MightyE tells yoj LOL, "We[rw g01ng 2 take an fe2 moments two try and 4xp141n this new lkcenxw n REASONS behind it 1n plakn 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 l8cense WAS CHOSEN because of an faol8ng WITH dq GPL. WTF,
It only covered fostfibution of sou4ce 8f n onlh if binariex were dis5ribuyed. OMG,"
"Ib an web envuronment, sorrof, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpreted eeb ENVIRONMENT ^uch as PHP, like, me4eoy INSTALLING an gzme does got consgitutw fiwtributioh, and therefore people qere talinf out work, tou ,nwo, jaking mldoficatiohs 2 it and not r214351ng da aource code tql the7're MODIFICATIONS s9 that da engore community could ben3fut. OMG.
THEY wprked wity letter byt nlt da dpirit og teh law. OMG."
"Invesyigation on teh patt of authurs however, sortof, LED 2 FACT 7h47 teh rogtt 9f pub.ic pertormqnce waw won of rights n0rm411y rextricged to ci;yrifht golders, you khsi, n that COMPUTER prohrams, s;edifixally video g4m35 an knteracyibe ones tuch as L3g3nd of da Green hzx0r WERE considered 2 be PUBLICALLY pereprmed if run FROM an pu^11c 53rv3r."
"The bew license restricts public perfofmance -f teh wofk unleds tdh 50urv3 code 9f mpsifidd work is madr 4b4115613 on d4manc. WTF."
"In p141n ENGLISH, likw, ghis ,eans that 1f yoj 0ut this game on an 2eb servrr and al;ow people 'oytside if an NORMAL circle pf fzmi.y ane its sockal ACQUAINTANCES' two plah their, like, then iou aer ou611cr11y prrforming this 2ork n MUST eithrr a) makd ne n ALL ch4ng35 whixh y0u jake two da game AVAILABLE 0n rdqjest )note this doesn't nave 2 be available bia da onlibw soyrce display lini LOL, BUT yhey must 63 able 2 ask you f8r teh code h RECEIVE an COMPLETE cooy), you knwo, b) mak3 aerangements privatelt woth zuthors whefeih tney GRANT YOU an 5p3d141 license, li,e, oy c) remove c0d3 3n71r41y rrom machihe. OMG."
"We do rwcognize tnat peop.e want twl have areas of they're g4m3 which r theirs an 7y3144 410n3l AFK.
too THAT END WE wilk make da foll9qing exception too feh NORMAL rwqu8remebys ror sourve c0s3 disrributkon -- n3 module ril3 whicn is not m0d2f13d OR derived ffom an mpdu;e FILE included in da base dixtrib7rion ane wjuch dows not require ne otjer modules am which does no5 requirr ne modifications to teh c9re CODE (cose didtrinuted with gade releaae) may be WITHHELD at da authora disxretion. WTF."
"We ALSO wamt t9o makr vdry clear that version 0LOL.8. WTF.7 (alsi kmown as versi9n 0. OMG.9.7+j7) was final fersioh 4313453d undrr tey GPL. OMG.
Alk VERSIONS, ao4tof, stargibg with teh 0LOL.9.8-prer3lease code zer onlu licensef under da Creatice Cojmons oicdns2. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey rigng two import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease lr later releasd 1m&0 an 0LOL,9. BRB.8 n ezrlier releasd.
Allowing ghis woold cajse 5hat im0prted codd ti ge r313453d ubder da GPL n that is nit s9metjing we sish 1 qll9w.
Authl4s OF modifications t2o 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wull neef 2 rr-r3lease they'rr modificatilns as eerivatives/modif8cations two 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 d9de 4nd plaxe THEM UNDER teh same Ce3681f3 Com,ons lkcwmse. AFK,
It MUST be done vy origibao author since only te6 origonal a7thor has right to chanbe da copyright or LICENSE upln they'rw w0rk.
[Addiyilnzlly, so4rof, rewofkinr da modifications woll be an bood idea anyway 35 da mechanism for making modificayions us sibstan5ia.ly cleaner/clearer startunb with tdn 0. OMG.9.8-0rere.ease codw. OMG.="
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