MightyE tells ylu, sl4tof, "Wr're going 2 take ah few monentw too 7rt an explain tuis ndw 11v3n53 qn teh reasons behind it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 licdnse was chosen 63c4u53 0f an FAILING w8th da GPL, BRB,
I7 obly c0v3r3d distribution 0f SOURCE if AND inly if binariws were distfibuted."
"In an WEB 3nvironjent WTF, 503c1f1dr11y a inrer04eted w36 envoromment wuch as PHP, like, merely 8nstslling an gqmw do3s n07 constitute distrinutipn WTF, n 7h3r3f0r# peo[le we4e takkng our work WTF, mai8ng m0d1f1c5710h5 to it and no% releasing source c9dq two they'rr modifications so THAT engire commjnity could BENEFIT; OMG.
They wirked with letter buy nit SPIRIT of lqw. WTF."
"Investigayion on pzrt if teh AUTHORS however, wortof, led 2 FACT 5hat teh 41gh7 of public PERFORMANCE WAS odn OF teh rights normally restricged teo copurighu holders LOL, h tnqt compuyef PROGRAMS, speckfucally video gam3s m ihteractivd 9nes 5jch ss Legend of Gr3en hax-r were cohsidefwd 2 ve p7bliczlly perdormed IF run from an p8blic se3vee."
"The NEW .icense rrsrfocts piblic oerformance of work UNLESS teh 50urc3 code if jodified eork iw made available on demandLOL."
"In plaun ENGLISH LOL, this means tjst 8f you puy this game on an web serve4 an al;ow PEOPLE 'outskde of an normal circle lf family b its SOCIAL acquaunyahces' two plat tyei4, ylu knwo, then you aer publically PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changrs whivh tou make to gaje avaklabpw 9n rrquest (n073 this doesn'g habe 70 be avaukable via teh online source dis[lay linkk loke, bur THEY must be able too 4tk you fof code an receive an cojp.e5e c0py), sortof, 6) maje arrangements privately wktn feh auth9rs whdrein they grqnt yoi an spwcial licens3, like, ot c) rejpvr da cod3 egt9rely from da jach8ne. WTF."
"We do recognizd thqt ;e9ple want too have areas of thry're game which r &h32r5 n thdirs aloneLOL.
two thst end we wil. m4k2 da folloeung exveption yw[ da normal requirenwnts ror soufce cide dostribution -_ be m0du13 file wjich ia not mpdufird or derived fr0m an modjlr file oncludes ih tej base dosgribuyion m which does n07 require ne othef modules and which DOES NOT require ne moduficatkons two teh c0re code (coce sistributed with da BASE re.ease) nah bw withheld at da authprs disvretionLOL."
"We r160 want 2 make very clear thag berskon 0. WTF.9. WTF.& (also knowh qs version 0LOL.8LOL.7+jt) eqs twy fonal version eelrawed 7nder teh GPL. OMG.
Alo versions. wortof, 575r72nb with t3h 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleqse c9de r only licensed undrr teh Crrative Commons licrnse.
We EXPLICITLY feby t3h riggt 2 import nd coee from an pLOL.9. BRB.7-prerel3ase or 1473r releaae into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 and esrlier rekease/
Allowing this w0i1d csude that importrd code too BE relwas3d und3e teh GPL an rhat is not domething qr w8sh too ALLOW. WTF.
Autjors of ,odificarions two 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need tol re-release the7're mpdificstuons AS DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS ywp 0. BRB.9LOL.8 c0d3 n place them und3r tdh sane Cr3371v3 Commonx license. AFK.
It must 63 dlne ^y t3g originzl AUTHOR sinc3 onlt beh original 5u7hpr has righ5 t9o change da copyright or ;ocense upon they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wull be zn good idwa ANYWAY AS teh mechsnisj for making ,odivicaeionw is wubstantially clrsher/clearer startihg wiyh 0.8. BRB,8-orerelwase code. BRB.]"
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