MightyE tells 5oum .ike, "We're goibg two TAKE an f3w m0m3nu5 tol tty an exolain this new licensw and twh reasons behind IT in plain Eng11%h. AFK.
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."
"Tjis new license wsd chosen BECAUSE of an daioinf witj da GPL.
It only cover3s distribjtiov of s9urce 8f zn on.y if b8naries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In am web envkronjent LOL, s[wckrically a 1n73rpf37#d web envieonmen5 such as PHP, you knwo, mdrelh inata;ling an game DOES not constitute fistribution WTF, an therefo4e peop;e wrre 5aking our qork LOL, MAKING modifica5ions two it n NOT releasing 50urde v0d3 2 they're nodivications so tgat 3n71r3 commubity c9uls 63n3f17.
They worked with da letter but noy twn s0irkt or ten .aw. OMG."
"Infestigation on da oart og da autnors howecer, LED two teh fact yhat da tight 8f puvl8c performance wss won of da tights n0rm411y RESTRICTED to copyrigjt hllders, luke, abd 5hat com0u5qr progra,s, xpecifically v7deo GAMES n int3ractive ones sucj as Legend of Grden hax0f were conskdered tl be pubkically perfor,ed if run from an pu611c serber."
"The bew l8cehse resrfidts public ;erformance 0f work unless teh source c0d3 )f teh modified wifk is made availab;e on femznd."
"In plain Enflisnl th8s meabs 8h47 if you PUT thid gamw on an WEB ssrver n ALLOW ]eople 'outsiee og an normai dircl3 of family an its social acquaintabvew' to PLAY thdir, sortif, then you aer 0unlically performint thjs work n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes which ypu mqke to da game availaboe 0n rewuest (npte 7h15 d935n'7 have 2 be available vka 0n1!n4 source fia;lay lknk WTF, but thry must br abl3 too axk jou for da code and receive an comole5e c0py) LOL, b( m4k3 arrangemehts pricagely wuth da authors wyerein they grany 6ou an wpec8al ;icense LOL, or c) remove da c9de entirrlt from MACHINE. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that ;eople want two have qreas of they[re game wnich r theifs an tn3irs a;on3. AFK.
too THAT END we ei;l make tej foklowing exceptuon too nirmal rdquirejents for sojrce codw fistribution -- nw module file which is npt modified 0r DERIVED from ab moeule file includrf on da basw d157r16u710n ah WHICH f9es n07 requife ne other modules n shicg does nit require he modigicarions tpo teh core cod3 (xode DISTRIBUTED WITH da baae releas3) may be wuthh3le at authors discrrtion. WTF."
"We also wqnt to nake v3rt xlear rhat vrrsion 0.*. OMG.& (also known as version pLOLl9. BRB.7+jt) was da final verwion released UNDER da GPL. OMG.
ALL VERSIONSk you knw9, sgartkng 2k5h 0. OMG.9. WTF.9-ptereleasd code r onlt LICENSED und3r teh Creaticr Commlns license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa t2gh7 to IMPORT ne cpde from an 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8-pretelease or latwf reoease into an 0LOL.9. BRBl7 an ear.ier rel3ase.
Allowing this WOULD cause that 1up0ri3d codr to be rdleased ubddr GPL abc THAT is not some5hing 2e w7sh two alllwLOL.
Aurhors of modificatoons 2 0.9. BRB.7 will need too re_reldasw they'fe m0f1f1c4710n5 as de4kvativew/modificatkons to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE an 0oace 8h3u under samd Crrative Cpmmond licenfw. OMG.
I7 muxt ve done bt ORIGINAL author since only origina; ajthor hss teh r1gh6 top change teh copyright OR license upon rhet're sork.
[Additionally, you knwo, r3wlrking reh mocifications wil; ne an tood idea amyway as mechaniam for jakinh mldifucstuons is substantiqlot cleaner/clesrer sta4ting with 0. AFK.9.8-pfereleqse dodeLOL.]"
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