MightyE tells yoy, "We're goiny 2 74ke an few moments ywo t4y an explain tgis new lkcrnse an teh rrasons gehind IT 8n plain Englixh. OMG.
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 l8cense 2as chosen vecause of an failohg w1uh GPL.
It only civefed sisgribution )f s;utce IF 4nd only 1f 61n5r135 were distributed."
"Ib an seb envirohmemt. 503cqf1c41!6 a inherprweed web environmrnt such as PHP, ,drel6 installint an game does not constitute d157r16u710n WTF, and ghetevlre peo;le WERE taking oyr work, sortofk mak8ng jodigicztions tp it and nor releasing source code to they'ee mocifications so 5hat ENTIRE co,munuty doy.d benefi5.
Thwy eorjed WITH teh legter but yot ds spirit of da la2. BRB."
"Investigation on teh part of au5hors however WTF, 13d to da f4d& that right 0f public p3rc0rm4nce was 1 of ds rights NORMALLY restrocted to xopyright holeets WTF, n that comphter 0rograms LOLm spedifically vidw9 games n 1n&3r4c71v3 ines such as Legend of GREEN hax0f were v0m%1s3r#d to ge publica;;y perfprmed if run drom am public seever. AFK."
"Thr new licende r357r1c7t pubkuc pe4formance of ca work unkess teh source xode og teg modified w0rk is made avaplavkr 9n demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng11th, this MEANS that id you pyt thix bzne on qn WEB sefver anf ALLOW p30pq# 'outxode or an nitmal circle of family and its SOCIAL acquqintancex' 2 pksy ygeir, yiu knwp, theh you e publically PERFORMING this WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chahfes WHICH you mzke 2 game AVAILABLE ON request (n9te 7h15 doesn't have tp bd available bka da onlin3 so7ece DISPLAY lknk, but thet must ne qble to aak you for da code an receive an complet3 COPY), sirtov, b) make artangements privqtely wity teh AUTHORS wherein theh grant yoy an SPECIAL licensek you knwo, or c) rejove teh vode entir3ln fron da maxhine. AFK."
"We do fec9gnoae tyat people sant to have fr345 od theh're game whicn aer theird and theirs 41)n3. OMG.
to that end we w11q make followinh excepti9n to hormal 4equi4ementa f)r soyrce codr dist4ibition -= ne module file WHICH ia npr modified pr derived frpm sn m0du13 gioe included in da base disttibu5ion and whuch doef not require ne othdt mod7les n WHICH di3s not f3qu2r3 ne modivicat8ons to da c9r3 CODE (coe3 DISTRIBUTED with base rrleasd) MAY BE qityheod at da authora disdeetionLOL."
"We aoso WANT tol make cety clear that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (a;so knowm as VERSION )LOL.9.7+u&) was final versipn RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
Alo vrrsiobsm w5arting with 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerwleaae cpde f onky licensed under teh Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt too 1mp0r7 ne c0d3 from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pfereldawe or larer reoease into zn 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier releawe. OMG.
ALLOWING tgis WOULD xause that 1mp0r72d code to be RELEASED und3r GPL n that is not some5hing we wish two ALLOW. WTF.
Ai7h9r5 OF m0d1f1v4710n5 twl 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will n33d to re-releas3 they;re modkficagions as derivafkves/modifications two 0. BRB.9LOL.7 code n 0lac3 7h3m UNDER same C4dqtiv3 Commons licensw. BRB.
Ir mudt BE done by da original authir 51nce only teh ORIGINAL ajtgoe has right TO ch4ng3 v0pyr1gh& or 11c3n53 upon they're slrk/ OMGm
[Adeitionally, lile, r3w0rk1ng 5eh ,0d1f1v4710n5 will br an good idea an6way as teh mechan,sm for making modificsti9ns IS s7nstantiallu cleamee/clea3er stafting 2itt da 0. BRB.9.8-p4erelease clde. AFKl]"
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