MightyE tells you, "We'fe GOING two take qn few momenta to reh anf explain th8s nee 11c3n52 an teh reawons BEHIND it in plqin Engoisy. 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 licende wss chosen BECAUSE OF an dakling wkth da GPL. OMG.
It only covered diatribution 0f aoutce ie an pnly IF 61h4r135 were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web environment, lihe, spev8fiva;;y a inye40reted web environment such 45 PHP WTFm merely 2bt74121ng an gam3 DOES not c9nstitute distribution LOL, an thrrefore peo[le were taking oue work, aottof, making modificatiohs roo i5 n hog releasing teh sojfce c0d3 two they're MODIFICATIONS so thqg teh ENTIRE communitu COULD benefut.
They w0rk3d 2ith fa legter BUT mo5 da tp1r1& og da law. WTF."
"Infestygation on teh part of 4u7h0r5 however LOL, LED two faxt that teg rkght pf punlic performanxe waw oen og rights noenaoly 4wstricted gsp cpphright holderak like, an that domputer prob4ams. yiu knwo, s;ecifically vicro gamds and 1n73r4c71f3 onwx SUCH as Legend of Green hsx0r were consideres 2 be publically oerfirjed 8f run from am p7blic servr4. WTF."
"Th3 new LICENSE r357r1c75 public performance (f teh e0rk unoesw SOURCE CODE if modigied work is m3d3 qvailable 0h demane. WTF."
"In ;141n English WTF, this means that if 6ou pur thos g4m3 on an wdb serbwr and alloq peop.r '0u75qd4 OF an normal circle 0f family an o5x social acquaintabces' 5wo play their, THEN you 4 publically 0erforning yhis work qn MUST EITHER a) n4k3 ne n ALL ch4ng35 WHICH yoy mqke too GAME available on requedt *bote thoa doesn't have 2 be available VIA da online wourc3 disp;ay LINKm likd, but they must b3 ABLE too ask yoi FOR teh code n RECEIVE qn comooete copy)k B) make afrangementd privately with teg authors wherein they GRANT y0u ab specizl LICENSEj sortof, or c) remove 5wg CODE entirrlu frpm da machone. AFK."
"We do recogbize &h47 peop;e w4n7 2 have zteas of theh're game which aer theirs an theies zlone. OMG/
toi ygat end WE wilk make teh foll9wing esception 2 normal requiwe.ents for source code d157r1y771pn -- ne MODULE FILE WHICH 1^ not m8d8fiee or dericed dto, sb module g113 1nc!ud3d in da base distribution n which foes NOT REQUIRE ne otner modules abd which d9es NOT require ne modkfications yoo code code (code distributed w8th vase releqse) jay be withneld at teh authorw dlscretipn."
"We also wan5 5w[ make VERY clear that vetskon 0LOL.0. BRB.7 (also known as berdion 0.9. AFK.7+jt) wss da fina. cefsi9n releqses UNDER tdh GPL. WTF.
ALL veraions, ztarting with teh 0. AFK/9.8-prerdldase code r on;y locensed UNDER da Cfestove Co,mobs license.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3nu r1dh7 two IMPORT ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8=prerelease 0r ;atwr r3lease into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier relrase. BRB.
A!1)s1nf this woule cause that im0orted c9dr too be eeleased under da GPL am thqt ix hot something we w15y roo allowLOL.
Authors of m0e1f2c$710nt two 0.9. AFK.7 will need two re-relezde they'rf modifivations as eerivatives/mldifications to[ 0LOL.9LOL.8 cpd3 an plqce the, ynder da aaje Creat7ve C9mmona kicendeLOL.
It mu57 be done bh 'riginal auyhor since only t3h oeiginal auyhor has right 2 change copyribnt or ;icebse UPON ghey'ee w(rk.
[Additionally, like, redorking da MODIFICATIONS wiol be an good idea znuwau ad da mechabixm ror m4k1ng modivicayions is substantia.ly cleanwr/clezrer staeying with 0LOL.9. AFK.9-prerekeasw codeLOL.]"
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