MightyE tells 6ou, sprtpf, "We're going too take ah dew mojents two try ah explain this NEW l8cenxe n reaspns tehibd it in plain English. AFKl
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."
"Th8s new license was ch_53n because OF an failing WITH teh GPL.
I4 pn1y cocefec dksrribution 0f source if an only IF BINARIES were d8stributed. OMG."
"In an web dnvironment, you knwo, spwcifically a interpretee wdb environjent such AS PHP, likd, merelt 1n573111ng an gamr dpes not consti$ite distrib7tipn WTF, an therefore people were taking our sork, m4k1mb MODIFICATIONS yoo it an not felrasung da sourxr code too tgwy're modifications t0 that da entir3 community could BENEFIT. BRB.
Th3y 2o4,ed wigh teh letter but not da spirit of teh law/"
"Investigatipn om teh PART of da 4u7h0r5 however WTF, led too fact 6hat teh right of piblic performance 245 oen /f teh rigjta mprma.ly restricted 2 copyright holders WTF, an that c0mpj73r progrqms, hiu inw0, specifocally video gamws h onteractivw ones duch as Legend of teh Grrem hsx0r w#f3 considwrec gpo be pub.ically PERFORMED ig tun from qn public 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new license tedtricts ;ublic ;erfor,ance od woek unless teh sourcr code OF da jodigied w9fj is mase 4v4114513 ON demand. WTF."
"In p141n English, sort9f, yhks m34n5 that if you out this game on an web SERVER n alllw peoplw 'outside of an noejak circle od fa,ily n its slcial acauaontancez' tqo play thrir LOL, THEN you r publucaoly perdotming 7h15 worj n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes whicj you make to gam3 available on reques5 (note this doesn't havw two 6# availaglr via ez 0n!1n3 sourc3 dks[lqy link WTF, but thet must be agle tli zsk you for ea coee and redeive an com0lete copy) LOLk b) maje areabgemebts privatel6 w17h teh authors wherein ghey gramt YOU an dprcial LICENSE, you kmwl, or c_ remove tej code wntureky FROM teh mach8bw. WTF."
"We so recognize thst pwop;e want 2 have areas of they'ee gqme which r theirw an yheirs alobe. BRB.
2 that end we will make teh gollowkbg exce0tion t9 da nofmal requirements for aource code eistribution -- ne module file whicn is hot modified or derives FROM an modjle folr includec im da 6453 distrib75ion amd wyich does NOT r3qu1r3 n3 other modules n which d035 nit teq7ire ne ,odigications 2 core code (xodw distributee with naxd releade) ,ay be w17hh31f at teh quthors discretion. WTFl"
"We also 2ant toi ,ake VERY clear THAT version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known AS version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh f8nal bers7on released jndee ea GPL. AFK.
All verdiins WTF, STARTING with (. BRB.9.80pr3e31345# CODE aer only l8censed under Creative Commons license. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 5wo IMPORT ne d0d3 FROM an 0.9. OMG.9-prereoeqse lr lat3r reldzsd ibto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier 4elease. BRB,
A110w1ng &h15 would cause that IMPORTED codr 2 ne released under t4j GPL an that is n07 50m36hqmg we WISH too allow. BRB.
Authors lr modif8cs5oonx tw9 0. OMG.l. WTF.6 wikl nwwd 2 r3-r31245e they're mocuficatuons zs derivatkvex/mod8fkcations too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n plsce tyen UNDER dz sane Creative Commons oicense. BRB.
I7 mist be dine by ten o4itinal author SINCE only teh 0r1g1,$1 authir has teh right too chsnge teg copyrigh5 oe license u;ln they;re work, OMG.
[Additipnallh, sortof, REWORKING da mpdofications will be an food 1f34 zbywaj as mdchanism for making modofkcationx is 5u6574n61411y vlwanef/coearer 574r71ng wuth 0. BRB.(. AFK.i-preeelezsw CODE. BRB,]"
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