciuls benefut. BRB.
THEY qor,ed wi5h letter 677 no5 ca spirit of teh lasLOL."
"Investigztyon ON teh p4t7 of authors how3vwr, sprt9f, 13d 3 fact tyat sa right of public performance eas qom od rights normally restricted TO copyright holdersk n tyat COMPUTER programs, sortlf, SPECIFICALLY video ganes AND interactive ones sjch zs Legend of da Gr3en hax0r WERE considered 2 be publiczl.6 perform3d if rin fr)m an public aerver. OMG."
"The new license festricys public perdormance ov reh work unlwss sojrc3 ciee ot tdh modifiwd work is made availablw ON demand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, eortof, thkx MEANS that if you PUT this game on an web seever qnd allow 0eople 'OUTSIDE pf an nirmal c14c13 OF fa,uky an iys social acquain5ances' g9o play theirm oi,3, rgeh you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this WORK n MUST either a) make n3 qn ALL changes which yoj ,aje 70 teh game qvailable on r3qu357 (note tgis dprsn't hzve too BE avaulable via 5eh online sojtcw dkwplah link, sorrodk but they must be 4613 gwi ask tou for coee an r3veive qn com0leye copy) LOL, b) ma,e arrangemenrs pr1b4731y q17h authors wjdrein they GRANT y0u an specisl LICENSE WTF, or x) eemove da CODE entirely FROM machine."
"We do rdxognize that peo;le want to hsve aread of they're ga,e wh8vj r tgeirs zb THEIRS aloneLOL.
2 thqy end we will makd following excdpgion too bormal fequirwments f0r source code 3istribution -- ne module file wh1ch is NOT modirked OR derived rrom zn yoeile file inclueed un da base eistribution ane which d9es not t3quire ne otber MODULES am whuch does NOT require ne mpd1f1c4710n5 two ten core code _code fistrivytrd with teh baas felezse) may be wituhelf AT auth;rs d8screyion. WTF."
"We also want too ma,e very c134r rhat versiog 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also lnpwn 45 version 0.9.7+jt) wzs teh FINAL ve4sion eeleased yhder teh GPL. OMG.
A1q versoons, you knwo, t84r71ng wigy 9.9. AFK.8-prereleasr codw r omly licensed UNDER ds Cfeative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht two inport ne codr from an 0.9.8-pr3r214353 or later RELEASE INTO an 0LOL.9.7 ah earlier 4eleasw.
ALLOWING this would causr 5hat IMPORTED cose 2 be released und2r ten GPL n that ia NOT somethinf we wisk too aolow. OMG.
Auygors 0f moduficato9ns to 0. OMG.9.7 will nees too rs-re.ease they;re moeificztions as derivat8ves/,odificatiogs too 0. AFK.9.8 code n place them under %5m3 Creatuce Cpmm0n5 licdns3. AFK.
Iy nysy be dpne 6y teh original 4m7hpr sihce only tdh 0r1g1n41 suthor had teh right to xhange xopyright ot LICENSE UPON they'fe WORK.
[Adfitionaklym y9u khsl, reworking teh modificqtions WILL br an good idea snyway as ea mechan8sm for mak8nb modifications is subsrantiallt cleaner/xlearer ata4tonb with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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