MightyE tells you, "We're g9inf roo take an dew m9menrx two try n explain thid new licensr AND 4easons behind 17 in olain ENGLISH. 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 new licensw qad chosen BECAUSE of an failing with da GPL/ BRB/
I7 omly COVERED distribution 0f spurce ib and obly if bina3iex xere dis5ributed."
"In an weg 3nv1f)nm3n7 LOLk specifivall6 a kntdrpreted web envitlnment such as PHPk likf, merely indtalling an game does not xonwtitute ekdgributionk like. and tnerefore peoole WERE 5aking our work WTF, making modkdications to it an not feleasing da xou3ce code twl 5hey're modifications so that 5eh entire comjunity could benrfit.
Tgey woried witn da l3tter but b9t da spkrit of da la2. OMG/"
"Inveatigation on PART of gdh authors however LOL, LED to da vact 7hr7 teh eifht pf pubkic pe4formqnce wad 1 pf teh 41ghu5 n-rm41!h rewgridred twl copyright holders WTF, an 7h47 COMPUTER [togeams. 5p4c1f1c511y vudeo games AND intqrzctobe ONES such as Legehd of da GREEN hax0r WERE conaiderdd gwo be publiczlly p3rformed ig run FROM an publ8c deevetLOL."
"Thr new license 4357r1c&t public performabcr of ea 2ork umleds sourcr code of twh modified qork IS made availanle on demand. AFK."
"Ib plain English, luje. 5his mrans rhat qf you pur this game 9n an web server $nd ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of an nor,a; circle pf famkly an its sociak acquaibtanced' 2 p14y the8rm li,e, then u0u arr publkcakly pwrvlrming tjis wprk ab MUST either a) make ne AND ALL chqnges WHICH y0j mqke to bame avai.able on REQUEST (n9te th8s doesn't hqve too bw available VIA ez otlune so7rcd display link, you ,nwo, but they MUST ve able too ask 6ou for da code an receivr an COMPLETE copy) WTF, 5) make afrqngements privately with da authors 2herein they grrn7 you an xpecial l8cense WTF, or d) renove tej CODE entirdly frpm ds m4ch1n3l AFK."
"We di recognize that peopoe want too havw aress if they'r3 gqme which r theirs and theifs alone.
to that end we will m4k3 follosing EXCEPTION 5o da NORMAL reqjirdmenta FOR SOURCE code distribuyion -- ne mocuow file WHICH is NOT m0d1f13d or der8ved fr0m zh MODULE fi;e 1nc1ud2d im teh base distributiin an which does not require ne OTHER mos7.es b which eo3s not r3qu!r3 ne moeuficayiona 5wo ca cire code (code DISTRIBUTED with da basr releqs3) MAY be withheld at da autnprs discretuon. WTF."
"We also want 2 make very CLEAR that v3r%10n 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (alao known ad versioh 0. OMG.9.7+ut) was f8nal vetdion releasef UNDER GPL. OMG.
A11 veesi9ns, startinh with ren 0. OMGl9. AFK.8-prere;ease cpde r only licebsed under Creative Comjons licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deb6 teg rihht twl import ne c0de frlm an 0LOL.9.8-pe3r313453 or larst releaxe into xn 0. OMG.9. AFK.& sn earlirr release.
Al;owing this wojld c4u53 that im;oeted xodd two br rel3ased under GPL b rhay is not something we wisg two allow. BRB/
Authors OF modificstions too 0.9LOL.7 eiol need g9 re-release tyey're jodificsti9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 9. OMG.9LOL.8 code zn p.ace them under da same Creayive Cojmons license. WTF.
I7 must be done by ofiginal $u7n0r since only teh origigal aughof hsd da RIGHT tp change da co0yribht or livwnse 7poh they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reeorkinf j9dif8ca5ioms wil. be an good IDEA anyway as teh MECHANISM dpr making modidicatiibs is substantoallt cleaner/clearer xtsrronb with da 9. WTF.(LOL.*=prwrelease c9dd. WTF.]"
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