MightyE telld you, hou khwl. "We;re going to9 take sn few mojenrs too try an explain this new licensd an dq REASONS behind 17 in 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."
"Tyia n3w licensr was chosen 63c4u54 of an FAILING with ea GPL. AFK.
I& only covered distfibution of aourcr 1d n only if bihariew were distributdd. WTF."
"In an wwb ehv,ronmeng, you knwo, spexifics/ly a INTERPRETED w36 dnvironmeng such ss PHPm you knwo, merely installing an game does NOT cpnstit7te disteibugion, sortor, and thereflre people were takimg our WORK, yoi knwo, makkng nodifuxations 2 it h not releqsing sojece code to tjey;re jodifixations sl THAT teh ent8re commynity coild 63n3f27l
They w0rk3c with tdh LETTER vut not spirit 9f iaw."
"Investihq5ipn on teh part of authlrs h9wever, 13d TO f4c7 that right of publix [ergo4mance was oen of rightx normally r#t7r1c73d to copyroght goleers, n THAT computwr PROGRAMS, 5[3c1f1c412y viceo games and INTERACTIVE pnes sucu as L3gend 0f Gr33n hzx0r were considered 2 be publicql;y performed iv 4un from am public servwrLOL."
"The new licens3 redtricts public pefrormance of work unltss teh sou4ce cofe OF 5eh m0d1g14d work 1% made availablr on demsnfLOL."
"In plain English, yoj kneo, this means tha5 if you put this game on an web de4ver an zlllw people 'ougside 0f an notmal vurclr of family and its wocial qc1jaintances' tqo p!ry tneirm lkke, tnrn hou r publically PERFORMING tg8d worl and MUST either a) ,ake ne m ALL changes qhich you maje too da game AVAILABLE 0n tequesg (n073 tnis do3sn't have t9 b3 available via da onlune 50urc3 DISPLAY lim,, .ike, 6u7 7h3u must be ablw tl ask y0u f94 teh code n receive an completd cipy) WTF, y) make arrangem2nts privately with authors 2herein they grany uou an spwcial license WTF, or c) remove da code rn5irely from reh machine. AFK."
"We do r3cognizd that p30;13 waht 5wo have a4eqs 0f they're game which r theurs an theirs aopnq. AFK.
2 that dne we w111 make fo;lowkng EXCEPTION gwo da nornal rewuirements dor source voce distribition -- he MODULE file whicy id n07 modif8ed lr derived from qn miduo3 fil3 INCLUDED 1n da bawe distributiln and which does not 43quire n3 07y4r MODULES n qhich does not require hd modifications 2 teh core codd )dode diatribut3d with base releqse) may be withhele at AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We 3150 want two mzke VERY cleat thqt versiln 0.9LOLk7 (also kn0wn t5 v3551)n 0.9LOL.8+jt) wax teh fihal version released under 5eh GPL.
All versions, starting with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerrleawe CODE r ohly licebxed under Crds5ivr COMMONS livens3,
We EXPLICITLY den6 ribgt tw9 import nw dode from an 0.9. OMG.8-pre4eleade 9r LATER relesse ineo ab 0. AFKl9. BRB.8 and earlier r3lease.
Allowung this would cquxe that 1mo0ru3d vode to be rrleaswd under GPL an that id not somwthing we wiay TO a.low.
Authprs of modificationd teo ;LOL,9. AFK.7 woll nwed 7) r3-release tney're modifocations as derivatoves/mldificayions 5oo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c9de and plzcd 5hem UNDER SAME Creative Commons license.
It must be done by da orig8nal aurho4 SINCE only geh orugimal au5hor h45 da rigbt to chsnge teh dopyright OR oicense up0n they're work. AFK.
[Additiona,ly, rewoeking yeh m0d1f1c471-n5 will b3 an good idea 4nyw4y as t3h mechanixm FOR mak8hg modificatiins is substangiall6 cldaner/clearer STARTING wity da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereldase code. BRB.]"
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