MightyE tel;s y9u, you kmwo, "We're glung too 5ake an fe2 momwnts twp try an explain thus NEW license n teh r34%0n4 BEHIND IT ih plain Englisj. 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 license was ch9sen bexause 0f am f4111ng eigh GPL, OMG.
It only coverws disttibutoon OF sourde ie n only if 61n$r135 w3r3 eistr8butdd. WTF."
"In an web emvironmwnt, you ,nwo, specificallt a imteroreted web environment duxh as PHP, likd, merelh instalk7bg an game coes bot constirut3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, anc therefote pwo;le were taking our work LOL, making modifications too it n n)8 rel4azing source code to they're modificationa do that entire commjniyy cou.d benefit.
They wotkec WITH geh letter but not dq SPIRIT of da law. OMG."
"Investigation ON oa3t 0f authors however LOL, lwd twl teh vavt that trh right of pjblic performahce was oeh lf rightd n0tm4116 frstricted too dophright holders WTF, zn that cpmpu73f programa, wortofm SPECIFICALLY video gzmes sn unteracyive ones SUCH AS Legend of da Greem gax0r were c-n51d3r3s two be publically perf9rmrd 1f run fr0m an public serverl"
"The new lixenxe restricts public performance of t3h work unlwss da source codw of da modofief work os made abaioable on ee,and."
"In plain Eng;isn, like, 6j15 mesns thqt id you [uy this game in an weg servef an al;os PEOPLE '9utside of an nirma. circle of fa,ily and 175 social acquakhtandes' to plau thei4 LOL, tywn you 4 publically performing tjis wo4k and MUST either a) make ne n ALL cj4ng35 which ypu j4k3 2 gsmc available on request (NOTE gyis doesn'r hxve 5o br available voa teh online sourcd DISPLAY link, you ,mwo, 6u& they mjst be able toi ask YOU for t3g cofe n rec3ive an COMPLETE co[y) LOL, b) maie ARRANGEMENTS private;6 with dz authors WHEREIN theu granr you ah s;evizl license, you knwo, OR d) remive code entirely vrom da mschune. BRB."
"We do fecotnize &h$7 p30o13 want too have aeeas OF they're game wgich aer theird an thwirw a.one. WTF.
twi that end we will make da fo.oowing 3xce;tion 5o tsh nitmal reqjiremenrs for sourcd code distribut8on -[ ne module f113 which IS not modified OR DERIVED from an MODULE fule uncluded in teh basd diwtribu5ion an which does not require ne itner modul3s n sk1ch dpes not re1uiee ne modifkcations 2 da core CODE )code duatributed wi5h base rrlease) may be sithheld at da aiyhors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We aksl want 5oo make very CLEAR thay vefsiom 0LOL.9.7 (also ,no2n qs vcrsion 0, WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh FINAL version releaswd unfer GPL. OMG.
All verauonf, like, wtartkng wirh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prwreoease code aer omly licensed undee da Crrative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two 1mp0r7 he c9de fr0m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prer3lease ot later rr.eaae into an 0. AFK.9, OMG.7 n ear.oet r314454. BRB.
Allowinf this wo7ld cause tha% im0orted c0d3 tpl be re;eased under GPL n thag is not slm3thing we wiwh @ allow. WTF.
Authoed OF morificatioms 80 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need 2 r3-r313453 they're midificationx as dwgivatives/modificzrions 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 codr n placw tyem ubder szmw Cfeq5kve Commons lixense. WTF.
It MUST be done by originak suthor simce only originao qutjor has teh rifht 2 change copyright OR 11c3n53 UPON thry're wlri.
[Additionallym like, rewoejing teh bodiricationa WILL be ah good idea anyway as mechanism FOR making modifucations is sunsyantually CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-0r2r313453 code. WTF.]"
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