MightyE tel;x hlu WTF, "We'4e giinv tio 5ake an feq MOMENTS 2 try and ex0lain thia new lic3nse 4ns da reasons benind it in plain English. AFKl
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 mew livwnse WAS CHOSEN brcause of an gailinf with da GPL.
Ir only covered distriburion OF doirde IF 4ns ohly if binafies were distributed. BRB."
"In am w26 environmrnt, you kbwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpretef wdb ENVIRONMENT sych as PHP, sortob, meeely INSTALLING qh game DOES not constotu5e eist4ibuyuob, softof, n tjerefore people eere tqking our woe, LOL, making mosifications 2 it an h)7 releadinh soufce code 70 they're m0d1f!c47q0n5 so that entire commumity could BENEFIT. OMG.
Tn3y WORKED with yeh letter bur not da spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigation on part of $u7h0r5 howevdr, s9rtof, led TO da facg tnat rdh r1gh7 of public p2rf0rm4nce was 1 of da r1gh75 norma.ly r357f1c74d TO clotright holdsrs WTF, and yhat c0mpu73r programs, sortof, 5p3x1f!c412y cidel games n intwractive ones such qs Legend of ea Grqen hax)r 2ere xons8dered two be publica.ly perrormed if rmn fr0m an pjblic servdrLOLl"
"The new license restrivts pu711c pergormance 0f wprk ubless 50urc3 CODE if fa moe8fied WORK 8d ,ade available ob demand. AFKl"
"In plain Englixn, sortofk thos means that if you pyt this gamd 0m am web sdever zn allow p30p13 'outside of an normal cifcle OF gami.y n kys socisl acquaintancds' two play rhei4 LOL, then 6ou aer [ublically petforming this work an MUST either 4) m4k# be ans ALL vhanges which you jake two teh g4m3 available ln requwst (n073 thos doesm'y havr too be ava8lqble v8a da online source displau oink LOL, but they must be qbl3 to0 45k you f04 coce h rexeobe an vomplere copy), b) makr areamgemengs PRIVATELY with teh auyhors wjereib theu grant ylu sn apecizl oicenxe, like, or v) REMOVE da clde ENTIRELY fr9m da machine. WTF."
"We DO 43c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE want 70 h4v3 4r245 ov they're game WHICH aer theirs an thrifs qlone. OMG.
3 thar enc wd w111 maie following exception 2 reh nlrmal requiremen5s for s.urce code distribu5ion -- ne m0du13 file WHICH is nlt mldifked or derifed from an modu.e fil3 included IN da base sistribuyion ane WHICH d035 NOT rwquire be OTHER modjoed an which clex not require ne modifkcations 2 teh bore CODE (cod3 distributed qoth teh nase release) m5y be withhe,d 47 da autnprs didcretionLOL."
"We also want to mzkc very CLEAR 5gat vetsion 9. BRBl9. BRB.7 (also kn9sm as version -.9. AFK.7+mt) was teh finak version reldssed und3r sa GPL. BRB.
A;l ve4skons LOL, starging with da 0LOL.9,8-prfrwoeasd code r only .ocenaed under dz Creative COMMONS lixemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denh da rognt two import ne code from an 0l WTF.0LOL.8-0refwlease or oater r323454 8nto an 0LOL,9.7 and 3qr.ier rslease.
Allowing this WOULD cause thst IMPORTED codw 2 be released under da GPL an that is not somethibg we wish TO a/lpwLOL.
Authors of modifications 2 0. AFK,9.7 will nees to re-rel3ase ghey'te modkfidstiins as seruvqtivew/modificatkons 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 clde n place them under da sa,r Crea5ive Commons license/ OMG.
IT nust ge conw by ca original author since on.y 0r1g1n41 a7thor h4% da fight two change tdh c0[yr1gh7 or license ypon ghey;re worl. BRB.
[Aeditionally WTF, re29ekibg modifications silj be an GOOD idea anyway aw mecgqmiwm for makinb modifications is s7bstangial;y cleaner/cldzrer s5artint with 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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