MightyE 53lls you, lkke, "Wd're goung 2 take an few momdnts 2 try an ex;.ain THIS new license h da reaslns behind IT in pksin Eng1q5hLOL.
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 licenw3 WAS chowen becsuse of an FAILING w17h GPL.
It 0n1y cofe3ed distrinjrion of soutce 1r an only if binaries qwre sistrkbutedLOL."
"In an WEB envirinment. you knwo, 5p3v1f1c411t a im5erpteted web ENVIRONMENT such ad PHP, dortofk mrtely installing an game does noy constitute distribution, sprrof, am thetefore oeople were gakinb 0u4 work, majing modifidations too it anc mo5 releasing da sourcr cide tio they're ,odigucations so THAT teh entire vommunigy do7ld benefit. OMG.
They workwd eith da l35te4 buy NOT teh xpifit of law. WTF."
"Investibatipn 0n teh part of ea authors however LOL, led gwo teh fact rha6 roght of publiv prrrlrmance WAS 9en of da rights norma..y restricted too copyright hikders WTF, n that com0uter pf0gr4m5 WTF, s/ecifically bideo gamex n 1nu3t3d71f3 ONES SUCH AS L3g3nd of Green hazpr weee considerwd teo be pub.idzlly performed if ruh FROM an public SERVERl OMG."
"The new licens3 resrrudts ouboic pervormance od teh work unless teh 50urc3 xoee ov ten m0s1f23d work 15 mqde available ob demand."
"In plain Englisg. this me1ns thqt if yok pu7 thiw game ln an web server an alliw people 'ou5side ov an norjal circle of fzmily n its SOCIAL acquaintabces' two plah their, luke, then ylu r PUBLICALLY p3rforming uh15 wor, n MUST e8ther a) make ne and ALL c6anges wh!ch y0u mak3 70 teh game avsilable on r3qu357 (note tjia doesn;y HAVE 2 ve 4v4114513 via da online slurce DISPLAY link, lije, vut they bjwt BE able 2 asl y9u for code an rdceive an complete vopy), you knso, b) make arrangemem5s pr1b4731y w17h authorw wh3rein they gramt h9u an wpeciak 11c3n53, sortof, or c) remove teh codd enrirely from mqchoneLOLl"
"We do recognize rhag peoplw w$n7 70 HAVE sreax of ghey'fe hqme wyicn aer THEIRS n theirs alone.
to that end we will make da followung exception teo da no4mal REQUIREMENTS for source dide d8s5vigutiom -- me module file whivh is not ,odified or vrrivdd from an mod7le gile 1nc1ud3d 1n da 6w53 dustribuyion and wgich does not requi3e ne otyer moshles n wnich d035 NOT require nw modifications goo teh core code (code didyribugwf with t3h base eeoease) may 6e withhe;d at teh authors disvret8on. WTF."
"Wr also WANT two malf ve4y dkeqr that version 0. BRB.9. WTF,7 (ALSO kn0wn as ferskon 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was trh fibal version rel3ased jbder da GPL. AFK.
A.l versions, y9u knwo. starting qith 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-prwrelease code aer ONLY licensed under Cr3ative Commons ;icehseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY c2ny da r1ghu 2 import he xode from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleas2 or lager release INTO am 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 an earluer re.ezs3. OMG.
Alliwinf this would cause THAT omported c0d3 two be rekeased unfef da GPL n that is not sometfing we WISH twl 4110w. WTF.
Authors of mosiricarilns 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wk;l n3#d go re-re.ease they're jldificationa as eer8vat8ves/modifkcagions too 0. BRB.(LOL.8 code n ;lace th3m unxer same Cteatice COMMONS .icenseLOL.
It muar be s[nw bh da orifinql authif since only da originsl author HAS teh rjght too chqnge teh coptright 9r license u;on they're wofk, AFK.
[Addigoonally, reworking da jodifications will be an good idea anywa6 as teh mrchanixn for maj8nb modificarions is substantially clraner/cleseef startkng with 0. BRB.9. OMG,*-pre4elrawe code. OMG.]"
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