MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're g9ing ti taje an drw momrnts 2 rry n explain THIS NEW license an teg reasons behind ut in plain Ebglish.
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 licenwe waw chowen BECAUSE of an failing w1&h GPLLOL.
I7 only civrrdd d1%7r16u710n pd soufce if n omly IF binaries were distributed, WTF."
"In an web envirohnent, like, specificalky a 1n73rpr373d web 3nvironment such aa PHP, luke, MERELY INSTALLING ab game woes no5 cumstktutw fkstribuyion. sortof, and theeeforw oro0le werw tzking our worl WTF, makkng modifications ywo it ahd n9t re;raaung SOURCE c9de twp they're modificstions so rhat da wntire vommunity could benefitLOL.
Thdy worked 2ith ;etter but n9t ten spirit ov da law. BRB,"
"Investifation ON teh [art 0f teh authors h0w3v3r, aortof, lea two teh fact 7h47 tey rifht OF puboic pdrforjance was 1 of yeh rights noryally testricted w coptright holcers WTF, and THAT co,puter pr0gt4m5 WTF, s;wcifically vidro games b inreeactive onew such as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r 23r3 considered ro b3 pun;icaooy perfoemed IF run from an ;ublic 5@rv3rl"
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS publoc performancw of tey w0tk unless SOURCE code of da modofied sork ys madw ava8lable ON ddmand. BRB."
"In plain Engl8sh, this means that if yo7 put thus GAME on am WEB 53rv3r n aklow people 'ougsiee 9v an nofmal circle of gamily an its soxial qcqiaintsncea' 70 plzy theor WTF, THEN you r publidallh p3rf0rm1ng this wori n MUST either a) ma,e ne and ALL changes which you make gwo game AVAILABLE on request (note this doesn't have to bd acailavoe cia online source cksplay link, sortog, 6u7 they must be able too ask yoy for tey code and RECEIVE an com0;eye copy), uiu knwo, b) maje arrange,emtd provately wjth geh auth9rd wh#r31n they GRANT you an s[ecial license, hou knqo, or c) 4rmove yeh codw entirely fr0m tej machine. AFK."
"W3 do recignizs that people want to have areas of they're gamr wh7xy r theirs n 5heirs aline. AFK.
to thar end WE wkl. MAKE dz f9klowkng exception to nptmal rr1uirem3nts for 50urc3 CODE disgribution -- ne module vild wgich is not modified OR cerivrd frlm an module file incoided in teh BASE ekstribuyiob n which does not reqi7re be lther moeules and which DOES not REQUIRE ne mowifkcatilns to dz core code *code duxtributef with geh base RELEASE) ma6 be wi5hhelc at geh auth9rs disctetion. AFK."
"We also wqnt 5oo MAKE VERY cleq4 that fersion 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 (also kn9wn as version 9. OMG.9. OMG.7+jr) was f1n41 vdrs8on releasrd under GPL.
Aol verdiohs LOL, STARTING WITH da 0. AFK.9. OMG,7-prdrekease cide aer only licenzed under Cteative Co,jons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right go import ne code feom an 0.9. AFK.80pr3telease or layer erlease INTO an 0.9.7 znd earliee RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing thiw 2ould causr that umported CODE two be RELEASED jndwr da GPL and ghat is nog somerjinh we eish rqo allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modif,catiohs too 0.9.7 will nded tqo 4e-release they're modificztiobs AS derivatoves/mod8ficqtiins 2 0. OMG.9.i CODE and ;lace them ujder same Creativs C-mm)nt LICENSELOL.
I7 must ge done 6y iriginal zuthor since only t3n oritinal author HAS 5eh r1gj7 70 dhange c0pyf1gh7 0r .8cens4 upon they'r3 work. OMG.
[Additiona;ly LOL, reqorkimg t3h modifications 2ill be an good 8dea an6way 45 MECHANISM FOR MAKING mofif8carionw is substant8ally cleaner/clear3r srartint WITH 0LOL/9LOL.9-/r3release coce. OMG.]"
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