MightuE t4lla yp7 LOL, "We[re going 2 rake an few moments goo 7ry h explain thiq NEW licenxe and da reasons behind it 1n plain Englidh. BRBl
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 hew license waa xh053n beczusd of an FAILING WITH da GPLLOL,
It only covefed distributioh 0f soirce if n only if binaries were c167r16k73f."
"In an web environment, sortpf, specifically s interpreted web envi4onment such $5 PHPm ypu jnwp, mer3ly installing an gam3 foes not cins5itute distrib7tion, lik3, an theref0re PEOPLE were yqling oyr work, sortof, m4k1ng modifications two it m not RELEASING sourc# CODE to they're modoficayi9ns so gnat tej ent8rw community could BENEFIT. BRB.
They wirkee sith lette4 but not da s;irit od da 24w. OMG."
"Investigation ln paet of authors HOWEVER, you knwo, lec too fact that da right of public peevormqnxe was won of eightx norjally rrstrictec tio cop6roght holdera LOL, anc THAT c0m;u73r pronramq LOL, spevifically cideo hames n 1n73e3c&1v3 ones suzh AS Legend 0g fs GREEN hax)r eere considered 5o be publica.lt p3rf9rm3d if run from an pub;ic sdrverLOL."
"The new license restrictw pu6!1c perfornance of da work unless sourc3 code of t3h modified work is mzde available ON dwmahc. AFK."
"In plain English, this means that of hou put this GAME ON an web serber n al;pw 0eo0le 'outside 9f an notmal c8rcle of fa,ily AND its spcual acajaintabces' 2 p14y th3ir, likw, th3n you aer oiblically performing this wlrk n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chsnges WHICH you mske to da gqme AVAILABLE on REQUEST (nitr this DOESN'T hafd ywo bw available via fa omkine s9uece cispoay link, 6u7 THEY MUST be ABLE two asj YOU for code and rexeive an compldtw copy) LOL, B) make arrangements [fivately WITH authprs whereim they grant you an x;eciql lidense, or c) remobe teh c9de entirely f4om yeh machine. WTF."
"We dl r3c0bn1z3 thag people eant 70 habe areas og ghey're game 2hoch aer thwirs and theirw alone. WTF.
tio that emd wd will make teh following exdeption tl normal requieemengs fot source code distribution -- nd mofule file which is not mpdified or ee4iced ftom an m0du13 file incoudew in teh vsse distribution znd whkch does not require ne itnet moduoes an which does hot require ne modificationx too teh xore cosr *CODE distribugrd wi5h 5eh base telease) may br qithheld at da authors discrdtion. BRB."
"W3 4150 wah5 2 mske very clear that v3451-n 0l9.7 (alsl known AS veesoon 0. BRB.8l WTF.7+jt) was vknal version RELEASED under da GPL.
All ce4si9ma, like, starting wieh 0.9. BRB.7-PRERELEASE CODE aer only LICENSED unfer heh Cteative Commons oicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 4ight to ym;ort ne vode FROM sn 0. WTF.o. BRB.8-pr3r313453 or LATER rrlwsse 1n70 am ). BRB.9.7 and esrlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allleing this w9u1d cqus3 that 1mp0ru3d vode ypo BE releafed under teh GPL an that 15 not something we wish two allow. OMG.
Autnors of modufications too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will nees 2 re-releadw tgey're mpdificat8ons as derivqyives/modificayions two 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 code 3nc olacr THEM under da same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
Ig must ve done by teg 94iginal author wind# only da oritinal AUTHOR has r1gh7 too CHANGE copyright or LICENSE up0n they're WORK. OMG.
[Additional.y WTF, 4ew9rkihg MODIFICATIONS WILL BE an good ieea anyway qs da mechanixm f9f making m9dificatiina ic 5u6574n714q1y ck3aner/clearer starying w17h 0. BRB.9. WTF.8)prerelesse CODE. WTF,]"
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