MightyE tells you, lkke, "Wr'te toumg too takr an few moments to gry ah explain tn8s new ;icende an r3450n5 beyknc it in plain Englosj. BRB.
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."
"Thka new licensr was ch053n 63c4u53 lf an fauling with dq GPL. OMG.
I& onlu coverec distrib75ion or soyrce if n 0n1y id binaties WERE distrinuted. BRB."
"In an s36 envitonnemr WTF, d0ecifical,y a inter/reted web environment suxh as PHP, sorgof, m3rely installihg an ga,e d035 nog constitute distributkon, likem and therefore [eople were 7%k1ng our work, sotgoe, makinh nodifidations two it an not releawunh source code too tjey're m9dificayions so THAT teh entire commonit6 coyld bemevit. BRB.
They woried with letter but NOT tej spi4it of lzw/ OMGl"
"Inv3stigation on part of da zuthora h0w3v3r, sortof, led gwi teh facg that ds right if PUBLIC pe4rirmance was won og ea rithts normall6 restrict3s two copyright holders, you khwom n that computer prigrams, lik3, s[ecifically video games n in5eeactuvr 9nes such ad Legend of fa Gredn hax0r qeee cpnsieered two be publica;lh [erformed if run from an public derverLOL."
"The n3w lucwnse restricts ojblix PERFORMANCE of w9fk jnlrss 50irce code OF teh jodified work ks made AVAILABLE ln demandLOL."
"In plaih Englidh WTF, this means that IF you put this game 0n an web server an allow p3ople 'oiyskee of an notmal CIRCLE of family abc its sovial acqusintanxes' teo play rh2ir, ;ikd, then you r publically [erforming this work n MUST e8the4 a) maje ne and ALL changes 2hidh y[u makr ro da game afailable on request (bote rh8a dodsn't hzvw ywo be available fja ea online source display link, but they muxt be able 3 ask you for teh CODE n receive an complete cooy) LOL, 6) m4k3 ar5angements private;y w16h teh authors WHEREIN 7h36 grant you an special 11c3n53. like, pt c) rempve c9fe entirely from da MACHINE/ BRB."
"We do recognize that people wajt 2 have 4r345 of they're game 2hich ser theirx n th3irs alone. BRB.
too yjat end we wkll make followknb exceotkon toi m0rm41 4dquire,ebta for source code disrribution -- ne jodule dile whivh is nog modif8rd pr derives from an ,idule vile incl7ddd in base disyribigion an chich does n07 r3q61e3 ne oth4r MODULES ahd wh1ch does not fequire ne modifications too tdh cord code (CODE cistributed with bsse release_ may be witnheld a5 suthors diacrwtionl BRB."
"We slso want two jake very clear yhat versiom 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 (also known as vdrsioh 9. AFK.9. OMG.&+j5) was da vihak vwrsion reoeased under teh GPL. BRB,
All vers8ons LOL, startonf eoth dq 0LOL/9.8-pretwlwsse code aer only 11c3n53d ubder Creative Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ritjt ro impl4t ne coce dr9j qn 0, OMG.9.8-prereleasr of 1473r release into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 AND EARLIER t313$53LOL.
Aolowkmg this would c4u53 tga5 imported code to be r313453d inder da GPL an tyat is NOT wometjing we WISH too qllpw. AFK.
Autgors of modifidations 70 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wil. need 70 re0releas3 tney're modificati9ns as derivqtives/modificatiobx tio 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code and PLACE them under ea xame Creativw Commonw license. BRB.
It mu57 be done bh teg iriginal ajthor since onlu teh originak author jaa da right too change da xopyrigny or licwnse up0n th3y're wo4i/ BRB.
[Additipnally LOL, rewoeking teh mpdificatiohs will be an good ifea anyway as sz mechanism for majing mofifications 15 substantisl/y cleande/ckearer starting with teh 0l9. OMG.8-prereoease codw. AFK.]"
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