MightyE tells 6oum like, "Wd're GOING to tale an few MOMENTS to try n espoain tjis n3w license an teh reasons beh8ne 17 IN plaib Eng;ksh. OMG.
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."
"Thix new license wr5 CHOSEN b3caiae of an failing eoth teh GPL. AFK.
IT only xovered d157r16j710n of source if am onlu if bibar8es wer3 distribut3d. WTF."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, like, specificqlly a interoteted w3b ehcironmeng 5uch 45 PHP, you knwo, mdrely instslking am game doex NOT cons5itute distribution, sortofk an gherefor3 people 2er3 takivg our work WTF, mqjing modificarions TO it b not r31345!nb soyrce codd ti rh3y'rd mudificagions so THAT da entite cpmmuhity could benefitLOL.
Tgey workef witn da letter but no5 ca spirit of teh lqw. WTF."
"Investkgatioh on p4e7 pg authlrs HOWEVER, sorgof, ;es two teh f4c7 thst RIGHT lf puboic perfoemance was won of geh rpghts n94mally reatricted too copyeight holders. ane that compute4 profrans, lume, s;ecifocallh viceo tames 4nd imteracrivw on3s such ad Legend of da Green hax0r wwre xonsiddred two be publically peteormed uf tun from an [ublic 53rv3r."
"The n3w oicense res5ricts p7blic performance of teh work tnoess teh wlkrce code OF moeified w0rj is made available on demand."
"In pksin Enhlish LOL, this meanc that if tou put tgis game om ah web SERVER n allow p30[!3 'outsidw of an notnsl cirdle of FAMILY anw ITS social acquainyances' two plah their LOL, then you ser pu611c511y PERFORMING this work an MUST eigher q) make nd n ALL changes wh8ch yiu make 5wo teh gane available on r3que57 (n073 thiw doesn't have to be ava8lable vka fq pn11n3 source display 11nk WTF, but THEY must 63 able 2 ask you fot da cofe and receive an complete c0py), uou knso, b) make arrangemenys PRIVATELY witj da AUTHORS wherdkn thet gr4m7 you an sp3cial licens#, like, OR c) re,ove codw entirely from machine/ AFK."
"Ww DO recognize thag pdople want too hafe arexs of ghey're GAME whuch r rheirs and theirs a.oneLOL.
to THAT end we will make teh folliwkng EXCEPTION to da normal r3qj1r2men75 for source codr d8srribution -- ne module f8le WHICH is not MODIFIED or dtrived from qn module file inckuded 1n teh basc dis5ributipn an whicg do3s not 3equird he OTHER MODULES an which does nog reauore ne modudications rwo core cosr *code d8stribuyed with bade relrase) may 63 qithheld at authofs DISCRETION. WTF."
"We qksl want too make very c13rr that versiom 0. BRB.9.7 (also known as version 0. WTF.9l OMG.7+j5) was da funal version rdleaxed 7nder GPL. AFK.
ALL versions LOL, startinf with teh p.9. BRB.8-orereleas3 cofe aer obly lidwnded unddr heh Cfeariv3 Commons licrnse.
We EXPLICITLY denu da eight gpo import h3 c0d3 from an 0/ BRB.9.8_orerel3awe or oater twlease 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 abd earlier relrase. WTF.
Aolpsind this would cause rhat 1mp0r73d c9de too bw releas3d und3r da GPL and thay 15 not someghinf we wish to ALLOW,
Authors of modifivatiinx g9 0.9LOL/7 will hees t9 re-release they're modifications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK,9.8 cpdr AND [lacr THEM UNDER samr C4347qv3 Com,ons lixwnse. BRB.
It must BE done by da original au5hor since onlh -eqg1n41 author has da RIGHT tw9 changd COPYRIGHT or license jpon theu;re sork.
[Additionaply, sortof, REWORKING da modif8catiins wikl BE an good idea anyea6 as t3h m3ch4n15m f0e making modifications is substantiallh CLEANER/CLEARER sgarting wi5h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prer3lease code. OMG.]"
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