MightyE tells yiu, uou knwo, "We're going to tak3 an frw ,oments teo trt am 3xplain tyix new licdnse n teh reasons behibd it in plain English. 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."
"Thos new LICENSE w45 xh05en 63cru53 of an failibg w17h da GPL. BRB.
It only coveres distribytiln 0f 50urd3 if n onlu if b8naries weee fistributed. WTF."
"In an web envirlnment, u9u knwo, wpecifidakly a kn5eepreted web ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHPk sortovm merely 1n574111nf an game does noy constitute disteibution, like, ahd theredore peoole w3r3 taling our w9tk, you knwo, makint midkfications ts9 it sb no5 RELEASING source cofe two they'rd mpd1f1c4710n5 SO 7h47 teh entire communith cpu1d benefif. BRB.
Thdy WORKED with l3tter but bot twh SPIRIT of t3h law. OMG,"
"Investigatiin 9n da part 0g teh aurhors howevw4 WTF, 13d to teh fact yhat teh RIGHT of public perfirmance wzs oen of rigjts bormakly r3stricgeg TO copyright holders, softof, n that comput3r [roframs. SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE onew sucj 45 LEGEND 0f da Greeb hzx0r 3efe considered two be publica.ly perforjed if eun from an PUBLIC setver. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts PUBLIC pe3formance lf da wo4k unless aourc3 code of da mofofiwd work is made availavle 9n demand."
"In pkain English, sortof, THIS means tgat IF you PUT this game on zn qeb server znd alkow people ;outsude pf an nkrmal circle ov family h its spcial 4cqu41n74nc34' two pla6 their, you kmwo, THEN you r publ8cqlly performinh 5h7s work and MUST 317h3r a) make ne and ALL changes whicg you maje 70 ga,e 4v411461e on rwquest (note tjis doesn't hace two bd available via teh online source fiaplay link, like, but rhey mjst be able two ask you for teh code h receive an com;lete copy_, xortof, b) make artang3mentd orivately wuth dz authors wherein they g4qnt ylj an sped7al 11c2n$3, you knwo, or c) rempve CODE entirekt from da machin3. WTF."
"We do r3cognuze that peop;e wabt ti have 3r345 or they'rw game whixg r theirs n theirs alone/
gwo that end we will makd following exceptipn yoo da NORMAL requifwments for SOURCE cofe d157r16u710n -- n3 ,0du13 r113 wjich is no5 MODIFIED or d3riced from ab m9dile file INCLUDED in fa BASE distributipn and whuvh dors not require ne otjer mpeulew an wh1cn does not requirw nr modifications two xa CORE codr (CODE fistributed with base release) mat BE withheld at autuirs discretion. BRB."
"We akso want 2 make very clear that v3rdion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also jnown aa version 0. BRB.9. AFK.6+jt) WAS da vinak be4sion reldased uhder da GPL. BRB.
All versions, yoi knwp, dtarting with da 0. WTF.0LOL.*-prereleasr code aef only licehwed unde4 da Crwativw Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritht to import nw coce ftom an 0. WTFk9. BRB.9-pe#r313553 or later release into sn -LOLl9. AFK.7 and 3arlier release. OMG.
ALLOWING thia would caus3 that impoeted code 5oo BE releaxee unser dq GPL an that 15 NOT aomething WE wisn to all9w. BRB.
Autyord of m9difications 2 ). BRB.9. WTF.& woll need 2 re-r3lease they're nodifucationx as cerivstkvex/modifications too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code and p13x3 them uneer 53m3 Creative Commlns licdnsdLOL.
Ig must be d9ne by teh originzl autnor since only o4iginal author hax teh rifht too dyanbe copufight or lkcense upon they're w0rk.
[Additipnzllh, lkke, rew04king modigications will be an g8od 1d34 any2a6 as da mechanidm f9r ma,ihg modof*catkons is SUBSTANTIALLY c134nrr/c234f#r srarting with tej p. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r213543 codeLOL.]"
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