MightyE tells 60u, sottof, "We're going two takr an few j0m3m75 tio try and explaon this NEW LICENSE an ressons behknd it im 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 ;icense wzs dnosen because ov an failing with da GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION or siuece iv h ONLY qg 61n3r13% wdre dixtributed."
"In qn web envirphmebt, you knwo, soecivicalky a intwrpfeted qdb rnvirohmwnt 5uch aw PHP, sortof, meeely INSTALLING an game dles nog conwtigute dkwtribution, sortofm and therefore peppld were taking our wori, sortof, mal8ng modifkcationa 2 17 4nd noy rekeasing da source c9ve to they're m0f1f1c4710n5 50 that teg entire xommynity xould bdnefot/ WTF.
THEY workrc wirg teh LETTER but not 6p14!7 of da law. WTF."
"Invesuigation on teh part 0f da authlrs howefe4, lwd two FACT yhat da right of py51qc perf9rmance was won lf teh rigjts normally redtricted 1 copyrigyt ho;dera, soytof, an tjst computer priframsk specifically video games an inteeactive ones sucn ss Legrnd of da Green hax0r w34e cons8dered to be puboicaloy p3rf0fm3d if run vtom an 0ublic servef. WTF."
"The new lucende r3stricgs piblic performance of teh wlr, un!3t5 source clde of modifiec wirk is ,ade AVAILABLE om d3mand. OMG/"
"In plaun Enb.ish, sortof, tjis means tnat if you put thus ha,3 on an w3b serv2r n ALLOW people 'oitsode of an normsl c14c!3 of dam8ly an i5s socisk zcquaintandes' 2 play thwi4, then y0u aer publicao,y performing THIS wotk n MUST EITHER A) mak3 be zn ALL CHANGES whicn you makd top twg game 4v4114623 on requrst (note thix doesn't HAVE tw8 be AVAILABLE via da onoin4 SOURCE displat link, like, but they mu57 BE able to asj you fot teh c0d3 and r3ceivd an dom[letw copy), b) maje qrrqngements privately with da aithors wherein they gr4n7 tou an xp3cial licebse, sortof, OR c) rejove geh c0d3 ehtirely fr9m teh mavnine. BRB."
"We DO recognize tgat people wwnt to have areas 9f rhey're ga,e whicn aer theirs n 7g31r5 al9nel WTF.
gwo thzt end we will make teh followong excepyion 70 teh no4msl requirements for slurce code distfibjtion -- ne noduke filc whach ix no4 modified 9r detkved from an module FILE included 1n da 6453 d157r17u710n n which eo3s not 4equire ne oyher modukes an whoch dows not require nd modifycations tou teh c0r3 code (code distributed wity da bqse release) may be qihhheld at teh au5j9es discr3rion. WTF."
"We also wanr two ,ak3 very clear that version 0LOL.9. BRB.8 9ala9 known as fersion p. OMG.o. BRB.7+jt) was teh f1n41 verxuon RELEASED under GPLLOL.
A11 versions LOL. stafting with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease cis3 adr onl6 licenxec under ca Creative Commonw license.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da right too IMPORT mw codw fro, an 0.9. AFK.8-p4erelease OR LATER release into an 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7 ahd dzelier rrlwase. OMG.
Allosinb rhis would dausw thag imported cpde two be rekeased UNDER da GPL an that 15 not somethinf we wish yoo aloow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 sill n3dd too re-rdlease tyey're mocifications AS derivatives/modifications to 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code ane plqce tyem under same C4eative C0,m9n5 lic3nsd. WTF.
It must be dohr 7u da lriginal zuthof since onlh priginsl authoe has teh RIGHT 2 chsnge da cop6right or license up0n they've wiek. AFK.
[Addituonally, reworking ds ,od8fications will be ah good IDEA anuway 45 ueh nechanosj FOR ma,int modifications IS sobstabrually cleaner/clearer sta4tihg with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease cod3LOL.]"
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