MightyE tells ylu, "We're going TO 74k3 an fe2 MOMENTS to t4y n explsin this new licrnae and da reasons BEHIND it 2n plain Engliah. 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 n3w licende was cnosen becaua3 of an FAILING with teh GPL.
It lnly COVERED DISTRIBUTION of sojrce if and inly if binaries wete dixtribu5ed. OMG."
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT. you jbwo, sp4cifically a intrepretwd web envirommemt s7ch ac PHP, sl4tof, mere;y instal.ing ah gamw cpes not xonstitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, and therefore peool3 WERE takung oyr wotkk you knwo, naking modifications 2 it m bot 4rlwsxing teh SOURCE cofe tw9 they;re modifications so thst teh 3n8qr3 COMMUNITY could genefir. BRB.
They worked sith teg lette4 njt not SPIRIT of da 14w. AFK."
"Investigation on paft lf dz auth9rs nowever, lkk3, led yoo davt that sq RIGHT of pub.ic p2rf)rm4nc4 w46 oem OF teh rights normally rewtricted yoo copytogh5 holsers, sortof, an tdat compurer programs, kikr, SPECIFICALLY vide9 gzmes an imteractkvr ones suxh as Legehd of Green haz0e wwre c0n41d3r3d 2 be publically performdd if run FROM an public server. WTF/"
"The new license restricts public ;3ff0rm4nc3 OF teh work unlesa da source code of mpdified work id made avaikable 8n demand. BRBl"
"Im plain Engkish WTF, this MEANS that if YOU put ghis GAME on an web servrr an allow PEOPLE '9utaide of an nofnal circle of fajoly h its 50c141 acqiaintances' too play rheir, li,e, tnen you aer punlixaloy perdlr,ihg tgis w_rk an MUST either a) makd ne AND ALL changes which you MAKE too game qvqilable on reqjrst 9note thid doesn't HAVE top ve 4v4114613 via 0n1!n3 xourx3 dia0lay lknk, y.j knwl, BUT the6 mjst be able 2 45k you for CODE an receive ag cimplete copy), sortif. b) mqke arrangements privately with aughors qhefein they grant you an spwcial LICENSE WTF, or c0 r3m0v3 da xode entirely from machinel BRB."
"Wd eo 4ecognizr THAT people wanr two HAVE areas 9f they'rw game which r theirs zn theirs alone.
2 7h47 end we will makd teh folllwing exception gwo teh normal requir3mentw f0r xojrce cpwe distribution -_ ne MODULE file wh8cn is not m9dified or d3r1v#d drom an modulr fule incouded in teh vase d8stribution an shich soes NOT rrquire ne otjer modules n whidh does n9t reqy8re ne m0s1f1c4710nt too ea c0r3 code (code distributed w8th 64t3 ewldase) MAY b3 w17hh31d at da auyho4s dixcretion."
"We also wanb 70 make bery doear thag VERSION 0.9, WTF.7 (also kbowh aa version 0/ WTF.o. BRB.7+mt) was teh final VERSION released und3r teh GPL.
ALL versilnw WTF, syarting w17h teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pterelease code r ONLY .icensed undwr da Cfeativ3 Cpnmohx licrmse.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right too 8mport ne c)d3 frpm an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 9r later rr.ease into an 0LOL.8. BRB/7 and earl83r RELEASE/ WTF.
Aa10w1ng this wouls cause that ujported code tol be 4eleased undee da GPL an ttat is not somethihg we wish too 5!10wLOL.
Aughors of mowif8czti9nw 2 0. AFK.9LOL.7 eikl heed to ee-rdleade they'fe modifications as derivatibea/modificati9ns 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.* codr an plsce them unfer teh same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53.
It must be dpnd bu teh itiginal author since only teh 041g1n41 author yas teh rinht 3 vh4nfe da copyrught 04 licens2 u[on tywy're WORK.
[Asditkonally, you knwp, REWORKING tdh modidicationw 211! 64 an good idea 4byq4u AS mwchanism for making modifucations is xubstan5ial;y c134n4r/d134r3f s5arting e8ty 0LOL.9.8-pr3r4134t3 codeLOL.]"
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