MightyE tells y9u, likw, "We[re glimt to take an FEW momehtd to rru n explain 5gis new lucdnse AND da rrasons behind it in plain EnglisnLOL.
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 xhosen bwdauwe of sn failinf with GPLl AFK.
It only COVERED distribution of source uv and pnly 1f binqries WERE distrinutef."
"In an web environment, like, sprcifoca;ly a interpr3red web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, mdrdly omstal;ing an gane does n07 constitu5e distribution, n 7t3r#f0r3 people were taking iue woek WTF, makkng modifications too 18 an not 4eleqsing da source code to they're modifidations SO thag entkre commynity COULD nenefitLOL.
THEY w0rk3d with yeh 14&7#r BUT nit teh spurit of law. OMG."
"Incesgibat8on 0n yeh part of 4u7h045 howeve4 LOL, l3f to teh dact that da r1gj7 of puboic perfirmajce was oen or righfs normallh restricted 2 copyrotht holdwrs, like, and THAT c9mputdr progrqms WTF, SPECIFICALLY video games abd interactov3 ONES SUCH as Legenc of ca Green gax0f wwre considdred 2 be pkblivally p3rf0rm3d if fun FROM an puvlic derver/ OMG."
"The mew license restrocts public perfo4mance of da wotk unless teh s9urce c0d3 9d modufked work is m4d3 svzilabl3 on d3mabdLOL."
"In p.ain Eng;iwh, this means that IF ypu put THIS GAME on an wwb se4ver 4nd a;low people 'oytskde 9f an nosmal c,exld OF fqmily and its xiciao acq7aintances' to plat rheirk then hou 4 p6glivally pervorjing 5his wo4k and MUST either a( hake ne an ALL changes which yoi mak3 2 game qvailable on REQUEST *note THIS DOESN'T hav3 too 63 AVAILABLE via da online aourcd dixplay link, tou knwo, but th4y muat ne able 2 asl ypu FOR code qne recwive an xomplete copy) LOL, B) make arrangements pfivately w17n geh 4u7h0r5 whefein thru nrant YOU an special oicrnse, or c) r3m0v3 da code entirely from da m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do rwcogmize 7h47 peiple 2ant 70 HAVE areas ov they're namr WHICH r 7h31r5 and theirs al9ne. WTF,
too THAT end de wiol mske da rollo2knh wxceotoon two m04m41 requirem3nts dor soirce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which is n97 mldufied OR defived from an module file incl7ded in ca base distribugion n which doew no5 requite me other mocules n WHICH do3s not require ne mldifkcat8ons yoo core code (code cistributed eith base r2leasw) may be withh3ld AT teh sughors disvrdtion. OMG,"
"We also wang too nake very clear that VERSION 0. WTF.o. WTF.7 (also ,nown as version 0l WTF.9,7+jt) WAS ea finzl versiin relrased under GPL. AFK.
All verwions LOLk startung with 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8-prerelease vode arf omly ;kcehsed under Creatuve Commons lic3nse.
We EXPLICITLY deby ritht goo import ne code from an 0. OMG,9LOL.8-peerelease pr later relwasc into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER RELEASE. BRB.
Allowinf this w0u1d cause that 8mportes CODE TO ne rd;eased under tdn GPL n thag is not s9mething we wosh too allowLOL.
Authors of mod8ficatiobs to9 0LOL.0.7 will heed t2o r3-r31er53 they're modificationx as fdrivagives/modifica58ons tlo 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code n olace them inder da same Creative Commons licehse, WTF.
It MUST BE come by sz otiginal author since only oritibal qughor has da righg two cgangr c0oyr1gh7 or license upon they're work. WTF.
[Aedirionally LOL, reworkihg midificatjoms will be qm g9od 8dea anyeay AS MECHANISM foe makimg m0d1f1c4710n5 is substantizlky cleaner/cleqrer STARTING WITH dz 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p4erelease c0s3/ WTF.="
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