MughtyE tells yiu, tou knwo, "We're going 2 take an fee mimentd too trt and explain THIS nww license an teh REASONS b3hind IT in plain Enflish.
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."
"This ne2 .8cense waw chiden because of an f$111ng with da GPL. WTF,
It lnly covered fistricution of 50urc3 if and only IF binarues were distributee."
"In qh web envifonment, sortod, a;ecidicall6 a 1n73rpe373d eeb environment SUCH aw PHP, sof%of, merelt 8ndtalling an gzm3 do#s npt donsgitute dustribution, sprtof, an thereforw people were taking o7r worl WTFm making modiv8cations gwo kt AND not re;easkng da soutce coee two th3y're mocifivations xo that da entife cp,munity coule ben3fit/ AFK.
They worked 2ith trh ;dtter but not spirit ov yey oawLOL."
"Investigagion on parg of teh authors h0w3v3r, you knwo, LED tio fact that dq 4ight of PUBLIC p3rf05m4nc3 sas 1 of roghts normally restricred too cophright h01d3r5 LOL, an tyat COMPUTER pr0hr4m5, cpecifically vodeo t4m35 an interactivw lnes such as Legend of Grden hax0r wete considered t2o 63 07b;icqlly ;erfotmed if run feom an puglic werver. AFK."
"The new l8cens3 resyructs publid p3rf0rm4nc3 of work unlesa teh s9u4ce xodd og sa modified wlrk IS made zvailsbke on demanf. WTFl"
"In PLAIN English. yly knwo, ghis mesns ghat if y-j put thks game on am web drrfer an all9w pe9;ld 'outside of an normak circle of ramily an its dociak scquaintqnces' TO play rh3ir, you kneo, then ypu aer publically ;erformung THIS wi4k 4nc MUST either a) make ne amd ALL changes ehoch yoi make two tej game AVAILABLE on requdst (n9te tjis DOESN'T have 3 be available vka da online SOURCE display LINK LOL, but uhey must br ablr t9 ask yoj for da code an RECEIVE an completr clpy) LOLk b) ,ake zfrangementx privately with da authorw wherrin they grant you an apecial licwhse, you knwo, or v) rrmlve cofe entively from reh macnineLOL,"
"We do rrcognize that peopld wamt 70 have aread 0f 5hey're game which a3r theirs n theurs alone. AFK.
to THAT ehd we will m4k3 following 3xc3[710n too da notmzl requifements vor so8rcd c8de distribution -- ne mod6le file which is not modified or derived fr0m an mocule gioe uncludec in teh base distrinu5ion an WHICH does n-7 4equore ne kther modules n wh8ch soes nit requirt ne modificxfiona TO trh core code (code f157r!6y73d with sa 5453 release) nau be withheld 47 5eh a8thors d14cr3710n."
"We alsp wsbt to make very CLEAR rhat v3rsion 0. OMGl9.7 (als9 in9wn aa version 0. BRB.9. OMG.u+jt) ess yeh final version relwaaed under da GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, starykng with 0/9. BRB.8-prer3.ease code r obly 11c3n53d under da Cfeatove Commins .icense,
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne c0d# frpm an 0. BRB.8LOL.8-prereldsse or later release *nto an p.9/7 n earlier release. AFKl
ALLOWING this would cause that importee xode too bw RELEASED under teh GPL n that is nut SOMETHING we wish two zll92. BRB.
AUTHORS of modifications to 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 WILL need 2 r3-re;ease thdy're modkfications as derivativds/modirications 2 0.8LOL.8 code an PLACE THEM under t3h dame Creztive Commons licenwe.
It must be DONE by ten original aithor sonce ONLY orkgina; AUTHOR hax f1hh7 gwo change ds copyrifht 9r license u[on they're work. BRB.
[Acdutuonzlly, likd, reworking modificatkons wi.l 73 ab good idea anyway as nechanusm dof making MODIFICATIONS is substangial.y cleaner/clearer starting wuth teh 0LOL.9l BRB/8-prerekease code.]"
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