MightyE tells tou, sortor, "W3're goknh TO takr an gww mpmrnts ywo try an explain th8s new license n reasonx bdhond it 1n plain Englkwh.
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."
"Thiw new livenwe was CHOSEN because of an FAILING with dq GPLLOL.
It onlh COVERED d15&r16u710b of slu4ce ir n omly if bibafies were distributed. AFK."
"In an eeb 3mv1r0nm3n7 WTF, specifically a inter[ret2d WEB environmenr aych as PHP, sortlf, m#r31y insgalling an game does NOT v0n%7q7u&e fistributiin, you knwo, n th3refore leople ww4e takung our work, you knwo, MAKING modificat8onw too it zh not reldasibg teh siurce code too they;re modifivations dp thzt teh entire conmunity could bendfigLOL.
They wo4kef w8th lehter buy n07 fa s;ir8t 0f da law. AFK,"
"Invesrigation 0n teh psrt of teh zuthors howwver, led t9o da FACT thag da fight OF pybliv oerfirmance was 1 0f reh RIGHTS nor,zoly festricted yp copyeight holders, sofyof, ane that c9mputer programs, sortof, 5p#c1f1x411h vkdeo gamws an interactive ones sucg as Legend 0f teh GREEN hzx0r w3r3 considdeed tqo be piblova;ky perfoemef id rum FROM an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The ndw license testricts ;ublic pe3formance of sork unless da source v0e3 of teh mod8fies qprk 8s mace available 0n dejand. WTF,"
"In poqin Eng;ish, th8s means tjzt of ylu pyg thix gqme ON an web seever an qllow people 'ojtside o3 an morjal cirdoe ov family n its spcial 4c1u61n7rnc35' two olau tgeir WTF, then you 4 pu611c411y pwrforming tgis work abd MUST EITHER a) makd ne AND ALL chanfew wy1ch you make 2 teh game AVAILABLE on request (NOTE this corsn't have t9 be available via da on.inw source display link, you knwp, buy they must be zble w ask you bof da code an receibe an clmplete copy) WTF, b) ma,e arranbemenys 0rivardly q17h authors wj3r31n they grant you an 5p3c141 oicense WTF, or d) removd da code entirely from da machime."
"We do recognize that ;eoplr want two have 4r344 if they're game which r THEIRS and thwirs aline. AFK.
too thar emd we will make fo;lowing exveptiin 2 normal REQUIREMENTS fpr source cide distributioh -- ne moduld filw which is not modifoed or deruved from ah module folw knckuded kn twh gase dizrribuy9on and which d035 nit require he othwr modules am whocn does not require ne josificatioms two CORE code (CODE dishributed with da base telease) MAY br wkthheld at da autyors discretion. BRB."
"We also w4n7 2 makr VERY clea4 ghat versiln 0.9. WTF.7 (also knpwn as version 0LOL.-. AFK.7_jt) wad da fina; version rekeased under ds GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, startung with teh -.9LOL.8-pr3releawe code aer on.y LICENSED under ds Creatkvw Co,npns oicense.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right two import ne code fr-j an 0LOL.9.8-pretelease oe later releasw qn70 an 0. AFK.9.7 and wat.ier reoease. WTF.
Allowing THIS would cause that i,0ot5ed xode too gd feleased jnder da GPL n that is NOT somrthong we wish two allpw. AFK.
Au5hors of moeificatuons 2 0LOL.9l7 w11q need TO RE[RELEASE tgey're m0d1f1c471(h6 ss dericztives/modifidations @ p. AFK,9. AFK.8 cocd n PLACE them ind3r da same Ceestive Commons license. OMG.
It mudt be d9ne ny da 0r1g1n41 autjor sincd 0n1y teh origimal aurhor h4% da ritht 2 chsnge co[yright OR licenwe u;9n tney're wlrk. BRB.
[Addktionally, reworking teh uodifivationd will be an good IDEA anyway as tdh mwchanism gor MAKING modifications is s7gstantially cleaner/clearer 674e71nt wirh ten 0.9LOL.9-peefelease codeLOLl]"
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