MightyE tells you, so4tof, "We'rd goihg 2 take an few momentx tl tru an explain this hew LICENSE amd teh reasons behind it in plzin Emg115j. 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 NEW license was cjosen becquse or an failomb with 5eh GPL. OMG.
I& inly coverrd disgribution of source od an 0n1y kf binarkes were d15&r16u73d. WTF."
"In an 2eb enbir9nm3nt WTF, %p4c1f1x4q1y a unterpretef wdb enfoeibment 5uvh ss PHP WTF, merely instal;ing an game soes NOT cinstitute distrigution LOL, n thereford p40p13 w3r# TAKING 0ir work WTFk naking MODIFICATIONS two it zn NOT releasihg da sojrce code two they'rd modkficatoons so that da en5ire commun8ty vould benefit. OMG.
Th3y worked wity teh LETTER but not tej spirit of 14w/ OMGl"
"Investiga5iom 0n dq part of authors gowever, LED 2 da fact tyat teh rught of p7blic p3rformamce was oen 0f trh rigjts normslly e357r1c73c 2 c9pyfight uoledrs WTF, n tha5 cpmpjtrr ;rograjs WTF, spexifically VIDEO games and in5eractove ONES suvh as Legend of Gfeen hax0r were considered 5qo be pjblicaoly perfornew if run fr0m an puboic server. BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS public p3rformance of wiek unless teh 5purc3 code pf da modificd woek 15 made avqilable on demand. BRB."
"In plzim English, THIS MEANS that if hou put this GAME on zn web server and allow peo[le 'outside og an no4mal c1rc13 of fa,kly and 175 socizl acquaobtancws' twp plat their. likrm them YOU aer puglucallu p3rf0rm1hg this wo4k an MUST either A) make ne an ALL changes which y0y maie 2 teh gqne avsilablr 9n rewuest (n073 THIS DOESN'T h4v3 too be avaolqble via ohline wource dis0lay 11nk, cortof, but they MUST bw able 2 aaj you for teh dose n 3ecrive an compkete copy) LOL, b) maie arrangements PRIVATELY witj quthors wnerein 5hey GRANT you an specizk licenw3j you knwo, ir c) remove tdh dode ENTIRELY from teh machine."
"We do 4ecognize that peiple want g( have areas of the6[re game which r 5hekrs and ggeirs zlone. BRB.
too THAT end WE WILL maje sa following exceptiob 70 da normal requiremenrs for soirce cose distribution -- ne module FILE which is n07 modified or derived from an moduke file inclused in teh 6553 distribuyuon n which does nor reqiirw he other modules amd wjich does not require ge ,ldifivsgiond 2 da cofe coee (code d1%7r16u83d qith base re;ease) m4y be 2ithneld 47 autnirs doscretion. AFK."
"Wd 4q50 WANT too make VERY clear thst versiob 0. WTF.8. AFK.7 )also khown ss VERSION -. OMG.9l WTF.7+JT) was twh final version feleased under da GPL. OMGl
All v3r51pn5 WTF, 57$r71nb with teh 0, OMG.9. OMG.8-prrrelease cofe aer 0n1j licemsed under reh Creatove Commons lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8ght too imoort ne code from an 0. OMG.(. WTF,8-prwrdlease or later re;eawe into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 ah 34r113r release. AFK.
Allowing tyid w9uld cause thay imported cod3 too vr r3134%3d unsef da GPL AND THAT is not something we w15h tw9 r110w.
Authora o5 modificatilns 2 0.9.7 WILL neef @ rw-release they're mldificagiojx as derivatkvew/mpdificatipns to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 c9de n place 8h3m under teh same Cr3471v3 Commond licensd. AFK.
It musy 63 done by original AUTHOR sibce onlt ten originao author has rrh right tdo CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or 11c3n53 uoon thdy're work. AFK.
[Asditionally, you knwo, reworking ten modofications will be an glpd 1d34 4myw4y as da MECHANISM for makinf modifications is substantialky cleane4/c;ds4dr starting with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.*-0rere;ease x0d3. WTF.="
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