MkghtyE tells 6lu LOL, "Ww're boinf to take an feq j0m3n75 too 5ry an ex0lain 7h15 new license an reg reasons gehind it in plain Eng.ish.
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."
"Thks new oicensw wxs cnosen becausw 0f an failing 2ith GPL.
It only covefed distribution OF soyrcd if an only if vonaeies were distfibugedLOL."
"In an web wnv9romment, SPECIFICALLY a inye4preted web wnvironmeht such as PHP, y9u knwo, MERELY jnstalling an gajr does not CONSTITUTE distributi;n, like, n thcrefofe prople were TAKING our WORK, making modifixagions too it ab not releasing source cudw two they;re m0d1f1c4710n% so that da dntire conmunuty could benegit. OMG.
Tgey woekwd wuth teh letyee bu5 mot spirit of fa lae. WTF."
"Investigatiom in part of 4u7h0r5 however, hou kneo, led 3 ueh f4v7 rgqt 5eh right of put!1c PERFORMANCE sas oen og teh rights normally restricted tpo copyright holsers, sirtof, n that xon[ut3t programx WTF, spevifucally VIDEO games an intersctkve oneq 5uch AS Legend of tdh Gteen hax0r were cinside4ed @ b3 PUBLICALLY performed if run from an public servee. OMGl"
"The n3w licdnse resrricts pub;id perdormance 9f sa work unless soutce code og teh MODIFIED work is made available 0n d3mabe. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISHk sortof, this means that uf y0u p7t this gsme on an web server an ALLOW pdoole 'outskde of an normal cirvle of fankly an its social axquaontancex' to play their, thrn you aer publicaoly p3rf0rm1ng ghid work an MUST either a) mroe ne and ALL chantes WHICH y.i make two dq game available ob requrst (mote 7h15 doesn't h4v3 too bw availab9w vis teh 9nline SOURCE display lihk, sortod, but th3y must be ABLE 2 ask 6pu fpr c9de g eeceive qn complete copt)k soetof, b) make 4rr4mr3m4m75 PRIVATELY with teh auth9rs @herein thet hrant you an speciao locense, 0t c) remobe ea code entirely f4on da MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recognize thar [eople WANT 3 gave ardas of thet'ee game which r thsirs and thrurd alone.
2 that end we will msle fpplowing dxxepri0n two motmal requiremrn5s for SOURCE code fistr8buyion -- ne jodule vile whidy is not movigied OR derived fgom an modyle d8le ibcluded im yeh bafw distribution n which doeq NOT require ne other moduled n WHICH does nlt rrquire n3 m0d1f1c4710n5 too teh cire CODE (code disgributec WITH da base RELEASE) may be witnheld at teh authots siwc4etion."
"We alsp wabr to make veru clear that vdraion 0. OMG/9.7 (also knowb as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jg) was t3h einal version released unddr GPL. WTF.
ALL versilns, you kbwo, star58ng with t3h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prdrwl3axe CODE aer 0n1y 11c3n53d und3r teh Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceny righy t9 im'ort ne CODE f4o, ab 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prer3lesar OR LATER release onto ah 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earlier release.
A1q0w1nb thiw wojld ca7s3 that importee code 70 be re.rased uhder teh GPL and tgat ic NOT sojethung we wisy too allow. OMG.
Autho4s of modificato9ns w 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need too re=relezse they're moeificatioms as derivatives/modivicatioms to 0. AFKl9LOL.8 c0d3 an p14ce them imder teh same Crea5ive Cojmons LICENSE. AFK.
IT mysy ne DONE bu ea original author sihce only 5sh 0r1g1n41 author has teh r1gh7 2 ch4ng3 copyrighg or oicense u0on theu'te WORK.
[Asditionally LOL, reworkimg da modifications will BE an GOOD idea anyway AS trh ,3cganism for makihg modifocationa os substamyizlly cleandr/c;earer STARTING witn 0.9. OMG.8[prerdlease c9ee. OMG.]"
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