MightyE tells yoi LOL, "We'rd going 2 yale an fe2 mo,ehys 2 try abd explain tjiw ndw kicense n reasona beyind IT in plain English. 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."
"This NEW license eas chosen BECAUSE 9f an FAILING ei5g da GPL. WTF.
It onlh covered d15ur16u7!0n of source if n only of binaries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In qn web enfironment LOL, specifica;ly a int3epreted wwb envirohmen% such 45 PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an g4m3 does nit constiture disrronution, n ther3vore peopl3 were taking out work, yo7 jnwo, msking modifications too kt an not relrasinf da source code two thwy're moeif8catkona so that teh 3n71r3 co,muhity c0u1d BENEFIT. WTF.
They wprked wity teh letter byt n07 ywh SPIRIT of law. BRB."
"Innrstigation on 53h part of da authora hoeever, sirtof, led tp da ract that teh right OF public PERFORMANCE was 1 OF teh righgs noemakly 4estrkvted t9o COPYRIGHT nolcers, qn yhat comouter [rograms, s9ftod, sprcifixally VIDEO games AND interxvtive ones 5uch as LEGEND of da Green hax0r were c0n51d3red 5oo bw oublicalky perforh4d if vin from an publiv s3rvee."
"The new l8crhse restricts public perf9rmance 9f teh worl unless source code of teh nodified 2ork is made availab;e ON gejznd. AFK."
"In plain English, like, 8h16 means that if y9u out 7h15 gamr ON ah wev server and al;ow pdople 'outside of ab normal CIRCLE of famil6 an its socia. acqiaintances' 2 p;ay their, like, THEN tou r publicallu pdrforming tgis w0rk h MUST either a( ma,e ne and ALL dhanges WHICH y0u make 2 da game avsulable on request (note this d035n'7 have too be AVAILABLE via 5eh online sourde disolay link WTF, vut thwy myst ne able twp ask you gor codr and rrceive an complwre copy_, like, 6) MAKE arfangements PRIVATELY with teh AUTHORS where8n rhsh hrant you an specoal licensd LOL, pt c) rempve da code wntirely from da machine. AFK."
"We fo revognize that 0eoplw wqnt tl hav3 areas of they're game which r gnei4s 4nd tneirs alone. OMG.
too thar end we wil. make f9ll.wing exceptkob 2 teh borma; reqjirements for soyrce dlde dkst3ibugion -- ne module file which is not modified or derived from an module file included in da base dixtributiob ans wh1ch does not require nw orher MODULES n wjich d036 n07 REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS go c9re cide oxode dkstrkbuted WITH teh base releas3) jay be wighheld at fa authors DISCRETION."
"We qlso wqnt tp m4k3 ve4y clfsr 5hat vwfsion 0. BRB.o. AFK.7 (ALSO known as version 0. OMG.9LOL.&+jy) w55 final vers8on r3leased incer sa GPLl OMG.
All VERSIONS, sortof, 574r72n5 w!7h 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-pr#r313r53 code r only q1c#n53d under da Crdaticd COMMONS license. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to import ne xofe fflm an 0.9. BRB,8-pter3;easr or later r31345e into an p. OMG.9/ OMG.7 n earlier releqse. OMG.
Allowing this would cause THAT imiorred cpde 2 be released unde4 da GPL and that IS not something w3 2ish gwo a;low/ OMG.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 3 p. AFK.9. BRB.7 w111 NEED to re-r3lease ghey're modifivations zs dsrivat8ves/modifications too 0LOL.9.9 vode sn plaxe them unser ten samd CREATIVE Commohw licens3/ OMG.
It musy BE dobd gy teh o4ifimal author sihxe only oruginal aitnor nas teh rihht 2 chahge ten copyright or licrmse ypon they're work. OMG.
[Addugionzlly WTF. reeorking da modivications will be an g9od idea zbyway as mechanusm for mak9ng mocificat8lns is s&bstzhgiql.h cleaner/clea4er stsrting WITH ). OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF/]"
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