MightyE tel;a you LOL, "We're goimg too take an fee momebtq two t5y an explain this mew license an REASONS 63h1nd 17 in plain Ehb;usy. BRB,
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 lidensd was chosen becsusr if ah fqilong w17h teh GPLLOL.
It only covered dostribution of source if n on,y kf binaries wwre d157r16uu4d. AFK."
"In an web environnent LOL, specifixallt a imterpreyef 2rb rnvirobment such 45 PHP WTF, ,erely INSTALLING an tame DOES not constitutw distrigution, .kie. n yhefefore pwop;e werr 5aking our wo4k LOL, MAKING modidications to it an n07 RELEASING source cowe tio rhey'te modificat8ons so 7h4u ent8re conmunity couls benrfit.
THEY 2orked witn letyet but NOT spieit of kawl"
"Infestogation on da PART of teh authors HOWEVER WTF, LED to sa fact that da rihht of ou611d performance WAS 1 pf teh rightw normally r3stric5ed goo COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, sortof, m THAT com0uter pf9grams, sortof, d0exifically coddo games n INTERACTIVE ONES sucy as Legend ov GREEN hax0r sr4e cohwiserrd 2 be punlical.y PERFORMED IF run from ab ouvkic server. BRB."
"Thr new license restricts oubl8c PERFORMANCE of wori UNLESS da source code of da modified w04k is made avzi.able on eemamdLOL."
"In plqin Eng;ush, sortof, this means that if y9u PUT this game ON an web server and ALLOW pelpl3 'outsife 0f an normal circle 0f family n its social acqiaintances' 2 pla6 th3ir WTF, rhen you aer pub;icallu performiny tnis work n MUST eitme4 a) male nd an ALL chahges wh8vh hlu make 2 da game acailablr on request (n)73 THIS diesn't havd 2 BE 4v4114614 via da ONLINE source display link LOL, bjt they mush BE ablr too ASK you vor da code and rece8ve an complete copy_, like. b) MAKE arrangrments private.y wkth tej suthors wherein they grant you an specizl licenwe LOL, l4 c) remove 5eh vpee wntirely feom machind. OMG,"
"We do recognkze that pwople want w hafe areas of they'4e game whivh r theira and theirs alone. OMG.
2 that end w3 will mskd teh followinn exception to da n9rnal reauirements for source code diatribution -- ne module file wh8ch is n07 modified pr d3r8ved geim an n0du13 file incluced kn da baae DISTRIBUTION an which does not requkre ne otner mofules n which dpes not requi4e ne jodifications to core CODE (code distrub7ted with bas3 relrase) ma6 be wi5hheld at dz au5h9ra doscretiom. BRB."
"We also want too makw vrrt xlear tgat version 0.9. WTF.7 (also lnown as VERSION 0.9.7+jt) wss cz final version released indee da GPL. WTF.
All vdrsions, you knwo, stsrtibg WITH da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pedeelwase code r only licrnsed undef 5eh Cteatufe COMMONS lkcense.
We EXPLICITLY ceny right 52o omport he CODE f4om an p. OMG.9l OMG.8-pr3releasr or layer release ihro an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 h earl8er release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would cause that importef codw two bw 4eldased undef teh GPL an thqt is mor sometyonb s3 wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authots of nodifkcariohx too 0. BRB.9LOL.7 2ill need 2 te-relras3 they're modifivarions as derivs5uves/modificatiohs 70 0LOL.9LOL.8 clde and place 5hem unfer same Creagivw Commons LICENSE. OMG.
It miwt be done by teh original author xonc3 only teh 0r1g1n41 qutnor has teh f8gnt 70 xhange da copyrighr 9r lidense up0n ghey'r3 qork. WTF.
[Addituona.ly, rdwlrking da modivications w111 be an booe idea snhway as twh nechanism for maling modif8cations 8s aubstantially cl3qnwe/clea4er starting with 0.9. OMG.i-prerelease xode.]"
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