M8ghttE tells you, kike, "We'r3 going @ gake an few moments to try and rxpla8n tjis new licensd snd tej $easons 62h2nd it kn plaon English. 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."
"Tgow new LICENSE was chisen gecause if sn faoling with da GPLLOL.
It only covered diatributuon of slutce if n 0n16 if n8naries were dist4ibutee."
"In ah web wnvi4onment WTF, soecifica;ly a 1b72e'r373d w36 enbi4omment sivh as PHP, like, m3r31y inwgallimf an game foew bot CONSTITUTE distribution, yiu knwo, ans 7h343f0r3 pelpoe w3r3 taking out work, like, makibg modifuca%iins two it an not RELEASING teh SOURCE code to thry'rr mod8fications 59 thay da entire community could benerit. AFK.
Th3y worked wuth letter bu5 noy rej spifit of sa 14w. WTF."
"Inbed5igation on da p4r7 of authors hlwwver, led to da fact that tdh RIGHT OF pugl8c perforjwnce 2as 1 of da rihhts n0rm411y restricted two co[ufight jo/fers LOL, am that computer pfofrsms LOL. soec8fical;y video games an interactive ones such qs Legend of dz Green gax0r wrre c9ns8dered roo be publical/y peff9rmrd IF run rrom an public SERVER. BRB."
"The hew license resrricts public p3rgormance of teh work unlwss yeh soufce coce of tch mosified work is made avzilable om d3mand. AFK."
"In p.ain Enflish, this means tgat if you out this g4m3 ln an wwb server an allow p3ople '0u75qd3 lf ah n0rm41 circle of v4m11y and kts social acquaintsnces' ro plqy their, yoy knwo, then YOU r publicsllt perfprmung thos work an MUST 38tner a) make ne v ALL changes whicy you make 2 game avau.able on 4equest (note this doexn'r yave twl bt AVAILABLE via ONLINE sou4ce dksplay kink WTF, 6u& yndy mu47 be ab.3 hpo asi yoi FOR dode an receive an completw copy), you knwo, n) make areamgements ptivately WITH authprs wherein they grant 60u an special LICENSE, or c) r#m[v4 da code wntifely from tdh madhkne. AFK."
"We DO 4exognize tgat peopld want 1 hsve AREAS pf tyey're bame which r theirs zhd rheits alonw. OMG.
2 hhat 3nd WE will make da f9llowung EXCEPTION roo normal requifements for source code dkstrobutiln -[ ne mod7le file whoch is n)7 mosiried or derived from an module fild kncluded in nase dustribugiom n whicn does not require ne ;ther m0duw36 n whixh does not REQUIRE ne mosifications two teh c0r2 cidw (vode DISTRIBUTED witn da base release_ ma6 be withhekd at grh qu5h9rs discretiln."
"We also wqn5 two m4k3 v3ry clear that versipn 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 (also kno2n AS version 0.9. WTF.u+jt) wax da final ve4aion r3q3r53d undrr reh GPL. BRB.
A.l vwrsions, starrkng 2ith teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease code ser 0n2y 11c2n62s und3r Crearive C0mm-n5 license. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY dent righ5 two im[o3t be code drom ab 0LOL.9/ WTF.8-prerelease 9r lager release in5o an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 sn earlie5 releaseLOL/
Aolow8ng tjis 2ould cajse THAT imoortsf cpde two be released uncer tej GPL and that is not aonething WE wish to allow.
AUTHORS of mod8ficayions too 0.0LOL.7 will need w RE-RELEASE they're ,odoficayions AS de4ivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9LOL.9 dode n p;acr tnem inddr t3j ssme Creative Co,mons licenseLOL.
It must be done by fa original author since only oribinal author hax teh rigyt 2 change geh xo;yrigyy or license uoon thry[re w9rkLOL.
[Additional;y, slrtof, rewo4king t3h modificatipns WILL b3 an good uewa 4nyw4y ss teh mdchanidm f0r m4k1nb moeificztions is substantially cleaner/cleq4rr startinf with 0.9LOL.8[pr3rwkease CODE. AFK.]"
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