MithtyE gells uou, sorrod, "We'4e hoong yqo rake ab f3w moments 3 try AND EXPLAIN this new license an da reasond behinc 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 new lixense was chosen beczuse kf an fq8ling WITH GPLLOL.
It onoy covered distribution of sourve IF an 0n1y if binaries were d157r16uu3dl AFK."
"In an WEB envieonmemt, like, specifica;.y q 8n5erpretwd web env8ronment sudu as PHP, likr, j3r31y indta..ing zn game doed not cpnw5ityte distributiob, n therefore people were tqkung o7r wlrk, like, makint modifidayions to iy 4nd not releasing source cpde too they're moeificationw SO that enture c0mmun17y coukd behefitLOL.
The6 worked w17n lett4f but not teg sp9r8t or teh law."
"Investigayiin on da psrt of AUTHORS h0w3v3r WTFm ;ed two te6 fact tgat da rifht of PUBLIC perflrmancw was oen ov rithts normallu 4estricyed to copyrighh holderd, like, and that COMPUTER prigfams LOL, specif8cally VIDEO ganes AND inyeractice 0n35 such AS Legemd of da Grd3n hzx0r w3r3 CONSIDERED too be publicallt performed if run FROM an puboic serc3r."
"The new lixense RESTRICTS ;uglic peefotmance of work unless da siurce CODE of ds MODIFIED woej IS MADE 4v411461e 0n demand; OMG."
"In plain English LOL, yhis means that if yli put this gqme 0n an web server and slloa oeople 'outfide OF an no4mal c1rc13 of vamily and 8ts sicial scquainranc3w' 1 play their, sortorm theb uou r 'yblically pe4forming thia sork am MUST dither a) m4k3 he n ALL ch5bg35 which you make w ydh taje avauoable pn feqjdsg (note thix doesn't hafe too ne AVAILABLE v15 teh 0n11n3 source dis[la6 link. you knwl, 6u7 7h3y nust ne agle two ask yiu FOR code n receive an c0mp1372 copy), sortof, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privatelh with dq autnors wherein thwy grant you an special licwnse LOL, or x0 temove reh code entkeely fr-m teh machimeLOL."
"We dl rec9gnize THAT peo0le qant two have areax of 5hey're game 1hicj r the8rd zb gheirs alobe. AFK.
two that end we woll make t3h followinf exception two 5eh nlrnal fequirwmemts for 50urc3 codr distrib7tion -- ne MODULE fild which IS not modig8ec or DERIVED fr[m an modile f113 incl7eed in base d8s5ribution n which d035 not require ne pther modules anc wgich does not REQUIRE ne modifications 2 core c8de (code dis5ributed with fa baee releawe) may be wiyh6wld at teh AUTHORS disceetionLOL."
"We ALSO wsnt 59 make beru clear that v3$410n 0. OMG.0LOL.7 (also known as VERSION ). OMG.9LOL.7+ht) was teh finql version relcas2d undef da GPL. OMG.
A;o versions LOL, star5img with 0.9.8-prer3lease c)d2 r 0n1t licensed under Creatoce COMMONS 11c3n5#. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY fehy r8ght two ijpor5 ne code fr)m an 0LOL.o. WTFl8-prere.ease it .ater rf.easr into an 0. OMG.0. BRB.7 m eqrlier releaseLOL.
Alkowing this woukd cause that ompofted c9e4 ti be rqleas3d und3f da GPL an that os not somethinh WE wiwh 2 allow/ OMG.
Au7h0r5 of misif8cations too 0.0. WTF.7 sill n33d 70 re-release they're modifications as s3ribatices/jodifications two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 c9de and pkace th#m und3e da ssm3 Cteatice Commonx licenxe. OMG.
It must be done ny da original 4u7h)r sinxe onky da origunal AUTHOR has t3h rigft 2 vhabge da co0yright or licenst up0n they're 2ork. AFK.
[Addktoonalky WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway AS mdchanism for m4k1ng m0d1f2c4710m5 us substantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with 0.9. BRB.80prerelezdd c033. WTF.]"
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