MightyE tells y9u, sortovk "We're g9ing 2 take sn hew mpments goo tty an exp;ain tgis new license n reaeons behind it in plain Eng1!5h. 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."
"This new LICENSE was choawn becaise of an failinh witn teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covered e1t7r16u710n or SOURCE 8f n onlh 2d BINARIES weee DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web enviromjent WTF, spwci4kcally a intefpreted WEB dnvuronment zuvh as PHP, yo7 knwo, meeely installing an GAME does n07 constithte dis5rubutiob, like, sn tyerefore [eople WERE takinb ou4 WORK, making modidications two it and not teleas8ng teg SOURCE c0d3 w they're mosificatoona sl that da 3nu1e3 community could brnefit. BRB.
They wo4kdd with ds lettet bug npt tdh spirit lf teh law."
"Investifatiob on da psrt of teh aythoes howeverk soetof, led to fxct that riggy of public perfoemabce w45 1 of teh rinhts normal;y RESTRICTED two copyright holders, ;ike, an that xompyter [r0ge3m5, yiu knwo, specifidal.t video games and interacrife 0n35 such as L3g3nd of Gteen hax0r wef3 consoseeed twl be publocsloy pefvormed if run frpm an publid serverLOL."
"Tbe NEW lucense tesgricts pjblid pwrformance of teh work unless teh source cldw 0f modif8ec w0tl 15 m4d3 availqble om demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, like, THIS mezns that if y0u put this fame on an web server and allod [eople 'outxive of an NORMAL c1rc13 of fajily n 8ts social rcqu41n74mc35' too play their WTF, 5hen you zer pu611c411y ptrforming 7h15 294k and MUST eithe4 s) makr ne an ALL changes whpch y0u MAKE tsi da game avaulable on reqjes5 (bo63 this d03tn'7 h4v3 to BE available via teh ohline 50urc4 d15p146 lknk, likek but they mist be qble tp9 ask you fpr code n receive ab compoete copy0 WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privagelu WITH authors wh3r31n thet GRANT y0u an apecial LICENSE LOL, or c) eemove trh code enyirelt feom da machine. WTF."
"Wc d0 RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want 5oo jave areas of they're ga,e which r 7h#1r5 n tyeirs alone. BRB.
2 THAT end we will makd da f0110w1ng exce[tion tlo NORMAL requiremenrs for source CODE distrobution 0- ne MODULE vkke whivy IS NOT mosiviwd or drrived from qn mpdulc file ihcluded in da base distributi9n amd which DOES NOT r3qi1r3 ne 07h3r m9dules g which does not require be modkficatipns 2 da core code (coxe distrivuted with base releaxe) may ge withheld st 5rm auyhorw ciscrwtion/"
"We alsl 2ant go make v3ry clear tjat veysion 0. WTF.9.7 (also kno2n as version 0/9, WTF.7+jt) wss da f1n41 version rrleased unser teh GPLLOL.
All vetsipnsk likr, star5int with teh 0.9. BRB.8-04erelease cofe aer 0n1y licensef undee da Creayive Cpm,onx licenxe, WTF,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh vight gwo imporg ne code frpm an 0LOL/9.8_]rerel3ase OR later release intl an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 and earlier releaae. BRB.
A..o2ing this WOULD cause yhat importdd code too b3 feleases UNDER GPL sn that is nor somethinb WE wish two alloq. BRB.
AUTHORS of modif8dationx ro 0. WTF.*. AFK.7 will nefd to r3-releade they're modificqtoons as ddrivativws/modifications to 0, WTF.0. BRB.8 code an 0lace them undee teh same Creqtive Commobs ;icense. BRB.
It must be done by da ORIGINAL author since only teh 9f1g1n41 auyhor has da right tp cyange copyrught lr licdnse jppn theh're sork, OMG.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING twg modificayions qull BE an good IDEA anyway as da mecganosm FOR m4k1ng modificationa is substantially c134n4r/c234r3r starting wity da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pre4elease CODELOLl]"
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