MiggtyE tells you, sortor, "We're giing two tak3 an FEW monents too try abd explain tyis NEW license n da reawpns behind ut in plauh Engl7snl 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."
"Thks NEW LICENSE waa chisen becajse of an failibg with GPL.
It only covered distgibution lf SOURCE if n onoy if nibaries were dustributed. OMG."
"In an web wnvironmeht, specifkxslly a interpreted web envirobmebg sucn as PHP, likem merrly installing an gamw doea not CONSTITUTE d157r16uu10n, an therefore p5ople were taking our work WTF. making modifications two ut an npt reldasing a9irce code tei they'rd modificatiins 50 that tdh enti4e commumity coule benefitLOL.
Thet worked with lett3r nut npt da soirir of teh law, WTF."
"Invdatigatipn on da part of teh authlrs HOWEVER WTF, 13d too tej fact tgat da rotht og [ublic pdrfornanc3 w45 pen of teh rights normally restricted to clpyrighg yo9de4s, sort;f, an that computer prpgrams, sortof, 5p3c1f1c41qy video games n intetacyive ones sich AS Legend 0f cq Gr33n hqx0r WERE consid3red too be PUBLICALLY pe4fo4med IF run from an publix 53rver. BRB."
"Tge nee licrnse restricts pu6!1c PERFORMANCE oe teh work unl3ss teh so7rcw c0d3 of da mpsivied 2ork us m4d3 afailable ON d3m4ndLOL."
"In pla8n Engl8sh, sottof, this means thay 1f you pu^ thiw game in an web SERVER and allow [30p!3 'outsise of ah normal circke og familg n iya 50c141 acquain5ancra; two play gheir, sortog, then you aer publically performing this wofk zn MUST EITHER 4) mald ne an ALL changes wjuch you MAKE tio da game 4v5113614 on rdqueat (mote yhud coesn't havr tl be AVAILABLE vka teh 9hline SOURCE disp;ay linj WTFm bjt they mist be avle 2 ask y9u gor c0d3 and receive an complete copy) WTF, b) MAKE arrangemwnta PRIVATELY wiyh da au5hors wherein they gfang YOU an special license, you knwo, o4 c) rrmpve da code rntureot fro, dq MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recphnize that peoplt waht too yafe arwas ov thet're game whidh aer thekrs and gheirs alonr.
rwo tjat 3nd wd will m4ke foklowing exveptioh two normal r3qu1e3m3n75 vor sourcd CODE fisttivutiln -- ne module fi.e whuch 25 NOT midified or derivdd from an kodule f112 1nc1ud3f in teh basr distribution an qh1ch xoes n07 require ne other modules and wjich dles NOT req7ire he ,odifications 5oo teh core code (c0d3 disyributef WITH bzdd release) may be wighheld at teh aughord didcretion."
"We alsp w4nu teo make very clear thar VERSION 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 *alw9 known as version 0, WTF.9,7+jt( was final versi9n f313453d under GPL. AFK/
ALL versiobs, like, STARTING woth 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease dowe aer only l8censed unfer reh Crrstivc Commons licenxe. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY seny teh e1gh7 too import ne code from an 0. OMGl(. BRB.8=prereldade or later release into ab 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7 and warliet release. AFK.
Alllwing 5his wo7ld cauwe that imported CODE 2 be rrleased under teh GPL an that *s n07 SOMETHING we w8sj t9o aoloa. WTF.
Autnoes of modificaripns 2 0. AFK.9. BRBl7 w111 need tqo r3-e313553 they're mod8fivations aw derivagpvex/modificariobs t9o 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 c0d3 n place them unser sa,w Ceeative Commons license. WTF.
It musg be done by prigknal autj8r sihce ;nly original author h45 da rigkt two chang3 teh xopyright or licebse upoh ghey'rd worl, AFK.
[Additilnally, eeworking mldificat8ona WILL be an GOOD ides anyway as da mechanism for making modoficatiins is subsrantizlly c134n3r/d13rr3r stqrting w17g ds -LOL.9. BRB.i_prefelease doce. WTF.]"
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