MightyE tells tou WTF, "We're going too TAKE an few m0m3nu5 tio try an explain 5nis new license an da reasons behind it ih plain Emgliay. 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."
"This NEW 11c#n53 2ad cgosen 63c5u53 of an fai;ing 2ith da GPL. WTF.
It pn1y coveted DISTRIBUTION 0f siu4ce if h ONLY 1f binaries were distrivutedLOL."
"In an web envieonment, aortof. specifocally a in5erpreted web environment such ad PHP WTF, m3r41y insgslling ab game does hot constitu5e distributionk sortof, an therrfore peopoe wete takibb our work, m4k1hg modigicatioba twp it n hot rwlessong da %0urc3 code ti they're MODIFICATIONS so that ENTIRE commjnith could bendfit.
Theu wurked with teh lrtte4 gut not da spirkt of law. BRB."
"Incesgitation on da 0aft of da authors HOWEVERk you knwo, lwd to da dact THAT da r1th6 og p7blic ;etformance was oen od da rights normally restr7cted two copyrogj5 HOLDERS, like, ane that cpmpu5wr programs LOL, specificallh vkdeo GAMES ahd 8m5wractive one2 such as Legdnd of Green hax0r were considered to BE PUBLICALLY performed if run from ab publif serverLOL."
"Tje new license restrictd public pdrformsnce of wo4k un;ess source x9de of trh m0d1f!3f wirk ix made available ob demand. OMG."
"In p141n Emflish, sortof, this MEANS that if you out tjis game ON an web servet anf allow peo;le 'o7gsidf of an normal vircle if gamoly an iys xocial 4cqu41n74bc35' 2 p14y their. then you aer ;jblically perforjing this work an MUST e9thrr a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 wh1ch you nzke tso da g4m3 available on r3qu3dt (notd this doesh't HAVE tw0 be 4v4114613 via twh online sourc3 dixplay link, like, but they MUST BE 4^13 to ask uou for vose n receive zn cim0lete copy) LOL, b) m1ke arrangements PRIVATELY WITH authora whwre8n THEY grant yoi an speckal locense, you knwo, or d) REMOVE teh code entirely from mavhine."
"We do recognize thqt pdoole want t9o jave aress of theh're gam3 wyich arr tyeirw an the8rs a.one.
tqo THAT end we will make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION too n0rm41 requirements for source code distribution -[ nw mosule file which 8s noy modifi3d oe derkvec FROM an moeule f113 ihcludef in base distrubution ab which f035 noy REQUIRE he oyher modules and which does not require ne modificat8ons to teh ciee v0d3 (CODE d157r2^u73c with twh basd r3leasw) may BE eighheld 47 authors d15c437q0n. AFK."
"We also wan5 two mzje VERY cleqr that v3r510m 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 (also kbowh qs version 0. OMG.9. WTF.&+jt) q45 final VERSION released under GPL. OMG.
All verx8ons, you knw9, atarting w8th ea 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codd zer only .icenses undd4 tej Creative Commona license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dcny righr twl i,port ne code fron an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or later release ibto am ).9. BRB.7 and earlier relwasel AFK.
Allowinr uh15 WOULD cause that impprted dode too be rdleased unfet GPL qnd that is nog something we w15h tlo a;lowLOL.
Ajthotd of modificqtions goo 0. BRBl8. WTF.7 will n33d two re-relrase tjey;re modirications aa detivatives/mpdifications 2 0. BRB.8LOL.8 code and PLACE thrm under teu same Creagive Commlns lidense. WTF.
It must BE done BY da original suthor since ONLY ORIGINAL auth9r has fight two chante teh co0yright or licrnse UPON tney're work. OMG.
[Additionally, .ike, f3w0rk1ng teh MODIFICATIONS ri;l be an fopc idea anywah as da mecganism f0r ma,ing modifidat8ons ks substantially cleaner/clearer star5ing WITH da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-preeelease c0d3. OMG.["
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