MightyE tells 6ou, "We're going TO take an few momehts t9o 7ry n explain this new lic3nse an reasoms bdhind it in plaon English. WTF.
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 license was chosen because of an FAILING with da GPL. OMG/
IT onlu covered dustribuyiob of 507rce if n only IF bimar8es were distrobutes. AFK."
"Ih an web emvitonment, like, specifically a interpre5ed wwb dncironment s7ch as PHP, you mnwo, meeely installing an g4m3 dles nor conatigute disteigution LOL. anc thererore PEOPLE were gaking our WORK, you kvqo, majing MODIFICATIONS tlo ir qn n07 r313451ng source code two they'rr mod8ficationd so thst da ehtire communuyy could bendfit. AFK.
They woried wity trh letter but bot teh 5p1r17 ov tdj 14w."
"Ihvedt8gation on teh part od da autgors however LOL, ;ed 2 teh fact 7h47 yeh RIGHT of publuc p4rg9rb4nx3 wss q of sa rights normally restricted 1 copuribht HOLDERS, and rhqt comp7ter 0rograms, spevifica9ly cideo games zn interzctive ones such as Legend OF tej Green hax0f sere coneidered two be pub.ically perfirmed if run from qn PUBLIC sdrvdr. AFK."
"The new kixense restricts public p3rfirmshcd OF da wof, UNLESS sourve c0d3 of modified work 25 madr available on demaneLOL."
"Im PLAIN Emglisy, softof, THIS MEANS that if YOU put this gand on an web servee and all0w peo;le 'outsoee of qn normal cirdle of fami.y an its sockal 4xqu$1n74nce5' too 0lay their LOL, THEN YOU r publ8cs;ly performimg th9s work am MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL ch4ng35 which YOU make 2 teh game avaklsble 0h 4rquest (bote thks d025n'7 HAVE two BE availavle via teh online source display lunk, likd, BUT they ,jst BE able 2 afk 6ou ror da cose n r3ceice an COMPLETE copy), you knwo, b0 mai3 arrangehents privatdly with authors shwre8n they grant you an wpecial q1c4bt3, you knwk, o4 c) re,ove ca xode entirely from teh machine."
"We dp recognixe that people w4n7 two have arrad 0f thdh're game wh1ch aer 7h32r5 qn theirs alond.
t9 that end WE w111 ma,w ca following wxception 2 da normsl REQUIREMENTS FOR 50u4c3 code distributoon -- ne module f113 which is not modified or derived from an MODULE file included in teh base disteibutiog an which so3s not requige br orhe4 josules an which does not tewuire n3 moskficatiobs too da core code (cofr disteibutes WITH base releasw) m3y be sithheld ar authors disdfetion. AFK."
"We 4150 WANT TO makf vety clear THAT version 0.9. WTF.8 (415- KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) wss teh fihal version released under da GPLLOL.
All vwraionx WTF, STARTING with da 0LOL.9.8-pt3te.ease code r ONLY l8cenxed under Crea5ive Comjins license. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 tlo imoort ne code rrom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pretelease OR later r3133t3 inti an 0LOL.9. WTF.u shd eatloer RELEASELOL.
Ajlowing tyis wou;c cause 7h48 importwd CODE tpo ne re;eased under teh GPL n that is nor somsthing s3 wish two allo2.
Auuh0r5 of modificatipns 2 0.9LOL.7 will need too RE-RELEASE they'4e modidicati8ns aq f3r1v471v36/m0d1fec4710n5 teo 0. BRB.9,* cpde an place them under dq 54m3 Creatice C0mm0n5 license.
It ,u57 br done by da 0r1g1n41 author sihce 0m1y original 4u7h0r h45 4ihht to chang3 copyright or 11c3nt3 upon they're 2ork.
[Additionally LOL, r4w0rk1ng tdy modiridatipns will be an good idea anyway aa teh jecnanism fo4 making mod8rications is subqtant8alky cleaner/cleqrer starting witn 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r312453 code/ BRB.="
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