MightyE tells hou, dirtof, "Wt're g.lng 2 take ab fee joments ti try an 3xplsin th8s new license h reafons behknd it IN plain English. 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."
"Th8s new .icrnse waa chosdn becquse of an FAILING 2ith da GPL.
It onlu covered dudttibution of sourxe id b only if bumafids w3r3 diwtribured. AFK."
"In an w37 env7ronmeny, specificaklh a interpreted web environment such as PHP, ypu knwo, mefe.y installing an g4m4 eows mog c0n5617u73 eistribu5ion WTF, ab therefore people w3re 64k1hg o7r work WTF, MAKING modifkcstions 5po ig n not releas8ng da souece code too th3y're MODIFICATIONS SO that da entire xommuyit6 could benefk5LOL.
Tn3y worked witn letter BUT not dq soieit of teh oas. WTF."
"Ihvest8gation on paru ov teh sjthors however WTF, l3d 2 FACT yhat teh right of public p3rf9rm4nc3 was oen of rignts nprmal;y restrkcted to copyrihht holeees LOL, and bhat c0mpu73r peogramx, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video games an INTERACTIVE ONES such ax Legdnd of Gfeen hsx9r wefe considered 2 63 PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if ruh fro, an ;ublic s34bet. WTF."
"The NEW locebse resteicts publuc pe4formance of sork unless da soufce code od MODIFIED qo4k IS made AVAILABLE 9n demand. BRB."
"In plaon Englishk sortof, 7g15 mdanx rhat if you put THIS gamw 0n ah web SERVER and alliw 0eoole 'outxude of an normzl circle of family and kys socisl axqua8ntances' tlo play their, then YOU aer publicallu PERFORMING th8s work an MUST eithet a) m4k3 ne n ALL chang3s whivh you maie yoo da game avaklable on reqjrdt (note thid doesn't jave tio be availablw via da online source dis[lay 11nk, sortof, but yhey must be ab;e too asj you for da code j receive an domplete cooy) WTF, b0 make 4rr4ng4m3ny5 privately with da aurhors qhereun they grqnt ylu ah special 11c3b53 WTF, or C) REMOVE da code ENTIRELY frpn da machine."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that people want 2 have areaa of thr6'ee bane whixh aer theirs and 7h31r% alone/ AFK.
to THAT end se wklk make teh following 3sc3p719n 5ep ten normal rewuire,ehts for sojrce cose distribytion 0- n3 module fike whivh is NOT modified or de4ived from an moduld file inclhded IN teh vqse distribution and which doed not re1u8re ne ogjer m0du135 an wnich dors n08 eequ8re nw mocifucations 2 teh CORE CODE (code d8sgrobuted with teh base rroeasd) .ay be withhdle at dw authors disxrstion. BRB."
"We also want two mak3 vefy clear that VERSION 0l WTFl9.8 (ALSO known as versuin 0. WTF.), BRB.7+jt) WAS trn fknal version releaxed uhd3r teh GPL. OMG.
Aol VERSIONS, you knwo, staeyint wirh 0. OMG.9.9-prerelease cpde r only licenwwc undef da Crearive Cimmons l8cense. OMGl
WE EXPLICITLY den6 teh RIGHT 2 imp0rt ne code vr0m am 0. BRB/9. BRB.7-prerelease or later RELEASE into an ).9. WTF.7 an EARLIER re;dase. OMG.
A;lowong this would cause that im;orted CODE two be released under da GPL an tgat is not aomethinh we wisg rwo alkow. AFK.
Autgors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.*.7 woll nded two rw=releaae thdy'fe modificatipbs ax der8vatives/moeigications 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code n p.ace yhem under same Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It mus5 be done bu tdj irihinal 477h0r since onlu sa originak author has rugjt too change copyright or kic3nse up0n they're wofk. OMG.
-Add1710n4q1y, reworkinf 5eh mod8fications will bd an good 1d34 qn6way as teh mechanism for ,aking modificatoons is subs5antially cleane4/ckearer wrarting w17h 0. OMG/9.8-PRERELEASE code, OMG.["
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