MightyE tells uiu, "We're go8ng ro take an few moments too tru qn explain tgis new license and reasons behind it in plain Eng115hLOLl
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."
"Th8w new locense was chosen bedauae OF an failing with da GPL. AFK.
I5 on.y covered d157r16i710n of source if ane 0n1u if binarirs were distrib7trdl AFK."
"In an web envkrlnment WTF, sp3c8gidakly a INTERPRETED web environmwbt such as PHP, loke, merrly installint sn game eoes not conwtog7te dust4ibution, yo7 knwo, smd therwfore 0eop.e were taiing lur work LOL, makihg modifications two ot AND n9t feleawing source c0d3 2 theh'4e modificationa so tnat teh entire communoty coyld bebefit/
Th3y workwd wirn da lwrter BUT not teh 5p1r17 OF law. OMG."
"Invest8ga5ipn in trh part of dq AUTHORS however, led two facy rhat t3h right of pybkkc performande sas 1 OF da rights nlrmally restrixtrd 3 copyrught holdwrs LOL, m THAT vimputer programs, you kmeo, speeigica;ky v1d40 games an intetact8ve onds wuch as Legehd of reh Green hax0r wdfr consodered TO be publically ;erfirmdd if run from an p7bluc server. BRB."
"The bdw licens3 resteucts pu611c p3rf0tm4nc3 of da work unless da so7fce didr 0f MODIFIED work is made available on denandLOL."
"In plain English LOLk this MEANS tjat if you PUT tyus game 0n an eeb 53rv34 and al.ow [eopl3 'OUTSIDE of an noenal citdle of family n its SOCIAL acquaintanc3s' two [.ay thdir, like, 7h3n you aer publically performinf this eor, ah MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whidh yoy makd 52o teh GAME abzilsble 0n reqiest 9NOTE this d9esn'4 have 2 ge available cia teh online 50urc3 dispkay LINK LOL, but thwu must b3 qble to ASK yoy for da code n receive an complete cppy) LOL, b( make arrang3ments PRIVATELY witu teh auth9rs wherein ty3u graht yoy an ap3vial l7vwmse, like, 0r c) remove code ehtirely vrom machinwLOL."
"We do rwcogmize that prople wsnt two hsve areas od they'rd game whixh aer rheirs n rheirs qlineLOL.
to that end we will make teh follosing exception two teh normal r3qu1r3n3n&5 for source code duxt4kbutioh -- ne module fioe which is n9r m0d1f13d or serived vrom an MODULE cile ihcl8d3d in base didtributiob an which DOES noy fequire ne 07h3r modules and which DOES n0& require ne joduvicatilnd to twh cofe CODE (code d15ur16u73d with bas3 release) m4y be wiyhheld AT teh authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alwo wsnt yoo ma8e very c135r rhat versoon 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also kno2n as versiin 0.9. WTF.7+jy) waa da final vwrsipn released ynder da GPL, BRB.
All v3e510n5m you knwo, starting WITH 0. OMG.9LOL/8-p4ereleasw clde aer ONLY licdns3d under da Cfrative Co,mkns LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh fight too inporr ne code from an 0.9LOL.8-p4e4elease or lat3r re.ease into an 0.9. BRB.7 an ea4li3r relesse/ WTF.
A110w1ng this wouod cause that 8m0orted code two 63 relessrd jnder da GPL n ghat is nor somethimg wd widh too allowLOL.
AUTHORS if moduficatoons too 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 WILL neew 2 re-relwase they're mldificat8oms AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tw9 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 cose an p14c3 tgem under saje Cr3472v3 Commons livenae. WTF,
It must be done by da 0t2g1nr1 author since ohly iruginzl author HAS da right tl change teh copyrigyt OR 11d3h53 upln th3y're wofk/
=Additionally, sortor, re2otking mockficarions will be an gpod IDEA xnysay 45 teh jechanism for making mocivicatkoms is substantially c134n3t/d124ter starting witg da 0.9. BRB,8-prerelease codel OMG.]"
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