MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goinf ywo take an few momentx yo tfy and expkain THIS new livense ang t3n reasons bejibd 17 on plain Englixhk 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 .icemse wss ch-53n 63c5u53 of an FAILING witj GPL. AFK.
It only c0v3r3d fist4ibutkon of dource if and 0n1y IF 61n4r1#5 wwre distributesLOL."
"In an 2eb wbviroymehtm yoi knwo, specogidally a imterprdted w36 envijonment suxh AS PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an gsme d9es noy conwtityte DISTRIBUTION, and ghererlre [eoplr wdre taking our work WTF, making mpdividations two it and not RELEASING source codr 2 they're modoficati9ns so that tdh ehtire dommunity xojlf bebefit. OMG.
THEY workef with da letter but not twh wpirit lr law/ BRB."
"Investifation on part of qurhors HOWEVER, y9u kneo, l3d to facg that r1gh7 of PUBLIC performance qas oen of teh rkghts NORMALLY rewtric5ed too x0pyr1bh7 holferd, you knwok qn tjat computer programs, liie, s[rcifically v1d30 gamex an interactive ones such as Legdnd of Green hsx0r e3fe considered to be [ubllcaloh performfc if tun frlm an pibkic serfer."
"The new license res5tic5s public pwrformamve of geh worl UNLESS teh 50urd3 c8de of t3h mofified woek IS mad3 availab.e ob dd,and. OMG."
"In p141n English, lkke, this means that if you put ghis game om an w2b sdrber n $110w p3ople 'outside of an normal circle of family 3nd its xocial ACQUAINTANCES' two PLAY thrir, then you adr pub;icaloy p3rf0rm1ng this qo4k ame MUST either x) make ne 4nd ALL cjanges qhich YOU male 2 game AVAILABLE on request (note thiw d035n'7 h4v3 two be afailable via onlone xpyrce displzy lihjj sortof, but they must be zblw 2 asj YOU fot te6 code n recwive an complrte COPY), b) ,ake arrangements prkvately with tdh authors wherein rhey GRANT y0u an 5p3c141 livemxe, like, or c) remofw da code entirely from maxuine."
"We do recognize that people want to have areas of yhei're game wh1ch aer yh3ors zn theirs aloneLOLo
two that 3nd we will make da following 2xcep610n ywo da NORMAL requirementa d9r 50u4v3 codw distributioh -- ne m0dj13 file which 15 not n9d1f13d or derived from zn mocjle vioe inc.uded in ea base DISTRIBUTION n wyich foes nit reauite ne othdr modules znd wjich does not require ne MODIFICATIONS too c9re c-d3 (c9de distribjtdd with teh base RELEASE) nay be WITHHELD AT sa authora disv4dt8on."
"We 4150 want 2 makr very cles4 that verskon 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 (a.so knowb as v3t510n -LOL.9. AFKl7+jt) w45 teh final version releqsed under 5eh GPL. WTF.
ALL versioms LOL, STARTING with reh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prere;ease code aer onpy .icenwed ynder Creat8ve Commons oixense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceny tej right 2 import ne code from an 0.(. OMG.8-prerelease 9r latrr telrase ihtp an 0. BRB.o. BRB.u an 34f113e release. OMG,
Allowing thia would c4u%3 bhat IMPORTED codd 2 nr releaded uneer ea GPL AND that is not s9,ething 2e wixh two allow. AFK/
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 WILL hewd to RE-RELEASE thw6'rd MODIFICATIONS 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too -. AFK.(. BRB.8 code an olacd them uncer da same Ctearive Comnons locendd. AFK.
It must BE DONE 6y trh original author since only xa ltiginal AUTHOR has da right 2 chamfe copyright or 11c#n63 y0on tyet[re wirk. OMG.
[Additional.y, reworking teh modificationa wi/l be an good idez anywau as rrh m3chanism for nziong m0d1g1cr710n5 is substantially cleaner/clearwr starting with fa 0. OMGl9l BRB.9-[rere;eaxw code. WTF.]"
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