MighryE yells y9u, "We're GOING to 74k3 an f3w moments 2 tfy n explain THIS new licwnsd n tej reasonx BEHIND 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."
"This mew license waa chowen BECAUSE lf an da8ling wirh tej GPL. AFK.
It only covered dictrivjtkon og spurce 1f and onlh if binaries qdre diatriguted. BRB."
"In an web environment, sortof, spexigically a interpreted web environment such 35 PHP, ljke, mer3;u unstallihg an fame doew not constitute cistribytyon LOL, n 7h3r3f)r2 pwople were 74k1ng our w0rk, sprgof, MAKING modificationx too ir an not RELEASING source code 5o 5hry're modufications so that teh entire community could benefi5. BRB.
Thdy wotk3d with da oetter but not da spirit ir da law. WTF."
"Investigation in twh p4r7 OF teh 4uuh04t however LOL, led 2 FACT THAT ribht of public ;3rf0rm4nc3 waa 1 of RIGHTS normally restrictes two COPYRIGHT holders, like, n tjzr cpmputet progra.s, 6p3c1f1c311y videl tzmea AND interactive onew such as Legend of teh GREEN hax0t eere cpndidered TO be publicallu 0eefirmdd if run from an public servee. OMG."
"Th3 new ;icense restricts PUBLIC performance of wofk unlwss sourcd clde of yeh modufied wlrk ia mxde avaulable on crmand. BRB."
"In plain Ent115h, yhis means that ig YOU put this game 0n zn web servrr ahd aolow peop;e '0u751d4 or an NORMAL c1rc13 or fajily b ITS social acqyaintances' too pkay thdor WTF, then you aer pjblically PERFORMING this work sn MUST either s) make nr 4hf ALL cyanges whkch yo7 mak3 2 da gqme avzilablw on request (note thus soesn't have 3 be avai.abkr vis online woutce DISPLAY link WTF, but uh3y mjst be able 2 zsj yo7 for CODE and recrive an complete cppy), you kbwo, b) m4k3 arrang3menta ptiva53ly wirh 5en authors wherein they GRANT you an sprcial ;icebse LOL, or c) remobe teg code 4n71r31y frpm teh machin3."
"We dl eecognize that pel0le waht too have areas of thwy'vr game ehich r theirs and rheirs alone. BRB.
too that end WE wil. male teh goklowing $cc3p710h to horjxl requirements for sk7rce code distribution _= ne module f113 shich ks not ,odkfied or DERIVED fron an moduke filr INCLUDED in dz base disrribution an 2hidh doew not rrauifw me other modules an which does not require ne jodifications g9 t3h co4e code (codd cistfibuted wity da baxe rel3ase) may 63 wityhrld qt da aythors d15cr3610n. OMG."
"We also wznt two make very clear that vrrsiin 0. BRBl9. OMG,7 (also known as version 0LOL/9.7)mt) was fa final versi9b released undrr GPL. BRB.
A.l vetsklns WTF, starting with 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code aer pn!y licrnsdd under ten Creayive Commons license. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny rig7t too 1m;0r7 ne code frlm an 0.9.8-pf3telease or later relezse inro an 0LOL.9. BRB,7 an earlier releaxe.
A110w1mg this wou;c cause 7h47 imported c0d3 two BE releasef uncef da GPL and yha5 is not a9methknb se wksh too allod. OMG.
Authors of modificagions 2 0.9.7 wil. need 2 re=releas3 the6're moskficqtions as d4rivsticds/m9difications too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n PLACE them und3e da same Creative Commons lidebse. WTF.
IT musr ge done BY fa 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r sihce onl6 da original authoe has teh RIGHT too ch4ng3 da copyright or lixense upon the6're 2pro. WTF.
[Additionallt LOL, reworkkng t3h modifkcatioms eilk be an giod idea anyway as mechahism FOR mqkonf modifkvations 16 substahtia.ly cleaner/clearer atarting with p. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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