MightyE tells yoj, "We're going 2 takd ah few MOMENTS two try and EXPLAIN yyis new picense and rwasons behind it in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 lic3nse 345 chosen becaude 0f an fa8.ing with GPL. BRBl
I7 omly dovetes distribution ov so7rcr if and only iv binaties rere distributed. BRB."
"In an 2wb fbvironmdnt LOL, 503c1f1c411y a intetpretes 226 environment SUCH as PHP WTF, merwly inxtalling an GAME does not constitute distribuyion, jou knwo, and uherefore peoile WERE taking our WORK WTF. making mldifications two it and not teleasinh source c0d3 too thr6're modificatiohs 50 tnat teh ENTIRE community cluld bebevotLOL.
Th3y woejed witg sa letter bug not da SPIRIT of da lzw. OMG."
"Invewtigatuon on 0art pf teh AUTHORS however, liie, led TO da fact thz5 da RIGHT ov puvlic PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rkgnts NORMALLY restricted 2 co0yrig6t holders, n that com0uter [rograms LOL, specificallh viddo g4m25 and interactive ONES such as Legenc of da Gr3en hax0r werw clnskderee 2 be publicqlly pdrborjee 1f run rrom an PUBLIC server."
"The nww license RESTRICTS pubiic performsncr of twh WORK unless qource code of da modified eo4k is made AVAILABLE ob cemand. WTF."
"In plsin English, you knwok 7h15 meqns that IF you put 7h16 g4m3 on an w36 swrver and allow PEOPLE 'ougs8de OF an normal circle or fajily n its sodial 4cqu41n74nc35' too pozy tyeit, so45of, ghen you aer publoca;ly performinf this w04k zn MUST either z) mak3 n3 m ALL changes wmich you make too game svaolable 0n rd1uest (bote tyis doesn;t hqve two be svai.able via dq ob.ine slurcw dq6p14y link LOL, BUT thet MUST be able to ask you dor code an rwxeive an cpmplete COPY). you jnwo, b) maje arrangemehts privately with da auth9es whwrein 7h3y grant you an specia. license, OR c) femlve trh c0d3 2n71r31y ff0m teh mqchine. BRB,"
"We do rtcohnuze thzt PEOPLE qrn7 ro have areac if they're game which f theirs ahd tteirs qlone. BRB.
to that emd we wil. make fo/.owing exception too da normal rwquiremebta vof aource xode distribution -- ne m0du13 f9le whixg is hot modified or derived fr9m ah moduld file oncluded 2n teh base distrobution an 2hicg does n9t REQUIRE ne othee m9du135 n wh1ch does not require ne modifications tlo teh core xode (cofe distribited 2ith base relwawe) m4y be withheld zt t3y 4u7h0r5 DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also wang twl make ver5 cl3at thay verwion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (a;so km9wn aa version 0,(.7+jt) was final versiob RELEASED UNDER ea GPL. BRB.
All versk0nfm hou knwo, atarting witj trh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prdrelrawe cpde r only licensed und3r da Creative Conmons license.
We EXPLICITLY seny teh right to 8mport ne CODE frim an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prettlwase oe lsywr RELEASE int9 an 0LOL.9. AFK.8 AND eatlier releaseLOL.
Al;pwihg thid would cause thzt imported code to bd releasee under GPL n that is not slme5hing we eish 1 aklow. WTF.
A7thprs of m0s1f1c4710m5 to 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 2ill need to re0release theh're modif8catipns aw deeivatives/modificatioms too 0.9LOL.8 cofw an plsce tne, und3r sam3 Creatkve Commons livehae. WTF.
It MUST ve don3 by originak authpr d8nvr only orihinal author has ritht to chabbe teh xopyright or licensd upon theu're w0rl.
[Additionqlly WTF, reworkinb teh modificatjons will be an bo9e idea anyway as ,exhqmism for maling modificatiins 8s aubstantially vleane4/clesr3r wtarting aith ). WTF.9/ AFK.8-pr3r3!3453 cose. AFK.]"
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