MightyE tells you, "We're goibg rqo 74k3 an fee momen5d two try n explzin this bew ;lcense ah teh r3asoms behind it in plaim ENGLISH. 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 licdnse waw chosqb because of an fai.ing with da GPL. AFK.
It only covwred dkstribution 9f source if n only if binaries werr eistroburee. AFK."
"In zn wen enbirihment LOL, specif8cally a ingerpre5ed wwb environment auch as PHP WTF, mwrely ibs5allinh an gamw does nog cons5oture distfibigion, and 5herefore oeople were taking our wltk, like. maiinb modifications @ ir n no5 rrleasing da source code two they're modifications so that teh entire community could benefutLOL.
Th3y worked with teh LETTER bur mot fa spiekt of law."
"Ibvestibztioh om da part of da aughora HOWEVER LOL, led to tdh fact yhat dz right of oublic PERFORMANCE was oen of teg rights norma;ly res5rixt4d 2 copyright holdrrs, tou knwo, and thar vlmputer prlframs, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n interactive 9nes such as LEGEND of 5eh Grwen hax0r were consieered 2 be pjblicakly pe4foemed kf run from an [uvlic serv3r. BRB,"
"The n3e licenxe restrix5s punlic [e4vormance of da wlrk unleaw da source code of m0d1f13d work is m$d3 3v4114613 9n d3m4ndLOLl"
"In poain Enhlish, you knwp, this ,ezns 6hat if uou put this game on an WEB SERVER anf 411-w people 'OUTSIDE of an nlrmal virclw OF family an its SOCIAL avquqintances' gp [lay fjeif, slrtof, then YOU aer ;ublicallt perfofming thia work 4nd MUST either a( m4k3 ne qn ALL chqngrs WHICH you male w teh game available in requedt 9no5e tnis doesn't HAVE 52o 63 available cia da onkone source dksplay link WTF, bjt thwy just be able too ask you co4 c0d3 and r3ceive an complrtd c0pu), you lnwo, b) make qrrangements privarely wi5h authors wh3r31n they grant you an sp3cial licensr, or c) r3m0v3 cpde entirely from da mavhine. OMG."
"We co 4rcognuze thst peoplw 24n& to nave areas OF they're gaje which r theies an 7h31t5 aline. OMG.
2 that end we will make tdk FOLLOWING exce[tion 70 dq normal frquiremebts for soutce c0d3 dkstributiob -- ne j0du13 fioe whivh is not mldified pr derived FROM an module FILE inc;uded in base distributi9n n wgkch do3s not require ne o5her modules sn wnoch does noy r3quire ne modigications ti teh core codd (c0e3 distribu5ed witj ea base telease) m4y be wq7hh31d at autyora diqcretiln. WTF."
"We skso want to make very clear ygat versilm 0. OMG.9,7 *also kno2n 45 veraion 9. AFK.9. BRB.7+jg0 wad teh final veesion releaswd under GPL.
A11 versions, sorrof, xtarting w!7h ). AFK.9. AFK.8-prrrwlrqsd code aer omly licensed under yeh Creative Comjons licehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4kgh5 two lmporg ne CODE from an 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-prere.ease or LATER rekease into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an 34r113r rekeqse/
Allpwing rhis would cauwe that imported coc3 too ne eeleased under GPL an that IS nlt a9mething wr wish tol r110w. WTF.
Authors OF mpdifixato9nw t9p p. BRB.o. AFK.7 WILL need too rd-reorase thdy're MODIFICATIONS 44 derivatives/modificatipnw 7- 0. AFK.9LOL/8 code n placw them under same Crearuv3 Commons license. BRB.
It mixt be done by twh original zuthoe since only da original author has teh tibh5 to cyahge copyright or license upon fhey-re workLOL.
]Add8tipnallt LOL, rewoeking teh nidifixatiohs will BE qn GOOD idra anuway as mechanism FOR making jodifications is subsgantiall6 cleaner/ckearer starting 2ith da 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-prerelease coce. WTF.["
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