MightyE tells y9u, you lnwo, "We're g0qng t9 take am few momwnts too try and 3x/14!n this new ;ocdbse ane REASONS behins ir in plain English. OMG.
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 licende was chosen becausr of an failihg with GPL, OMG.
I5 lnly covdred distribution of source id an 0n1y if binaries wwre distr9b7ted. WTF."
"In sn wdb environment, specifically z intdrpr3ted w36 environment SUCH ax PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does not cpn571&u73 d15ur!6u710n LOL, an therefore people WERE taking ojr work WTF, making mldifications tlo iy h hot tekeasint twh so7rce dode 70 theh'r3 modidications so that da enyire comnunity could benefir.
They WORKED WITH teg letter but not s0irit or reh ls2LOL/"
"Investigztoon on part of da AUTHORS howevee LOL, les TO teh FACT that 5eg roght of public perfi4jance w45 won OF rkthts normally restrictrd to copyrighg golders. soetof, ane tnat com;uter prigrams LOL, speciriczlly viddo gamew an int3racyive ones such as Lwgend OF teh Green haz0r wete d0n51d3r3d teo 64 publicallh ;erformed 1f run FROM an PUBLIC %3tv4r."
"Tge NEW licfnsd e3str8cts public performance of work unless da sourcr code ov modufied WORK is maee availavl3 on denand."
"In PLAIN English, sortlf, this meana that if you put this game on an wrb server and alllw pdople '0u75!d3 OF an normal CIRCLE of family an its social acq7aintances' too p14h their. tyen you r publicalky performing this work am MUST either 5) make nr anc ALL ch4ng34 ehich y0u maj3 2 t3h game zvailable ln eequest (np5e 5his doedn't have 80 be avajlable via teh inline 50urc3 display linim you knwo, but they MUST be able two asj you FOR code an rwceive an COMPLETE copy), sortof, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS priva5eoy with qutnors WHEREIN the6 trant yoi an special licehse, .ikr, or C_ rrmovw teh coce entiee.y fron machibe. AFK."
"We do recignize tgat people qamr 2 have areas of they're gamd which aer tneors n THEIRS 410n3. BRB/
4op tgat 3nd we wilk make teh f0110e1ng excepgion two normql rrquiremen5s for source CODE dist4kbution -- ne nodule f113 wgich is not m0d1f13c lr DERIVED ftom an m0du13 rkle included qn teh base c167r157710n and which does NOT 4equire ne oyher moculds n whicy does n07 rrquire ne modifications 2 ez core code (cofe fis5ribuged with da base release) jay gr qithheld at teh zu4hors d8scretion. OMG."
"We a;so want two jak3 very clear thay veeaipn 0. AFK.(. BRB.7 9akso known zs VERSION 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7+jt) was teh finao verdion released under teh GPL. WTF.
All versioms, STARTING woth 0.9.8[pre4elease code r onlh licens3d under Creatice Comm0ns LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny dz RIGHT eo import ne cose from an 0LOL.9.8-0rereleasq or kater release into an 0. AFK,9. BRB/7 and EARLIER eel2ase. OMG.
ALLOWING tjis wouoc cause tgat impodted CODE 2 be releasdd UNDER teh GPL and that IS not somethihg we w15h too a.lowLOL.
Authifs of modifixations two 0. WTF.9.& w8ll heed too re-releqse thdy're modificationa as derivatives/modificqtions two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and PLACE 7h3m unfwr teh dane Cr3ative Cpmmohs licensw. WTF.
It must b3 DONE by ORIGINAL author sinxe only origonal auyhor haa da r1gh7 to change cophrifht o4 licenxe up0n tn3t'rd woekLOL.
[Additional;u, sottof. reworjing mofifications wilk be qb good 1d34 anuway AS da mevhanksm f0r making modificatiohs is xuhstantially c134m3r/c134r3r starting WITH da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-0re4rlease code/ AFK.\"
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