MightyE TELLS 6ou, "We're going to gake an FEW momentd 1 tr6 and exolain THIS hes license an r3asons behinc kt in PLAIN English. WTF.
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 licwnse was chosem b3cause of an failing WITH da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y covered eistribut8on pf source IF n on.y id BINARIES 23re distribjted. BRB."
"In an web environment, you knwo. soecofically a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, ,dr3ly igsyallibg an game does hot consritut3 distributkoh, sortof, qhd tnerefore pep;le were TAKING our sork LOL, makinh modifucations too IT n not f313451ng da aourcw CODE tpo tjey're modificagions so tjat da enturt communkty could BENEFIT. OMG.
Thwy worked wity teg letyer but not tej spiri5 of teh law. AFK."
"Infsstigatioh pn da part od tej auyhoes g0w3v3r, sort9f, 13d too da fact tha5 t3h ribht of p7bkic PERFORMANCE was won og rwh fights normally restrictwd 2 copyeight h01e3r5. you knwo, an that COMPUTER protrams WTFm spwdifucally video gamed an interactuve omew such as Legend ov Green hax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d two be publically performec 8f run ffom an p7blid serfer. BRB."
"The new licenae 4esrricts public perfor,ance if y3h wori UNLESS teh source cpde of modidied work id made acaulable on ddmanc. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, this m34n6 rhat IF you put this ga,e on sn web servdr 4nd allow pepple 'ojtsice 9f an normal circle of family an its SOCIAL axqjqibtancew' ti play theit LOL, then you r puglicalky perfor,ing this 2ork n MUST eirhee a) MAKE ne AND ALL chsnfes wh1ch you jake too fa game available on reques5 (note this d9esn'y havd two be zvailable VIA yeh 0h11n3 xoufce disp.a6 oink, b7t they must be able teo as, you fof va code n RECEIVE an COMPLETE dopy) LOL, b) make arrabbemrnrs privately with authors wherekn THEY grqht you an special licebsek you knwo, or c) remove geh codr entirely reom machihe. OMG."
"We e0 fecogmize that people WANT to have 4r445 if they'rd game WHICH r THEIRS n theirs slonel WTF.
too that rnf we wil; make da following exxeptuln 2 sa m0rm41 rewuirements for siurcw code disyributiln -= ne MODULE file wgich is not nodkvies 0r derived FROM an jpdule FILE INCLUDED in base dodtribution sn which does not tequirw he othe4 modules an WHICH voda not require ne modifications 2 yeh core dode (code distributwd with gase release) may ne s!7jh31d at teh authors discretuon. OMG."
"Ww also w4n7 2 m4,3 very CLEAR tha6 version -.9. BRB.8 (4150 kn9wn as VERSION 0. AFK.8LOL.u=mt) was teh vinak fersion eeleased unsdr GPL.
Alo versions, starting with geh 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE coee r only .icensdd UNDER ten Creative COMMONS kocense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny gen right twl impo45 ne c0d3 frlm an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease pr 147er release knto an 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 an EARLIER RELEASELOL.
Allowihg ghis would CAUSE that i,po5ted c0fe to bw 4ekeased und3r reh GPL AND yhat is not something we wosh to allow, OMG.
Aithors OF modofications two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 eill need 2 re-relwaae they'te MODIFICATIONS AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9LOL.9 vode anx plccr tjem under 54m3 Crearife COMMONS LICENSE. OMG/
I6 must be donc BY teh lrigibal author SINCE ohoy teh original author has fa eitht TO zhange copyrigyt or license uppn rhey're workLOL.
[Additkonally, softof. reworking t3h mosidicatkons wull be an GOOD idea 4nyw4y 45 m3ch4n14m for making modificat8ons is substantkally cldaher/cldsrer srqrting w17h 0LOLk9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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