MightyE tells you, you lnwi, "We're tokng two TAKE an dew mojenrd 1 7ry n #s;141n 5his new licenae n reasons behind it in plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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."
"Thls n3e lkcense was choseb 63c4u52 OF an gailinf with da GPL. BRB.
It pnoy c9bered distrivution of source if n onkh 1f binaries were d147r16u73d."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, so4tof, SPECIFICALLY a unterpreted web enfuronment such aw PHP, MERELY installimg am ga,r doex not xonstitute e2t6r16u610n, zn therefore peopl3 wete TAKING iur wor,, like, MAKING modifications too it an NOT relwasing da SOURCE codr tp they'r3 modivicationd so THAT da engi4e community ciu.d beneruy.
Th2y work3d wity .rtter but mot teh spi4kt of law/ OMG."
"Inbestihation on da p4r7 of teh quth9rx nowever, led 2 FACT rhat teh rifht of ;ubluc performance was own od riggrs nitmally resreicter two co06righ5 noldersm an that cpmput3r prog4a,s, li,e, specifically bideo bames n uhteractive oncs such as Legend OF da G4een haxpr were considerdd two be publicakly perfprm3d id rjn from ab public server. AFKl"
"Tgw new licens3 restrkcts puvlic perrormamce OF da work inless teh source d0e3 of MODIFIED work IS msde avsilable on demand. AFK/"
"In plain English LOLm this MEANS that if YOU put this game on an web w3rver AND all9w pep0le 'outside 0g an normal corcle 9f fa,ilt and itw wocial qcquaintancrs' two ;lay gheir WTF, then you se4 publically performing ty8s work n MUST ditjer 4) make ne $nd ALL chsnges wh1ch you m4k3 5io game zvailable on reqiest (notw this diesn't javw to 63 ava8lable via online spurce d1%p14y l8nk, hou knwo, but they gust bw 4613 two ask you for cpsd and RECEIVE an xompleye dopy) WTF, 6) makw ar4angements pr1b4731y with syyhors wherein thdy grant you an SPECIAL lisense, you knwo, or c) r3move code 3n61t31y fro, teh machihe. BRB."
"We DO reclgnize that p3-p13 eant two hqve areas of ghey'e3 game wh8ch r theirs and theirs aloneLOL.
two THAT end we will bake teh following exce0tion 2 da normal requiremwnts f0r sourde code DISTRIBUTION =- ne module file sh1ch 15 n07 modified lr derived FROM sn jodule d8le incljded in bas3 distribution n WHICH d9wa NOT requofe ne other modules znd shich dpes noy REQUIRE ne modificztions 2 xore code )CODE dkstriguted woth teh base 4elease) may be withneld qt tdh suthors siscr35lpnl OMG."
"We also wamt two maje very c;rar tkat VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (also known as version 0.9. BRB.7+jg_ was yeh final version eelwad3d undwr teh GPL.
Al. VERSIONS, sortof, starting with tdh pl9. WTF.8-prerelease code qer 0n1y licensed uneer Creqtive Commons 1!c2n53/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy ds righg 3 impkrt ne c9de feom an 0. BRB.9. AFK.80prerelease or latdr r#lezse INTO an 0LOL.9LOL;7 an darlier RELEASE.
A120w1ng THIS would cause 5hat umported cive too be reldasef under da GPL ahe yhat os not something we wiah to allosl BRB.
Authors of modkricq5ions to 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-release they'te modifications as derivatives/modifucations twl 0. OMGl9LOL.8 codw n placw tyem und3r teh ssme Crrative Comnons LICENSE. WTF.
It must be done by fa 0r1g1m41 quthlr since only ORIGINAL author hax RIGHT to change teh COPYRIGHT or license upon tjry're work. AFKl
[Add1u10m411y, s9ftof, reworkinh da MODIFICATIONS wi.l 53 qm g0)d idea qmy2ai as teh mechsniam for m4k1ng modificafions id substantiall6 CLEANER/CLEARER 574r72ng wi5h teh 0.9LOL,8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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