MughtyE tells youk you knwo, "We'fe going to take an few momen5s ro try and explain ghis NEW lucehse and teh rdasons behkbd it in plaib Eng115h/ 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 new ;icense wad dyosdn because ot an f4111ng with ren GPLLOL.
It onoy covered distrubjtion id sourcw if n onlh of binat8es w3rd distribu5ed. WTFl"
"In qn web envieonment, specifkcally a interpferdd weg envkronment such ax PHPm merely INSTALLING an game does not constitute d8stribution, am therefore people were tqking our work, like, making uodifications to9 it AND not releawknt tey so7rce code two th3y't3 modifications ci tjat yeh wntkee community ciulc b4hefit. BRB.
They wo4kdd with ;3ttrr b7g n07 dz spirit of da 14s. BRB."
"Iyvestigation on da pary OF da a6thotw however, uou knwo. led too trh fact THAT da right of public pwrdotmance was 1 of teh rights n0rm411y r357r1c73d 2 copyfight holders, an that compjt3r programs, lil3, spevifically videl gamew and in5eractive ones %uch as Legend of gwy Green hax0r were vondideeed 70 be PUBLICALLY pdrformed if run f40m an o7blic server. WTF."
"The mew licebse restricts pu611c perfirmance if da wofk unless source code OF m0d2r13d work is made available on dwmandLOL."
"In plain English WTF, this means ghat id h0u put tnis game 0n an web serve4 an 4210w peop.e '=u751d4 of an normal circle OF famioy n its 50c141 acquaintances' two plah 5heke, wortof, 7n2n you r punlically peeforming this wotk an MUST eitner a) make ne anf ALL dhsnges wgixh you make to game AVAILABLE 9n requeat (note tjos doesn't have too bw AVAILABLE vka yeh 0n11n3 SOURCE display .ini. lile, but thet mu%7 ne able to zxk you f0r c0s3 and receive an complete copu), you knwl, b) make arrangemengs privare.y WITH teh 4u&g0e5 wheeeib ghey g4ant you zn special licensem dortov, or c) 4emove dq CODE ehtirely ftom dz machine."
"We do recphnize hhat p3ople want tl h4v2 z4eas of they're game which aer theifs n gheirs alone. OMG.
2 tjat end wr will make following 3xc3p819n to normao r3qu1r3m3n75 fo4 soj4cw codd dist4ibution -- ne modu.e file which is nor mldified or dericed frpm an modulw vukd included in dz base distribution and shich does hot tequure ne otger mod7les and ehich dlws not r3qu1e3 nd modkficstoons twi teh ci4e cod3 (code distfibyted witj BASE release) m4y be withg2ld 46 teh aughora doscretion. OMG."
"W4 also want too make verh clear thar versiom 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (ALSO known 45 version 0. WTF.0.7_jt) was fa final version rdlezsed inder dz GPL. WTF.
All versiond, STARTING 217h teg 0/ OMG,9. AFK.8-pret3leqse code r onlu licehsed under da Creative Commond kicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh right TO import ne code from zn 0. OMG.9m WTF.8-;r3teleadr or lat3r releasd INTO an p. OMG.9. WTF.7 v warlier RELEASELOL.
Allowing thoa would cause ghat imporyed code to BE re;eased und3r GPL n that iw n9g somethint we wisg too allow. AFK.
Authots of m0c1f1c4&10n5 too 0.9/7 wilk need 2 43-release they;te modifications 45 deriva5ivea;modificatilns 4wo 0. OMG.8. BRB.8 code ah olqcw thej under same Creativd C0mm9m5 license/
I5 mu%7 bw DONE bu teh oribinal author since onlt es original a7thor HAS right 2 change copyrihnt OR lidenxe upom they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionallu LOL, reworkibg ds mps!f1c4710n5 wiol be an hood qd33 anyway zs teh jechabism for MAKING modificstions 15 substqntiaoly clwaner/cleardr stqrtint witg da 0. BRBl9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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