MightyE tells y-u, oike, "We're hoing t2o take ab f3w moments to yry and explain rhis NEW licenaq 4nd teh REASONS t3h1nd it in p@41b EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thus new 11c3n53 saw choseh bdcause or an faklkng with da GPL. BRB.
It only cov3red distribution of source if an only 9f binaries were diatributed. AFK."
"In an w36 environment LOL, specifica;ly q interpreted web envir9nment sudh as PHP WTF, mere.y INSTALLING an gaje does not CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, n therwfore pe9ple 2ere tzking 9ur work, sortifk making moeificztions two kt 4nd not releasing ten source code too they'rs mldifications so tnar ebtire cpmmunity coukd fenefi5.
Tjey worked wiyh ea letter but not spirit pf .aw. OMG."
"Investigation oh teh pzrt of teh AUTHORS hoeever, lij5, led 2 da f4c8 that RIGHT of public performance was ien OF 5wh rights bprmally restricted too copyrighy holders, lkke, an that conputer 0rograms, aortof, specifically vodeo GAMES ah inreeacgivd 0n35 such as Legend ;f teh Green hax04 wete c0n5qd3r3d 2 be py611c411h ;3rf0tm3d of run from an public 63rv3r, WTF."
"Tje new licensd restricts publoc PERFORMANCE of da wor, unledw teh sourve c0d3 lf modivied work IS mzde available on demandLOL."
"In plain Ebglish WTF, 5h8s meabs that if YOU PUT ghis game on an web SERVER zn allow people 'outsid2 of an normal circlw OF family n ugs socoal 4cqj41n74nc35' t9i play their, wlrtof, then you r publically perfor,ing this work sn MUST eo5her A) ma,e ne h ALL changes whoch you make 2 gzme available 0n re1yest (mote THIS doesn't h4ve to be 4f4114613 VIA da online sourde dksplay link, but they mu57 be abld tw9 asl you f0r code an rdceibe an compoete copy)m likek b) make arrzngemdnts PRIVATELY qigh teh authorx wherein tjdy GRANT yo7 an SPECIAL LICENSE, or v) re,ove code entorely from teh m4chqnr. AFK/"
"We xo recognize that people WANT yo have AREAS of tjey're game which zet theird an theirs a;one/ BRB.
two thst rnd we wkll jake teh foloowing exceptiob too dz normal reqi8rements for 50urv3 code distrigytion -- nd module file whicn is not MODIFIED or derkv3d fr9m an m0di13 fioe included in base cistribution and which DOES not reqji$e ne other modules and WHICH d035 n07 rrau8re ne modkvkcations two vore code (code distriyuted witj baxr release) MAY be sithhels xt authi4s discrdtion. BRBl"
"We alsi want tpo make VERY clear that versoon 0LOL,9. OMG.7 (slso known as ve4sipn p/ AFK.9. BRB.7+mt) was da final verdion releasee ynder fa GPL/
ALL veesions WTF, starying with reh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease xode r only LICENSED umder 5wh Cr3$71v3 COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ds r1gh7 too IMPORT ne code from ah 0.9. AFK.8-prereldasd ir LATER relezse inti an [.9. WTF.7 n ear;ier r3lease. WTF.
Allowing this WOULD cauae that kmported code 70 ne released UNDER GPL an THAT is n07 somwthing wd wisj gwo allow. AFK.
Authird ir modifications twp -. AFK.9.7 sjll need 2 rd-releade they'rw modificayuond as deriva5ives/modificariohw two 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code n PLACE them under same Creative Comm9ns LICENSE. BRBo
It MUST be d0n3 BY teh oeiginal suthor 51nc4 only yeh orkginak 4u7h)r has rkbnt t9o changd 5eh c0pyr1gh7 or livense upoh tyey're WORK. WTF.
[Aeditionally, s0rtof, reworkinh modkfications will be an glod idea anyeau zs MECHANISM fir making modificztions is s7bsyantially c134n3r/c134r3f starging wiyh 0.9. OMG.8_prereldasr xode. AFK.]"
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