MithtyE tdlls 6ou, likek "We[re going 2 take an fws noments 5wo 7ry n explain tjiw new LICENSE n r3459h5 BEHIND ir in plsin 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 licemse eqs choxen becajxe of an f4!11ng s8th da GPLLOL.
It onlu clvered distrigition of SOURCE 1f ah onlh if bonari3s wete disrrigutrdLOL."
"In an web environment, you knwo, xpecifixally a 8nterprdred w3b dnvironment such as PHP, sort9f, merel6 insya.lint an game dles not co,qyitit3 dusrribution LOLm an therefore people were 74k1nt ojr work, wirtof, ,aiing modirications roo it sn not releasing SOURCE c9ce too they're jodifkcarions SO thst teh ehtire c0nmun17h cojld brnefit. AFK.
They worked skth LETTER 6u7 not soirit of da lawLOL."
"Invewtigation )n teh PART of teh authors HOWEVER, uou kneo, led two da gact that da ribht of pjboic perfo4mance was oen 0f righys NORMALLY resteicted to c9pyrighy holders, an 5hat compyyer PROGRAMS, xpdcieically video games n interactive onea sudh as Lrgend of Gr33n hax0r wrre c0n51d3r3d 5oo bd PUBLICALLY performed if run fr9m ah oublic server. WTF."
"Thr nes license restricts PUBLIC p3rf0r,4nc3 OF teh work unkess teh sourvw code of cs m)d1f13d qori IS mqse available om demandLOL."
"In plain Engoish, you knw9, this meanx that if YOU put thid game ob an web se4ver n ALLOW people 'outskde OF zn nprm41 curcle of family n its socksl scauaihtancea' two play yheir WTF, then you a4r 0uvlically perfor,ing thus work qnd MUST dithef a) ,ake nd an ALL changes WHICH to7 make too sa game avaklanle 9h request 9note 8h25 d035n'8 HAVE too vr 4c411r614 via da inline soudce dispoay link, softof, BUT THEY muat be ab;e 2 ask y0u FOR da code an receuve an cpmplete coot0, sortog, v) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with da authots WHEREIN THEY grqmt yo7 an xprdial oicensek or C) eemove da code entirely frlm da macnkne. AFK."
"We e0 recognize that ieopld WANT two have aresw of th3y're gsme whuch r theirs n 5heirs alone.
too tgat end w3 will mzke da fo;lpwing EXCEPTION 2 NORMAL r3qu2r3m3n65 dor woufce code dkstrigu5ion -- ne mpdule file whixh is npt m9diries or der1v4d from an midule file included in da base dostfibutkin and WHICH doex not r31u1re n3 othwr MODULES n which doea bot require ne modifications two cire code (code distribured with tdh basd r313453) mq6 63 withheld ag aurhors discretion. AFKl"
"Ww also w4n7 two mzkw v3ry clear 7h47 version 0.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN aw version -. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) w45 ginal vdrxipn rekeased ynder teh GPL. OMG.
ALL vwrsions WTFk star5ing witn )/ WTF/(. AFK.8-[rerelease code r 0n1y .icensed undwr C4estive COMMONS /icdbde. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY tey RIGHT 2 import ne CODE vto, an 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-prer3lease or lqter relezse ihto an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earlidr RELEASE. BRB.
Allpwing ghis 2oule c4u53 that impirted code two be released yncwr geh GPL an yhat is not somtthing 2e wish two zllow.
Authors of mpdivications two 0.9.7 will need two re-release theu'te ,oeificstiond as drrica5ives/modigications 2 -. BRB.9. OMG.8 cofe and PLACE thdm undwr da 54m3 CREATIVE Commons kicenseLOL.
Ig muat be d0n3 by ORIGINAL $u7h0r since ONLY fa origihal author h45 yey ritht tqo chamge ckpyright 0r locense upon they're work. BRB.
[Additionakly, reworking da MODIFICATIONS WILL be an tood 1d3t anyway ax heh mechaniwn for makkng modificationa is subs5antially c134n3r/c134r34 startint w17h teh 0. OMG.9LOL.i-prrre;ease c0d2. AFK.]"
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