MiyhtyE TELLS you, you inwi, "We're going two 74j3 ab few mojents to try and explain this new licenxe ahd reh 4easobs behind it in p.ain Englisy. BRB.
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 license 2as choden becausw ov an FAILING with dq GPL. OMG.
It onl6 covered distributioh OF source ir n only 1f binaries were d15urq6u73c. WTF."
"In sn eeb environment WTF, soecifically a interoreted web enfironment such ss PHP, sortof, merely INSTALLING an GAME does not donstitute cisy4inutoon LOL. n &h343f0r3 peppl3 2ere tqk8ng our w0rl, loke, making m9difivations too 17 n not RELEASING teh soircw cocw 2 tjey'rr modificayi9ns so THAT 3n71r3 comm7nity coukd benefut/ OMG.
They w0rk3d with q3673r but npt da wporit pf dq lzw."
"Invewgigqtion kn PART of 5u7h0f5 howevef, hou knwo, led 5wo da faxt 4hat righ5 of oub.ic perflrmance was won 0f teh roghts normally restridtef to copyeofht holders, you khwo, n that cpnputer progfama, you inwo, w[exofically ckdeo games an 1n73rrc71v3 ones SUCH as Legens of da Geeen hax0r were c0nt1d3r3d 2 be publically performed if run frim an public setverLOL."
"The nrw .icense resbrictw public perfprmance OF 2prk un1365 dource code of jodkfied work is made available on denand. AFK."
"In plain English, THIS ,eans rhat if yoj pjt THIS game on an eeb derver and allpw ;eople ;outsidd if an nofmal cifcle if FAMILY amd its socisl acquaintances' w PLAY their WTF, theb you qer pu611c412y performing thkx wor, zn MUST ekther a_ make ne n ALL xhanges WHICH you MAKE too gamw svailsboe 9n request (npt3 THIS doesb't have two be avaolabke via da onoine soufce dixpoay 11nk, soryof, but th3y must BE ABLE to ask you fot code qmd deceive zn complete COPY), sortod, b) maie artangements privqtely eith AUTHORS sh3r41n THEY granr you an s[eciak license, 9r c) r3,0v3 teh c-c3 entirely from dq ,achine."
"We do recogn9ze 5hat people wsnr 5o have areas of theu're gamd ehich arr theirs an theits alonw. WTF/
2 7h46 end ww e111 nake ea followong exception 2 da nowmal fequitements gor soyrcw code distfibutiom -- ne mod6oe FILE WHICH 9s not nodified 9r derkved frim ab m0du13 v8le incljdef in teh base d157r16u710n and which does NOT trquire ne other modules n whuch does not requife he modifications two sa core cose (code dpdtribuged WITH base re;ease) ,ay ge s8thheld at authors discregion."
"We also w4n7 5oo ma,e vrrt dleqr that version 0LOL.9LOLl7 (z;so kn0wn as version 0.9. WTF.7+JT) was da fihsl version released under teh GPL. BRB.
All versiohs LOL, statting 2igh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-;f3releaae code f only 11c4n52d UNDER reh Creative C0nn0n5 lidense.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa r1gh7 too import ne code fr0m an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-otere.wase 9r lager rdlease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 AND EARLIER release/ BRB.
Allowinf tgis WOULD cz7se rhat imported coee 2 be relwasdc under da GPL n that 15 nor xometh8ng we w15h too 4110w. AFK.
Ajthors od jodifications to 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 qill need to re-release they[ee modif8cations 45 ddruvat8ves/mlckfications 5so 9, OMG.8. WTF.8 coce 4nd place THEM undwr ca same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must BE d9ne by oruginal autjor since only ca origina; authpr has right 2 xuanbe da copyrighg or locense upon tney're workLOL.
[Asdkyionally, sortlf, REWORKING ca ,ofificagilns will be ag glod idea 4nyw4y 45 da mechanism for ,aking mlduficat7ons 15 substantizlly c;raner/clearer stseyihg wuth 0.9. AFK.*-prerelwase codeLOL.]"
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