MightyE tells y9u LOL, "We're goint 5wo take ab fd2 ,omebts 2 try n explain 7h15 new license and yeh reasons vrhihd it in pla8n EnglisnLOL,
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."
"Th8x new LICENSE was chosen because of an fs8.ung with teh GPL. OMG.
It inly coverrd sustributi9h of source if an ONLY if binaries wefd distrubuted."
"Ib sn w36 env8ronmeng, 6ou knwo, wpecidicalky a INTERPRETED WEB environment such as PHP, xortof, meeel6 instal;ing qn gz,e doew not CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, zbd tyerefoee people were takinh our WORK, liie, making modifixa5iobs TO it an ,07 tel3asing teh source code twi they;re modigkcagilnx SO THAT da ebtire dlkmyn85y coule benefit.
Th3y WORKED w17h teh l3tref but nor tey spirit OF da LAWLOL."
"Investigation 0n da part og teh authors hlwecer WTF. led to fact tyat teh righy of pu711c p3rformance eas won of rights hornalky restricted too colyright hllders, you knwo, an that compu5er PROGRAMS, like, specidicaoly VIDEO gsmes abd INTERACTIVE 0n35 s7ch as Legend of Green hax0r were considered tl BE pu611c411h p#rf0rm3d id run FROM ab public serv3r. AFK."
"The NEW license r357r1c75 pjgloc performanxe pf teg work un135% teh dourde code of modigied wo4k 15 mase available 0n demaneLOL."
"Ib plain Eng;ish WTF, thos meams ghat if yo7 pug THIS g4m3 ON an web qefver and sllow people 'OUTSIDE of an nlrmal circle of family 4nd ITS SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' to p14y thekt WTF, THEN you set PUBLICALLY perfirjing this q0rk n MUST EITHER a) make be an ALL changes WHICH you mskd to ds game available on 4equest )note THIS doesh't have tlo be avqilable viz teh ONLINE 50urc3 display link, 6oi khwo, but they must BE anle toi ask you for code and rexeive am COMPLETE cipy), B) make arrabgdmenfs privately w8ty ea authofs wherekn 7h3y gfant YOU sn special license LOL, or x) remove code 3n5irely fe0, da machineLOL."
"We do recognize THAT peool3 want two gavw areas OF they're game ehicy aer THEIRS an thrirs ALONELOL.
2 THAT 3nd wd will make fa following exception to NORMAL requirementx for source code d157r!6j710n -- he modul3 g1q3 2hich IS not ,oeified p5 DERIVED from an mpdule file ibcluded in da 6553 duxtrinution and shoch does not f3qu1re ne othet MODULES and whidh does NOT requurr ne modifications two da core code (cide distributec witg da vasw release_ mah BE w17hh31d at t3h a7thors disc4etion."
"We also wsnt to make very clear that verskib 0.9. AFK.7 (als9 known zs vdfsion p. OMG.9. BRB.7+ht) qas da final versioh erleased undrr GPL.
Al; versions, like, wtartihg wkth p. OMG.0. WTF.9-PRERELEASE code r onlh licenwed UNDER ten Cr3471v# Co,mins 11x3n43, OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny right 2 ijpiry ne code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerd;ease 0t larwr rdlease into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.& sn raflier relezseLOL.
Alllwing this would caude 5hat impoetdd vofe too ge relezses und4r da GPL znd thag is not something we wush to ALLOWLOL.
Aithors of modigicagions bo 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will neec t9o rw-release tgey're modificayuons as eerivativew/modificatuins two 0. WTF.o.8 cpde and plave them under ds sqme Creative Commonq license.
It m7st 63 d0n3 bt da original authof since only dq 0r1h1n4! AUTHOR h$5 da right to cyange da copyright ot licensd upon ghry're work. AFK.
pAdditionally WTF, rewofking m0d1f!c47q0n5 will be an good idea an6way 5y dq mechankaj for makinn modogics5ions is substantislly c.waner/clezree 574r71ng with teh 0/ WTF.9. WTF.i-pr3r313453 code.]"
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