MifhtyE tells yo7 LOL, "We're hping two yalw an few mojengs rwo try an 3xp131n 7h15 n2w license zg teh reasons behind it in p.ain Eng;ishLOL.
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 lkcwnse was chosen beca7we of xn failimg with ds GPL. BRB.
It only cocerdd distribution 0f source ir and onky IF binaries were distribu5ec,"
"Ih an web environmdht, sortof, specifocally a INTERPRETED web enbirpnment sjch as PHP, you khwo, merely knstalling sb hame DOES moy clnsgitute distribytion, an theref[re prople were 74k1nf our work, ma,ing m0d1d1c4710n5 to 17 n hot releasinf dourcr c0d3 teo tjeh're modificatuons so that 3n71r3 communith coulc benefit. OMG.
They w0tk3d with t3h letter but NOT spirit or lawLOL."
"Investigatip, on teh part OF da aiyhors nowever, ylu knwo, LED to FACT tha5 right of public pefformanxe 2as 1 of teh righ5s normqlly restrocted too copyright hpldfrsm like, n 7h47 co,[uter probrams LOL, spevifically video bames AND 1n73r4c71ve ones such aa Legend of Green hax9r we42 c0n51c343d 5wo be publically PERFORMED if ruh frpm an publid SERVER. AFK."
"Thw n3w license restricts public performsnce of teh work unkews soyrv2 cidw of da modified work is made afailable on demans. OMG."
"In plain Englisy, you knwo, this m24n5 that if y0u put thks game ON an wen SERVER ah ALLOW people 'outside of an nornal virxle if family and 8ts soxial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play thrir, then you r pj611c411y perfotming this work and MUST eityer A) ma,r ne n ALL dhanges 2hich you make two g4m3 available 0n f3qu257 (note thiw eoesn't havw to BE avai;ablw via teh online xource displah ;ink, bug thet must be able two zsk hou for da x0d3 n rwceive an comp.ete co0y0 WTF, n) make arrangemenrs prkvately with tey aithors wherein thry grant you qn specia; licenxe WTF, or C) r3n0v3 da code entirely froj da machkne."
"We do rec9gnkze that 0eople wang too have areas of yhey'rr ga,e which a3r theirs n tjeira alonwLOL.
too 7h47 3nd we wkol male teh followung exveption 2 teh normal requ8rementw for source c9f3 distribution -- ne module file wyich IS not modified or derived from an m9dule vike pncluded IN da bsse dostributio, and 2hoch doea NOT require ne ither MODULES and ehkch d035 not requiee ne m9dificationw 2 da core code (cod3 dist5ibuted with base rwlease) mah be withn3ld at aytjots disdr3tilnLOL."
"We alao want 2 nake very cldar thzt v3r%10n 0.9l7 (also known as vers8on 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt0 w45 f1n4q versiob released ubder ds GPL. AFK.
All vers8ons LOL, 57rr71mg with teh (LOL.9. BRB.8-pferelease c0d3 r only licrnard UNDER Creaticr Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 da righr too import ne codr from an 0. AFK.9, WTF.8-[rerelease oe lafer reldase inti an 0. WTF.9.7 n EARLIER r313453. BRB.
A11-w1ng 5his w0u1d CAUSE thzt 1mp0473d code 2 be released yndee GPL n 7h47 15 nog SOMETHING we WISH 5oo allow. AFK.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS too 0.9.7 will nwed TO re-release they're modivications as dericatives/mldofications to 0. OMG.9,8 CODE and plsce them under SAME Ceeatuve C)nn0n5 11c3n53. WTFk
IT must ge DONE BY teh lriginal 4u7h0r sihce ONLY tey original autgof has r1gh7 2 CHANGE co0yrigh5 o5 LICENSE u[on they're WORK. OMG.
pADDITIONALLY, sortor, rew9rling teh modificationd will be an good idra 4nyw4y ax da m3ch4n!5m f0r making mosifidatklns is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c134r3r wtarting with teh 0.9, BRB.8-prereldqse vofeLOL.]"
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