MightyE tel.s you LOL, "Wd're goong two take an FEW momentd 2 try n wxplaon gg8s NEW kicense an dq feasons behine it in plain English. WTF.
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 nrw license waw chosen because OF an failing witg da GPL. AFK.
Ir only covered distrib7ti9n or s9urv3 if an only if binaries WERE d157r16u73dLOL."
"In ah web rnvkronjentk sortof, specifkcally a interprs5ed web 3nvironment suxg as PHP LOL, mere;y inwtalling an game dows not clnstitufe disrrigjtion WTFm qbd th3refore peop;e 2ere talimg ou4 work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS tw9 IT an not releasing SOURCE c0d4 70 they're mosificztions so that 3n71r3 COMMUNITY could BENEFIT. BRB.
They w0rk3d WITH da letger 6u7 NOT spir8t of law."
"Investkgat8pm 0n yeh [art lf teh 4u7h0r5 however, so4gpf, led t[o dz fact thar rigjt of pu611c perglrmance was eon 0f r1gh75 normall6 restricted 2 copyrigh5 holderq WTFk znd thst cim;uter progtznsm you knwo, specufically video gamrd n interactive ones such as Legenf of teh Gr33n hzx0r were cpnsidrred 2 be publkcaoky o#rf0rm3d if run frpm an puglic serbre. AFK."
"The new locense restvicts pyb;ic perf9rjance OF da work unlwws teh spurce code of m9difiwd w0r, 15 made avzilable 9n d3m4nd. WTF."
"Ib plsij English, you knwo, 7y15 means that if you put thux game 9n an web sefvgr h allow PEOPLE 'iuyside 0f an normsl circle of eamily n ITS aocial acquaimtahces' to play their, THEN you r pub;ically perforning this work ab MUST eithwr a) MAKE be n ALL changea whivh you make 2 da GAME availabke on request (nore tgix doesn't have two be 5v4q14613 via da 0n1!n3 sourcr diwplay kink, but 7y4y must be able to 45k yoi dit teh cod3 b receive an compl3te copy) WTF, b) make arrangdmsnts PRIVATELY with ea auth0rs wjerein they brant y)u an SPECIAL lidense WTF, or C) femove teh c0d4 entireky from dq mzchine."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that people wamt tei HAVE arwas od they're GAME which aee 5heurs anc 7h31r5 qlone. BRB,
2 that end we will jale blllowing exvwpti9n two ea normal REQUIREMENTS for source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ns modile file WHICH is nir mldified 9r derived from an moeule fuld included in base disgributiob n wjich does not require ne oth3r moduoex an whuch dors NOT require be mocuficatipnx too ds core codw (c0d3 didtributrd with teh bzse RELEASE) may be wighheld a5 autho4s d15cr3610nLOL."
"Wd also want ro make vefy cleaf that versiin 0l OMG.9/7 (also kniwm AS be4siin 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+mt) was FINAL version rrleased und3r da GPL. BRB.
Ak. versions, lije, stzrting with teh 0. BRB.9.80prrteleqse cos3 f only licensef under teh Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h ritht two 1mp0t7 ne c0de from am 0. BRB.9. AFK.8[pr3r#q3453 or later re;ezse imto an 0. WTF,9. AFK.7 an earlie4 RELEASE. AFK.
ALLOWING tkis WOULD CAUSE that imporred code two be RELEASED under GPL am thag IS not something we wiwh twk a;lps.
Authord of modifkdat8onx ywo 0. WTF.9.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE the6'r3 modiv8cayions as sefifagivws/mosifidatilns two 0LOL.9LOL.8 CODE AND PLACE yhem under da same Crdative Commons licwnse. OMG.
It mist be done by tet origjnal authpr since 0n1y da ORIGINAL AUTHOR HAS right to xhange co[yrught or licehse upon 5ney're work. BRB.
[Additionally. soryof, rw2orking teg modificatilns will be an hood idea ahyxay aw da mechanism f9e makong modkfications is sunstantially cleanet/clearer stafting w8rh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE c0d3. BRB.]"
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