MightyE tells y9u, "We'r3 goint to tzk3 an few moments two rry am explain this n3w license an teh r3450,5 b3hind it 8n plaih Englksh.
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 neq lucense was chlsen becaywe of an failing WITH da GPL. AFK.
It obly covered dosteibjt7on 0f source id and only if 61n4t135 were distribyyed."
"In ah web ENVIRONMENT LOLm s0ecidica;ly a interpeeted web envkr9nmeny such as PHP WTF, mrte;y instakling an game does not clnstotute disgribution, like, n therefote peiole wrre 74k1hg 0ur work, sortor, makinh moeuficati9ns to it n nou relezsing da si7rcr code two they'rs modifications so tnat entire COMMUNITY ciuld benefig.
Tnwy workdd w17h letger but hot 5p1r17 OF sa law. WTF."
"Ibvestigation -n pstt of teh sutjors however WTF, ked two da dqct thst teh right 0f PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WAS won of da rights nlemally restricted tw9 copyrigh5 hllde4s LOL, an that computer programs, spexificsolt v1d30 games n interactive ones such aw Legend of fa Green has0r were considered too br publically perdormed if RUN from an [uboic 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new locende restricts puboic prefofmance of work unless ea slurce CODE os da m-d1f13d wi4k is made avai;ablr on dr,znd. BRB."
"In ;lain English, sortof, THIS m34n5 7h4& ug 6ok put this game in an w36 server ahd allow pelple 'outsidq pf qn normal ci4c;e od f4m116 n ITS social 4cqu41n8rnc35' rqo play rgeir, l8ke, tjen yoj r publical.y performivg thid work n MUST eithrr a) make ne n ALL chznges whidy YOU make two xa game availqble ON r3qu3t7 (bote this siesn't gave too be abailable via ca online wource d14p146 link LOL, gut 7g3y must 63 ablw too ask YOU for code n 4eceive am complete v0py) WTF, b) mqke srrang3ments privately 2ith aytjoes wherein thdy gfant YOU an zpeciak licensr WTF, OR c) remove teh codd 3n71r31y from ten machime. AFK."
"We d0 eecognize thzt p3pp13 want two hacr areas pf they're GAME whudh r theirs ah theird alone. BRB.
teo that enc we will mske teh f)110w1hg wxcept9oh to normal requirwments r0r so7rv3 code f8xtribihion _- ne module d113 whicn is noy modifies or derived from an module fioe incl7ded in 6453 d157r16i710h n WHICH doex not require ne othr4 modules n wh8ch d9es not require ne modifucations two da core coew (code dist4inuted with teh gase release) may bd withheld 47 da a7thorw giwdretion. OMG."
"We ALSO w4n7 3 make v3ry clear that versoon pLOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as v3rsuon -. WTF,9. WTF.7+jt( was da final version RELEASED umd3r GPL.
A.l cersions, like, syarting WITH tdh 9. WTF.9.8-prerelease codw zer 9nly LICENSED yndey ds Creatove Commonx license. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT goo import ne CODE trom am 9. OMG.oLOL.8-PRERELEASE OR ;atdr r31345e in5o sn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER RELEASELOL.
Alliwing yhks would cause that i,[orted c0d3 too be RELEASED under da GPL am that is nor something se woxh t9 allow. BRB.
Authors OF modifications two 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 w111 need 2 re-eelease they're n8dkficayionx 45 ddrivatives/modifications too 0. WTF.(.8 codw anc place tjem undef same Crwative C)mm0b5 licens3LOL.
It mus4 br done vu da origihao aurhor 51nc3 only ea originak AUTHOR has teh RIGHT 2 chqnge teh c0pyr1gy7 or license uppn tney're WORK. BRB.
[Additionally WTFm reworking MODIFICATIONS wikl be an good 1d3r anyway as da mrchanism v0f making modigications is subdtantizlly cleaner/ckearee star5ing wity da 9. WTF.9. OMG.8-[rdrelease code. OMG.]"
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