MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goibg gl rake ah FEW moments too yry an explain this new LICENSE and rrasohs behine it kn pl1in 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."
"This neq lkcense was chosen because of an failing with ca GPLl BRB.
It only covdred disttibution od soutce of sn ohoy 1f b8nariew were d156r16u73dl"
"In an wwb ebvir9nment LOL, w0ecifocally a interpreted web env8ronment such as PHP LOL, meeely instakling an game does not conagitute distrib7toon, .ike, an therefore peppoe WERE tak8bg our wirk, luke, MAKING jofifications to it n not RELEASING source cod3 2 the^'re MODIFICATIONS xo that teh enti4e clmmunity coild nenefit. WTFl
They wor,ed with letfer BUT npt da xpirkt of twh law. AFK."
"Invesriga5ion ON part of dz authots h0w3v3r, soetof, led two da fact that da right 9f public performance was won 0f eigyts norjally restrictec 1 copyright holders LOL, n yhat c0,pu73e programs, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n interactive ones such 44 Legend of teh Green has0r wdre c0b%1d4r3f to be PUBLICALLY performed if rum vrom am pyboic 53tv3r. BRB."
"Tye new licehse restrixtd 0ublic prrfiemance lf eork ynless da soutce cpde OF da modified work is made available 0n cemqndLOL."
"In PLAIN English, liie, tgis m34n5 thst if y0u 0i7 tuus game on an web serfer ane allow people '07751d3 of an normal c1rc13 of f4m2!y 4nd its 50c141 4cq741h74nc35' 2 plsy their WTF, ghen yoi aer [ublically pfrdorming THIS wprk an MUST eithrr a) m4k2 ne an ALL changrs WHICH tou make TO game available in reqjest (note th8s doesn'5 have roo be AVAILABLE via tdh onlibe SOURCE dixpoay LINK, but th3y nus6 62 4y13 too ask you FOR sa code n RECEIVE qm complrte copy), b) maje arrangemdnys privat3ly witg teh authirs WHEREIN they grant yoy an wp3c8al kicense WTF, ir c) remlcr ca cose rmtirelt FROM macninel AFK,"
"We do tecogniz3 7h47 pe9ple want to havw 4r345 of they'rw g4m# which 4 thei4s snd theirw al9ne. OMG.
2 that end 2e w8ll mzkr ca rollowing EXCEPTION ro norma; requkremwnts for source code distriburion -- je MODULE FILE which is not MODIFIED or der8fed FROM an mofjle file included in t3g basw distribution n which d04t n07 reauir3 ne other modulex ab wyich d9es not rewuire nw m9fificarions 2 da coee CODE (code d8dtriguted w!uh teh bqwe release) may be withhele a5 da 4u7h-r5 discrdt8on."
"We qlso want 2 ,a,e VERY clear 7h47 v3r610n 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 *aldl known as ve4sion 0. WTF.9. WTF.&+JT) was teh v1n41 verdion relwaaee und3r GPL, WTF.
A11 f#r510n5, kikem statting with 5wh 0. WTF.9.8-prwrdlease cife awr on;y licensec under Creative Commlns license.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh right 4qo imp9ry ne code fron an p. AFK.9. BRB.i-prereleasd 9r latwr releadr into an -. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier release. AFK.
Al;owing this would caise thzg imported dode too be RELEASED under teh GPL sn that is npt clmethimg wr qish to ALLOW. WTF.
Authlrs lf MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK/9/ WTF.7 will ne3d to re-release they're modifivations as d3r1f$71v#5/m031f1c471)n5 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 cpdw n place THEM under da SAME Creatife Comn9ns license. OMGl
It ju57 be dom3 by 9rigina; AUTHOR SINCE onlh da oritina. author has da r1gh7 to changd dopyright or LICENSE ipon tyeh'rd work.
[Additionz.ly WTF, reworking 5eh modifixations wilo be an gold idea anywa6 qs 5eh nechanism fot making MODIFICATIONS is aubsfantially CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelwase CODE. WTF.\"
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