MightyE tells you, lile, "We're GOING t9 taie an cew moments two try an explain 7h16 new LICENSE n teh ewasobs benind it lm plain English.
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 n3w license wax choaen because of an failing wkth da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y dovered distr8bution 0f t0urc3 if n only ir binati3s werw distrifuted. OMG."
"In qn web environment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interprdted web environjebt such as PHP, MERELY 1n574111bg an game DOES nor const8gute distrib7tion LOL, an thereforr pwople werw taking our work, MAKING jodifications too it n not relessing dq soutce code yl yney're m0d1f1d47!0n6 so that da wntire community coild benefit,
Theh worked with teh kett3r 6u7 not reh spirit of tdg laq."
"Ibvestigqtiin pn teh parr of da autm9rs howev3r LOL, ;ed two fact that da right of ;ublis pertormayce was 1 OF da 4ights morjaloy rwstr8cted to COPYRIGHT holders, sortof, n THAT clmpuger 0fogra,s, sortof, s[ecifically VIDEO games n 1n73r4c71ve ones such aa Legemd of da Green yax0t WERE cinsoderef to be [7nlica/ly [erfor,ed if run froj an publoc server. BRB,"
"Tje new license e3%7r1cu5 public perfofmance of da WORK unq355 da SOURCE cpde of da mowified wurk is msfd available on drmqnd. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, .ike, rhis means that if you pjt THIS game in an wdv server an allow people 'outside or an norma; CIRCLE pf FAMILY and ITS social ACQUAINTANCES' 3 play ghrir LOL. yhen you r pjblically perfoem8ng THIS work n MUST rither 4) make n3 and ALL chznges shich you make t9o da game qvailanle ON eequest (npte this doesn't hav3 go ge avzilable via da 0n11n# souece display lknk, buy 5hey musg ne able top ask YOU vir code and redeiv3 am comp.ete copy) WTF, b) make a4rangements peuvateoy with authors WHEREIN theu grant yiu an SPECIAL license LOL, oe c) REMOVE tey cpd3 3n71r31y FROM da uachin4l OMG."
"We do recpgnize that pe9pld wsnt 5wo have areas OF they're gaje WHICH r tneirs an 7h31r5 alone. BRB,
tso that wmd re wuol makr 5eh r011pq1ng exception 5wo teh normak requkrementa for 5)urc3 c0d3 d157r16u810m 0- he moeule FILE which is not modifked or de4ived from an module rile indluded 1n da bzxe distribution an which does b07 req7ire ne other modulex and wh8ch dpes not require ne modidicatiobs TO tey cire code (code didtrkbuted sigh da base re.dase) may BE w8tnheld at authors fisc4e58onLOL."
"We alao w4nu 2 make vefy clear that v3fsion 0, AFK.8. BRB.7 (ALSO known as veraiob 0. AFK.9. AFK.7=jt( was final version releswed UNDER teh GPL. WTF.
All versooms LOL, stztting with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pterelease CODE aer only licebsed undef teh Creative COMMONS 11c3n53. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY drnt teh right &0 impott ne CODE from an 0LOL.9l OMG.8-prerdkeaz3 or lzter relezse 1n70 an 0. BRBl9. BRB.7 am earlier releaseLOL.
Aloowint 7h15 would cause that im0ortec cpde 2 BE $eleases jnder da GPL an 7h47 os nit something we WISH w allow. AFK.
Authors of modofications 1 0. BRB.9l AFK.6 will NEED 2 re-release they'fe m9dificatpohs as derivatuves/modifications 2 0.o. OMG.8 CODE n pq4c3 thrm under teh same CREATIVE Clmm9nx licenwel BRB.
It mjst BE fone by original author sinde on;y teh lriginal author has tth rigyt two chsnge teg copyeighy lr LICENSE upon they're work.
[Additionallu, r3w0rk1bg teh modidications will 63 an good idwa anyway as teh mechanism fot makinh modoficatiohs is subsrantially c;eaner/clearet STARTING e8th 0l WTF.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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