MightyE tells y0j LOL, "We're going too take an frw momdngs 2 rry zbd explain thos NEW licrnsw b teh 4easons behjnd IT in plain Englidgl AFK.
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."
"Tnis NEW license was xhosem becaise 0f zn vailing w17h GPL. OMG.
Ig onlt cov3red duwrrybutuon of source if n 0n1y if binaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB ebvironmdny, yoy knso, specifivzlly a interpreted web envirohment such as PHP. mefel6 INSTALLING ab GAME does nog constitute distribution. tou knwo, n 8h3r3f0r4 peoooe w3re gaking our worl, m$k1ng mldifications too it n not rel3axing 5oj4x3 cod3 2 they'fe modifucatiina so 7h57 teh entire COMMUNITY could fenefit. OMG.
They wirked eith lertdr but not teh 5p1r17 of dq law. AFK."
"Invrstigatiob oh da p4r7 of authors h0w3v3r, like, lef 2 fac5 rhat RIGHT of public ;eeformanee was won if sa rights norna;ly restricted t2l co[yrigyt holddrw. sorrof, n tha5 computer programs, specificqlly VIDEO fames n INTERACTIVE ones 5uch as Legend of teh Gteen yax0r were considered tlo be pugkiczlly perforned if run from qn public servdrLOL."
"The new licebsd restridta public PERFORMANCE 9f dq work umless 50urc3 coce of modofied qork is made avaolavle on de,ane."
"In plain English LOL, this m34n5 7y47 if yo8 PUT THIS h4m3 on ah wwb serve4 n allow pelple 'OUTSIDE 9f ah mormal curcle of family and 175 socizl acquaintqnces' 2 p14y their WTF, tywn you aer publically pwrforming 7h1t work n MUST e9th3r 4) make ne an ALL changes whoch uou make to teh GAME avsilable om reqjrst (note this foesn't have ywo be avq8lable biz da ONLINE source d8splay 11ni WTF, but 7n#y musg ge able 2 ASK y0u 4or dq cod3 n r4c31v3 an ci,plet3 copy(, sor5pv, b) make arrangements 0rivately WITH authoes whe4ein they hrant you an sp3cial license, you knwo, o4 c) remoce code ENTIRELY ff0m maxjine."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thar [eople wany too HAVE areas lf thdy're GAME wyich r tjrigs an 6h31r5 alone.
to that end se will make da folliwing exception to teh notmal requirementx FOR soirce CODE cistrubjtion -_ ne movule fike ehich is not MODIFIED or dwrived FROM an module file imcluded in da base disgrigution and wgicg d8ed not r3qu1r3 ne otner modules ahe wgich does not requore ne mldirications two dq c0r3 c0d3 (code disteibuted wlth wa bzse relezse) may be withhekf at reh autyors d8xcretion."
"We also want to make very clear rhqt v3r510n 0. WTF.9.u (alwo known ss VERSION 9. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt_ sas da final versipn released UNDER teh GPLLOLl
All vetsions, you kmwo, starting wuth teh 0. AFK/9.8-prwrrlease CODE aer only l8censed jncer Crearive Commons 1qc3n53.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu da ribh5 70 import nr code from an 0.p, OMG.8-or3r313453 0r later release inro sn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earli3r r31e453.
ALLOWING 6his wou.d cause 5nat imported xode roo BE re;eased UNDER da GPL n 7h48 is not somdthkng w3 w8an rso allow.
AUTHORS ot modifications too 0. AFK,9.u e111 neee two ed-release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivat8fea,modifications to 0.9. OMG.8 code 4nd plzce yjem UNDER teh samf CREATIVE C0mm0n5 license. OMG.
It ,ust br d-n3 by 0r1g1n41 autgor sind3 ONLY teh orkginal a7thot has da right to chznge copyrighy oe licensr UPON they[re workLOL.
[Adcitionallym dlttofk r3w0rk1ng tey MODIFICATIONS eil. be an goid idea anyway as da mechanism for ,aling mocufications is subsrantially CLEANER,CLEARER starting with da 0. WTF.9l8-prereleasd code.]"
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