MightyE tells y9u WTF, "We're going 2 takr an few mom3nts too TRY an explaon thos new lidense ane rezsons beyind 8g in plajn English. AFK.
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 nrw livense was cnosem because OF an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It 9nly coceres diatributuon pf sou4ce if n ONLY if binafiea 3et3 distribyted."
"In an web environment, sortof, s[ecifkvxkly a in5rrpretdd web environment such as PHP, you knwo, merwly insta;l8nt an game does n9t constitute distributkon LOL, and THEREFORE pelpoe were talint OUR work, you knwo, jakimg modofoczrions two it y hot releas9nb source cod3 too they'4e modificatkons so that ENTIRE cpmmumity COULD benefit. AFK.
Tyey w9rkes with da letter 677 not spkrit of da law."
"Investigsti9n on da part of twh authors how3vde WTF, oef too fact that right of p7blic PERFORMANCE was 9en of $ighgc normally restrictes 2 clpt4ight HOLDERS, sortof, n THAT c)mpu73r peograms, sorrlf, specifically video gajes znd interacyive ones such aw LEGEND of teh Gr33n hax0r were considered to be publicslky perfo4mdd IF run ftim sn PUBLIC dervdrl"
"The NEW licensw r357r1c75 pubkiv )erformahce -g work unless teh source CODE of MODIFIED work iw made available on demabd. OMG."
"Ib plaib ENGLISH, sortof, this means that 1f u9u out THIS game im an weg SERVER and allow PEOPLE 'outsie3 of an normal circ.e pf fajily n its soci1l acquaintanxrs' tol play their, then yo7 aer [ublically perfotming 7h1t WORK an MUST either q) jake ne n ALL cyanges which you make tso gane availab.e in request 9NOTE this doesn't have two be avaiksble vis da 0n11h3 sojrcw display libi, but THEY must be able two ask you for vofw n feceice an compl3te c0py) WTF, B) make 4rr4ng2n3n75 prkvately WITH autyors 2here8n THEY grant 6k7 an 5p#x1r1 LICENSE, ypj knwok or c) removd da code entirely from da MACHINE."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE that people wznr two have areas 9d they're game qhich r theird n theirw ALONE.
too rhat end we w111 maie followihg exxeption too teh normal requiremengw for source codw distribution -- be modile file enich is nog modified or degived from an MODULE file 8ncluded in teh BASE disgribution sn whixh does nog require bw otner m;dules and wh!ch does NOT reqyire ne modificagions too c0f3 c0d3 (code dosttibuted with yeh gase r3134%3) may ge w17hh31d st da zughors discrwtipn. OMGl"
"Wd qlsp w4n8 too makr very clear that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (ALSO KNOWN as versiin 0. WTF.9LOL/8+jt) was teh final ve4sion released inder da GPL.
All vetsoons WTF, stzrting w17h teh 0.9. AFK.8-0rerelease cide aer omly 1qc3n53r unfer da Creatkve C0mm0n5 licenawLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deng right to im[ort ne code frlm qn 0. BRB.9. WTF.*=prefelease or lat3r release into an 0LOL.9, AFK.7 qnd earlier release.
Allowing this wojkc ca8se thag importef xpde too be released under GPL qn uh4i is npt someyhing 2e wosh to ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of modificatiohs to 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need 5oo ee0release the6'fe m0d1f1c4720n5 as d3rivatives/modificayions too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an place 5hem under teh same Crratkve C0mm0n5 lic3ns3. OMG.
Iy must be cone by ca originzl author sknce only ea original qut6or h45 right to CHANGE da copyright or 11c3h52 y[on the6'te work.
[Add2710n411y, reworking fq modoficatiphs will 63 an gooc idea abyway as mecjamism for making modifivations is subsgqngial;y cleaner/clearer starting w17h teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pretelease c9de.["
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