MightyE te;ls you LOL, "We're gounh tpo take an few momdngs toi 5ry n explqin THIS new licensd an da ressons bdyind 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."
"Tnus new lidenxe WAS xhoseb beca7se of an failing with GPL. AFK.
IT on;y COVERED diwtribution of sou4ce if m only if 61n4r145 werf DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"Im an w36 ENVIRONMENT, aortor, spdcifucally a interpretes wev 3nv1r0hm3n8 such as PHP, sortlf, merely 1n574211ng an GAME DOES hot c9nstitute DISTRIBUTION, like, qn therefore people wwre takint oir wprk LOL, mak8hh m0d1f1c4710n5 to it and not reldasing teh sou4ce xose two ehdu;te m0d1f1c4720n5 so that da entire commumiti could benefit. WTF.
They worked aith lrtter but NOT 501r17 of da law. OMG."
"Investigagion on da ;4r7 ov authors hlweber WTF, led 2 ca fact that teh right of -ublic performamce WAS odn of teh roghts noemallh rextricted 2 cipyrigg5 yolders, sortof. n 5yat computwr programs, like, apecificxlly ciceo gamed n interactive ones such as Legend of Green hax)r sere CONSIDERED 5o be p7blicallt performed uf RUN from an pun;ic serv3r. OMG."
"The new lkcehse restruxts pub.ic PERFORMANCE 0f da eork jnleds da source code OF teh modufied w0rl 9s mafe available on demand, OMG."
"In pkain Englishk likd, this MEANS thzt IF you pit THIS game in an web se4ver n allow p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an h0rm41 cirdle of familh snd ITS wic8al qcquaintances' two play their, th3n ypu r PUBLICALLY prrforjing this wor, AND MUST either z) make n3 n ALL ch4ng35 whixh you make 70 da hame available on request )note tyis d025b'7 hqve two be afsiksble fia 0n11n3 50urc3 d15p14y 11nk, spryof, 6u7 the6 must be 4613 teo ssk ypu for da c9d3 n rec3ive an complete fopy), s9rtof, b) make arrangements pricately w17h AUTHORS qjerwin theu grant you an SPECIAL license LOL, 9r c) eemofe teh code en5urely from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We d0 43c0gb1z3 thqt oeiple want roo hace zreas of thdy're game which aer ghei4s n 7h31r4 a.one. BRB.
too that 3nd WE s111 mzke teh followunh exce0tion 2 teh nornal requurements for 50urc3 cide d257r16u710n -_ ne moduoe file egich is nog m-d1f!3d OR derivrd frpm an mofile f8le INCLUDED IN base distribution an which does not require ne other modupes an which DOES nlg require ne modifixations too da CORE dode (code d15ur16u73d with teh BASE rdlease) m4y BE withhel3 at 4u6h0r5 discretoon. BRB."
"We zlso 2amy twi mzke very c134r that versuoh 0.9. BRB.7 (akso .mown as v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final version released ind3r da GPLLOL.
All v3r610n5, STARTING eith wa 0. OMG.9.8_prerelease code aer ONLY LICENSED under C4eative Commons 11x3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to impprt ne code from an 0. AFK.9.i-prerelease o4 .ater reldade in5o an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 amd eqrlier rekease. OMG.
Allowing this would cauxe uh46 impo4ted codd tio 63 released under GPL an tnat is n07 xo,ething we widh s sllow. BRB.
Aothors of modifications to9 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need too re-reldase tjeh're modifications as dwticativrw/nodifications two ).9LOL.8 code and place them UNDER hej same Creative Commons license. BRB.
Ir just be DONE by da ORIGINAL author wibcf only teh ORIGINAL au5hor has teh rkght to change da c0pyr1fh7 or licende up9n they'ee w0rk. AFK.
[Additionslly WTF, REWORKING modivicati9ns w111 63 sn GOOD idea anysay as teh nechanism for making modificationq is sunstantizlly cleanwr;clearwr stafting w8th teh 0LOL.9.8-prerekease code. WTF.]"
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