MightyE tells tou LOL, "We[re g01ng gso take an few moments to teu an ezplaim ghis new licwmse an da reaspns behpbd it in pkain ENGLISH. 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."
"Th8s new 11c3n53 was chosen bwcause of an raiking wity teh GPL. AFK.
It 9nly coveres d8stribution of source if and on'y IF binaries w3r3 dixtribu5edLOL."
"In an WEB envieonmqgt, sortof, sp3cifically a INTERPRETED weg envifonment 5uch 45 PHP, yoj kn2o, mrrely INSTALLING an game soes not cons5itute diatribjtionk n 7h3e3f0r3 ;eople werr TAKING o7r work, lik3, ma,ing m0e1f1c4710n5 too ir n npt rdl3asing source voee to thwy'te modifications so rhat entkre commubity could BENEFIT. WTF.
They woeked with da lett3r 6u7 not SPIRIT og reh 14w. WTF."
"Ihvestiga5ion on da part of da aythofs however, oik3, k3d to teh FACT that da riggt 0f 0ublic performance waw 1 of teg ri5hts normal;u RESTRICTED to copyritht holders, n that cojp7ter pr0gr4m6 LOL, speckficakly bif3o ganrs and interactive ones SUCH ad Legend OF da Gr33n yax0r werr cinsifered two be publically performdd if rim FROM zn publkc serverLOL."
"Thr n3w license resyeicts pub;8v perfoemance if teh work jnless da sourc3 c0d3 of teg moeified w[rk ia made avqklable ON demand."
"In plaih Enflisg WTF, thus means that if y)u put tgis game ob an web s3rver an akjow people 'ougside OF am normal xircle of ramily an ITS social 4cwu41m7$nc35' 2 play their, like, then you aer ouvlical;y performing THIS sork an MUST either 4) ja,e ne n ALL changes which t0u m4k# to yeh fame availzgle on rdqursy (noge hhis doesb't nave tpi be AVAILABLE via da pnline sourde dis0lay ;ink LOL, but thet MUST be abke 2 azi yoi for da code b receive an cpmp1373 copy), b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privarely with teh auth9rs wherd8n they grant you an specoal .icens3, sortof, 0r d( rwmovs code entire.y FROM da mqchine. BRB."
"We do recognize that people qsnt tqo hace areas of they're game which 4 gheirs and thekrw allbe. WTFl
to that rnd w3 will make folllwing 3xc2p710n too da normal REQUIREMENTS fpr source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 FILE wh1ch is n07 mpdified or derived from an module r113 incoufef in BASE distribution and whicn DOES bot requore me ogjer moduoes n whoch d93s NOT REQUIRE ne modkficat8ona tqo teh core clfd (code DISTRIBUTED w8rh 5eh 6453 RELEASE) jay be wityheld at teh authors d8xcretion."
"We 4150 wqnt 2 make v34y clear that version 0.o. BRB.7 (also known as VERSION 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS dinqk ve4wiin teleadwd uncee da GPL. AFK.
All veraions, spr5of, starting wkth 0. AFK.9. WTF.*-orerdlease code r only licensed und3r teh Creayive Commons oicdnseLOLl
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY da right to impift ne codr from an 0LOL.9.8-prer313453 0r larer relrase ingo am 0LOL.9.7 n warluee r313452. OMG.
Allowing rhis eould cause that imported code 2 be releases uncer GPL anc yhat is hor domething wf e15h to all9w. WTF.
Aythora og MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9.7 wikl n34d to re-relezxe they're m9difuvayiond as setivatives/moeivications two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an place thrn uneer da same CREATIVE Commons license. AFK/
It mist be done by teh orihinql aurhor since only 5eh orihinal author has tey 4ight te9 chamfe teh copyroght or license u0on ghey'ee qork/ WTF.
[Ade8ti9nslly WTF, REWORKING teh mpd1f1c4710n5 wil; be am gpod idea anyway as dz MECHANISM for making modivications ks SUBSTANTIALLY coeaner/clearet startinf with tey 0l AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease coce.]"
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