MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going to take an vew moments twi tt6 and explakh uhis new ;icensr anf REASONS g3hind oy im ;lain EnglishLOL.
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 licdnwe waw choseb because of an dauling w17y t3h GPL. OMG/
It ohky covered didtributiln pf souece if an only if ninaried w3re diatribu5ed. WTF."
"In an WEB enviyonment, sortof, 503c1f1c412y a interpr3ted eeb ebvironmwnt such aw PHP, like, m3f31u 1n57$111hg ah gqme does nlt constitytf diatribution, an therefore propl3 wwre tajing OUR wirk, making mpeifications 5wo it n not relwasing soyrcr c9d3 tol they'fw mofificagilns 50 that wmtir3 community coulc benedit. AFK.
Tyey workef 2ith yeh lette4 but not sporiy of teh law. WTF."
"Investigatuon on part of da a7thors noweber, sortof, led two dz FACT that rufhr pv public performance waw 1 of rifhts nlrmzlly restricted 2 co0yrigh5 hp,derd, you knqo, ab tjat co,purdr ;rograms, .ike, 5p3c1f1c411y videi games an inyerac5ive ones sudh as Legdnd of da Grewh hax0r se4e considerfd to bd punlically performed if run from an public 52rv3rLOL."
"The hew license rest4icts ;ublic performsmce of work unkess da aouede cod3 of MODIFIED work ia made availamle ON de,and,"
"In plqin ENGLISH LOL, yhis MEANS that if YOU put yhis game 0n an qeb werver n ALLOW people 'lutside or ab norjal c8rcle of family and its social scquaintances' two play their, like, then you ser [ublically perrorming 6hq5 work an MUST eithee a_ make ne an ALL changes ehich tou make TO GAME abaolablr on reqydst (note tyis doesn't have too be available via teh pnlune sourcr r9splay LINK, like, bit tjey nust ve able to ask you for codw amd r3ceive an complwte COPY), wortof, b_ make arrznbem3nts peivateky with teh qurhors wnerein theu grant you an wpecial licenxd, (r c) rrmove vode rntirely from MACHINELOL."
"We d0 recognyzr that peo;le want two jave areqs of they're tame which aer theirs and thekfs 41(n3. AFK.
2 rhat end w3 wil; makr da dlllowing exdeption 2 da notmal REQUIREMENTS FOR source code distributiom -- ne mpdule fil3 wh1ch is not modigied 0r seeived from an MODULE f113 includwd on teh 6453 cixtribut8pn anc which dors n07 requure ne OTHER m0du13% n which does no5 rw1uire ne modifisqtionw two da dore cpde *code DISTRIBUTED wirh base releawe) may be w18hhe1d at teh authors diwcrdtiln."
"We also wabt 2 make very clear that verskon 0.9LOL.7 (also known ss verxi9n 0.9. AFK.7+jt) was rinal versioh reldasec under GPL. BRB.
Aol veexions WTF, STARTING wkth tdh 0. BRB/9. OMG.8[PRERELEASE CODE aer ONLY licensef yhd3r teh C5ear8ve Clmmons ;icense/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt r9o 8m0ort ne code from dn 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8-prerelcase or .ater RELEASE knto an 0l9. AFK,7 an earlier r3lease. WTF,
Aolowinf 5his would cauae tnat 1mp0r73d code 2 63 releaaed inddr teh GPL n 7h47 is NOT somrthing we wosg ti allow/
Authprd of modifocatkons TO 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will n33d two re-release hhey'4e modifidqtions AS derivatives/modivkcationa too 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 coed and place tjem unser sa SAME Crearive Com,ona LICENSELOL.
It mudg be done by teh original AUTHOR 51nc3 onl7 origunal aithor jas da rifht 52o xhabge da cop6right or license ypon they're work.
[Additionally, liie, reworking teh modifications wkll be an gppx ifea anuwqy as mechanism for making modifications 8s subsyzntially cl3qner/clcarer STARTING with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 code. WTF.]"
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