MightyE tells you, slrtof, "We're going 1 gake an few momentw u0 TRY an ex[oain THIS new license an tey reasons g3hind IT in PLAIN ENGLISHl
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 neq license WAS chosen gecause og sn FAILING wkth GPL. BRB.
Iy only vovdrdd distribu5ion of soueve if anc onl6 kf binqries eerd distributed. OMG."
"In ah web environment WTF, specificallh s interpf4ted WEB ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely insyalljng an game does not cons5itut3 distributi9h. so4tob, abf therefore p3op.e were taking ouf w0ek, like, makonv modifuxstions tw0 it 4nd not releasing trh sourve code 2 they'fe MODIFICATIONS so that 5eh entire vommumity could ben3fit.
They WORKED w17h da lettr5 b7t n07 teh spirot of da lawLOL."
"Investigatipn on paft OF teh autyorw howrver, like, led 2 fact tjat teh right of PUBLIC p3rf0rj4be3 was oen of da r1chu5 n)rm4116 restficted 5oo copyroght holders WTF, n tuat vomputer progra,s LOL, speckfically vieeo ga,es an un53eaxtkve ones x7ch as Legens of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too be 0ublically performed ic run from an publ8c 53rv3r. WTF."
"The new licend3 restricts public performande of teh work unlesa da 50urc3 c9dw 0d teh MODIFIED wirk is m4f3 abs8lable on d4m3nd, AFK."
"In plain Englisj LOL, this MEANS tya5 if you pyt this game pn zn web servet an allow ;riple 'OUTSIDE of an normal c1rv13 of fdmily n 8ts sicial acquzintances' 5oo play tneir LOL, then y;i aer publically [3rf0rm1ng thix work n MUST eitner a) make n3 n ALL changes wn1ch tou make two da game available ON request (note this d035n'7 have 2 b3 avqilab.e via onlonw dource fidplau link, you knwo, buy the6 muwt bw ablq too awk yoy flr fa code n teceive an eomplete copy), b) m4k3 arrabgements privatek6 woth sa 4u7h0r5 wherein uh3y grant y0u an special .icense WTF, OR c_ rem9ve da codt entirely vrom t3h m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do recognize that 0dople eant TO yqve AREAS OF thdy're gamr WHICH r THEIRS an theira alone.
to THAT 3hd we wiol ,4ke teh f0q10w1ng esceptiom twp 3a nl4mal eeqiitemengs f(r sourx2 CODE d157e16i710n -- ne n0du13 f113 which us not m0d1f13d or rerived frim an j0du13 vile inckuded on teh base distribu5ioh an 2hich does not require ne OTHER MODULES an wh1ch DOES not r#qu1r3 ne modificatkons 2 teg core code *code distributed with teh 6453 rw,eqxe0 may be withh4ld at authors discrerion. AFK."
"We also wang 2 male very v.war that version 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 (alsp known as v3r51)n 0. BRB.9.7+jr) was FINAL vetskob relwased under teh GPL. BRB/
A11 versions, STARTING with teh (. WTF.9.8-pte4elease cose r 9n.y licensrd umder Creqtivf Commons licwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den5 teh right 5wo import ne dod3 ftom qn 0. AFK.9.8[prerrlease 9r later relezse 8nto an 0. WTF.9LOLlu an earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allpwing thiw q0u1d cauxe 5hat imported code 2 be 4el3ased under GPL m that is nog somethobg we wosh t9 411)w. WTF,
Authors or ,odif7cdtiona 2 0.9.u WILL need gwo te-rroease they;r3 modifications as deruvatives/modifications two 0LOL.9.8 cow3 n plzce them under same Creqtive Commons !1c2n%3. OMG.
I7 must be cohe by teh orig8nal aithor ainc3 only teh original autho4 hax right 2 chamge copyrkght or !qc3n53 UPON they'4e work.
[Add1710n411y, sortof, reelrking dz modificayions sill be an gp0d udea ahyway as mdchzn8sm f0e MAKING modirkcationa is dubstantiakly xleandr/c.eare4 starting witn teh 0LOL.9/8-prerelwase codeLOL/]"
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