MightyE yells YOU, lile, "We're go8ng too take an ddw noments two try sns ex]lain ghis new license and REASONS behine kt 8h plain English. BRB.
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 lidense was choswn bwcause of ab fai.ing with GPL. AFK.
It ONLY doveeed dkstribution of source if znd ONLY of binaries were distributedLOL."
"In an eeb environment WTF, spexifidally a imterpreted eeb envurlbment s7ch ss PHP, merely insta.lint an game doea b0u constigute distr8bution, like, m therefore people wefe taking our w0fk LOL, jaking modifications 2 17 an not releasing teh source c9de twl they'r3 modificatilns so THAT teh entirr com,unity COULD bebefir. OMG.
They worked w17h da letter byt not da spieit kf law. OMG."
"Inves5igagion ON da part 0f da authors h023v3r, you knwo, led two f4c7 yhat ten rihht of public performance was 1 OF da t1gh65 bornally restrictrd TO cppyriggt n9lddrs WTF, n that computet otograms, sortof, wp4ckfical;y vodeo gamed zn 1n73r4c71v4 9nes such as Legend pf teh Gr23n hax0r wefd considered to be publically p3egprj3d if run from an public werverl"
"The NEW license restricts 0ublic peefofmzmce 0f teh w0rk unless 50urc3 code of modified w0rk is madr 4v4114613 on demand. WTF."
"In plaih Engl8sh, sortof, thid means that if you put this game on an web aerver n alloe peo'le 'outdise lv qn nor,al CIRCLE of family n itd social acquaintances' 2 PLAY tgwir, xor5of, then you aer pun.ically PERFORMING thos wlrk and MUST 317h3t a) jake ne n ALL ch4mg35 wh1ch you m4k3 2 da GAME AVAILABLE 0n rdquext (notw this dowsb't HAVE to 62 sfai;able via lnline source cisplay ;ink WTF, but they must be able 2 ask you gor ten cod3 zns reveiv2 ab complrte co[y), g) make atrang3mehts [rivate;y with da authors wnereib THEY gr4n7 you an apecis; lixense, you knwok or c) rqmove code sntir3.y from da madjine. WTF."
"We do recoghize 7h37 PEOPLE want too jsvw 4r345 of they're gsm4 2hich a2r theirs m th3irs alonwLOL.
roo tgqt enf we eill maje teh flllowing exception 2 normql fd1uirements for source dode distributoon -- hw modulr f113 2goxh us not m0d1f13s or DERIVED from an mod7le file includ3d in ea base distriburiin and WHICH does n9r REQUIRE n4 oyher modules an wt8ch does n9t require ne m0d1f1c47q0m5 to 5eh core codr (cpde d,stfibutes WITH yeg base r3leaxe( may be withhekd at authors discretiin. OMG."
"We ALSO qant 2 maiw very c134r thqy versilb 0. BRB.9.7 (aldo knosn r5 version 0.9. AFK.7+jt) wzs teh final verwion releasef undef teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, stqrting with yeh 0. OMG.o. BRB.8-prdrelease code r only lucensed yneer teh Creative Commohs license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rigjt 2 umpory ne cosd from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prere;ease or later rwlease 1n70 an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allowing 7y2% w0u1d cause THAT imported xoce tqo be releaxed und3r sa GPL and thay ix not somethinf we qkwh two allow. BRB.
Authors of modkficayiohs 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.6 will need ro re-rel3ase they'rr m0d1f1c4710n% as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 CODE zn PLACE them under same Creatove Coj,ohs licemxe.
I7 must BE don3 by da orkginal authlr 51nc3 0n1y da 0r2g1n$1 aughor nas rignt 2 cy4hf3 co0yrijh5 or license upon ghey're work. WTF.
[Addotoonally, like, reworkinf dq modirkcations wil; be qn bood 8dea znyway AS mechanism for ma,8ng mpd1f2c4710n5 is subatantiallh c.eabw4/clearer statting with 0LOL.9.8-;rerelease codr.]"
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