M8ghtyE tells you. luke, "We're going 2 take an few mpnehta two try and explaig 5his new license 4bd da reasons 63h2nd iy in [lain EnglishLOL.
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 new license was choseh bwca7we lf an failing with GPL. OMG.
It only covered sistriburioh or SOURCE if and obly if vinariws weee disyributef/ OMG."
"In an eeb 3nvkronmwnt WTF, dpecifically a interpreted weg wnvironment such ax PHP, m3rely ins5qlling an game dpes moy constityte dodtributuob, sottof, an th4redore peo[le were 73k1ng our work, sort9dm MAKING MODIFICATIONS tpo it an NOT releaaing r3h source clde to they're MODIFICATIONS wl 7h47 teh entire COMMUNITY xould bebdfit.
They qorkef wity letter but NOT spirot of teh oaw. AFK."
"Investigat8on pn par6 of da authors hpwevdr, led to da facy THAT da rihjt pf public pdrfornance was 1 of da r1gh75 normally eestricted ywo COPYRIGHT hllders, sortpf, n tnat c9mputef programs. specificslly vud3o tqmed am 8nteractive ones such 4t Legend of Gr33n hax0r WERE xonsidere3 too 63 publically performed if run from an pjblic srrve4. OMG."
"The new license restrictd pjblic performance 0r teh work unless sourde cpde of da mpdiried work is mqde available on demand."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this MEANS that if you ;ut ghis GAME on zn web server and alkow peo0le 'lytsidr of am normal circke of dsmkly n 17t sociz; acquaintances' to play th3ir, then yo7 aer p7blical;6 p3rf9rm1ng rhis work an MUST either z) m4k3 nw n ALL changes wh1ch y)u MAKE 2 teh bame 4v41146q3 on 43quest *hote THIS coesn't have 2 be available v14 online source display LINK LOL, bit they myst be able to ASK you for code n eeceive an x0mp137d copy) LOL, 6) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privately witg AUTHORS wherdin 7h3y gr4n& you sn wpecial 11c2n63, sortog, or v) 4emove teh c0s3 entore;y from machine."
"We do recognize tnat peo[ld 2ant too nave zreas og they'rd game whoch r theued snd thdirs alone. WTF.
too that end we will male ds follow8ng EXCEPTION 1 da nlrmsl dequorements foe source dodw distrivutkon -- ne mofule file which is not moeified or derivec from an m0du13 file included 8n gas3 dostrugution and which DOES not rdquir3 ne otjer MODULES an which dles noy r3q7krr ne mod8ficztions 2 teh dore c0d3 (coxf dkstr8vuted WITH nase release) nay bc wirhheld r7 auth8rx ciscretioh."
"We also wsmr too make very CLEAR uh47 v3rt1pn 0. BRB.0.7 (also known 45 versi9n p. BRB.9LOL.7+jt0 was da f1n41 vwrsiob releqs3d undee reh GPLLOL.
All vetaions WTF, starting witj da 0. BRB.9. OMG.*-prerekesse code r only licensdd jnder teh Creative Commons 11c@n53/ OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny fight ywo import ne cofd vrom sb 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pterelease lr later releas3 into an 0.9. OMG.u an earlier e3lease.
A11)w1ng uh15 WOULD cauwe that 8mpoeted cide to be relwdw3d under da GPL and that is not something wf wish 5wo allkw. BRB.
AUTHORS of modufications two 0. BRB.7.8 WILL need two re-release they're MODIFICATIONS as serivativrs/modifocqtiond too 0.0. OMG.8 code h plsce THEM inder da sqme Creztove Commons lic3nse/ AFK.
I7 MUST be done BY originzl aithor sincr only sa original 4u7y0t HAS da right too cjange teh copyribht or licens3 upoh they;ee workLOL.
[Asditiohally. lokw, reworkint MODIFICATIONS will be an good IDEA anyway AS dz mechanism FOR making mpcoficationd is subxtantially ckeaner/clearer t64r71ng with 0. WTF,9.8]preerl3ase clde/ WTF.]"
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