MightyE tells you, like, "We're gokng 2 ta,w qn few momenrs t!o t4y an explqon 7h15 new licdnse n da reasons behind it ih plain English.
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."
"Thiw NEW LICENSE wqs CHOSEN 63c5ut2 of an fail8ng WITH GPL. WTF.
It ONLY COVERED distributiob if SOURCE if an only if binaries wrre DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environment, ;ik3. specifica.ly a interpreted web environment such as PHP, pike, nerely onstalkibg an bame DOES not zonstitute dist4kbution, ylu knwl, qnf therefire pelp.e were takumg our eork LOL, making nodifications u0 it anf not RELEASING source CODE too 5hey'r3 mofivications so that ea entire community could BENEFIT. BRB.
They workwd w17y leg5er BUT not da spirit of LAW. AFK."
"Ibvestigation on ca pary 0f da zutho4s howeber, xortof, LED to da fsct 7h47 da right 0d puboic perf9rmance was 1 of rfh RIGHTS n0rm411y RESTRICTED 2 c0pyr1thu yolders WTF, anf rhat cimouter programs, you knwo, speckficall6 video games and 1n73r4c72v3 lned such as Legens of geh Greem hax9t wer3 consideewd TO be publically performed if run feom an public server. AFK."
"The new licwnse resyricts puglic p3rformance 9f eork unless source CODE of da modifiec work is masr available on swmand."
"In PLAIN Englkah, y9u kneo, this means that if y0u puy 6h15 game on an WEB serber n al;os pdopl3 'outside of an normql circle of famiiy 4nd ita social 5cqu41n74nc35; to play thekr, then h9u aer publical.y pe4formint this w9rk an MUST eitg4r a) ma,e ne n ALL changes whicg you make 2 teh game available on requrst (n073 this d9esn't HAVE 2 bw availagle fia teh ONLINE wource didplay link, aorrof, buy tney musy 63 able 52l ask y0u for da CODE n receive an cim;lwte dopy) LOL, 6) make arrangemebts provately with autyors whwrein thqy grant hou an specia. license, zor5of, of c) eejove CODE entire.y fron teh machine. WTF."
"We di recogniae tha5 people WANT two have aeeas OF they're bame whixh r 7n31r5 an tjeirs alonel AFK.
yoo that end wr w111 make followimg excdp5uon too da normal requirenents for xiutce cidd cistribution -- hr m0du13 filr 2hich is npg modifued or DERIVED frpm an module file ibvl7ded on base DISTRIBUTION m which d035 not require ne OTHER modules qn WHICH doew noy REQUIRE he modifications to teh xoge coee (code eistribut3d augh teh BASE felrase) may BE witbheld at 47uh0r5 d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We also q4b7 tol make cery clear that v3r510n 0l BRB.9LOL.7 (4150 knowh as vfrsion 0. BRB.9. OMG,7+jt) wzs teh FINAL version releaxed under da GPL. OMG.
A.l versions, like, start8ng wity dz 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease vpde r only 11c3n53d uneer da C4eative C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny dz 4ighg two import ne xode from an 0. AFK.9. WTF;8-prer3lesse 9r 1473r release qn70 an 0. OMG,9LOL.7 zn earlier rekeaae/ BRB.
A;lowing this would cayse thar imoortec c0c3 2 be rwleased UNDER GPL an 7h47 is not a9mething we w9sh too 4110w.
Autho4s or mofifications 70 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7 wi.l neee to RE-RELEASE 5hey're jocifixations as seeivatives/modifications TO 0. BRB.9.8 vpde an p14c3 theh UNDER teh same Creative Com.obs license. BRBl
It m7sh be done by da original auyhor since inly da original author has ea rihht tlo cha,ge x0pyr1gh7 or licenxw up0n they're wo4k/ OMG.
[Add1&10m411y, sortof, r3w0rk1ng modificatiobs wil; be an GOOD icea ANYWAY as da medhanism for making m9dificatiohx us subs5antiall6 x134n2r/c134e3r s4arging w17h da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=prerelease c0d3.\"
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