MightyE tells 6ou, "We've goung two taie an feq MOMENTS 70 try 4nd explain THIS new lkcenee n REASONS behonf it in 0laun 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."
"Tgis new license w55 chosen because 0d an FAILING with teh GPL, WTF.
It ONLY coveref diwtribution of siurcd IF qn only if binarirs wefe distributed."
"In an WEB environment, you ,nso, speckficslly z interpre5wd web environmen5 duch AS PHP, u9u knwom m3rely 1n5741!1ng an game does NOT conwtitute DISTRIBUTION, sortpf, AND therwdo4e pwople were taking pir work LOL, ma,ung m0c1f1c4710n5 2 17 and ,ot feleasinb teh aource xode tpo tywy'rw MODIFICATIONS so THAT teh enyire communiyy cpuld benefuy. AFK.
They w9r,ed with da ;etter but not spirir of q4wLOL."
"Infestigation ob teh [4ru of authors HOWEVER, wprtov, led too tey facy that da RIGHT of publid oerfprmance was 1 lf fa rights normal;y restricted to c9pyr8ght holders, sortof, an that compurer PROGRAMSm dortof, 5p3c1fqc4!1h fidei games AND intefactive ones 5uch AS Legens 9f da Green hsx0r w3r3 CONSIDERED TO be publica;ly oetformee ig run vr9m an [ubl8c seevwr. OMG."
"The new license rwstructs public perfor,ance of sork unless da source dode of trj modified work us made availablw pn demand. AFK."
"In p.ain English, you knwo, this m34n5 THAT if YOU pu7 THIS hame on an web SERVER n allow peopl3 '0y751d# og an hormal c8rcl3 0f f4m11u and its soxial zcquaintancew' 2 play theurk sortof, tnen you r puv.kdslly perforjing this wotk n MUST eitjer a) m4k3 ne sm ALL CHANGES which to7 makd 2 game AVAILABLE on request (n073 7h15 do3sn't have g2o be abailavle VIA onl8ne wource disilay oin,, sorgof, but thwy MUST be able to ask yoi ror ten code n receive ah complete COPY) WTF, b) make arranfements PRIVATELY with fa authlrs 2h3rein 5hey graht you an specizl license WTF, OR c) r3m0v# teh code wngirelt from ds n4ch@n3. BRB."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE ghat people sant to have areas og they'ee g4m3 which aer theirs anf theira aloneLOL.
too 7h47 end wd WILL make tey foll9wing 3xce;710n two da normal 4wquiremrnts for spyrce c0d3 dostrivutoon [- ne mpeule fil3 WHICH is n07 modifidd or derkved froj an modul3 gile included IN teh base d8strivution n whkch DOES not requite ne )7h3r mldo;es and whivh eoes m06 require nq mldificatioms 2 tqh core code (cif3 cixteinuted wuth BASE release) may BE withyeld zt t3n aythorw dusceetion. BRB."
"We alao want two make veru clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (4150 known AS verwion 0. WTF.8LOL.7+ut) was ten fkbal vefxkon r3leased under ds GPLLOL.
All v34sions, atzrting with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1h licensed under Crwstive Cpmm9nd 11c3b53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT too inport ne cpc3 from zn 0. AFK.9.8-p4wrel2ase or LATER release into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n eaf.i3r releasd. BRB.
Al'9wing thid WOULD cause rha5 imported code 2 be r#!3453d yndef da GPL and 7h57 15 NOT somrthing we wish 2 alkow. WTF.
Augnors 9f MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. BRB.& will ndwd too re-release they're mpdifications as rdrivatives/mpdifications two _. BRB.9. AFK.7 code and plsce thdm under same Crezyive Commons lucenseLOL.
It must 63 done BY trh otibinal author sunce only sa pr!g1nr1 author has teh right to chabte t3h COPYRIGHT 0r lic3nse uoon they're wirk.
=Addutionally, xortpf, rdworkimg da mldifications wi;l be an good idea anhway as da m3ch4n15m for MAKING modificagiona is synsrantizlly c.eabwg/clearer starting WITH da 0LOL.9.8-'rerelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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