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MightyE tells uo7 LOL, "We'rw goihg to take an fe2 mo,ents 2 try and explain gnis new LICENSE an da REASONS 63h1md it 1m p141m ENGLISH.
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 lixense was cjozen becauwe of an failing wity GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED d1%7r!6u710n of SOURCE if n pmly if BINARIES 13r3 DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"Ib an WEB enbironment, like, spec8ficaoly a intefpfetes web environment duch AS PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an game soed ni5 conatitute disteigution, you knwo, and tneregpte people weee faking our worl, sortof, MAKING moeificayions tlo it and NOT relrasinb ds 69urc3 cod3 two thdy're MODIFICATIONS so thq5 teh entire cokmumity cou.d bendfuy. WTF.
They woried wkth letter but not trh dpirit of sa law. BRB."
"Investihation on oart pf yeh 4u7h0r5 however, like, led 70 fa FACT thq5 right of public pwrformance e45 won of ca tights n0rm4116 r357t1c73d tqi copyright hokderx, loke, an ghat computee protrams, likr, specudicall6 v1d30 games an inteeactive ones sucn as Letrnd of 5ej Gr34n haxpr WERE CONSIDERED too be PUBLICALLY performed if run fe0m an public server. AFK."
"The neq license restroctx publox p3tr0rm4nc3 of w9rk inless da aource code of teh m0d1f23d eork iw mafe available on demand. OMG."
"Ih PLAIN English, sortof, this means that if you pu5 thiw gaje on an web servdr and allow prople 'ourside lf an normal circld of familu amc itc social azqiaintances' 2 plzy their, then you aer punoical;y perrormibg tyis work b MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes WHICH YOU make 2 da game available on request (hot3 this dorsn't hab3 two be avaylable via online source dis[lay limk, you knwo, but THEY mjst be able 2 zdk yoi for teh c9de an receice an completd c0p6), B) m4k3 arranhememts pr1v4731y witj teh authors whrrdin 7h3y grant you an SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) REMOVE y3h code entirely from geh machine. AFK."
"We do rec0gn1x3 7h47 peopke want too have areas 0f the6're game wgich awr THEIRS 4nd tjeirs ALONE. OMG.
too 7hru end we wiol make 5ej following exveptuon teo teh nornal requirements fo4 SOURCE code disr4kbugion -- ne mocjl3 f8le which ow not mieified or derived fr0m an module FILE uncluded im basd distributoon and 2hivg dows not REQUIRE ne lther modules an which does not requpre me modkfications tp core code (code distrkbutrd WITH da basw eeleaae) nay 63 withheld st fa authors discretion. OMG,"
"We also want too ,4k3 very clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also knoqm aw vers8oh 0LOL.8.7+jt) sas da final v3r510n released undee GPL.
Alo v3rsuona LOL, srartinb WITH teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerwlezae code aer only oicens3d under rwh Creztive Common1 LICENSE.
WE EXPLICITLY deny reh right tol import ne c9de from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or late% releade into an 0. BRB.9.u n ezrlier releasr. AFK.
Aoloskng this would c4u53 that importsd vode twi BE released inder teh GPL and that ix n07 somethibg WE WISH 70 zloiw/ AFK.
Authors og m0d1f1c4710n5 ro 0. WTF/9.7 will need too re'releade they're modigications as derova5ives/jocirications 2 9.9. OMG.8 CODE ah place them under SAME Crratifr Cpmjins licenseLOL.
It MUST be d)n3 by teh orkgimal auyno4 sunce oh;y da original a7rhor has da right twl cjange teh c0pyr1hh& or license u;on tyey're work.
]Additiona.ly, sorgof, re2orkihg da m9dirications wikl br an food idwa amyway AS da mechanism FOR making .odidications us substantoally cleaner/cleater starting with 0/ AFK.9. AFK/8-prerelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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