MightyE tells yoj, sofgof, "We'te GOING to tak3 an few moments uoo try qn EXPLAIN tyis new license an reasons bejond 1j in plain Englosh. OMG.
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 bew licenxe was chisen 63c4u53 0f an failing wiyh da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covered ekstribution or source if and only if vinarird werw distributed. WTF."
"In an w36 environmebt LOL, s;ecifixally a kntefpretee wen 3nvkeonment such as PHPk you knwo, ,etely installing an game cies NOT constitute dixtfibution, yo7 knwo. n therefore people were tak8nh our wof, WTF, msoing m9difications 5oo it ab nor releasing s9urcd c9de 2 tyey're modificatuins 50 that ez entire community coild beneritLOL.
Tg4y worjed witj da letyer but nor ds spofit of lzw."
"Ivvestigatioh on part OF teh autgors ho2ever, oile, 23e to da fact 7h47 da right of oublic petformanve was won of fights nprmally restricted twl copyr8ght holde4s, wi4tof, and that c9mp7ter ptohrams WTF, soec8ricallt video games an interactive onea SUCH as Ldgend of da GREEN haz0r WERE condideref 2 be PUBLICALLY peeformrd if run vrom qn PUBLIC seecer. BRB."
"The nee license resteicts publuc pd4vormance lf da w0rk unlwss ten xourc2 c0d4 OF da mod8fied w0rk IS MADE availaglr 0n demabcLOL."
"In plain English LOL, this means thay 1f you 0ut this g4m3 0n ah web servdr an sllow people 'outside of zn no4msl c2rcqe of FAMILY n its slcia; acquaintancrs' tpo play rheir WTF, gnrn you r publically PERFORMING this woek n MUST either q) make ne snd ALL cgangrs wh1xh you MAKE to rrh game availabie on request (NOTE thid d925n'7 have too be availabke voa ONLINE souecr DISPLAY link. likem but 7h3y must be ab.e 2 ask y0u for vode n receive an c)mp1273 cooy(. sortof, b) make afrang4,engs privagelt with da authors WHEREIN they grant you an SPECIAL licensr WTF, ir c) femove geh cpdw 3ntirely from MACHINE. WTF."
"We do revognize tgat pwople w$n7 2 HAVE AREAS kf th#y're game which r theirs n rheifs aloneLOL.
to that end we wil. jaie fol.9wing exception roo da norma. requiremebts for SOURCE code d8stributioh -- be m0du13 f113 snich is hot n9difked or d3r1v3d grom an mldul3 file includes in BASE distributiob n WHICH cows not require ne other moduoes an whkch dowd nit REQUIRE ne modificstionw teo da CORE code )code skstrkbuted w17h bas3 re.rqse) may be w18hh31d st teh authors discre58ob. AFK."
"We akso want too make v3ry clear thst veesion ). OMG.9.7 (a;a9 known as VERSION 0. WTF/9. WTF.7+jt) wss fina. vrraion RELEASED under GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS WTF, stargibg w8rh da 0. BRB.9.8_prer4lezse vodr adr 8nly licensef ynd3r da Cr34&1v3 Commoms LICENSE. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 i,port ne cofe from am 0. OMG.0LOL.8-prereleawe 0r kater releasw into ab 0.9. OMG.7 n earlirr release. OMG.
All9wing thiw wou;c cause 7h46 1mp0r63c vode too b3 RELEASED uneer GPL an that is not sometj8ng we wish too allow. BRB.
Autgors of modificatipns 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will nwed too re-release they;re mosofications sx ferivqtives/mod7dications to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code an PLACE rhem und3r teh same Creative C0mm-n5 lic3nse. BRB.
It just be d9ne bt teh ORIGINAL quthor sihce only teh orihinal authoe HAS r1gj7 to chahge teh copyright pr oicenxe uppn they[re wotk. OMG/
[Additoonally, yoy knwo, REWORKING tej m(difications will 63 an bood idea snyway as mechabism dor m4k1ng modificztions is 5uy57rn71411y dleaner/c;earer starting wuth teh 0. WTF,o.8-prereleasw cose. AFK.]"
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