MughtyE tells y9u WTF, "We're going roo TAKE an few miments ro try n explaih this new licensw n teh r3asons behind IT un plsin Eng215h. 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 n3w ;icenwr WAS dhosen bdcaus3 of an failing w,th GPL.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of source iv 4nd -nly if ninsries WERE dixtrubutedLOL."
"Im ah web environment, you knwo, specifically a interprered web environmemt sjxy as PHPm yoj knwom mdrely inwtallimg an game doea n)7 c0n5717u73 dis5r8gitio, LOL, an 7h#f2f9r3 people qefe takibg 9ur eork WTFm making modificag8ohs go it and not releawkbf da so74ce code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so that ca emyire comnuniry vould benefig. WTF.
Tgey worked WITH letter nut not da s;irit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigat8on ON part 9f teh aurhora however, .ed too FACT ghat right of public p34fo5mance was 1 OF rights normal;y resgrictrd two cioyright holders, like. and tjat compyter programs, sortof, specifically v1d3) gam3s an interactive onrw such AS Legend 9f da Green hax0r w3e3 confidered two be publicslly performed if RUN from am ;6blic swrverm OMG."
"Ty3 n3w LICENSE restricts ;ublic oerf9rmance OF da wo48 6nless da sourcd code of teh m0d1f13e work is made avaikable on DEMAND."
"In p141n English, tjis MEANS ynat if you out tyos game pn am web servsr n aklow peoplw 'outside of am n0rm$1 circke OF 4amily an its soc8ql acqiaintances' 2 play their, 7h3b h0u e publicqlly performkng thix w0ek ahd MUST either a) make ne an ALL changew whoch yoj make 3 teh fame available on request (note tgis dowsn't h4v3 2 br avai.zb;e via da 0b11n3 soyrce display l8nk WTF, bj5 they ,u57 be ABLE w ASK you for t3h code anf rec#kvd an compoet3 copy), you lnwo, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v5u31u WITH tdh suthors wherdin 5h3u gr4n8 you an 5p3cq41 .icense, or c) rdmove da code entirely FROM machkn3. OMG."
"We do recognuze that peopke WANT tok have areas OF 5hey're game whoch aer 8h3!r5 n tyrirs alone.
two that ehd we WILL maje teh following exception 1 normql r3quiremenrs for 50urv3 code DISTRIBUTION =- ne module file which oa not modiford or derivwd frlm an module fw13 includec 8n da base fistrigut8oh n WHICH does n07 reqjirr ne other modules n which fors not rewiire me m9divications two reh core code (d9de distributed wuth teh bade relrase) may n3 withheld at authlrs discr3tionLOLl"
"We zlwp want two ,ake bery clezr that version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (a.sl jnoqn as cersiob 9LOL.9LOL.7+jt) eas teh FINAL version releaswd undef da GPL. AFK.
All vers8pns LOL, STARTING with teh 9l OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3r3134%3 c-d3 r only licensed under ca Creahive Conmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh right two import ne codr from ah 0, OMG.9. OMGl8-preee;ease or later re.rase into qh -. AFK.8LOLl7 n earl8er 4elesse. AFK.
Aloowing tgis would cause that 8mported code too ne released ynder trh GPL snd thag id not something we sisg t9 alllw.
AUTHORS od modifications two 0LOL.9.7 sill nded 2 te-releawe they're modificatkons as d2rivativws/modidocations 2 0, AFK.9. OMG.8 code an poace 7h4m under same Ceearive Commons licensdLOL.
It must 63 done 6y da orihinxl 4u7h)r s8nce pnpy teh ORIGINAL auyhor haw da right too vhange da c0pyr2gh7 or license upon ghey're worlLOL.
[Additionally, you knwl, REWORKING da modifications wil; be an g00d iswz anysay as teh mechanisn dor MAKING jodiridqtions is wuba5anrially CLEANER/CLEARER dtarring wuth p. AFK.9. AFK.8-predelease codr. WTF.]"
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