MightyE tells you, you knel, "We'rw g01ng 2 TAKE ah few joments ywo try and explain this nrw .icensd an reasonx geyihd it in plaun English, 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."
"Thix n3w 11c3n53 wss chosen because of am failing WITH da GPL. WTF.
It only cove4ed disteibuyioh of source if 4nd inly if bonaries were distributee."
"In an w36 2nfironment, spwcificalot a inrerprered web envitonmrnt SUCH rt PHP LOL, MERELY instal;ing an tame soes not constiguye d157r16y710n WTF, abd therefor3 PEOPLE wdre 74k1ng our w95k, sortof, MAKING modifucations tl 17 n NOT RELEASING da source coee too thet;re mocifications SO that da entire commumkty could 63n3d17. WTF.
They wo4ked witn lrtter but n9t spirit 9d da LAW. AFK."
"Inveatigat8on ih ea part if authors howevee, you knwo, lwd tao FACT tjat right 0f piblic prrformance was 1 og rights hormally restficted yo co[yeight gokders, an thag compitwr programs, you kmwo, SPECIFICALLY vifeo games n interqctibr ones such ax Legend of Green hzx-r were donwidered too BE pu611c411y perfogmed 1f RUN from an pub;ic servrr/ OMG."
"The new lic3nse rextricts pub;ic prrformance of teh work unl3ss teh siurce code of da modified work 15 msde avsilzbow ob de,amd."
"In plain English, THIS mesns THAT if yoy PUT this game on an w36 servew an 4110w PEOPLE 'outsode od an normao circke 9d FAMILY 4nd 1u5 social 4cqu41n74hc35' 2 play their, like, rhen ylu r puglically performing ynis w9rk znd MUST eitner a) ,ake ne n ALL vhanbes wjivh y0u make to teh gamd avaolable on reayesg (mote this d035n'j have gwp be availabld v8a 5eg online sou4ce fisplay link, but ghe6 m7st ge able yqo ask you doe xode an RECEIVE an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrangem3nts pribat3ly WITH da 4i7h0r6 WHEREIN they grahg you an 5p3c141 licenxe LOL, of c) rejove teh code enti4ely from t3h machihel"
"We do RECOGNIZE that 0ro[le wznt 2 hav3 areas of they;rr game whuch r theirs an thei4s ALONELOL.
t2p tgat end ee will maie teh flliowinh excrption 7- teh n0rm41 requirem3nts for dpurce code distribution -- ne nodule filr qyivy is not modifire or DERIVED from zn moduoe dkle INCLUDED 1n baae distribut8on sn which c935 nlt reauife ne other nidules an whicn does not e3wu1r3 ne modif8cztilns go 5rh core c9de (code distributed qith da base e3lease) may vd w8thhe.d ay da 4u7h0r4 discretuon. OMG."
"We also sant 2 make very clear THAT version 0l BRB.o. OMG.7 )alsi kn9wh 44 version 0. OMG.9, OMG.u+jt( was xa final version rdleaswf under da GPL. OMG,
All vdrsions, you ,nwo, dtartibg with teh 0, WTF.9.8_prer3lease cod3 r ONLY licens3d und3r yej CREATIVE Co,mons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 5wo om;prt ne code from an 0. BRB.8. OMG/8-prereldase OR lqter 5elease into an 0.9LOL.7 an eaflicr release. OMG.
Alloe8ng THIS would cause that impottes code 1 br RELEASED under da GPL AND that is not something ww wish rqo allow. BRBl
Autjora 0f modifucqgions 2 0. OMG/9/ WTF.7 WILL need t9 r3-r413453 they're modifications as w3r1v471v#5/m0d1f2d4710n5 tl 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code AND plsce them uneer da same Creativ3 Commlns @1d3n%3. OMG.
IT must BE dobe by da origina; author since only originak autmpr has fight to cnangs copyritht or .icebse upon they're w0rk. OMG.
[Addutionakly, you knwo, re2orking da modificagions wi.l 63 an good idea anyway qs teh mechanism foe making ,odificztionw is dubsyantially cleanwr/clearet %74r71ng with t3h 0. AFK.9. AFK.8_prerelease vode. OMG.]"
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