MightyE tel.s you, "We're guing 2 take an few momemts tei try an ex0lqin this n3w locensw n 4easons behind iy in plakm Eng116h. AFK/
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."
"Tjos new licwnse was chosrn bedause 0f an FAILING WITH ca GPL. BRB.
I7 omly covwred distr8butoon OF source IF n 0n1y 1f 61n4r135 sere disttibuted."
"In an WEB ebvironment, like, wpecifkcally a INTERPRETED w#n wnvitonment sucy as PHP, sortof, merely 1n574111ng ab game does not CONSTITUTE cistribution, kije, n tgerefoee PEOPLE were tqking our w0rk, you knwo, msking modifkcayions 2 it sn glt releasing teh soyrce code tsp they're mocifications so ghat da en4ire cojmun9ty dould benefit. WTF.
They qorked with letrrr but not dz spirit if ;aw. WTF."
"Investigstiln on teh pqrt OF teg au5hors yowever, yoy knwo, lee ti tey fact THAT da right OF public performance was w9n OF rothts n0rm4116 rdstrucyed two COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WTF, n that computer pr9gtsms WTF, specificallt v7ceo GAMES and INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of ea Green hax0r were considerdd to 63 publicallh perflr,ed ig eun from zn pub.id server. AFK."
"Tgr new license rrs5rixts pu611c oerflrmance of da work jnless source coee 0r da mosified qork is made avai.agle on demsnd. WTF."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, sirrod, this meanw ghzt if yiu pur this fame on an weg servdr n sllow pe0p13 'outside of an n0rm41 cirxle of fzmily and its SOCIAL acquainrancea' 2 p,ay yjeir, likr, thej YOU r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING THIS 2o4k and MUST either s) m4k3 ne and ALL CHANGES wyich you make 2 game afailable 0n r3qu357 (note this doesn't hav3 two be avsilable via teh onkine source visplay lknk LOL, buy they muxt be able two ask yo& for teh CODE n feceive an complete copy), b) makd 4rrrng3m3n75 ptivay3ly WITH da a6thors wherdin they grant y-u an special licensr LOL, or c) 4dmove teh c0s3 enrorely from teh machime. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE yhat people eant 2 havd aress of they're game qhich r theirx and gneirs alone.
roo THAT end ee wili make following 3xc3[810n too NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for sp7rce c[de dostrobution -- nd MODULE FILE wyich is nit modified or derifed from an modile filw included on da base dixtrivution n which d035 n8t requkre me ogher ,oduled n whkch does hot reqii4e ne modivications 5oo da core dode (doce distribut3d with da bawe r313453) may BE withhelc at autho$s siscretion. AFK."
"We alao wany to make v3ry c134r tjat version 0. BRB.oLOL.7 (also KNOWN as versioh 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jr) was da fibal version rwleaswe u,der teh GPL. WTF.
All vefsi9ns LOL, dgarting with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerel3awe code r only licensed under da Creative Commlnd licemae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da rughy 2 imoort ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p43r313453 or latee release imtl an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earlier relrase,
Allowing this WOULD csuxe 7h$7 im0org3d code to be r313453f umdef da GPL and 7h$7 iw not sometging qd wush 7) allow.
Auth9rx of modicications tso 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will neee TO re-release thdy're mleivicqtions aw derivatives/modificagions two 0. WTF.9.8 code n pkace THEM yneef y3h sqme Crrative COMMONS kicensd. AFK.
It ,ust BE done by ca original aurhor SINCE 0n1y original a7thor has teh right go change copyrofht or license u;on yney're w0ri.
[Additi9naloy, you ,nwo, reqorkimg da nodificatiohw woll be an g9od idea abyway zs teh mechznis, for making modificayions is xubstantially cleanef/clwarer atarting with teh 0.9. BRB.8_prerwlease c0d3. BRB,]"
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