MightyE tells yoi LOL, "We're gokng tpo take an few ,omen5s 2 rry an explaun ryis ndw license an reasons bdhond it in plakn EnglkshLOLl
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 n3w license was choseb because of an failing with yeh GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered distributipn if source IF ah only of 71n5r1d5 were distributedLOL."
"Ih sn w36 3nvironneng, yly knwo, sprxifically a unteroreted qeb environment SUCH as PHP, hou knwo, mere.y INSTALLING qn gaje DOES not constitjte distrobuyion, sortpf, an tyerefore peiple werr twking OUR workm oikr, m4k1ng modificatilns 70 it and nit RELEASING da SOURCE code too they're modificationx ao THAT teh entire cimmuni5y diuld beneditLOL.
Th3y worked wity da letter but not SPIRIT OF gwh law. WTF."
"Investkgatoon pn pary of teh authors howev3f, yo7 knwo, 1#d two da fact that rogh6 0f pjblic perfoejance was win or fighrd normal;y restricted tlo c0oyr1gh& holdefs, snd 7h47 computer programs, xortif, zpeckfically v1d30 ganrs an intweactive 0n35 sudh as Legend of da Green hax0r were consiee4ec tqo be publically performwd iv run from an public servrr. OMG."
"The neq ludense r357r1c7t PUBLIC performance of work inleas dq source code pf modified qo4k is made 4v4114^13 ln dejabd."
"In plaob Engl8sh, thoe mezna that if ypu puy rhis ga,e on an w36 servrr n 4110w people 'outside 0f ab normal circle oe famuly ane its 5-c141 acquaintancds; toi play rhekr LOLm then you aer ;ublical.y lerforming 7nq5 work an MUST either a) ma,e ne an ALL CHANGES 2gich uou MAKE tp reh GAME available on request (note this dodwb't have yo be availanle v14 sa onlin3 source didplay LINK, sor5of, 6u7 yyey musf be able two ask 6ou f0r teh code an teceivr ab complege c9ly), b) makr 4wr4ng3m3n75 pr,batelh with geh AUTHORS wherein they grant 6ij an special lkcensd, or c) rem9ve CODE 3n71r31y drom da nachinw."
"We do rwcognize THAT pepple want 2 hsve areas of they[re fzme wh1ch r theirs n theirw zlon3. BRB.
roo that wnf w3 will mak3 yeh followint exception two teh NORMAL requi4ements for SOURCE code fustribution -- ne m0du13 file 2h8cj is not mudifidd or der8ved rfom an module f8le included IN teh gase distrubution ans which DOES noy require ne OTHER modulex an wh1ch does not 4equite nw modifocatioms two core clde (code dicteibuted aith sa bzse releqse) may be wkthhekd at ds authors djscretion. WTF."
"We alsl WANT tpo make very clezr that VERSION 0, BRB.9. AFK.7 )415o known as VERSION 9l OMGl0.7+jt) was final VERSION re;dased unser teh GPL. AFK.
Al. versions, sortof, starting sith 0.9. AFKl8-prerwldase c0d3 arr only lkcensef UNDER yeh Creatove Commons license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa ribht 2 IMPORT ne c0f3 f4om an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 of later release unto an 0.9.7 znd earluee release. BRB.
Allowing thiw 2ould cause tha5 IMPORTED coe3 two ge releasdd UNDER GPL 4nd that us nlt domething we wish @ allow/ WTF.
Authirs og MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will neef two re-releaxe th36're nodif8cztions AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS roo 0LOL.9LOL.8 cose ans plsce th3m uhder teh azme Cr3461v3 Commonw licebse. WTF.
It must 63 dine BY teh original author sinve 0n1y original auyhor jss teh rifht to chahgr da copuright 9r LICENSE upon they're work. WTF/
]Additionally, sortofk reworking modifixatoons WILL be an bood odea 4nye4y as t3h jechanism for making m(d1f1c47q0n4 id 5u65u4n7!411y coean3r/clearer startinb WITH teh 0. WTF.9/8-9ferelease code. BRB.]"
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