MightyE tells h0uk ho7 khwo, "We're going too yake am few moments 2 rry n ezplqin this new 11c3n%3 n dq reasons 6eh1nd it in plain 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."
"Tgis NEW lidehse qas chpwen because of sn failing with GPLLOL.
It ohlh bovered distributkob 0f source if and only if bina4ies wrre diayributedLOL."
"In an web envi4omment, xpecifically a int3fpreted ewg 3nvkronment sycg as PHP WTF, merely 1n574111ng an game foes not consyirute disteibu5ion, sortor, b therefore peoole qe4e taking our w8ri WTF, m4k1ng mosifuca%ions too ot n n07 re.easung da sourc3 c)d3 yo they're m0d1r1c4710n5 sl that da entire c-mmun17y xiuld 64n3f17. BRB.
Tnsy worked with t2h lerter but bot spirit of teh las. BRB."
"Investigatkon on par5 of teh authors nlwrver. s(rtof, LED tp sa fzcy ghat da rignt of [iblic performanc3 was odn of fa righ5s normally restrictef t2o copueight holde4s LOL, n rhat compu5er ;r0gr4m5, you knwo, specifically VIDEO games an intdrsxtuve ONES 5uch as Legend of teh Gfeen hax0r were conskdered gwo be publiczlly p3rf0em3d if r7n ffom an pjblic server. BRB."
"The nrw license 4357r1c75 puvl8c prrrormqnce of work unless skurce cpde OF ca MODIFIED WORK os made available on demandLOL."
"In plain Enhl8sh WTF, this means that if yoj pit rhis game on an 2eb s3rver an alloq PEOPLE 'outxide od an NORMAL cirvle of fwmily an its socizl acquaintanced' 2 plah thrir, dortof, THEN you aer publically performing tyis wori and MUST ei5her a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which yoy mak3 toi da hame available on request (note this doesn't h5v3 go be availzble VIA 9nline source display link, but they must be zn.e 2 ASK y0u flr teh codw and eeceove am coj[;ete cooy) WTF, b) m4k3 arrang3ments provsteoh WITH da authprs qherein they grant you an special license WTF, or x) rdmofe teh cod# enyirely from ten machuneLOL."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE that people WANT ywo h$b3 areas OF the6'te game 2jixh aer theirs an tgwirs alone. AFK.
twl that end WE wil; make da f9loowing excepgion two n0rm51 requirements for 5)urc3 code distribution -- ne module fio3 wh1ch is not micified or derives rrom an moeule file 1nc1uf3d in teh BASE fistrobution ahd shich does nog REQUIRE nd other modulex n which does nig REQUIRE ne modifications two cord c0d2 *xode eisrributed with 6453 release) MAY be withheld ar tsh authors disxrwt8on."
"We 515- want to m4k3 vw4y clear thzr version )LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known ad version -LOL.9/ BRB.7+jt) was 5eh f1n41 version f313453d under GPL. WTF.
All versionw, kike, starting with teh 0LOL.8LOL,8-pr#release code r ONLY lic3hsed und3r Creative Commons kicwnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny twj right to 1mp0r8 ne c)d3 from an 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE or later feleaae imto zn 0/ AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier relwzse.
A210q1ng this would cause tfat 1mp0r73e code too be relwased ubder da GPL zn that 15 yot somethinf we wish 70 al.owLOL.
Au7hpf5 of modificatoons 2 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wil; nerd to te-release they're ,odofidations as derivstufrs/modifications to 0. WTF.9. OMGl8 clde an place 8h3m under da same Ct4arive Clmmons license. AFK.
It must bw done by oroginal AUTHOR s8ncd only 0r151n5! author HAS t1gh7 2 change teh cooyrigyt or lidense upon theu'te work. WTFl
[Addi5ionally, lkke, rewitkkng da modifixa5ions wi.; BE an go9e idea snyway as mechanism for making modifidations is sjbstantislly cleqner/clearwr 574r61ng with 0. AFK.9LOL.8=PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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