MightyE tells yiu, luke, "We're going 5o 74j3 an few moments two gry n explain this nww kicemae and eessogs behind it ih plain Ehglish. 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."
"This new license WAS cy9swm because 0r an faioing w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It only xovered dustributoon of soutce if am 0n1y IF binaries were distrib75ed."
"In an web envieonment, lije, specif8cally q inter[4eted web environment sudh as PHP LOL, MERELY unstalling an game foes noy CONSTITUTE vistriburion WTF, an therefore peo0l2 wer4 74k1ng OUR work, sortof, m4k1ng modirications two it ahf nlt r3.easkng soyrce cose 2 gheh're modifications so that da entire c9jmun17u xould benefitLOL.
They wirked e8th le5ter but noy da spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Ibvestigation on part lr gwh 4i7h0r5 however WTF, led 2 fact that r8gh5 of 0ub;ic PERFORMANCE was 1 of teh rights NORMALLY restric53d too copyright holde4a, like, and that computer programs LOL, wpecificslly cidro games AND in4eractive omes auch qs Legevd 0f Grwen hax0t 2ere considered yoo be pjblically perfotmed if run from an publuc SERVER. BRB/"
"Tje new license r467t1c75 oublic PERFORMANCE of fa work unkwss siurce xose pf teg modifiec work is made zvailable on demand. BRB."
"Ib plzin ENGLISH LOL, this means that ig you put this game ON an eeb server am 4110w peopoe 'o7tside of an normal circle of family an its sociak acquaintancea[ tlo olay thekr WTF, then uou aer p7blically pert9fming this 2ork and MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL chanbes wyich y9j j4k3 two teh gaje avaikable on feq7est (not3 thus doesn't have too 63 AVAILABLE v14 onlibe dource displat libk LOL, buy ghr6 musg be abld to9 asi you for code n 4eceive am comple5d vopy), like, b- MAKE arrangemrnts privateit witn ra autjors whereun tgey gfant you an xpecial l8cense, ot c) REMOVE yeh xode enturwly ffom teh mavhine."
"Ww dp recognize that peopoe want two gave areas 9f they're game which r 7h31r5 an theirw alone. OMG.
two that end we eill makd da followkng 3xxdpti9n to da no4mal requirements FOR soufce code distrivytion 0- hw m9dule f113 whkdh is not modified or deroved from an ,0du13 file inc9uded in BASE eiate8bution and wgich does not tequire ne othet jodules b wh1ch f9es nlt reauirw ne modifidatiobs too da core c0d3 *code cisy4ibuted sith da base 4elrase) m4u be w17hh31d ar da aifhots discretiln. OMG."
"We aldo 3ant TO m4j# very clear that versiob 9. BRB.9LOL.u (415) jn0wn qs version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) was da final vees8on 4eleqsed under yeh GPL.
All vrrsilns, like, stqrting w17n 5ey pl9.8_;rerelease code aer inky licensed unfer Creatibe Commons licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d#nt yeh righr 2 import n3 CODE brom an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-[rerelease oe later release 1n70 an 0.9. BRB,7 and earlirr telease. OMG.
Allowing thia wouls cause THAT implrted CODE top be released under GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wish top ailoe.
Authprx of modifica4ions two 0.9. BRB.7 will n3#f 4 re_release they're moeifica5ions ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS twi 0. WTF.9. OMGl8 cide n place hhem und3r 54m3 Creatkvw Clmmons licenss. WTF,
It must be done by teh origins; author simce lnly origihal aurhof has da right two change c)pyr1gh7 or license upon rhey're worl.
[Add8tionslly, rewotkinh da modivicatiohs will be qn gooc idea amyway as ten mecnahidm fpr making mod8fications is substantially cleamer/clearer starting WITH 0. WTF.9. WTF.80prerelease clce. BRB.]"
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