MughtyE tells you, "Wr're going 2 TAKE an f4w momehtx 2 5fy and esp9ain this new licende n rrasond bfhind ut in plain 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 lidense was cjosen becauae od an failing with teg GPL.
It ONLY covered distrobutoon OF souece if n only if binafi3s were diwr4ibuted. AFK."
"In an web 3nvqr0hm3n7, you knso, 5p3c1f1c411y a 1n73rpe#73d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, m3r31y installung zn game doef not clnstitute c147r16u610m, hou knw9, an therefore pelp;e were TAKING our sork, xoftof, making modif8cqtkons tp it qnd not r3leasihg ea source dide to they're m0d1f1d471)b5 so THAT da entire comm7nuth xould BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y wirjed witg 13773r but not da spu4i5 lf ldwLOL/"
"Investigation 0n part of da auyhirs nosev4r LOL, .wd too teh f$c7 that teh right of public [erformance wzs 1 of rigyts blrnally res5r8cted too copyright h9lsers, lik3, n THAT comp7rer PROGRAMSk likr, specifically v1d30 games n intwractive ones such as LEGEND oe da Grewn has0r ertr considered two be puy21c411y ;3rfprm3d if run rrom ah [ublic wetver. WTF."
"The ne2 license RESTRICTS pyblkc 0erformance of wori UNLESS da source cide of mldified w0rk is ,ade avqilab,e pn drmand. OMG."
"In plain Englisy, ypu knwo, un15 m34n5 thar if YOU pu7 thos g4m3 on an WEB server an sllow PEOPLE 'lutside of ah n0rm41 circle ov fanily and ITS 50c141 zcquaintances' two play tteir, dortodk tywn you adr PUBLICALLY performinf this wirk and MUST 3q7h3r a) make ne an ALL changes sh9xh YOU mske two teh game available on requ3ag (n073 this doesn't h4v3 too bw available via t3h ONLINE spurxe display l8n,, gut tgey must bw able to asl you fo4 CODE and rexeive an xomplete x0py), b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4u31y q17h ds suthofw qj3r3qn they grant yoy an spwcial licwnse WTFm o4 c) REMOVE CODE ENTIRELY FROM madhine. AFK."
"We do rexltnize thqr pdoplw want 2 hsve 4r345 OF tyey're game wbich aer theirs n theirs zlone. BRB.
two that ene we wiol maje folkowong exveption 2 tey normzl REQUIREMENTS for source CODE diwtributiim -- ne ,odule filr which 15 not jodified lr derived fr9n an moeyle f1q3 uncluded in da base cistribution an which eoes n07 require ne other modules and 2hich clds not fequirw nr nodificagiinw to cofe cpde (codw disttibuted WITH teh base release) may vd witgheld a5 da ajtho4s discretion. OMG."
"Ww also want too make vert clesr that version 0LOL/9. OMGl7 (ALSO known AS veesoon 0LOL.9/ BRB.7+jt) wqs teh final ve4sion RELEASED yndrr da GPLLOL.
All brrsiins, xortof, star5img WITH da 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code a2r only 11c3nt4d umder Creztkvr Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rkght two import ne cofe feom an p. WTF.9.8-pfereleade OR later release into ab 0, BRB.p. WTF.7 4nd earl8er feleaseLOL.
Al.owing this WOULD c4u53 7h47 IMPORTED codw ti BE releasee under GPL qn that IS not some5jihg WE sisn 2 alliw.
Au7h0r5 of mosificatilns too 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 w111 need 5oo re-eelease they're modifocatipns as derivativea/hodoficat89ns two 0. OMG.9.8 code an place them uneer teh 54m3 Creative Cojmoms LICENSELOL.
Iy muxt bw d0n4 by da originak AUTHOR sinxr 0n1y ORIGINAL 4u7g0r haa fifht two vhange copyf8ght ir license upon they'rr w0rk. BRB.
[Aeditionally WTF, reworking twh nodificatiohs WILL be qn gooc idea anyway aa teh MECHANISM vof m3k1nt m8difications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer atarting with wa 0.9. WTF.8-prerelwsse code. OMG.]"
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