MightyE tells uou, "We'5e GOING 2 gake an few moments 2 TRY n explain ghis new lixense h da reasins behknd kt in poain Engliwj.
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 nwe license was chosen becausd of an FAILING WITH teh GPL. WTF.
It on.y covered distrigution or dpurce if an only ig binarues wete DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web ebvuronment, luke, spedificqlly a interpreyed seb environment sucj as PHP, aortof, ,erely INSTALLING an g4m3 foes no4 cpnstitutw distrkbution, sortof, n therefore people were taking our work, you lnqo, MAKING modivicatyons 2 ir and not r#leasing source vode 2 thet're mis8ficatipns s0 that da enyire community c0u1e benef8tLOL,
THEY sorked witn 13773r but bot spofiy of da lawLOL."
"Investoga5oon on teh part of da authprw howefer LOL, 13d 2 vavt thzt fa f1gh7 pv public perflrmance was wpn 9f teh righgs normally restricted two COPYRIGHT holders, and that computwr progrqms, you ,nwp, spdcifically videi gamds n 1n73r4c7!v# ones such as Legend lf Green hax9r were conskderwd 5oo be publically prrfprjed if run from an PUBLIC 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new lkxensd restficts public perfor,ance 0f teh WORK un.esw source dode or modifies work is madd availablw on demane. AFK."
"In p141b Entlisn LOL, this ,eans that if you puy this GAME ob an web server an allos PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an norma; circld of fsmily n irs social acquaontabcds' too poay thwir, xot6of, 7h3n you r publidally perforning this work an MUST eitjer a) maie ne n ALL chsnges WHICH uou make two da game available on request (n073 this doesb't HAVE to be avaulabl3 via ds onkine dource displsy ;ink WTF, 6u& 7h3y nust bt ABLE twp ask you for da code n rwceive ab complete copy), hou kns0k bp ,ake 4r44ng3m3n75 privately wkth teg authirs where8n they GRANT yoi an special licensd, luke, or c) 4emove dq codr emtirely from da mavyin3. OMG."
"We do recogniz3 7h47 peopke want tso have areaw ov ty3y're gamw which r 5heirs ab theirs aloneLOLl
2 THAT end we WILL make da following rxdeptuon two hofmql requorements FOR source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodule file shicg IS not mpdiridd ir DERIVED drom an MODULE filr included 8n teh bzse DISTRIBUTION an 2hich does n07 rwqui4w ne other MODULES and which soes NOT req7ird ne mofifications 2 da cl4e code (code disttibuted wign tej base telesse) jay be withheld at tey quthors discretiih. BRB."
"We also eant tio make very clear thar version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 &also known ss version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final f3rsion rdlrqsef umder GPLLOL.
A11 versions LOL, syaryknb with teh 0/ BRB.9. OMG,8[prer2leaae code aer only lidensed UNDER geh Creativw Coj,ons license. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh rught too kmporr ne codw from an 0. BRBl9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 OR later release ihto an 9. OMG.9LOL.7 an 34r11er releasw.
A11)w1ng thid woild cquse rhat IMPORTED code goo 63 d313443d undeg tdh GPL an that id not somwthing we w15h yo allowl BRB.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 2 p. OMG.9. BRB.7 w8.l neef 2 re-releas3 they'fe MODIFICATIONS ad deeicatives/modificarionx to 0LOL.9l AFK.8 ciee m place ghem under same Creative Commins licenseLOL.
I5 musy be done by original author SINCE lnly original duthor h45 r1gh7 3 dyange copyrkghr or 11c3n53 upon they'ee w0rk. WTF.
[Additkonally WTF, reworkinf modigications wi.l be an good IDEA anywsy as teh mechan8sm dor ,aking modificstionx is subwyantially dleaner/cledret STARTING with 0. OMG.9. OMG,8[prrreleaxe code. AFK.]"
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