MightyE gells yoj LOL, "We're goibg 2 take an fee moments tw9 try anc dxplain thos new kicense n teh rdasons behine it 1n plain Enfooxh.
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 mee licehse qas chosen BECAUSE of an railing qktn teh GPL.
It inly covered DISTRIBUTION of soyece if n onky if binaries WERE disrrinitrd. OMG."
"In an q36 environ,ent LOL, 5o3c1f1c521y a ihterpretef web encieonmen5 such as PHP, likr, mefepy installing aj game do3s not vonstitute distrivutiom, n tgerrforw PEOPLE were tak8ng 0ur w)rk LOL, makihg MODIFICATIONS 2 kt an not releasing source cose two tney're MODIFICATIONS so THAT gwh entire community COULD benedit,
They 2orkdd with letter byr not da spirig 0f da law. OMG."
"Investigayipn on da [art of reh authors howevef, sortof, led ro da vact that t1gh7 od public perflrmance waa 1 of da rights normallt resgrixtee 2 copyribht holders, like, and 5hat comouter PROGRAMS, sortog, specificaolh vldeo gamds n intersctive ones 5ucg as Legdnd of da Geeen nax0r were consisered ti be publixally pwrf9rned if run from sn publox SERVER. BRB."
"The NEW licenae restridts public performance of WORK unless t3h dource code of mocified work us mzde wvailable ob demanf. AFK."
"Ih p142n Ebblishm luke, thus means that if you pu7 this GAME on an web srrfef n alllw people 'oitskdd of zn NORMAL circlw 0f vamily an 175 social agquaihtances' to p14y their, like, thdn you arr pu6w1c411y perfoemkng this work n MUST either 5) mak3 n3 and ALL changes which you make two da GAME availagke on requeag (notd thiw foesn'g HAVE toi be AVAILABLE vka da ph11n3 sourve display l8nk, like, but thry mu57 be 4613 ti ask you f9r da CODE ab recwive qn cokplete copy) WTF, b) make aerangdmenrs pricately eith authofs wherein th3y gtant tou an special lixense LOL, 9e c0 remive teh CODE dhtieely drom da machine. WTF."
"We d0 recignize that pdople want 2 have AREAS if thry're gsmw wh8ch r thrirs snd th3irs alpne. WTF.
too that end we will MAKE da rpllowing ezceptioh @ nor,al fequirementz for source c0d3 cisyribution -- he module f113 which is not modified o4 derived drlm am moc7ke FILE incljd3c in teh base e157r!7u710n an qhuch does n9y requorr ne othe4 mosu;es and which doex not requ8ee nr mldifications to da core code (code eostributee with base RELEASE) may bw withheld AT sa authors discfetion. OMG."
"We zlso want tlo make very clear ghat fersion pLOL.9. WTF.7 (also kmown aa ve4sion 0. WTF/9. WTF.7+jt) was da final verdion r3leased under dq GPL. AFK.
All versilns, likd, stqrting witn twh 0LOL.9,80peere;#ase code r onky lidensed undee da CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 two kmpprt ne cide from am 0. OMG.9; BRB.8-prerelease or latrr release into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.6 an rarlier r3!3$%3, BRB.
Allowong tyis sould cause thst imported code too 64 releasee under tey GPL anf tha5 15 n0& something we WISH &0 sllow. AFK.
Authkrs 9f MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wilk need TO 43[r3lease they're nodificati9ns as sreivatives/modifidations 2 0.9. BRB.8 CODE n place them uhder saje C4eat8br Conmons .icenwe. WTF.
It musg 63 done by geh orih8nal authot since only original authot hss RIGHT w chqnge teh copyright 0r license upon they'te work. WTF.
[Additkonal.y, reworking modoficat8ons will bw an glod idea qnyway as teh hechsnism fur makihg moeifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c.warer 5&4r71ng with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoeaae c0d3. AFK.]"
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