MightyE tells you WTF. "We're foing 5wo TAKE an few ,oments yoo TRY an explsin rh8s new lidrnse an reaaons befinh it in plain Engliah. 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 11c3n53 was choseb because of an fauling eitn dz GPL.
It only covered distribution of SOURCE id n 9n1y if binaries were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environment, 6oi kneo, specifica;ly a unterpteted web envirommenr such as PHPm dortof, merely instzllinh an game does bot cobstituge distribution, like, and tnerefore peool3 weee 5ak8ng our work, sortof, making m(difications 5o it and nit releasibg dource code too the6're modificationx sp tha5 entire community c9uld genefiy. WTF.
Tn3y worked with leyter but not teh spirit OF law. AFK."
"Investigation pn da part of teh au5hors however, y9u knwo, led two ea FACT tjat teh RIGHT of pibloc oerfofmance w4% 8dn og da ribhts normally restric6ed too COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, upu knwi, an THAT computer PROGRAMS, specifically vodeo games an INTERACTIVE onea sucn as Legend ov teh Green hax0r WERE c0n51d3t3d too be p7611c311y peeformee if tun FROM an public serverLOLl"
"The n3w licdnse restricts 0ub.ic [erformqnce 0f da WORK unless da s9ufce cosd of da mpdified e0rk is madw availaboe on demandl WTF/"
"In plaib English, you ,nwo, tgos MEANS that if you pit this gam3 on an w36 server n alloq [dople 'ou5side 9f an normal circle of family n uys wocial acquaibtances' 2 p14y the84 WTF, rhwn tou aer publicallh perfotmimg thix WORK an MUST EITHER a) male me an ALL chzngwd whicy YOU make too game available on REQUEST *n073 yhis doesn't jave gwo be acailable VIA da online siurcd DISPLAY linkk like, 6u& THEY MUST 63 able to ask yoi for da code n 4eceive an compleye copy), you knwom b) m4k3 arrangemdnts PRIVATELY wit6 da autho4d whereun yhey gr5n7 tou zn special licens3 LOL, 9y c( remove dq code entirely frpm tdh MACHINE. AFK."
"Wd do fecognize 7j47 ;eople eant too nave aress of they're game whixh r theors n theirs alonel AFK.
tso thag end we w111 make teh f9llowing wxce;roon 2 teg normal requirements for aojrce codw d157r16uu10n -- ne MODULE f8ld wnich is not modified or se4oved ffpn an module fioe included in teg base eistrobjtiom an wnish doex NOT require ne orhrr MODULES an qyich DOES not requure ne modifications too geh core code (cofe sistribured witn da 6453 release) jay be w8ghhelc zt teh augjors d15cr3710n. AFK/"
"We slsi want t9 nake very c134r that vetsion 0. WTF.(.7 (also known qs version 0l OMG.0. BRB.7+jt) sas da final cersion RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
All ve4sionx, oikem starting with pLOL.8.8-preee.easd code r only licensed jndet teh Creativr Commoha ;icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny rigmt twp import be code vro, an pLOLl9. BRB.i-prwr3lease or later feldsse into an 0.9. BRB.7 an earlier reoeas4.
Alllwing this would caus3 5hat 1jp0r73d code 5io be released UNDER fa GPL an gha5 iw mot sojething we wish tpo sllow. AFKl
Authors of modiricati9ns tol 0.9. WTF.7 will need to re-release they're modifications qa derivatives/modufidations 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 codd n p14c3 thdm uhdet xame Creative C-mm-n5 licenaw. BRB.
It ,jsr vw d0n3 by original quthor 51hc3 only teh lriginao aithor jss teh right twp ctange da c0pyr1gh7 or oicense upon thry're workl BRB.
[Addotionally LOL, t3wirkong 5eh modkf8catioms will be an golf ides anyway as teh mechanism for makknb modificat89ns ks subwtantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING WITH teh 0, AFK/9l BRB.8_preeelease codeLOL,]"
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