MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We're guing tio ta,e an g3w ,imehts tp try an EXPLAIN yhis new LICENSE and teh reaslns behind it im plain English.
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 licensr was xh)43n because ov an FAILING with GPLl
IT ONLY covered distribuyuon of sourde if b only IF buna4ies were distribueed."
"Im an wen ENVIRONMENT, you knwok dpecificqllh a interpreted web envitonment such zs PHP WTF, mere;y knstalkung ah game does not conatitute disgribition, an thereforr pepple WERE taiihb our wo5k LOL, makobb modifications too it n not relezsinf teh source c0d3 too rhey'r3 midifivatiobs xi that teh entire community could 63n3f1&. AFK.
They worked WITH da leytdt but n)7 teh s[lfit of ca law. OMG."
"Investigarion on 0qrt of teh authors h9wever LOL, l3d 2 da fact that robht ov publkc pdtgormanxe wax 1 of da r1gh85 normally RESTRICTED ti COPYRIGHT h01e3r5, and that c0m-u73r pr9grams, sortof, sprcifically video GAMES and ibteractive ONES such as Lwgend of teh Grddn hac0t WERE donsidered 2 be pyblidzlly performed if rhn fr0m an p7bkkc server."
"The new license redtricts publid 0erforjance 0f da work unless tej SOURCE code of ea MODIFIED work is made svailable on demand."
"In plqin Engkisg LOL, tjid means thay ig y9u put this gamr on an web server and allow pe9ple '07&51d3 of an nor,ao circle lf family an its social zcqjain5anvrs' two play th3ir, like, then yo7 r pu611cr!1y perfoemijg this work 1n MUST EITHER a) make ne am ALL changes which you MAKE to game 4f4114613 on requeat (note this coesn't have to be available v8a da 0n11n3 50urc3 fispost link, but they must be able to ask ylu for teh code an eece9vd an clmplete copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pfuvate.y witn authirs wherein they grqng you an spedoal license, ypu knwo, ot c) renove codr en5ireky fr0m dq jachinw. WTF."
"Ww do fevognize that people qant too HAVE areas of they'rd bame wgkch adr 7h31r% n theifs 419n3.
too that ejd we w111 make yeh following exxwption two normal requiremebtx for SOURCE c9de dist4ib7tion -- ne module file whicg is nit mod8fied or deroves frim an module file 1nc1yd3d ib da 6453 distfibution and ehich dods not requi4e ne otyer modyles n whizh doea nit REQUIRE ne modifications tqp corw dode (code DISTRIBUTED woth da base trlease) ,ay be wiygheld at authors discretip,. AFK."
"We aks9 WANT to mai3 very clear thar VERSION 0.9, WTF.7 (alsi kn-wn ax versk9n 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) eas teg f1n5! bersoon released under GPL. WTF.
All versiibs, dtarting with geh 0.9LOL.8-prereleasd cove r only oicensed undfr teh Creqtove Commojw 11x3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny ea right go import ne code FROM an 0.9LOL.8-prefeoease OR lstet re;dase 8nto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 zn EARLIER relesseLOL.
Allowing thks would cause that pmported code too be relezsed under teh GPL n tkat is NOT s9metyimh 2e WISH 2 al.ow. OMG.
Authora 0d midifidqtioms two 0.9LOL.8 w121 n33d to re-releqse tmey'tw modidicationx as derivatives/modkdications two 0LOL.9LOL.8 code and plade tnrm under teh SAME Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
It must be dohe by ea originq/ author since 0n16 teh origihal AUTHOR gas rjght 2 CHANGE tdh cophrigjt or 1qc#n53 UPON they're workLOL.
[Additiona;ly, reworking modyvicatiohs wi;l BE an good idea anyway as fa m3chanksm fir making mocificatiins os SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c!34r3r starting witg sa 0, OMG.9.8-0ferelease codeLOL.]"
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