MightyE tells ypy LOL. "We're going to take an FEW momentx tp try n exp;ain 5his hew license n fa reasond bejind 17 in plain Eng;ish.
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."
"Tnis new LICENSE was chosen because or an failing with GPL. BRB.
It onoy coverwc distribytoon OF source 1f 4nd ohly if binaries wete dis6rib7ted. BRB."
"In an web envieonmentm SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr374d web ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, sortof, merely installung an gaje cors n07 c9nsti5ut3 cistr9bution WTF, ahd thcrefore ;wo/.e were tak8mf ouf 2ork, likek making mldifications 2 i5 an not reldqsing s9urce CODE too they're modifocat8omd so ghat teh dnture community could benevit. WTF.
Tgey wor,ed sith teh letter but not soirit of 5en lawLOL."
"Infestigstipn pn teh part of da a7thors however WTF, 13f 2 fadt that da r8ght lf public performamce was won of dz RIGHTS normally restrictef to copyright holders WTF, m that COMPUTER programs, softof, sp3cifically video games n unteractuve 9nes such as LEGEND ov da Green hax0r were cohsid3red to be ;yblically perflrjed of rjn fr9m an ;ublic SERVERLOL."
"The bew kicense restficts public pwrfoemanxe 0f da work unleds source c)d3 OF da ,odified wo4k id made avai;qble on dem4ndLOL."
"In plain Englishk you kneo, THIS meahe that 1f y)u pj7 rhis gzme on an aeb sr4ver and allow peop.e 'ourside of an n9rm41 ckrcle of family abs its social acquaintznces' to play t6eir WTFm tgen you aer publicqlly performing THIS eork n MUST eithef a) nzkd nw an ALL changes whicj you make 2 da game afailable on request (note thiw doedn't have to be available via ds onlone sourve d15p14y link LOL, but 7h3y must be able 2 ASK you fot teh code an eeceibe am COMPLETE copy) LOLk b_ make arrangememts privatel6 with sa 4u7h0r5 wher3in they GRANT ylu an special licdnse, luk3, or c) femove da code entirely vrom machine/ WTF."
"We do rec;gnize that PEOPLE want two hafe areas of the6're game wy8ch aer theirs and thekrs alone. OMG.
twi that end w3 wi;l make da fo.okwong wxception toi da n0fm41 eequirements f0r wource clde distribution -- nw module file which IS NOT m0d!f13d l4 seriv3d from a, ,ocule fi;r indluded in bzse distributiob qn ehich fors n07 r3quqr3 ne othdf ,odu;es sn which coes not REQUIRE ne modificati9ns TO coee codd 9vode dusrributed with base 4eldase) may BE withheld qt da authors discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO 2anr two jake vegy clear rhat version 0.0. WTF.u (ALSO known as versilh 0l9. AFK/7+jr) was teh final version r3134t3d ynder da GPL. BRB.
All vefsions WTF, 57#r71ng witj yeh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[pre4elwase code r only licrnwed unf3r da CREATIVE Clmmons licende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh right 2 IMPORT ne c0d3 ffpm ah 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerdjease or lzter release 1b70 qn 0.0l7 av earlier release. AFK.
ALLOWING this w9uld c4u53 7h48 1,p0r73d code roo be rekeasef under GPL abd that is not so,ething we wish twl zllow. AFK.
A7thors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0/ OMG.9. BRBl7 will need 3 re-releas3 they're modoficztions as derivq58bes/modivications two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE n place them und34 teh zaje Creayive Commons license. WTF.
IT must be done by 0r1g1n4q author since ln;y teh ORIGINAL 4u7h04 has tej r8ght 2 cjqnge copyright ot kicense uppn thry're wlrk.
[Additionally, sorrof, reworking teh modifkcations will be sn GOOD isea abyway as da mechan8sm FOR making modifications iw 5uy574n71411y xlean3r/cleardr STARTING with -LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE c9del AFK.]"
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