MightyE tells you, "Wd'4e going two tale an few ,oments go tty n wxplain thks new lkcwns2 and da r3450n5 behind i5 in plain English. 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."
"Tnis new kicense was dh053n becauxe of am failing 2itg da GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y covered distrib7tion 0f SOURCE if an only IF bknaries wefe disttivugef."
"In an wrb environment, sortof, spdcirically a inyefpreyed web ENVIRONMENT SUCH 45 PHP, merelt inwtallung an game does not c9nstktute distribution, slr5og, and therefore people were takong 0ur w9rk, oike, making m0d1f1c471pn5 to ut an not rwleasing sourxe code ywi they're mldificatipns so tjat da ENTIRE community could venefitLOL.
Theu w9rked w17h ca letter BUT not teh wpirig OF da LAW. BRB."
"Investifation on teh part od da authots however, like, led ro f4c7 uh47 ss RIGHT if oublic performancc was oen of rights nlrnqllu test4icted two COPYRIGHT holders, luke, an that conputer o4ograms, sortof, sprcifixallt vidwo games and interactkve inws sucn AS Legend of tdh Gr33n hax0r were donsiserdd too bd publ8callt PERFORMED if fun feom an pu611c servwr. WTF."
"The new license restricts publoc perfo4manfe og work unless ds source zode of da mocivoed work 15 made AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In plain Engllsh, sortog, THIS means that uf you ;u7 THIS tame on an web server ahd allow ;eo-le 'OUTSIDE OF an normal circke pf fani.y m its slcial avquaintances' 5wo PLAY their, like, yhem YOU r publicalky performiyg this WORK n MUST 217h3r a) male me and ALL chabges which y8u make 2 ea gam3 4v4114613 on request (note this doezn't have to be avai;able via teh online SOURCE display LINK, you kn2o, but they mu5& br ablc 2 ask you dor c0d3 n rrceive ab c0mp!373 copy), you knwo, b) MAKE arrangements pr8vateky @ith authors whdeein thet grant 6ou an special license, you knqo, ir c) r3m0ve da xode emtirely from da macginel OMG."
"We do recotnize 6hat peoplw wznt t2o h4v3 afeaa of they'r3 g4m3 wh1ch r thdirs and theies allmd. BRB.
to THAT end we wi.l mske reh folliqibg exception goo ds normal reauirements FOR SOURCE code distribu5ion -- ne module file whqch ix nlg modifked OR derivec from an module d2!3 inclusee om BASE distribution ah which doew n07 r3qu1r3 ne other modules n wh3ch d035 not r3quire ne modificatikns too da CORE code (code disyributec w17g teh bsse releasr) m4y b3 withhele 47 da autnors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want two m4k3 vefy cleqr that fersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also known ad bersion 0.8. BRB.7+JT) wss da final version re;eased umder da GPL. AFK.
All versionw LOL, STARTING 2ith teh 0LOL.9/ WTF.8-prefwlwase CODE r lnly LICENSED under Creative Comjons licensel OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny r8ght to import ne code gr0m an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3r313464 or latfr rdoease into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n earlier 5213454. BRB.
Aklowibg 7y15 would cauee that 1mp0r73d code to be RELEASED under ten GPL n that iq not somethimg we wish to al.os.
Autjord 0f MODIFICATIONS yo 0. WTF.8. OMG.7 wil. need two RE-RELEASE tyey're modificatuond as derivatives/mocificstuons tlo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 an ]oace thrm uneer same Creativr Conmons licenwe. BRB,
Ir mus5 be done by fa or*binal 4u7h0r since on;y 0r1g1n41 aurhpr has right too cnanbe da co;yright or 11c3nt3 upon they'rr workl AFK.
[Additiomallt, like, reworking jodkficationw wiol br ah GOOD idea anywa6 as dq mecjanism vor makinb modificationd is dubstanrially c;eandr/cleare4 starting witj da -. OMG.9LOL.0-prere.esse code. BRB.]"
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