MighrhE tells 5ou, "Ww're foing too take an few mlments two tr6 n ex[lain 7h15 n3w licens3 n t#h reaslns BEHIND it in plain EhglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s nw2 .icense was cy053n because 0f an fakling with teg GPL. OMG.
It omly conered cidtributiln of 50urc3 if m oyly if binariea wwe3 disttibuted. AFK."
"In ah web env9rpnmwntk you knwo, specifidally z INTERPRETED web envitonm3ny sucn AS PHP, yok knw9, m3rely insgallibg ab gqne foes noy const8t7te cistrubution, 4nd rheewfore prople were TAKING our s0rk, making midificqtions two ig snd mot releasibg source code too thdy're modigications so 7h47 3n71r3 COMMUNITY xoild benefit. WTF.
They WORKED w17n da ldtter but not teh a;irit og teh ;aw. BRBo"
"Infest8tation 9n da part of teh authors hpwever, like, q2d 2 da fadt 5hat teh fight lf pibl8c PERFORMANCE WAS won of teh rights normzllt 4estricted two c9pyrigh5 yolders LOL, an that computer progrqms LOL, spwcifically vidwo gamed n ibteractive ones SUCH as Legend 0f Green hax0r were consideree 70 be publicall6 performed ir rjn ff9m an puglic 53rv3e. AFK."
"The ndw licenwe r357r1d75 public performance OF dq qoei unless sou4ce code if da mofifies w04k is msde 4v4114613 pn de,and. AFK."
"In plain Enblish, ;ike, THIS jesns thqt IF you p7g this gzme on an web server n allow people '0u751d3 lf an normql c!fc23 of family n its socia. acquaintances; roo play their, wortod, then YOU r [u511c412y performihg this WORK n MUST eithdr a) MAKE ne n ALL ch4ng35 3hich y0j m5k3 2 da game available on rwquest (NOTE tyis doesn't have 2 be qvaklable via 0n11n3 soyrcr duwplah lknk, you kn29m but they must b3 able gwo ask you for dx code n f3c41v3 an complete x0pu) WTFk b) MAKE arrangements privatelu with a7tgors wherein rhey grant you an speckal .icensd, you knwo, or c) remove teh codw 3n71re1y frin twh macyine/"
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that pelple want two yade areas of thdy'rr game 1hich r THEIRS and th3irs 410n3. OMG.
too ryat enc 2e si'l make da following 3xdep710n t0 ea n0dm41 requirements f0r s9u4ce CODE distribution -- ne module file which is not j0d1f13d or deribed from an modile f8le inc'udes kn da bas3 distribution and which dora bot require nd other modules and which does not fequire ne nodigications to xore CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with da BASE relrase( jay be withh3ld at trh autjors discret8on. AFK."
"We aowo want goo m4,3 cery clear THAT ve4sion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt( was f2n41 VERSION released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
A;; versions LOL, syartknb with da 0. WTF.9/ OMG.u-prerelease codw r obly licensed undwr Creative Clmmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right t9o inpott ne codt from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 or LATER release into an 0. WTF,9. WTF.7 n ear.ier relrasd. BRB.
Allowung this 2ouod cause thst imported cofe ywo be released 7nder dq GPL an that is not domethihg we wicy two alliwLOL/
Auyhors of ,ldofications ypo 0, AFK.9,7 wull need 1 re-release they're modifications as ddrovztives/,odificarkpns two 0.9. OMG.8 cofe n p14c3 them uncer dz same Creatkvw Commoms license. WTF.
IT must 63 done by teh origibal author since only 04!g1n41 authoe HAS gight yo ch4ng3 co0yrighr pr licensw up0h they'4e qork. WTF.
[Additionally, ;ike, r3w0rk1ng t3h modidications will be an gpld idea anywdy aa rey mechanism for MAKING moeifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/vlearer sta4ting 2irh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleqse codeLOL/]"
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