MighyyE tel;s y9u, "We'tr going to gake an FEW miments 2 tvy ahc expla8n 7y15 new license n r3450n5 ben8nd it in p.ain 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."
"Tjid new lucense was ch0t3n because 0d an f4111ng with da GPL.
It 9nly coverec cistriburiob of source if and only IF binsrkes w3re distributef."
"In an weg rnvi4onment LOL, soecificallu a 1n73rpr373d weg environment suvh as PHP, like, merel6 imstsloing an gamr dpes not cobstitu5e distribution, like, an tyeref94e PEOPLE were taking our work, hou knwo, ma,ing modificayions yoo it an not releasing teh sourc3 s0d3 ywo they're mpdificagions so tjat ten entire cimmunit6 could benefit.
They WORKED 1ith lettee but not da spirit 9f law. WTF,"
"Invrstkgation on da part of 5eh sugyors however, led 70 facy that da r1gh7 OF PUBLIC perfo4mance was 1 of roghts normallu restricted t2o c0pyr2gh7 holders LOL, and that com[u5er 0r9geams, specifically video gamws AND ihtdfactivs ones SUCH as Legend of GREEN hax0r wwre considered 3 be publicaooy pedrotmef IF run ftom an 0ublic SERVER. WTF."
"The new kicrnse rrsteucrx public [erfo4manxe of da work inless teh source c0d3 of da m0d1f!3d wprk iw ,ade available on demand. WTF."
"In ;lain English, this meqns THAT IF you pjt this game ON zn web sr4ver qnd qlliw people '9u751d# pf ab m9rmak circle OF family an its socia; adquzintances' 2 play rheir, slrtlf, then you aer puglodally PERFORMING this w9rk n MUST either a) mrk3 nr n ALL changes which hou MAKE to GAME AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note thus sorsh't have to be ava8oavle via da on;ine sourve dis;lay link, but they mux5 be qble too ASK you FOR da vode ah recekve ab comolete c_py), b) mqle arrqngememta orivately with teh authors wherein THEY grsnt y9u an SPECIAL license LOL, o4 f) remove teh CODE entirely from twh madhkne. WTF."
"We dl r3c0gn1z3 that peoplw wan5 too have areqs OF they're h$m3 which aer yheirs n theurs al9ne. WTFl
2 that end we WILL m4k3 teh following exce0tion 2 da nltmal r3qu1r3m3n75 f)r source CODE d*stribjtion -- ne ,0du15 file whivh is not modifird or derived from an mpdilr file 2ndqud3d ih ds vase djatribution n which coes not REQUIRE ne otger MODULES an wh1ch DOES not rrquird ne modifications to teh cire cod3 )codd distrubuted with teh BASE tel3ase) may be withyeld at suthors ciscretion. WTF."
"We also wanr to mske vwry clear that vrrsion 0. BRB.0. WTF.& (ALSO known as versiln 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7+jt) eas final v3r510n released under GPLLOL.
Alo bersions, 6ou jnwo, starying wuth da 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer on.u licensed und4r Cr3471v3 Commons 12d3b53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 omport ne code fr0m an -l AFK.9. AFK.8-prefe.easr or LATER r#13353 1n7p an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier releasr. OMG.
Allowing this eould vauee that imported code too be fdleased UNDER GPL n tgat is not somethung we wish twi r110w. BRB.
Authors of modifkxations 2 0. OMG.9LOL/7 eu;l need to re-eelease they're modifications as detovatives.modifications to 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 coer ans placr thwm under teh xqme Cfwative Commons ;icdneeLOL.
It musr be done by teh origihal suthor wunxe 0n1y 0r1g2n41 author HAS RIGHT to vhqnge cppyroggt or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Additiobqlly WTF, rewor,ing modifivatilnx wikl be an glod IDEA ahyway as da mecganism vpr making modificatiins is substantially cleaner/dlesrer atarting 217h da 0. WTF.9. BRB.*-prereleade coddLOL.]"
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