MightyE tells you, luke, "We're going too take am fee nomenrw TO rry and explain rhis nee licensd an teh reasons brhibd 17 in plain Engkish. 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."
"Th8x new ljcense WAS chosen 63c4u53 of an f4111ng with teh GPL. AFK.
I7 ONLY civerrd disttibuyion of 50u4c3 if ans only if ninaries were diwtributed/ OMG."
"In an web envoronment WTFm qpecifica.ly a inter[reted web environmeny such as PHP WTF, meeely igstalling an game doew not cpnsti57te DISTRIBUTIONm sortov, and thereforr people were haking our work, making modkfica5ions t2o it and hot RELEASING source code 2 thdy're modoficatuoma so THAT teh dntore commubity c0u1d bebefitLOL.
Theu w0rk3d wirh da ;etter bit nlt da spkrit if da LAWLOL."
"Investifation on part 9f 4u7h0r5 however LOL. lee too da fact 7h47 r1gh7 og public [er4oemancw wax ! OF sx rights normally restficted two c9pyrignt h0qd3r5, and tgar compu6er p4ograms WTF, dpecificslly fifdo GAMES and inyeractuve ohes duch as Letend 9f da Greeh hzx0r WERE considered two ne pjblixally p3rf0rm3s if run from an public SERVERLOL."
"Thw new licenxe r3stricts PUBLIC performamce 9f tey work un1255 aourcw code of modified wo4k us made avaioable ON demane. OMG."
"In p;ain English, you knwo, this MEANS 7h47 1f you 0u4 thos game on an eeb server n allow peo0le 'outdide 0d an n0rm41 circle of famk.y 4nd its SOCIAL acquaingances' 2 play yheir. ylu km2o, th3n ypu aer 0uboically performing tnis work an MUST eq7h3f a( MAKE ne an ALL chanbes which you maie twp game avzilable ON r4qu35u (note 7h15 doesn't gave r2o be 4c4114613 vis da onlin3 sourcw eisplay link. like, b7t they must be zbl3 t9p ax, YOU fot clde b receivd an comp.ere cipy), ;ike, 6( mzke arrangements prucately with da 4u7h0r5 wherein 5hey gr4n7 you an special license. sortork or c) r3m0v3 tdh code wntirely drom madhihe. BRB."
"We do recobnize tyat ;eople want twi have areas OF 5hcy'4e game which aer gheirs an rheufs a;one. BRB.
too that 3nc we wi., make follisinf except8on 2 normal requir3mengs f0r source CODE distribut7on -- he module file wh8vg is not mpd1f13d or d3r1c2d FROM an module fkld inclused in t3h base distribu5ion an which foes mot require be oyher MODULES n WHICH does bo6 require nw modifications 5so geh cpre code (vode diwtrucutec with teh baaw reoease) may be wo%hheld at teh autjors discretion. WTF."
"Ww ALSO want too make v4ry c;war that v3r%10n 9. AFK,9. OMG/7 (aldo knowm as version 0.9. OMG.7+jt) eas teh finzl vers8on released under 5eh GPLLOL.
A.l versions. softof, starting with 0.8LOL.8-ptrreleasr c0s3 aer -m1y licenses under CREATIVE Commona lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny righg two import nr coce from an -l BRB.9.8-prdreleaae or lager reldawe into ab 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and eaflier telrase.
Aolowung this would cauae that imported code two be teleased un3er ds GPL an 7h47 is not something we eish two zllow.
A75hors 0f modificatuons toi 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 2ill need two RE-RELEASE ghey;re modificatiohs AS dwrivatived/moduficatiins to 0. AFK.9LOL.8 codd n place th5m under da same Cfeative Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
It MUST be don3 by priginal author since onlh teh ORIGINAL author nzw da right too change teh sopyright 0r 12c3n53 upov they're work. WTF.
[Addit8onsoly, you knwo, REWORKING sa modificationx WILL be an told idda znyway as teh mechanism for making mod8ficztions id subs5antoally cleanwr/c;ezrrr stzeting w17h da ). OMG.9. OMG.7-prerelease cice. BRB.]"
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