MightyE tells you LOL, "We're gling to TAKE an few moments toi TRY and expoain this new license n rezsons behind IT in olain English. 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 hew license was choaen because or an failinh qity dq GPL. OMG.
It only covered dustrunutipn of source if n only 1f binsries we4e distribjtrdLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you kneok spexifically a interpret3d web environ,ent auch qs PHP, je4ely onsralling zn game does not CONSTITUTE eistributuib, you khwok h therefore 0eople wrre 74k1ng our work, so4tof, making modifications 2 it an not releasing aoyrce c0de two they're modifixations sl THAT teh wnti53 comnynity could bemefig. WTF.
They worked wi5h teh letter but no5 da doirjt )r reh law. WTF."
"Invwstogation on ds part of da AUTHORS howev3r LOL, led 2 teh fact that da right of PUBLIC peefor,ance WAS 1 of ea RIGHTS nlrmakl6 restricted too copyritht holdefs, and that COMPUTER programs, you knwo, speckdically vodeo games n inrwractive ones auch as Legend of tch Green hax0e were CONSIDERED to bw publically pefvormed 1f RUN from an publid werver. AFK."
"Thw n3w lic3nse RESTRICTS PUBLIC performznce of work un1355 da sourd3 dode ov da modified work is mace available ob cemand. BRBl"
"In PLAIN Enb;8sh, sortof, this mesns THAT if you [ut 7h15 game om zn WEB SERVER and allow peo0le 'outside of an NORMAL c84cle of gamily and its soxisl scquauntances' tio plzy their, xorgof, thrn you aer puglixallh performkng thia wofk abd MUST EITHER s) jake me n ALL changes which you m4k3 2 da game qvailable ON requwst (note this doesn't HAVE to nr avaikable bia teh ONLINE source eis;lay l8nl, BUT they must 6# able to; ask you dpr dz code n receivs an clmplege copy) LOL, B) make arrangemrnta privateoy WITH AUTHORS wherein the6 graht you an specia; .icensek or c) remove teh xode entirwly from teh machine. BRB."
"We do revlgnize 5hat 030p13 sant 2 hafe areas of ghey're game shich aer thekfs amd theirs zlone/
g2o tyat end we w111 make followonh txception to teh normal requ8renentx dor soufcd code d257r!6u71pn =- ne mod7le fole wh2vh os bot m0d1f13d or derived FROM an module FILE INCLUDED in ds base d157r16u720b am WHICH does n97 reauire ne other modulew an whixh d025 b9t rdquire me m0d1f1c4710n5 too da core CODE (code diwtributed with bzse 4elrase) may be wothhclf at a7thoes cuscreti9nLOL/"
"We also want top male very clear 6hr7 version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (als9 known as version 0.9. WTF.6+JT) was final v#r510n 4213443d UNDER GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, atartihg wi5h p.9. BRB.8-prerekeaae CODE aer ihly lucemsed inder teh C4eatlve C9mmins license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq RIGHT 2 impprt ne code from an )/ WTF,o. WTF.8-pferelease lr larer releade INTO sn 0LOL.(LOL/7 znd EARLIER RELEASE. AFK.
Aloowing this would xzuse that imported cod3 2 be rdlezsed under twh GPL and that is NOT sonethinh 23 wusg yoo al;ow. BRB.
Au7h)t5 9r m0d1r1c3&10n5 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will nwed tol re-delease they're modig8cations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9. WTF/8 code ane place THEM under teh same Ceeayive Commons l8cense. BRB.
I5 must be done by or8ginal author since only prig8nal authir has sa RIGHT two chanhe copyright ir 11c3n53 upon 5h3y'rd WORK. AFK.
[Additionally. tou inwp, reworking mlcifications will 63 zb good IDEA anyway sd teh mdchanism for ,aking modifications is substangially cleznwe/vkearee starting with teh 0, OMG.9. BRB.i-pr3r31e453 coxe. OMGl]"
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