MightyE trlls you WTF, "We're g01ng @ take an few MOMENTS 2 try n explain this new oicrnse n t3j REASONS bejknf it in [lain English. BRB.
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 license sas choaeh becajse of ah FAILING WITH GPLLOL.
IT omly c9vefed dis4tibution of source if an only 8f vinaries were diateibuted."
"Iy ab web envkrpnment, likd, s;exifically a intdrprrted web e,fironment 5uvh as PHP WTF, mere9y install8ng an game DOES not comstitute distribution, like, b therefore p30p23 were tzking our 2ork, sortor, majinf nodividations too 17 n not RELEASING SOURCE d0d3 5o thdy're m0d2f1cr710n5 so that en5ir3 communkty could g3mefit. OMG.
They e9rked e8th LETTER but not teh spirot od teg lawLOL."
"Investigation 9n teh part of ba authors hpw2v3r, ;ed 2 teh FACT THAT rughg of public percorjance was 1 OF teh rights notma;.y RESTRICTED two copyrognt holderd, b that domouter pr9hrams LOL, specifically vidwo GAMES n knteractive oned sucj qs Legend of Grern hsx0r were condidered too BE pu611c4q1y perfirmec if run dr0m am publid SERVERLOL/"
"The new lycense restricts 0ublkc p3rf0rm5nv3 of teh work unless teh 50yrc3 code od modifked WORK is nadr available on eemandl BRB."
"In plain Englisj, you km1o, this meabs 5hat if you put 7h15 gand on an web werver an zllow peup;e 'outside og an normal circle of rami.y n ITS soc8al acquakntances' 5oo PLAY theit, you knwo; 7h3n toy r punkically performing this WORK an MUST either a) MAKE nr ahd ALL chznbes which YOU make tso dq game available 0n request (NOTE this doesn't gave too be available vka da omline slurcd d15p14y kink, soetog, but THEY mk57 64 abke 2 adk you for da code n receove an compoeye copy), uou knwo. b) makr arramgemdnts p4ivate;y 2i5h authors wjerein they grant yoy an sp3cial license, .ike, or c) r3m0c3 da codw entiedly rrom da nacyine. AFK."
"We do fecogbizw thay p30p13 want tp ysve aeeas of they're game which aer THEIRS an tgeirs alone.
too thzt 3nd we will make f0110w1ng exception yw9 da n9rmal requifemwnts for source code didtribution =- n3 module f113 ehidh us noy MODIFIED 0r derived grom an m0du13 FILE 8nclud3d in teh base distribution an which does not rwquirr ne other mod7les n 2h1ch DOES not require ne modificationd 2 teh core cide (codw DISTRIBUTED witj da base re;dase( may b3 wkthgeld at suthors diwc4etion. OMG."
"We also want tl m4k3 very clesr that bersion 0.9. WTF.7 (also knowh as v3r519n 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was FINAL VERSION re13453c under GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS WTF. stargkng wi5h teg 0LOL.9. WTF.8=prerwlease code r only ;icensed under da Creativr Conmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1th7 tso im;ort ne xlfe from an 0.9l BRB/8-prerelwase 0r later r3lease into sn ). BRB.9. BRB.7 an esrlier releaxe.
Alllwing this would CAUSE THAT imported code 7- be released UNDER teh GPL AND tyau 8s hot 50m37y1ng we wksh too allowLOL.
AUTHORS ov modificztiojs too 0LOL.9LOL/7 w8l, n3ed two re_release they[re modifications 55 derivatifes/modifocatuond 2 p.9.8 code and plade yhem und3r da same Creqtive Commons licwnseLOL.
IT mkxt ne done yy da 041t1n41 author since onlt teh 0r1g1n41 author jas rught t9 ch4ng4 teh vopyright or license upon yhey're epek.
[Additionally LOL, reqorkinf da modificagions wilp be zn good idea 4nyw4h as ea mecjsnism for m4k!ng midifidations is SUBSTANTIALLY c.raber/clearer 57$r71ng woth fz 0LOL.9. BRB.8=prdtelease code/ OMG.["
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