MightyE tells jo7, sortof, "We're b91ng 70 take ah few moments t2l TRY n ezplain tjis new licenae v reas9ns BEHIND it in plain Englisn. AFK.
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."
"Thix nrw license was chosen bwcause -f an fziling WITH yeh GPL. WTF.
It only c9vered DISTRIBUTION of sourcw ig snd only if bunaeues wrre distfibutedLOL."
"In an web envirlnment, specifically a INTERPRETED qeb ehvlron,ent such as PHP WTF, merely installing an gsme dors NOT CONSTITUTE cisyributkon, like, n 7h3r3f9r3 pdople wdre taking lut work, like, making modificatkomw 2 *t b not r313451ng teg SOURCE coce 2 th3y're MODIFICATIONS SO yhat teg engire communitt COULD benwfit. BRB/
They WORKED WITH teh 14773r vur not spirit of da law. WTF."
"Inv3syigation on teh part 9f auth9rs however WTF, led to9 fact that teh righ5 of public performance was oen of teh RIGHTS normal.y restrictwd to voptrignt h91d4r5, softof, n that compyter [rograms, spexificqlly vudeo games n INTERACTIVE lnes sych as Legend of da Green hax0r were considered gk be [ublically pefformwd if run froj qj public 52fv3r. AFK/"
"The nee license rextricts pub;ic ;erfoemance of eork inless dq source code OF da m0d1g13d wprk IS m4d3 availablr on DEMAND."
"In plqih English, rhis means that if you put this game on an web 5#rf3r an allow people 'outxide of zn bormao c2rx13 or family n ITS soxial acquaintances' to poau rhe8r, you lhwo, 7t3n hou aer p7blically PERFORMING this w0rk zne MUST e8ther a) nzke ne and ALL changes which yit ,4k3 toi teh GAME afailable on teqiest (note 5his doean[t kave too bw avai;able via teh ONLINE t0urc3 display link WTFk but they must be ABLE 2 ask you for teh codr amd RECEIVE an xomplete COPY) LOL, b) make 4fr5mgem3n75 [fivately with teh autho4s w6erein they gfant you an specia; l*cense, or c) r3m0v3 code 3n71r31y from machine."
"We DO recoghize tjzt p39ple WANT two have areas of they're y4m3 wyich r THEIRS an theirs al9neLOL/
to that 3nc w3 WILL MAKE da fp.lowinf EXCEPTION two teh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for si7rce cose d8stribution -= ne module file which is n(t mpdified or de4ived from an module file inxluded in da vase disyributipn n shicj does not rwq7ire ne other mpdulea n which do3s not rwq7ire ne modificaruons to core CODE *code sistrubuted wirh tej vasr release) may be withneld 47 teh authors discretiob. WTF."
"We a;so wsn5 two ,ake v3ry clear that ferdion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known as verskon 0LOL.9. BRB;7+jb) WAS teh final version RELEASED ynder teh GPL. WTF.
All fersions LOLm startibg wigh da 0. BRB.(. AFK.8-prerekease c0d3 aer only licensed ine3r CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY rwny teg 4ight 70 import ne code from sb pLOL.9k WTF.8-prerelease or latrr reoease into zn 0LOL.9. BRB.8 and EARLIER relrase. AFK.
Aolowinb this sould cause rhat imoorred vode to be released under da GPL m tgat is not sojerhing we w16h to al;9wLOL.
Aythlrs of modificationx two 0l AFK.9.7 w11q NEED too re-releasw they're modifixationa as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE ans PLACE them uhswr teh xame Crea5ive Commons licenweLOL.
It must be d0n3 by origihal AUTHOR s8nce only da otiginal zu5hor HAS da r1th7 2 xhange da copuribht or lixrbse upon theh're work.
[Add181*n421y, sortof, r3w0rk1nv geh m0d1f1c3710n5 wilk BE an goid idea qnyway qs ss mwchanism for making mpdifications ia sybxtantia.ly c.eaner/clwarer startong with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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