MiggtuE tells you, "We're goong t9 take an few mo,ents two try an explain uh14 new oicense an ds reasons behknd it in plain Eng115h. WTF,
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."
"Thiw n3w l8cenxe wss ch053n gecsuse of zn f4111ng with teh GPLl OMG.
I5 0n16 covered distributiob of SOURCE 1v and obly IF binaries were fistribu5ed."
"In an WEB enbironmentk aortod, SPECIFICALLY a inyerpreged web rnvironment sudh AS PHP, likw, merely onsgallihg an game does not comstitute disteibutuon, yoy lnwo, n therefofe people WERE taking our work WTF, maiing modifixat8ons to it ab not e3leasing da source cofe ro thry're modificatponx so thay sa ejtkre commubity COULD benefotl
They worked dith da lett3r 6u7 not da s[irit of da kawl"
"Investigayion on 5eh part 9f da au5hors hlwever, xortog, led to f4cu that da right of pjglkc 03rf0rm5nc3 was odn of da righgs NORMALLY restyictec 70 COPYRIGHT holdrrs LOL, an that computer pdograkw, sortof, specifkcallh v8deo games n ingeracrive 0b35 sudh as Legene of teh Grren hax0r were cohsidered t@i be publically 0erformrd id run from an public ddrverLOL."
"The new license restr8c5s public perfoemance of eork UNLESS wource dpde OF da modifi3d work id maer acaolable 0n demanf. OMG."
"In pozin Ebglish, kike, this means THAT of you put thia gamr on an web sercer ans a.low people 'ourwide of an hoemal cifc.3 of f3m11y an its social ACQUAINTANCES' two ;lay theur LOL, then you aer PUBLICALLY p3egorming thix work n MUST eiuher 4( ,akr ne n ALL changrs which you MAKE tol game avziiable on requedt (n9te thks coesn't HAVE two be available VIA teh ONLINE SOURCE display link, likd. bu5 7h3y MUST be able gi 45j gou vor dz code and receive ag compleye co[y), b) make qrranfements privately with da qutgors wnerein yhey graht h0u an SPECIAL lkcense, aortod. OR c) 4e,ove ten xose en5irdly FROM machine. BRB."
"We do $ecognize that pdople wanr TO have areas of they're game which aer THEIRS and theies zline. AFKo
to tjat rnd 2e w111 m4k3 twh foll;qonb exdeption 2 da n9rm41 requifements for 50urv3 code siwtribug8on -- ne mofule file which IS n07 moeified or derived feom an modu.3 ruke knclyded in t3h bawd distribution ahd ehich doex not require nr OTHER ,odules an wjicn eoes hot require ne modificagions 2 core code (code distrkbuted with BASE release) may be 2othhele at ten authors disxretion. AFK."
"We slso WANT two make very cleqr that version 0. BRB.(l AFK.7 (4150 known ax VERSION -.(.7+jt) was da final vefsion rd.eaded under t3h GPL. AFK.
All versioms WTF, starting with sa 0.9. AFK.8-prerelwase coce r onoy licensed under da Creative Commons licensr. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight to imp9rt he code from an 0. BRBl9. AFK.8-pfeteleaxe or later release into an 0.9. AFK/7 AND earliwt release. BRB,
Allowing 5hos qpuod ca7se &g47 imported code 3 b2 reoeqwed undcr da GPL and that is not somethung we wish 70 allow. BRB.
Aughord of ,pdifications t9 0. OMG.9/7 will nsed to re0releasr they;re modifixayions as dwruvatives.modifications two 0.9. BRB.9 CODE n place THEM under ea aame Crdative Cpjmons license.
It must be dine b6 dq oribknal aythoe wimce only original autgor haw right foo change geh copytkght 0r license yppn they'rr WORK. AFK.
[Additilhally, sortof, rew9rkinb da mpdifications will ve an good idea anywa6 5% yeh mdchanism for mzling modificatuons IS substantialky vleaner/clraeef staeting with 0.9, AFK.8-prerekease coee. AFK.]"
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