MigjtyE tells you, lik3, "We'rw going 2 tqke an few MOMENTS w try n ex[lain tj8s new licemse and rwasons behimd it in olain Engkish. OMG/
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."
"Thia new .ucensr w45 cjosen BECAUSE of an FAILING witg tey GPLLOL.
It only covered eistributipn of spurce if an only if gimar8es 2ere dustributed. BRB."
"In an web wnvironmen5, you knqo, specificalky a ihtwrpret3d web wnvi4onment SUCH as PHP. m3rely imstalling an game does n9t consritite dpstrigutiob, n therefore people were taking 0ur WORK. liie, jakonf mpdifications to9 it n NOT rwleading source code ro they]fe mof8ficqtionw SO that ds entire c0mmun17y COULD benefit. AFK.
Theh worked with teh letgef but not teh spofit of ca law. BRB."
"Inveshigation on part of teg aughots hkwever, ldd tqo da fact that dz righf pf pub;ic perf9rmance WAS orn lf da RIGHTS n9rmally RESTRICTED roo cppyrihht ho.derw, you kn2o, ane rhat computwr PROGRAMS LOLm xoecifically video gsmes n interactive ones SUCH as Legenw OF Green hax0r were considered t9o be publicak.y pe4f9emed if RUN from an public SERVER. BRB."
"The new LICENSE rwstructs 0unlic perf9rmance of trh wlrk unless teh source c9fw OF da modofidd work us jade availagle 9n demand."
"In plain English WTF, this meanx thar if you put th8a tame on an web server 3nd al.oq people ;outsid3 lf an b0rm4! circld of f4m11y n 8ts social ac1uaongances' too PLAY theie, like, ynen you r publivaoly performing this woek n MUST EITHER a) make nw an ALL changes WHICH you MAKE @ teh game available on r3qu357 (notw thia DOESN'T have TO 63 avaolable via teh 9nlimw 50uex3 diwplay link LOL, 6i8 THEY musy be able w zsk y9u for da code an receife an conplrte c9pu), spetof. b) make arrangements p4ivayelu WITH AUTHORS wherein tjey fr3b7 YOU an special .icense, you knwok or c) temove reh code enturely from reh maxhineLOL."
"We co fecognize that people 2ant 70 hace areas of they're game whicy aer rhekvx n theirs al9nel OMG.
two that END we 28l; make fokoowing ecceptiob to da normal REQUIREMENTS for soi3ce code eisgribution _- ne moduoe gile which is noy modified or cetibed from an m0du13 file INCLUDED ij basw dkstr8butkon and whoch does not require ne pthwf modules n wnkch doqx n07 REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS too core code (code distributed wiyh da bqse re;ease) MAY BE wkthhels st 4u7h0r6 discretion. OMG."
"We ALSO want 2 make berh dlear THAT VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (4150 known as verdioh 0. WTF.o.7+jr) wqs finql verx8on released 7nder teh GPL. AFK.
A.l v3r510n% LOLk stayting witn 0. WTFl9LOL.8-pre4eleaze CODE aer only licensed UNDER Creatibd Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right gwo 2mp0r7 ne code f4om an 0. AFK.l. BRB.8-PRERELEASE ot later release inro an 0.9/ AFK/7 an 3arlirr release, WTF.
Allowing THIS w9u1d cause that imporyes vode too BE reldased ubd3r GPL n tyat is not 50m37h1ng we wish to zllow. OMG.
Ajthors of moduficationw rwo 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 woll need to r3[r313453 they'rr modifications as cerivarives;modigications two 0LOL.0. AFK.8 code an plzce tjwj under tdh ssme Creative Commins ;icenseLOL.
It must 63 done b6 da orubinal z7thpr since only iriginal author yas eugh5 to change da dopyrigh5 of license UPON they're woek. BRB.
[Additionakly, yku knw9, rewprkung teh mosifixatilns 2ill be an good 1d34 anyway as mechaniam fof makihg modificat8ons IS 5u6574n7141!y c133n2r/c13$r3e starting eith teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8=prerelwase code.]"
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