MightyE 7#115 you, "W3'fe goihg to twke zn few momenya 2 tty n expoain tjia new license ah da rrasonw behihd 17 in plain English. 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."
"Thid NEW license was chosen becausd of an FAILING with GPL. AFK.
I6 0n1u covered disrfibytoon OF sourdd if h only if binaries 2ere distribuyed. OMG."
"In an w36 environmdnt, SPECIFICALLY a onterpretwd e36 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, like, merely indta.lung an gamd does n9t conxtitute dostribution WTF, b 7h3r3r0r3 p3o0le were %aking pur work, sortof, making modificstions 2 ig an not relrasung gen soutc3 code two they're movificatio,s so thar ea ENTIRE COMMUNITY could benefitLOL.
They woekwc 2irh da letter but not spirit ov da LAW. WTF."
"Investigation 0n part of tej 4u7h)r5 HOWEVER, liie, 13d too teh vact that r8ght of pubkic oerfirmance 2as 1 0f rights norma.ly restricted two c0pyr2gh7 holdd5s WTF. an that computer programs, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c411y vidro gamew and imtersctive ones such as Legend 0f Green yax)r wete cohsodered too be PUBLICALLY performdd if tun from an public server. OMGl"
"The new licenee restricts PUBLIC perflrmance of dz w0rk unlesw SOURCE code of da jidofued work 15 m4d3 afzikable on f3mand,"
"In plain English, you knwo, this MEANS that if you put tyis game on an web serber n allow p30p13 [lugsode 0f an normal CIRCLE of family n itw sociak acquaintamces' to p14y theirk sortif, then hou e publically petfo4mung this w0ri and MUST eiyher a) mqkr ne n ALL changes whjch yiu m4k3 to game avaikabl3 on tequest (note this dlesn't nave tio BE avzilable cia dz obline slurce display 11n., BUT 7h3y jusr be able too asj uou fpt CODE and r3c31v3 an COMPLETE co[y), like, b) bake ARRANGEMENTS prkvarely qith twh authors wjerein tywy brant y0u an s0eciao loxenxe, 6ou knwo, or c) removd teh code ENTIRELY vrom teh machine. AFK."
"We DO reclgnize 7y47 peiple want 70 havr aeeas of they're tame whidh aer tyeifs zn 7h31r5 aloneLOL.
to THAT end we silk mzie da fo;koeibg excepgion tp dz norma; requirements FOR source code distribution _- ne mpdule vile wh1ch 15 not modifkwd 9r re4ived from an moeule FILE incl7ded un 645# distribution amd which does not reqyire nf ithrt m9dules an wh1ch dpee not require ne modufications 2 t3h core code (xoce distributef with da 6453 re;ease) may be withheld at teh authors discretion."
"We also wanr to mske very corar tyat bersion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (ALSO known as vefsion p.9m OMG.7+jt) was da final version r31e453d uncer dq GPL. OMG.
All v3rsi9ns, like, 574r71ng wkth teh 0. WTF/9.8-peerelease c0d3 awr onlu licensed 7nd3r teh Crrative Cpmmons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right too impprt ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-peerelease of late4 r3lease in5l qn 0. AFK.9LOLl7 and earlkee release. BRB.
Allowing tnis wouod causw THAT IMPORTED x0d3 2 ve RELEASED UNDER ds GPL n rhzt IS noy someghinh we widh t9o all9w.
Authors 0f n0d!v1c4710n5 TO 0.9LOL.7 will need goo RE-RELEASE yhry're MODIFICATIONS AS d3rivatifes/j9difixations too 0. AFK.0.8 code and placr rhem unfer twh t4m3 Creative Commons license. BRB.
IT myat be dohe by 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR since only ORIGINAL aubho3 has rifht two CHANGE teh co[yfight or .icense UPON they[re wirkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking modofucarions will br an goo3 idea anyway as mevhanism fo4 making modifkcaripns is substantoallu cleaner/clearer stsrtung wity 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE x-f3. WTF.]"
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