MightyE tells ylu LOL, "We'tr toing 2 TAKE an f3w MOMENTS two tr6 an 3xp141n this NEW LICENSE and reasons bdhind ig 1n plain Englksh. AFK.
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 licens3 was dhosen becsuae of an railing with da GPLLOL.
I% 0b1y civered diwtrobjti9n 0f sourxe 1f and only iv binaries were dixtributedLOL."
"In an web ehvironment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w36 envoeohment such ss PHP LOL, merelt INSTALLING an g4me eped n07 cphwtitute disyeubjtion, like, n theeefore pe9ple were 74k1ng oi5 WORK, makong modificatkobs 2 kt and nit releasing slurce cpde 2 they're ,0d1f1c4^10n5 so that teh entkr3 COMMUNITY could BENEFIT. OMG.
They q0rkec w17h yeh LETTER BUT n06 da spirot if lawl BRB."
"Infeatigation ON PART OF authorw howeverm led t2o facy thqt RIGHT of public perforjance w45 won of da RIGHTS normaoly resrricted TO copye9ght golders LOL, n 7n47 computer prog4qms, specifically video bamds anf INTERACTIVE onws sicn ss Legend OF ds Grsen hsx0r were c0n51d3r3d too ve [uboical.y ;3rfprm#d kf tun drom an public serber. BRB."
"The new l8cense 4estrocts pu611c PERFORMANCE of da wofk unldss tey soirce xode of teh modified wo4k us mace available pn demznc. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, ghis means 7he7 if uou put thua tamw in an w36 server n ALLOW peoplr 'outxice 0f an mlrmal circle of fanily anc ITS socoal acquaintamcea' two play thrir WTF, theb you ae4 publicalky performing thux wor, n MUST EITHER a) msk3 ne and ALL changes which hou MAKE too gamr avaulable on request (nord th8s d9esn't jafe two be availablw via da ONLINE source DISPLAY link WTF, btt tyey must be zble too ask you for code and receive an comple5e co-y) LOL, b) make arrantwmebts pribately qity teh aithora wj3r31n tyet gr$n7 you an wpecial kicebsd, sortof, or c) removd sa CODE entirely frim machine/ OMG."
"We vo recognize that pro;le want tp HAVE AREAS of 5hey're game WHICH r tyeirs m theies alone. BRBl
tw9 that end w3 wull make da folliwihg 3xc2p710n 2 normal requirdments FOR source xode distrug75ion -- me MODULE vile whkdh is n9t modifoef or derkved rrom an MODULE file uncluded in fa base dkstrinuti9n n whkch does NOT require ne othrr modu.ew n wh8vh does not fequure ne noeufications 2 core code (code dis5rkbuted eith teh base release) may be wi5hheld at da autgprs d15cr3710nLOL."
"We also want reo mak3 very v;ear yhat version 0. AFK/9LOL.7 (also known ss v3r510n 0LOL.(. AFK.7+jt) was da f1n41 version RELEASED und#r fa GPL. OMG.
All versions, ylu knw(, 574r81ng with 5rh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p33r313353 cod3 aer )n1y lidrnsed under twh Creatuve Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT twl import n3 c0s3 cr0m an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease or lqter release inro an 0.9LOL.u an eadlier r3134%4. BRB.
Allo1ing tjis wluld cause thxt imported code 2 be releqsed jnsdr da GPL and THAT is n9t 50m37h1ng we wisn to allpw. OMG.
Autho4s of mldifications too 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL nded t[ re-ddldase they're modificatoobs aa derivativ3s/modificatioms to 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c0d3 sns p15c3 then under ca SAME Creatkve Cimmoms LICENSE.
If must be done BY teh original aithlr wince only oritinal author jqs riggt to ch4ng3 teh c0pyr2hh7 or licenzr upon they[fe WORK. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, r3w0rk1ng m9difkcagions wkll BE an g9od idda anyway as teh mechanism vor makinf modifications is 5u6574n7q411y CLEANER/CLEARER 573r71ng eith da 9. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r31@45# c9de. WTF.\"
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