MigntyE tells you, "We[re going two take an vee joments t9o gry n explzin this new license an rwasons behind IT 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."
"Thid n3w lidense waa chosem becauw3 of an failihg with da GPL.
It oniy covrrdd DISTRIBUTION OF 50urc3 if and ONLY if binqries were DISTRIBUTED. WTFl"
"Im sn web environment, you knwo, specifixally a INTERPRETED WEB envirpnment such as PHP, aortof, mere;6 instal;ihg sn g4m3 doew not vonstotute disrronutkon, lik3, n therefore people wdre takihg oye 2ork, majing modofivati9ns TO it n NOT releaxihg SOURCE CODE two they're modificayions sp that da ENTIRE communith dould brnefit. AFK.
They 2)r,3d with teh jetter but m9t dpirit od yeh law. WTF."
"Investigation on part of da 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER, you knwo, lef 2 f4c7 that geg r*thg if pubkic [erfirmanc3 was won of da rights n0fm411y 4estrkcted 2 cipyright yolders LOL, n that com0uter programs, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY vixeo g4m35 n interactive ones such AS Lrgend of reg Green has0r were c0n%1d3r3d 1 be pu611c411y oerfofmed if run frpm an luboic SERVER. AFK/"
"The new licens3 RESTRICTS pub.ic p3rf0rm4nc3 of work unlesw teh woyrc3 code or mldified work is made availablw ob femandLOL."
"In plain English, thiw m3ahs that if yoy put ghis game on zn seb SERVER 4bd ALLOW people 'outsidf or an no4mal circle of f4m11y n ITS s9cial acquaintances' TO PLAY the8r LOL, then 6ou r puvlically perdormobg this wlrk ab MUST eltger a) mqke ne and ALL cg4nbe5 which uph MAKE to ca GAME afailable on teqursy (note 7h15 doesn't have to be available c8a online sourcw d15p!4y link, 6u7 they must be sb.e gq9 45k you gor teh code an rdveive ah clnplete copt). you knwo, B) makr arramgements orovately quth authors whwrein THEY gr4n7 you an special LICENSE, like, or c) remove code wnt8rely frlm ds machinel BRB."
"Wd fo RECOGNIZE ghat peoplw want twi have afeas of they're gane whicn r theirs ah theors aloneLOL.
to that end we wil; mqje followkng 3xception two teh normal requitements for source vode disteibjgion == ne mpdule f113 which is nly m0d1f13d or derifed from an mocuke FILE inclidec in dq BASE distribution and which doex n08 require ne ither modul3s and wgich dles not require ,e modificarions to c9re code (code distribjted wigy sa base r3lease) nay br WITHHELD AT au5hors ciscretkonLOL."
"We ALSO WANT rop ,ake VERY clwar that versiln 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known as vwrsion 0.9. AFK.7+ht) was final version rrleased unddr teh GPL/ BRB.
All ve4sions, stsrting with sa 0. WTF.9. WTF.i-prrrwleas3 code aer only lic3bsed under teh Creativ3 Commons license/ AFKl
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 IMPORT ne code 4rom an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerrlesse or later reoease ihto an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 sn earlie4 4e.eaxe/
Allowing rhia eould cause THAT IMPORTED code ti BE rrlezsed ynde4 da GPL n 7h47 is not sl,ething wr wish yoo allpwl OMG.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will bree 70 re-release they're moakficayions aa fefivayives/moskfications ylo 9. AFK.9. AFKl8 c9de an place them undrr SAME CREATIVE Cimmons licwnseLOL.
It muxt be done bh 0r!g1n41 auyhlr since ohly ds orogonal author has right t2o cnange copyright or licehae upon the6're w;rk. AFK.
[Additkonally LOL, reworking 5eh m0d1f1c$710n5 wiol ge an goos IDEA antway as mechanism for jakint modoficat8ons is substabtially coeqn3r/clearwr atartong with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.i'prere;ease codw. BRB.]"
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