MightyE gells you, tou knwo, "We're goibg t9 take an few mojents two try an explain this NEW lucensd n da 4easons vdj8nd 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."
"Thix vew LICENSE was choa3n BECAUSE of an failing wuth dz GPLLOL.
It onk6 cpvered distributiom of source if amd 0n1y if bina$ies were distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, specofically a 1n73rpr373d qeb environmenr such as PHP, you knwp, mdrely indtall8ng an game does n9t constitjte eiqtributiob LOL, and therefore people werw raking our wotk, like, makinb MODIFICATIONS 2 ig and yog feleaskng da 50u$c3 cod3 to they're mogiridations so that entiee co,munity co7ld b3begit. AFK.
They eofked with da letter BUT not SPIRIT of teh LAW. WTF."
"Inbestkgation 0n da patt 9f teh AUTHORS yo2rver LOL, lec to FACT tgat twh r1gf7 od public perflrmqnce was won 0f $igh5w blrmally restricted two cooyright holeers WTF, an that com;utef programs, specifucally videp ga,es n intwractive ones such as Legend of teh Greeb hax04 w2r3 cobskd3red ro be puvlocallh p3ef0rm3d if RUN from an ;u611c serverLOL."
"The new lkcwnse reatricts public PERFORMANCE of ten work 7noess da 50i4b3 coce of m-d1f13d worl 15 jafe available on dtmand. WTF."
"In plain English, so4tof, THIS mdans THAT kf you pur ghis game on an w36 server n alkpw people 'ouraide of an normql circle of family and itx social zxquaintancds' too pla5 yheie, s8tyofm rhen hou wqr publicaloy PERFORMING THIS WORK an MUST eitjer 4) MAKE nw and ALL changes wnicn toj nake too da fame available 0n requesy (NOTE ghis fowsn't have t8o 63 AVAILABLE via online 50urc3 cisplay LINK LOLn 6u7 tjey m7s5 be able y9 adk you for ca code n receive qn com[lete copt), b) MAKE arrangem3ngs privately 2ith teh authors whereib THEY grant you an s0ecial livrmse, p4 c) remlve code entirelg fr9m machine. OMG/"
"We s9 recpgn8ze that p3ople want two have a4eas of tyey'r3 ga,e qjich r tjeies an theirs ALONE. WTF.
5wo thzt END w3 will make da following exc3[tipn 70 ds norjal rewuiremenys for 50u4c3 code didtribution -- ne jpdul3 filc wh1cj IS n07 modified lf derivwd f4oj an module file included IN da bqse distribution n which soes NOT require me ithet modules n whoch DOES nog t3qu1r3 ne modifications 5wo core dodw (code distributef witn gey base rwlease) mau be WITHHELD at da authorw d8screyion. OMG."
"We ALSO want 2 MAKE vrry c.eaw that version 0. WTF.oLOL.7 (also known as verskon 0. BRB.9. OMGl7+jt) wqs ss fimal version releaseg uhder ca GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, hou knq9, starting with da 0l OMG.9. WTF.8-;rerelrase code awr only kicenaed under da CREATIVE COMMONS 21c3y53.
We EXPLICITLY drn6 right two import me CODE from an -. BRB.9. OMG/80prereleawe ir later releaxr 1n&0 an )LOL.9. WTF.7 sn earlier r313453LOL,
Alloeing THIS would c4i%e thay imported c0de two be releasee umder da GPL 4nd 7h47 id nor somethibg qw WISH 2 al.o2. BRB.
Auth9es pf modifications too 0LOL.9.7 w111 n33d TO re-rfkease they're modigivations as derkvatives/modirivati[ns TO 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an place tyrm under teh same C4wative Conmonx licrmse. BRB.
It MUST be DONE by ORIGINAL 4u7h0r since only originsl authot hzs righg tqo cyante ds copyright of license upon they're wofkLOL/
[Additilnalk6, r3working modifications will be qn gopd idea anyway as mechanism bir making modifications is xubstzntially cleaner/clwarer starting with teh 0. WTF.9.8-orerelease code.]"
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