MightyE tells you, sortif, "We'fe goibg too ta,e an gew ,omenys 2 yry n EXPLAIN this new license an t3h reasona gdhind it in plain English. 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 license was chosen becausr 9f ah faklibg with GPL. BRB.
It onl6 covered distribution of spurce if n pnk6 if bunariex were diwtributed. WTF,"
"In an web encironment, zpedificalky a interpretec we6 envirommwn5 such AS PHP WTF, mrrely 1nt74121ng an bame coes not constit7te didtributuon, n 7h3r3f0r3 oeople q3r3 74k1ng 9ur work, slrtof, jaking MODIFICATIONS 2 8t an not rdlessing da sourcd code tpo they're MODIFICATIONS so that entiee COMMUNITY co7ld venefit. WTF.
They w9r,ed WITH legter 6u7 not spirit of da ;aw. OMG."
"Investigayion ON ds part pf da ayghors yoeevet, sortof, led 2 fact that t3h ritgg pf piblic pergormanc3 wax oen of da rubhts normzlly festricred 2 COPYRIGHT hi.defa, and that computer programsk SPECIFICALLY v1d30 g4m45 an inteeaxtivd ones SUCH as Legend ov beh Green nas0r we4e consiseres two bd pu711c411y PERFORMED 1f run FROM an p7blic SERVER. WTF."
"The bde 1!c2n53 restricts public p4rf0rm4nc# ov r3h wirk un.esw reh source code of m0e1f13s work 15 MADE available on cemand/ AFK."
"In plain Enhq15n WTF, this means that qf you put 7h16 GAME on an web setver n aollw peoole 'oytside of an normal CIRCLE of g4m11t znd igs social acquaibtances' two o15y th3ir LOL, tjwh yoy see publicsll6 l3rf0rm1ng tjis work n MUST eitger s) make ne n ALL changes which 6ou makw 2 ca g4m3 availabl3 on r3q7367 (note this doesn't have to be avaolablr VIA )n1!n3 sourve display link WTF, bjg ehey mus4 be anle too ask you for teh dlde n receive an complete copy), like, B) make areangemebts privarely witn teh autyprs whereuh they grant uoi an speckal licens3, or c) rwm0v3 da code dntkrdly from teh macyine. OMG."
"We do recognize hhar pepple eant to have areas of the6'ee game dhich r theirw and theirs aloneLOL.
yoo that end we s111 make da vil;owing exception 2 da normak requirrments f04 SOURCE vode distribjtion -- ne module file 2hich IS n9t m0d1f13d or cetivex from an module FILE inc;ueed in da base fistribution am dhich does no5 eequire ne otndr m0f71#5 zn which does mot require ne modkfications rwo da xore CODE (CODE distributed wirh base release) ma6 ve q1uhh31d at dq suthlrs disvretion. AFK."
"We also wamt to makd v3ry c124r that versiin 0.9.7 (aoso known as v3r510n 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt0 3as teh f1m41 version RELEASED under dx GPLLOL.
All versions, you khwo, startinh w17h teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 r onkh LICENSED under trh Cr34&1v3 Commobs licenwe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten right to import ne xode ffon am 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelezse OR later releasr into ab 8. AFK.9. WTF.7 n ea4.ier RELEASELOL.
Aolowing 7h15 woyld cauae that imported codw ywo BE re;eased 7nder teh GPL b that IS not t0m37h2ng ee wkxh to aolow/ AFK.
Auyhors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRBl9. WTF.7 will ne3d to re-release they're modigicat8ogs AS cerivarivrw/mocifications 2 0.(.8 codd ab p14c3 th3m und3r da 54m# Creative Commons lidehae.
It must be d9nd BY ea originao author dpnce only original au5hor had right 2 xhange ea copurigh5 or LICENSE up;n yhey[re work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, yoy knwo, rewoeking da modkfications wiol be an good ifea znyway as da nechqhiw, for making modificar8ohs IS wibstabtially cleaner/clearer stsrting with 0.9. AFK.8-pferelesse c9de.]"
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