MightyE tells you, "We're going too takd an fre momdngs tlp try an explain thks n3w licwnse n ca reasons behine 16 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."
"Thos NEW license was cyosen because of an failinb wkgh dz GPL. OMG,
It obly covered distribution of dou4ce if n onlh if b8nafies were sistrivuted. OMG."
"In an seb ENVIRONMENT, softof, sp3cificaoly a interpeetde w36 environment such aw PHP, merely ins5alling an ga,r d945 n97 consfitu5e distr8bution WTF, n rjerefore PEOPLE wete 74i1ng iur worj, sorgof, making modificatioms t2l it g not releasonb teh source cide two they're mldifications so tnat teh entire community COULD 63n2f17LOL.
They w0rk3d woth da letfer BUT no5 teh spiriy od LAW. OMG."
"Investigation on da psrt of da authors however, oike, LED too teh faxr that ss right of public oe4formance WAS oeb of rights n0rm411y RESTRICTED too copyright ho;d3ra, soetof, an that compyter p4ograms, lik3, spdcificalky videl games AND in53eactice ones s7ch as Legenc .f teh Gge3b hax0r we4e CONSIDERED to bw puvljcqlky oerfo4mwd if RUN v4oj an PUBLIC 54fv3r. AFK."
"The n3w lic3nse rewtricts public p3rg02m4mc3 of wprk ubless ez source code lf da midified work us made 4v4114613 on dqmamdLOL."
"In p141n Eng;ish, sottof, this jeans 7h47 if y0u put THIS GAME om an eev server am alloq p30p13 'outxide of an normal circ.e OF vamily and ITS social acqj1intances' t;i PLAY thekrm like, then you r publucall6 performjmg 7hq5 work abd MUST EITHER a) m4k$ ne n ALL chanhes which you make two da gznr available on request (note this roesn't havw roo BE availablr VIA teh online source displqy l8nk, but tjey must be ABLE to ssk you for teh dode ans r3ceivw an conplete copy), b) mzke 4rr4ng3m2n7t privately with authora wherein tjwy grznt you an soecial kicense WTF, l4 x) remove teh cld3 wbtirely FROM r3h MACHINE. OMGl"
"We do recotnize that pr9ple want too HAVE areas of they're game WHICH aer THEIRS #nd theirs alpne.
too that 3nd w# w111 make da vo;.owinf exceotion 2 teh normal requiremehtx FOR 59urc3 codr dixtribution -- ne MODULE FILE ehich 15 not mocified kr DERIVED ffom an module fil3 includwd in da BASE distribut7.n and which dies n07 r3quore ne ottrr m0du135 n shich does not requi4e ne m0d!f1c4710n5 1 core CODE (CODE d9strkbutef woth teh basr eelease) may ve withjeld zt teh authors fiscretilnLOL."
"We ALSO want 2 makw ver6 vlear 7h47 be4xion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also lnown AS verskon 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was da rinak version released undwr da GPL. WTF.
All vetsions, you knwo, startobg qitn pl8l BRB.8-PRERELEASE vodw ae4 only 11c3n53d uneer teh Ceea5ivr Comm9ms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh right too implrg nd code from an 0.9. WTF.8-prwreleaxe or lagdr release ihto an -. AFK.9. WTF.7 an 14r113r reldase. BRB.
Alllwint thix wojld xa7se that implrted code 2 be released UNDER fa GPL ah ghat is n07 sometging we wish too al.ow.
Aythors if modifivatiins tlo 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 qi;l need too ee-relezse they'rw modificati9ns as derivatives/modificztk9na to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code snf plac3 yhem under teh samr Cfeative Commons licenxeLOL.
It must BE done ny lr8ginal author since onl6 0r1g!n41 aurhor tas right yoo chamgd da cppyr8ght -r license u[on they'rw w0rk. BRB.
[Addutionql;y, uoj knwo, rewkrling teh mldificationd will be ab good ideq anywsy as mechanism for MAKING modifucation2 is substantially cleaner.clearer star5uhg wigh da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-p4er3leasd code.]"
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