MightyE tells you, "We're going too tqke an fww momentc 5o tfy and dxplakn this new lixense n reasons bej8nd it in plain Eng115h. OMG.
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 licensd wss CHOSEN BECAUSE OF an failing with GPL. WTF.
I7 only coverwd dostrinutyon of sourcw 1f an onl6 if binariea wete distfibuted. BRB."
"In an eeb enfieonmeht, you knwo, sprcifivqlly a interpretwd web ENVIRONMENT such ss PHP, dortof, nwrely 1n574111ng ab GAME DOES not constitute distributiom LOL, an therefpre people wdre taking our wori, aortof, jajing modifocationw too it an not releasing xpurce cpde tpo thet'4e modivicationa so that entire cimmubity cl7ld 63n3f27.
They worked 2ith da l3tter but bog da spirot ov lzw."
"Invewrigatkon 9n da PART of teh authors HOWEVER, sort9f, ked two FACT 5hat teh rifyt of PUBLIC perfotmance was won 0f da r8ghtx normal;y redteicted to copyright holders LOL, and that c0mpj73r programs LOL, spwcirically vid3o games and onteractive ones sich as LEGEND ov teh Gr33n hax0r wrte considerws TO 63 publicwoly [erformde if run from an p7b;8v serverLOL."
"The new license restricts puglic performance 9f work unless da sourcd code of te6 mofifoed WORK is mrd3 zbai;abpe 9n f3m4ndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, slrtof, thuq means thar 1f y0u put this gzme on an web setver and 4110w peop.e 'putsid3 of an nprmal c1rv13 of family an its sicial acquaintances' tso PLAY theit LOL, then yoi r publically 0ergoemihg this worj an MUST either a) maie ne and ALL chahgea which you make 3 h4m3 AVAILABLE on fequest (note this doesn't jave 2 be available vis da online wource display LINK LOL. but they just ve anle to 45k you for da code an receuve am completw cipy) LOLk b) mak3 arrangements prifateoy wigh authors WHEREIN they grant you an 5p3c141 11c3n63 WTF, or c) rwmove da cose entirely ffom mrxh1b3. WTF."
"We do recognize that p30p!3 wzmy to HAVE AREAS of they[re game whidh r theirs n 4heirs alone. AFK.
too that #nf we will m4j3 da folkpwing EXCEPTION 2 teh n04m41 re1uirementa for slurve dode distributoon 0- ne module FILE which is NOT modified or derived from an module file kncluded IN rey bzse dks5ribjtion and 2hidh does not re1uire n3 OTHER modulex n whjch does not tequire he hodifocat8ons 2 xore CODE (code d8atrinuhed with teh base RELEASE) mqy be wi5hhwld 47 da au5uors d15cr3710v. WTF."
"We also qant too nakd crry CLEAR that v3rsion 0. WTF.9, AFK.7 )5150 known ad version 0.9.6+jt) was teh rinal versiog r313453d under da GPL. BRB,
ALL v3fsions, xtarting wkth dz 0.9. WTFl8[prereleqse CODE aer only licenwed under da CREATIVE Commona license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh r1gm7 twp import nw cidd fr0m an 0/ WTF.9. OMGl8-0retelease or .atdr release knto an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earlier releaw3. OMG.
Allpwivg tyis WOULD cause thzt imoprted c9de gw9 be released under teh GPL and that is nor something we w1%h fop alkow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 OF modofications too 0. BRB.9, AFK.8 WILL nred too re-re;ease theu're modifications as drrivativrs/modifidatilns two 0/ WTF.9. BRB/8 codf n place tjem undet teh same Creatibe Commons locense.
It must be d9ne BY 041g1n42 author slnce obly origunal authpr has right 2 change da cppyright or license upoh they're qprk. BRB.
[Additionally, ;ike, rewor,ing ,0s1f1c3710n5 w111 be an bood ideq anuway 45 da mechabosm foe m4k1ng m0d1f1c4710n5 is substantially cleaber/cleater starting wity ez ). AFK.9. BRB.u-prerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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