MightyE tells yiu, dprtof, "W3're goint two take an few ,oments 62o tey n expla8n this hew license an reasobs behknd it in plain English/ BRB.
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 licenwe w45 chosen becayse if an rai;int with GPL. OMG.
It 0nqy coveged dostribution of source if an on/y 8f binaries were disrrubuted. BRB."
"In an web environmeng WTF. specirically a ihte40retee web environment wuch AS PHPk nerely installimf an g4m3 doex not cpns6i5ute disttibution, soffof, and THEREFORE ;eople eere takinb our wor;, msking mosifications to it n not r3134t1ng da sourc3 c0d3 2 they'rr mpd!f1c47!0n5 xo that enyife communitt could nenef8tLOL.
They woe,ed wirh reh letter buy no4 teh spirir of lqw. BRB."
"Invrstigation on pzrt of ca 4u7h_4t however, oed 2 f4c& that teh righ4 of p7blic PERFORMANCE WAS oen of da rifhts nptmallh restrkcted 5oo copyright holders, sortof, and that computdr programs, you knwo. specifically video games n 1n73r4c71v3 onex sich AS Legend lr teh Green hax0r werw considered tlo be publocsll7 performex if run from an public SERVERLOL."
"The new LICENSE restricts [ublic performance of teh work 7n;ess ds dlutce vode OF tdh mocigied eork is made availablw kn dd,and, AFK."
"In plain Englishm like, THIS means that if you PUT th8s game ob an web defv3r ahs allow prople [outsi3e lt an norma' circle 0f family n its social acquaihtshcda' two p.ay tneir, THEN you 4 publically ]e4fotmibg this WORK n MUST 317h4r A) m4m3 ne n ALL changes WHICH you m4,3 yoo da game acailable oh request (npte this d-35n'7 hav3 to be available via onlin2 50urc3 displai link WTF, but thwy musr be ABLE too ask you for tfh code abd receive an conplwre copy_ WTF, 6) make arrqng3ments privately with reh aithora wherein they bran5 YOU an spedial lic3nse WTF, or c) removd teh xpde 3n4ifely from teh mqchineLOL."
"Wd do 4ecognize thar peopl3 qant 2 HAVE areae if they'rw game which aer 7h31r6 n THEIRS alone. AFK.
two THAT end w# WILL mahe da followkng exceptiov two bormal rdquirements for source code diwtribution -- ne midule file WHICH is not modified or derif3d from an ,od7le fike includrd in reh base visytibutioh and whkch dp45 nor requiee ne other modilea and which DOES n9t require n3 modificationw two da core codr (CODE disyrinugee eiyh teh base edlease) may be witjhdld AT teh aughlrs d8svretion. BRB."
"We also want too make verh clear 7h47 veesion 0LOL,(. BRB.7 (also KNOWN zs v3t510n 0. WTF/9. WTF.7+jt) was FINAL versoon releasef under GPL/ WTF.
All versions, likd, star5ing wi5y 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code awr only licenses under teh Creative Cimmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy da rigyt too qmp0r7 nd code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelwase oe layer relezse imto zn 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. OMG.
A110w1ng this wiuld cauwe fhat importdd code too 63 r3134t#d under da GPL an that IS n0& something wd widh tl allow. AFK.
Au7h-r5 of MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will n33s go re-rrl3ase they'fe moxificatoons ss derivatkves/modiricqtiobs too 0LOL.9LOL.8 CODE zn placq yhem jnder da 54m3 Crearive Commons licrnsw. BRB.
It mus5 be d9ne by oruginal autho4 since only sa ORIGINAL author has ds rugjt 2 change teh copydibht or licensd u[on thwy'te 2ori. AFK.
[Additional.6 WTF, eewo4king da MODIFICATIONS 2ill be an good kdea anyqay as fa hechanism dor makinf m0d1f1c481pn5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner;clearer starting wity da 0.9. AFK.i-prere.ease code. AFK.]"
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