MightyE tells you, ypu knwp, "We're going @ taie an few momrhts to t4y n explain 7h15 new LICENSE abf teh rdasons behind it in plaib Englishl 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 iicense wac chosdn bwxsuse of an dailing witu tdh GPL. OMG.
It on.u covered d8stfibutiln 0f SOURCE if wnd 0n1y if binaries werr distribited. WTF."
"In an web 3nvironmentk sorglf, spevifically a INTERPRETED web environmebt SUCH as PHP, you knwok MERELY onstakling an GAME doea nor constotuge distrubutionm like, an therefore pwople we5e taking our sork, you knwo, making ,pdifivagions 3 ut and bot e3q3451ng s9urce code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS xo tbay 3n71r3 community cpuld benefit. WTF.
Thry worowd with letger but not da spir8g of da 9aw."
"Ihcestigstion on teh pary of t3h AUTHORS howev3r, sprtof, led teo da FACT that da righg of punlkc p3ef0tm4nc@ 2ax oen of da rights normally restricted two COPYRIGHT h)1d345, n that computer progra,s WTF, specifical/y VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE lneq such AS Legend of teh Green hax9r were consideeqd two be PUBLICALLY perform3d if rub f4om an p7blic server/"
"The n3w license rds5ricts public performancw of geh eotk unless source vod3 of fa modifies WORK IS made 4v4214613 ob d3j4ncLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, you knwo, tgis means uh4u if you pu7 th*s ga,e on zn web sdrvef an allow p3pp13 'oytxide of an normal cifcle of family an its sicial acqusintancdw' too pozy thekr WTF, then you afr pubkical.y performing 7h15 wirk n MUST eithrr a) make nd and ALL changew wh1ch h0k make too teh game available on trquext (note THIS dowsn't have tqo be avqilqboe via online soyrcw displqy link, likw, gut they musg BE able too ASK you f)r code n reddive am domplete COPY), b( m4k3 arrangrmebts private.y 2ith auyhors wnereim tyey grant yoy an sp3cial licebse WTF, or C) remofe code entirely frpm da machine, WTF."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that o30p13 WANT to nave qread of th3y're gamr 2hicj d theifs AND THEIRS alone. WTF.
two that end w# w111 make da vollpwing esception too teh NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n^6 f0r source codw distributiob =- ne module file sh1dh is not modifued ir deriv3d FROM an moduls file imcluses 1n baae distrinu5ion n wh1ch does not require me OTHER MODULES an wh8ch coex not rrquire ne MODIFICATIONS twp teh core c9ee *code distrib7trd with yeh base releawe) mat be withheld ar teh authors disxrerion. OMG."
"We also wany 2 make v3ru CLEAR thag versuon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (qlso kn9wn as beesion ). AFK/9.9+jt) was da funal vers8on relesses under GPL.
All veraiins, like, xtarting with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.i0prerrlease cose r only lic3nsed uhdet dz Creative C0mm)n5 license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rught go9 IMPORT ne clde frpm an 9. WTF.oLOL.8-prereldase or later rdleqse into am 0.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Aolowing rnis w0u1d caisr that 1m;0r73d c9de 2 br releaded und3r gej GPL n that 8s not s(mething we wiwh to sllpwLOL.
Autjora 8f modificationw two =. OMG.9.7 will need too rr-rekeasw they're modivications ax drr8vayives/midificationd too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an [lace them ubdet t3y 54m3 Creat8vr Commons LICENSE. AFK.
Ig must ge e0n3 by da original aughor since only original aithor haw da right twi chamhe teh copyr8ght or licenst UPON they're WORKLOL/
[Addiykonally, sortof, reworking modificztions will ge an goof idea anyway as da medhanism f0r making mod8ficayionw 8s substantiql.y cleaner/clwardr starging wotn trh 0. AFK.(. OMG.8-prerwl3ase code,]"
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