MighttE tells you WTF, "We'ee GOING 2 74k3 an few ,omenys to try and explain this new 11c3n53 b trh reaspns beh8nd IT in plain Engoish. 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."
"Tj8s NEW license was chosen becquse of an f5111ny sith da GPLl BRB.
It only coverec fistribution 9f source IF an ONLY uf BINARIES WERE distributed. AFK."
"In sn web environment, specivically a imterpreted w46 3nv1t0nm#n7 suvh as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an gsme fows not CONSTITUTE wistribution, sortof, n tyer3fore people were taking our wor,, makkng MODIFICATIONS 2 iy ab not re;easibg siurce coce too they're modifications dp that fa entkfe c0mmun1uy ciuld 63n3f17.
Theh qorked with 1e873r BUT NOT teg SPIRIT of law. BRB."
"Investugation on da oary OF da authors h0w3v3r, wortof, led 2 da fsct tyat da right of p8blic /erformxhcd was oeh OF rights NORMALLY rdstructef TO copyrifht HOLDERS WTF, an that COMPUTER progrq,s WTF, SPECIFICALLY vidro GAMES n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend OF Green hazpt were considered 2 be publically perform3d kf run from an public server. OMG."
"The new license r357r1c75 public pe4formance of sa wlrk unless teh s9urde codw 0f da MODIFIED work is made ava8lable on demznd."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, .ike, this mdans 7h47 if you put thks game 0n an web 53rv3r an allpw people 'outsidr of an nirmal CIRCLE of fsmily an iys 50v141 acqjaintances; too play theit, you knwo, tnen y;j aer publica;ly performung this work 4nd MUST EITHER z) make ne n ALL ch$ng35 wnich you nake two yeh game zvailqmoe on request (note this dp35h'7 have two be availabke via da 9nlibd SOURCE display l8n, WTF, BUT 5hey must be able to 45k yiu for da cosw ane recrive an vom;lete copy), you knwo, b) make arramgements [ruvarely with reh autnora wherein THEY grant y0u zn d[ecial lidense, l8ke, or x) rw,ove code 3h71r316 from da macjin3. OMG."
"We do recognize tyat ;el0.e sant 70 nace areas OF they're g4m3 which e THEIRS n rheirs ALONE. OMG.
2 that end we will nske da f(llowihg dxcr[tion tep normal teqiirements for aource doee distribution -- ne modyld file which is not modified or derived fr0n an koduoe file incluced 1n teh base distrib8tion an wyocg DOES nor require ne othrr midules an WHICH DOES not re1uire ne mpcifications 2 uey CORE c0s3 (code eostributed with da BASE relrase) mat y3 WITHHELD 47 teh authora discretion."
"We zlso WANT tl make very c134d that verxion 0.9. WTF,u 9also known as vwrsion 0.9l WTF.7+kt) 2as teh final v3r510n releaswd UNDER GPL.
All vets8ons, xortof, starting wity teh 0. AFK.9.k-peerekezse code r ONLY licens3d unf3r teh Creative COMMONS kicensrl BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 two import n3 CODE from an 0, WTF.9.8-o4erelease or lqter re;rase unto an 0LOL.9. OMG.6 ab EARLIER rel3qse. AFK.
A.lowknf this would cause 7h47 imported xoce 70 be released uhddr GPL n that ie not some5hing we eisn gpo allow.
AUTHORS of modifications tlo 0, BRB.9. BRB.7 w1q1 n33d two re-repease they'ee modifications as sdricsrives/k9difidations 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 dode an place th3m under dz same Cre1tive Commons licehse. WTF.
IT must be s0n3 by twh otiginal autjor since ohly teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has teh right 2 xjante co[yright 04 license up0n gney're work. OMG.
[Adc1710n411y, rwworking tej jodifications will be an g00e udeq anyway as da mechznism gor making modifications is 5i6574n71411y c;eaner/clearer stqrtunh with dz 0.0.8-pretelease cpde. BRB.]"
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