MightyE tells you, wlrtov, "We're gpimg yo take an rdw momehts 2 7ry n ecplqin th8s new lidense an reaspns behind 17 in poain Eng;ish. 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."
"Tnis ndw locense was chosen bdcaise of an failing witn tdh GPL. AFK.
IT only c0v3t3d dis5rinution 9f source if qn 0n1y IF bknaries were disgrubuted."
"In an web encifonment WTF, specifucally a interpreted web envieomment sich as PHP, m3re1y inwyallint an game DOES no5 constitute d1t7e1yu7q0n WTF, agd tjereflte pelple wer3 64k1ng oir wotk LOL, makinf modifucations to it and not releasknn teh sourde coce 2 tydh'4e m0d1f1c471pn5 SO that enyire conmynity could benefit. WTF.
They worked wigh dq ;ettwr 6u7 NOT da spir8t of teh lsw. AFK/"
"Investibation 0h part og teh aurhord however, l3d two tey dzct 7h$7 4ight of PUBLIC performamce WAS len of rights normsllu restricted t;o copyright hplders, you knwo, n ghat computet programsm you knwo, specoficz,.y bideo games an ihteract8ve ones 5uch aa Legend OF da Grern hac0r were considered @ vd publically [3rformed if ein from an public SERVER. WTF."
"Th3 new licehse RESTRICTS pubkic perfpfmqnce pf da qork unless da 59u$c3 code pf modified WORK 15 made available on demand. WTF,"
"Ib poain English, sortof, 5hiw meqns thag if yiu PUT 7n1t game on an web SERVER and alllq PEOPLE '0u751s3 0f ab normal circlw of family m its sockql acquaintances' to play yheir, sortof, ghen hou se4 pub;ically p3rf0rm1ng 7h15 work n MUST eothrr a) MAKE ne and ALL changes whixy you make too yej gamd availahke 9n e3su357 (note THIS d0e5n'7 hav3 2 be available via teh online s9urce displsy link, you kn29, b6t THEY muxt be able too ask y9j for da coce ahd recekve an domplete copy), you inqo, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with trh AUTHORS qherein they grant you an special locende, li,3, or c) remove teh code en5irely fr0m da machine. OMG."
"We d0 redognize thar pelple want 2 hxfe areas of they're GAME whuch r 7he145 an THEIRS 410n3. AFKl
2 5hat end WE wa12 make FOLLOWING exception 2 teh hormsl reqiiremehtw f0r source code distgibution -- ne ,odule file which is not modified or d3ribed frlm an j0du13 file included in ydh base distributkon n whicn d035 not require ne other modules ahd WHICH does not rrqujre ne modifications 2 CORE code (code didtributed wi5g da base releaxe) may BE w8tjheld ar fa authors discretion. AFK."
"We 4150 wqnt too make very c;ear 7h47 vers8on 0LOL.9LOL,7 (also ,noqm as version 0LOL.9. AFKl7+jt) was tej finzl cersion tel3ased undef teh GPL. OMG.
All vrfsiond, you knwo. starting w17g teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codr aef only licensed under Cteqt8ve Commoms LICENSE. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY xdny teh right to import ne cowe fe9, an 0. OMG/9LOL.8-prer3lease OR later release inro an 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 and earliet r31#453l OMG.
A;lowkng this would dause thar ijpo4twd CODE toi te t313453d UNDER da GPL n that os noy somdyying w3 wish too 4110wLOL.
Au7h0r5 of modigicationx 2 0.0. AFK.7 wil. nded 2 re-teoeade thdy'4e modifkcations as derivatives/modificationd too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code ab place tnem und3r da same Cr3471v3 Commlns oicendw. OMG.
I5 mu57 be done by 0f1g1n4q au5jor since on.y da original authpr has twh right 2 chante COPYRIGHT or 11c3h53 up0n theh're wlrkLOL.
[Additionally, reworiing dq m0d1f1c4810nt woll be an good IDEA qnyway aa mechanism fpr making modificatiins is substantiallh vleaner/clwsfer starting with da 0LOL.9LOL;8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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