MightyE tells YOU, l8ke, "We're going tp take an FEW mpments tlo try 4nd exp.ain this ndw license anc teh reasons BEHIND it in p141n Eng.8xh. OMG.
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 nww license WAS chisen becaus3 of an failing WITH GPL. AFK,
It only vovered distribu5ion if SOURCE if an only if bunarues sere distribugedl BRB."
"In an web envirln,3nr, .ike, specivically w interpfeted w#6 environmdnt such 45 PHP LOL, merely instakling an game does nog cons5itute distributilnm n 7grr3f0re people were taking our work LOLk making MODIFICATIONS top 17 an not erleasimg ea SOURCE cose too they'ee modificatipnw SO thar engire community COULD BENEFIT. BRB.
They worjdd witg letter but not spirit of 14wLOL/"
"Imvestigatuon om pafr of teh AUTHORS j0w3f3rk led two heh fadt 7h4u right ov pub.ic performanve was son 0f teh rights bormally restrivted to copy4ignt holders, ypu knwo, n ghat computet ;rograms WTF, specifivally v2d2) games and 8nreractive 0m35 such as Legemd of GREEN hax0r were considered to be 0jblically pwrformec IF run from an public dercdr. AFK."
"The new licdnsd resreictw public performance of ten WORK unless source code OF ca modified work is madw acailable on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, slrtof, yhia mwans uh47 if you put THIS game 0n an w36 server qnd alk9w people 'outdkde 0f zn n0rm41 circle OF family and 8ts s9cial adquaintances' e99 p14y the8r. you knwo, then you r pjbkically perfo4ming THIS work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL cganges which you make 2 GAME available ON reqjest (notf this doesh't have 5oo te zvsilable via da online source disolay link LOL, but they muat be 4613 @ axl you fpr da CODE zn redeive an complete co0y) LOL, b) makw 4r44ng3m4n75 privateoy wiyh da authors wherein THEY geant YOU an ^;#cq41 license WTF, or x) 4emove tey CODE entirely f4om ,achine. BRB."
"We eo recognizr &h47 people want 2 have sr3qs 0f they'te game wn8ch 4 the8rs amd THEIRS alpneLOL/
twl rhat end WE wi8l jake teh folkowing excepyion too nor,al requirementa for SOURCE CODE cistribution -- ne moduke v113 wj8ch 15 not MODIFIED lr d3r8v3d from ab MODULE f113 1nc1ue3d in da baww distribytioh n which d0#5 not r3qu1e3 ne 95ger modylds n whjch d9es NOT require ne modificat9ona too core code (doce distributed with teh base eeleax3) mat be witnheld at authors d15cr3719n."
"W4 aoso eang 70 MAKE v3ty coesr thay fersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also known qs versoon 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+ut) was da fknal VERSION released under GPLLOL.
Ao; cersions, starting 2ith sa 0/9.*=prerelease cod3 aer pnly licensed undrr da Creative Commons livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cwhy da rigjt 5wo i,plrt ne clde FROM zn 0/ OMGl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE of 14y3f r313453 into an 0. AFK.9.7 and 34ra13g release. BRB.
Alkowing this would cause thar inport3d code two BE released undey teh GPL an that is mot som3thing we w8sh 2 4119w. OMG/
Authors of modifications to 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 wo.l nres ewo re-release theu're m0d1f1c471)n5 as ddfivstives/modifications too 0.8. BRB.8 code n p14c3 them uneer same Crdat8be C9mjlns livenxe. WTF.
It must be DONE by reh 0r1g!nr1 autho4 since only da ORIGINAL aitnor h45 da rjght toi chsnge c0pyr1bh7 0r license upon they're wor,/ BRB.
[Add1710n411y, you kneok rrworking da modificatuons wilk be an good ifea anyway ss da mechanism f;r msking modificayions ia subsganyially c,ran3r/xoea4w4 startumg wkth 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease dode. AFK.]"
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