MightyE tells uou, like, "We're b01ng goo take an fes moments 2 try and explain 7h15 new LICENSE n sa 4ewsons behind IT IN PLAIN Eng;ish, 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 new lic4nwe was vhosen becqus3 of an fai.ung WITH tej GPL.
It on.y covered disttubution of sourcd if n obly if BINARIES wwre dis5rkbhtedLOL."
"Im an w3b envkronment, aoftof, s;ecigicallh a INTERPRETED web envir9h,ent SUCH AS PHP, you knwo, mrre;y installing an game d9es nor comstitute disyribution WTFk and tgetefore people wete taking our woek LOL, makong modkfixations to it 4nd not rel3asing teh source cpde 2 thry're modifivatkons s) tha5 reh entirr community could benefit. AFK.
They WORKED w17h teh letter bub NOT twj spirit of reh lawk"
"Invesgigatiom on teh p4r7 od da AUTHORS nowever, sortof, ldd 2 teh fact THAT rej right if publid p3rf0rm4nc3 eas 1 of da rihhts n0em411y restricted 2 copyeight hpqf3r5 WTF. and 5hat COMPUTER progtans LOLm s0ecifical;y video games n interactiv3 ones such 45 Letenf of Grren hax0r were cobsieeees go bd pu611c311y performed if run fron an public xervee."
"Thr nww 11c3n53 restricts public ;erflrmance pf wotk UNLESS ds 507rc3 code of da modified sork 25 made ava8lab.e ln d3mand. AFK."
"In plain Ebglish, likem this means thar if you put tgis game ob an w36 SERVER an sllow peo;le ;OUTSIDE of an normal circle of family 3nd ITS social acquzintances' to play thdir WTF, then you a3r pu611c411y performihg this wlrk an MUST EITHER a) mzkr bd an ALL changes whixj you MAKE too gzme AVAILABLE oh REQUEST (NOTE this coesn't have 2 be available via on;ine source display 11nk, bug tjey nu57 ge ahle tqo asi you f0r code an r3c3!f3 an c0m01373 vo0y( WTF/ b) jakd arrqngrmengs privateoy witj tth autnofs wherein THEY grant uou an speciak 1qc#n53, OR c) eejovd code entirely rr0m da maxhine."
"We do rdcofnize tha5 people want w have areas of th3y're game which r thdirs ah theirw aoone. AFK.
to that end we will mqke foll9wibg exc3ption too reh normal reqjirements for source cose DISTRIBUTION -- he n0di13 gile whidh is nog modified or dwriv3v from an module fike included in base dixteibutipn n WHICH does no4 r3wu1r3 ne pther modules and whucy d9es mot REQUIRE ne moeifications to core CODE (codw c157r16u&3d w8th base relwase) may be WITHHELD zt da authors discretion. OMG."
"Wr also w4n7 to m4l3 very clear that versiob 0.9. BRB.7 (zlso known as VERSION 0LOL/9. OMG.7+jt) was finao versiom 4eleas3d unser da GPL. OMG.
A11 verskons LOL. starting w16h 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease CODE r ONLY kicdnsed under teh CREATIVE C0mm9n% LICENSE/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY s3ny 4ignt 5o import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease or latrr releaae into an 0/ BRBl9. AFK.7 n earlker releaae/ AFK.
Allowkng th8s wpuld cause that imported code 2 be released unser teh GPL an that IS not s9mething WE wish twp sllow. BRB.
Aughors of mpdificatuons g2o 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 will nwed too re-release tje6're modificat8ons as de4ovatives.modifovationw 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.9 c0s3 an place them undwr teb same Creative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
It must BE eone bt teg origona. authof SINCE only da -rqg2n51 4u7h04 yqs right to change da dopyeight or license klon they're 2orl. AFK.
[Additionally, reworking m0d1f1c4710n5 sil. be an good qd34 an62ay qs teh mrxyamiam FOR m4k1nf m0d1f1c4710n5 is dunsyanrially dkeaner/cleqrer starting with teh -.9. AFK.8-pr3e314453 code.]"
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