MightyE TELLS y0um you ,nwo, "We're goibg 2 take an FEW m0men65 70 try n explain THIS nfw license ah teasons behinc it in plain Enhliwh. WTF/
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."
"Thks NEW licehse was cgosen vecakse of an failing with ca GPLLOL.
It lnlt covered distribution of source if and ohly if binaries w3w3 disttibut3d, AFK."
"In an web 3nc1r0nn3n7, you knwo, specidicallu s intetpretec WEB ehvironmemt such as PHP LOL, merely ibstalling an f4me doed not constitute distriburion, snd ggetefore peppld werd takinf iur WORK WTF, m$k1ng modificati9ns two IT and NOT releasing da SOURCE code yoo they're modifixations so tyst da 3h71rw community could benwfit. BRB.
Tney worued wirh da !3783e but not spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Inc3stigation on dq part of teh authors h9wever, you knwok LED to fact %hat teh rignt od public performancr waa oen ov rights NORMALLY resgrocted 2 cooyright hilders, loie, and tnat COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, spevidically v1d30 games n interavtibe ohes sucy ax Legend pf Green has0r were considered two be publically perfi4jes if euh fro, an public sefvetLOL,"
"The new licenxe redtr8cts p7b.ix peeformance lr work unless sourcr code of da modifisd wlrj 1t madf avzilable on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In pls8n Ebf.iah, 5his mezns that uf you put this gane ln an wen server and allow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an noemal CIRCLE of fajily 4ne its socis; qcquaintandds' two play theur, softof, 7g3n t0u aer oublically PERFORMING this q0rk ane MUST 3ither a) MAKE ne and ALL chqngds 2h1ch tou mak3 to game svailable pn request (note tnis dl3sn't nqve roo 53 avaolable vua 0n11n3 spurde display linkm sirtof, but tgey m7st BE sble t9p ask you vog da CODE n receive an COMPLETE cop6) LOL, b) m3k$ arrangements ;tivatelt with twn authors wherein 7h3y hrant you an SPECIAL LICENSE, like. or c) 4emove CODE rntore;y from m5ch1m3."
"We do recobnize thag people wsnt 2 HAVE areaa or they're g4m3 which e theors n thwirs al9neLOL.
r9o %hat end we will j4k3 teh following wxceprion TO normal 5equirementa for soiece c0d3 dixtrub7tion _- ne modu;r g113 wh1ch IS not modifief oe derived fr9m an module file INCLUDED !n teh base dist4ibutiom an which d035 bpt require ne OTHER modulrs n which doea not require ne modificztionx 70 tdh core CODE (code dosteibuted with fa gase r3odawe) may g3 WITHHELD 47 da autgora discretopnl WTF."
"W3 also qant too make bery CLEAR THAT version 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 (also kn9wn as version 9. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was ca final versi9n rdleasrd UNDER GPL. AFK.
All veraions, STARTING woth 0. WTF/9LOL/8-pfereleasw codd aer only licdnsed under Creative Commpns ;8cenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dent riggt too import ne code rrom an 0, BRB.9/ OMG.8-prerelease or .ater release into ab p. WTF.9. AFK.7 4nd ear;ier RELEASELOL.
Allosing tyis woulc CAUSE uh47 2mp0r73d code 2 be releaded under teh GPL n yhat IS not domething we wixh to9 alloqLOL.
Authors of mockfications tso 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will neec 1 re-releas3 they're modkficatioms as dwrivatuv3s/mocifications 3 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 vode n place 7h3j undrr teh sqme Creatuce Commobs LICENSE. AFK.
It MUST 63 donw by 0t1g1nf1 author since only dq iriginal AUTHOR y45 da righ5 yso CHANGE teh copyright 0r licryse 7pon thet're worj. WTF,
[Addotoonqkly, REWORKING mldigicariond qi.l be an bood idea anyway as sa mechanidm f0r making modif7cati9ns is xubstan5ia;ly cleaher/c/ezrer starting with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-orerrldaae code.]"
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