Migh5yE tells uoi LOL, "We're gling t9 take an few m0m3b75 tqo trj n explain THIS new licensd n da reasond BEHIND it in poain English. BRBl
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."
"Tnis new license ezs cg9sen becajse 0f an failinb witg GPL. BRB.
I5 onlh cpvered diwtributoln 0d source if and only kf binaries w3r3 distributed."
"In an web enfironment, soecificallu a interpreted web envifonment such as PHP, loke, merely installing an game dprs not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION LOL. ane therefore people q3r3 takint our wowk, liie, makong mosifidations 2 it ans bot releawing sourcd codw 5o they're modifidations so yhat ehrire c9mmunity could b3nefit. OMG.
Th3y 2or,rd with ten .etter but not ea spirit of LAW. OMGl"
"Ibvestigation on ca 0art of da auygora howevrr, LED too da favt thqt r7ght 0d pub.ic performance was 1 0d da rithtd normakly rextricted to copyyirht h;;cers, you knwl, an that computer p4ograms, SPECIFICALLY vifeo games ab interactive ones such as Legend of da GREEN hax0r 2ere conzid3fed too be publically oerfirjed of run fro, an public srrver."
"The new .icense restricts public 0erfo4mance og teh work unleds slurce code OF dz m0d1f13d w0rk ks nade avaolzble on demand. AFK."
"In 0lain Englisg LOL, tnis meabs that if uou put this game om an w3b servet an ALLOW PEOPLE 'outsode of zn no4mal CIRCLE OF f4m11y an its sociao acqua8ntances' go plqy ghwir, then YOU r PUBLICALLY perdormibg ghos e0rk n MUST EITHER 4) MAKE ne an ALL changes which you make 2 5eh game availablw ON t3quest (note yhia dowsn't HAVE two be avaklablr via da online source d8splsy 11nk, sortof, but tye6 h7st be ablw two ask you d0r codd an rwseove an complete copy), sortofk b) makw arrqngements pfivatel6 qith authors wherein they jrant you an special l8ernsr, OR c) r3m-v3 teh code 3nu1f31y from dz MACHINE."
"We dp recognize that peopje WANT too have arras OF they're game which zer THEIRS n theirs akoneLOL.
2 THAT end WE qill make d0110w1nh EXCEPTION ti da nornal tequirementa for SOURCE vode eistribut8on -- ne modjle file whoch 15 noy modified or d3r1v3d from an m9dule vile includrd iu base distrinugion n qhich dles not require ne ither modulrs m ehich does not r3q71r3 ne MODIFICATIONS TO da xoee code (code distribuyed with da base t3leaae) jay be WITHHELD at geh authors didceetionLOL."
"We also want to m4k3 very c!34r tyat bersion ). WTF.9. OMG.7 )sosp inowh as vdrsipn 0LOLloLOL/7+jt) was final VERSION rel3aswd undwr teh GPL.
All vwrsions WTF, sta4ting wigh da p. OMG,9.8_prefelease xld3 aer only licensed 7hder Creative Commonw kicenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent RIGHT to i,plrt be CODE frpm zm 0. OMGl9LOL/8-0rerelease lr later release into an 0.9.7 and earl8er 4ekease.
Alloring thid would xause that 1mp0r&3d cod3 2 bd r313453d UNDER dq GPL an 6hat os not somdthing we wish rsl allow. WTF.
Authlrs of modificagkohs 2 0/ OMG/9. AFK.7 WILL NEED ts8 re-releaxe rhey'r3 mofifications AS ddrivaticew/modifications to 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 codr an plzve th3m uneer sam3 Cr3ative Commons licrnse. AFK.
It must be DONE by original authoe sibce only ORIGINAL author has teh eirht goo vyangd da c0pyf1fh7 OR LICENSE ypln they're WORKLOL.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworling twh modifications wil. be an good ieea anywah aa da mechanism for ma,ing mocifocagions q5 sugxtantially c134b34/c134r2r startung with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-p4erelease coer. BRB.]"
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