MightyE tells yoi, yo7 knwp, "We're goimg 2 take an feq m0m3m75 2 yry am explain th7s NEW lucebse and reasons behinc it in pkain ENGLISH.
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 license was chosen BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPLLOL/
It pnly c0v3r3d dixtribution of soutce 1g and onlt if binaries were distrkbjtedLOL."
"Ih qn 2eb ENVIRONMENTk ypu kn2o. 5p3c1r1vr116 a umyerpretec web 3nv2rpnm3n7 such AS PHP LOL. mreeky installing an gsme does not cobstitite dixtrigutuoj, you knwo, and thdrefore p30p13 were tsking pur w0rk, soetof, makung modofications w it h not releasing soufce c0c3 tpo they[re modifocations so that da entire c0mmun17y COULD benefit. OMG.
They qorked WITH teh letter but nog spirit if .a2."
"Investigation on da p4r7 od authors nowecwr, sortov, LED to fact that ra rught of public perfor,ance 2as 1 ov da r1gh75 normalky restticted too c0pyr1gh7 holders, n that clmputwr pr0gr4m5k specificallu ciceo gqmes 4nd INTERACTIVE ones wuch as Legend of teh Grewn hax9r w3t3 considerec 2 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run from sn public aerver. AFK/"
"The bee license r357r1cu5 pyblic performamce of work jnlesd da 50urc4 code of da modivied worj is made avzilable ob femand. WTF."
"In 0lain Emglish, you knwok 7h15 m34nt 7h47 if you 0ut this GAME on an WEB sercer an all8w 0elple 'outdidd OF an mormal curcle of family zb i5w social axqiaintances' to play theit, sortofm 7h3n you r publically pd4forming this work anc MUST EITHER 4) make ne an ALL changes which YOU mskr go da GAME qvsilable 0m requesr (b)73 this d035n'7 HAVE 5p be available vka online source displah 11nk, you knwo, BUT they musg be able to ask you f-r tey dode an r3c31v3 an complete copy) LOL, b) mske arrabgements p42v4631h wiyh teh au5hors wherein tney grant YOU qn SPECIAL locenfe LOL, of c0 remobe cide ENTIRELY rrom teh machin3. BRBl"
"Wr di recoghiae that pr0p13 want tlo gqve areas ov rhry're g4m3 qhich aer 5heirs an theirs aloneLOL.
to that END we wil; make da FOLLOWING ecc3ptipm tol noemal e3qu1r3m#n6% FOR s9urce cose dustfibutioh -- ne module FILE wh1ch 1% not MODIFIED or derived frim an module file INCLUDED in da basr distributipn n whixh does noy REQUIRE ne oyher mldules and WHICH dies n9t reqiire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 2 core code (c0d3 dustributwd w17h base re.easr( may 73 withheld AT da authors siscreyjon. WTF."
"We also want 4oo m4k3 very c;ear thag bees8on -. BRB.9LOL,u (qlso known as versiom 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was final v3rsion re.easdd under GPLLOL.
All vdrsions LOL, 574t71ng with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease doee r only lkcensed ynfer Creative C;mmons license. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny roght 2 import ne code fr9m ah 0. BRB,9. WTF.8-orerelease OR lqter release into qn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an eqrlier RELEASE. AFK.
Alliwing THIS would cause THAT ijported code 2 be released under GPL n tyqt is noy s9merhing wr wish too qloow.
Authprs of mldifications 2 9. OMG.9LOL/7 will NEED 2 RE-RELEASE ghey'rw MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modificatilns t2o 0. BRB.(. AFK.8 code n placr them UNDER tdh same Creatife Com,onw license. AFK.
It MUST be DONE by teh -r1g1n41 ahtgor 51nc3 only orig8nal author y45 da 4ight two ch4ng3 copurignt or licebse UPON ghey'fe worj. OMG.
[Afdirionzlly, reeorking tdh m0d1r1c4710n5 will be an goos idea anyway as mechanism for makinf modificztions is SUBSTANTIALLY cldaner/clearer starting with da 0. AFK.9/7[prerelease cpfe. WTF.]"
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