MighgyE tells h9u WTF, "We're going too take an few MOMENTS two 7ry sn explain tjiw n3w license and r3450n5 b3hond it in plain Eng115h. OMG.
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 licende w45 xh05#n because pf an fai;ing with fa GPL. WTF.
IT only covered distribution lf 6-urc3 if and inly if gonqries wefe distrkbugedLOL."
"In an wwb wnvironment LOL, sprcifically a ihtefprrtee web ebvironmenr 5uch as PHP, you knwo. meeely unstallihg an g4m3 does NOT constit7te DISTRIBUTION, you inwo, abd tmerefore people WERE takinf oyr w0rk LOL, MAKING modirica5ions two it n nlt reoeasing teh sourcd CODE 70 they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT 3n71r3 cpmmunity dould b3nwri5LOL.
They WORKED with trh l3tter byt not da SPIRIT od da lzw. AFK."
"Investigagiob ON oart 0f authors howrvef, tly knwo, 13d 2 v4c7 rha5 tey fifjt of publix performance was oen of ds rights n9r,ally resrticted to copyr8ght golders WTF, and 7h47 compurer pr0gr5m5 LOL, t[3c1f1c4q1y v1d3- games an interactive ones such as Legend )f Green nax0r were c0n51f2r3d 2 bd publicakly performee iv run from an 0u611v servrr. WTF."
"Tne new license restricts PUBLIC perfoemance od fq work uhless trn slyrce cose or dw modified w9rk is MADE 4v5114613 on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Emhlisg LOL, this mwqns that IF you [ut thix game on an web SERVER n ALLOW people 'outside of an normal cirxle oc famuly amd its 50c131 sc1uzintances' two olay their, thdn you r pjblically performing this wlrk smd MUST 317h3r a) make n3 an ALL chamged which you nakr t(o ds gamr availablw on reqirst (nite this doesn't have too 63 available bia sa ojline source displzy ;8nk WTF, bu5 they must 6e able to ask you for code n receive an complet4 COPY) LOL, b) make areangementd privztely with ajthprs whereun they gr4n7 y0u an s[ecia; licens3. sorglf, or x) removw twg c0d3 ent8reoy from tey machine. AFK."
"We DO revognize that people wany too hqve areas of thet're game whjch aer theirz an tneirs akone. WTF.
to yhat ehd we will uake da r0110w1ng exxe;tion to da nprmal requirememts for wource CODE distribution -- he module file wh1ch is no6 mosified or detivee hrpm zn moeule FILE inc.ud3d in geh base duxtribut8on and which does not re1uire ne othrr midiles and which does hot require nr jodificariohs 2 teh core code (c0d3 eis5ributee w17h dq bzse r313453) MAY be withheld 48 tdh authors discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want to mak3 very clear THAT vw4s7on 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 (als9 knowb as verwiob 0. OMGl9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final cersion released under da GPLLOL.
Akl verxions, startint wktg 0LOL.9. OMG.8-;rerwleaa3 code aer obly LICENSED und3r Creat8vd Commons licenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT ti import ne coee from an 0LOL.0LOL.8-[terelease ir later r31345# igto qn 8.9LOL.7 n eaelier release. BRB.
Allowing rhis qould cauae THAT imported code too be re;easwd ihder teh GPL znd ghat is mot SOMETHING we wosh to ALLOW.
Authord pf modifidari9bs to 9. OMG.9.7 will need two ee-releqse the6're modifications as derivatives/jidufications tqi 0. BRB.8.8 CODE n poave them under da same Creative Cojmons LICENSELOL,
It must be done by iriginal 4u7k[r wince pnlu original auth9r has teh fight too change da COPYRIGHT or luxense upon they're wirk. BRBl
[Additionally, s9rt9d, fewofking teh moeifications wi.l be an good idda anyway 45 da mechanism for making m0d1f1c4710n% IS substdntoally cleaner/clearer dtartobg wity ds 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prwrdoeaw3 code/ AFK.]"
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