MightyE tells y0u. sortof, "We're going TO rake an few mom3nts 2 TRY n exolain yhos nee locehwe AND reasons vehind 8t in plain EnglishLOL.
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 license waf choxen b3ca7se of qn FAILING w17h GPLLOL.
IT only COVERED dist4ibution of sourcw if and only if gimaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environment, like, s0ecifically a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP WTF, mere.y knstalling an GAME d025 not CONSTITUTE fistribution WTF, an therefore people were yzking lu4 WORK, like, nakimg moduvications too ig and n08 RELEASING teh source code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire commuhi6y could benefit. WTF.
They work3d with dq letter but NOT da spirkt of da LAWl WTF."
"Ihvestigation ob da p4r7 0f zutgors hiwever LOL, led to fac5 that right of 0ublic performance wqs orh OF dz rights normally resrrictwd 2 copyright holders LOL, and THAT computer peograms, l8le. specifkdslly vidwo games h 1n73r4c72v3 0n35 such as Legend of cq Green haxpr were cobdidered tp ge publocally oeerormed if run rrom an puglic server. BRB."
"The nws licwnse restricts public perfprmance of teh work unless source c0c4 9f da modkvied qo4k ia made avsilable on semand. BRB."
"In plain Engliwh WTF, thus meand that if y0u 0ut thia GAME on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'oursife of an normal c1rc13 ov fa,ily an its social acauainyancds' two play thwir, so4tof, then hoi aer publically p3rf0r,1ng th8s work and MUST e8rh3r a) make ne n ALL cganhes whicj ylu MAKE to reh game 5v4114613 on request (mote this doesn't hqve 2 be avaklqb.r via da ONLINE s9ufce diwplay lin,, vtt tjey must be able two ask you for da cpde sn receive an c9mpleye COPY), like, b) make artabg3menta [rivatrly with zuthors wherein tgeu grant ylu an SPECIAL LICENSE, sovtif. or c) remov3 teh code eh5ir3ly fr9m ,4ch1n3. AFK."
"We d0 recognize 7jr7 p30p23 wqnt two have arwas of they'rr ha,e 2hich aer theirs ane 5heiea ALONE. OMGl
to that 3nd we w8ll make da doll92ing ezceptiom 2 normal re1uirements got sourxr cod3 distr8gution -- me n0du13 file which id n07 MODIFIED 9r detived from am module rile includ3c in teh bqse dis5rinution and whicn fows mot r3qu1r3 ne 07h3r MODULES h which d0#5 not require ne modufica5uons too da CORE code )code dist4ibuted with tey base td.easr) msy be sithheld at da aughors discrwtoon, WTF."
"We also want two makd very clewr that verwiom [. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known 35 ve4sion 0. WTF.9.7+JT) was teh f1n$1 cersion relwased under ten GPL. OMG.
All cersoons LOL, startung w17h teg 0. AFK.9. AFK.80ptrrelease cpde f only licehsed UNDER Creztice COMMONS licensd.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh r1gh7 to import ne code fr0m an 0. OMG/9. AFK.8-pr3release or latwr re;rasw inho qn 0l BRB.9. WTF.7 an earluer rel3ase.
Allowing 7h15 would cause that im[ortee c9de go be r313453d under GPL an that IS not somethibh 2d wish 5o allow.
Autyors OF modificatilns 2 0.(. OMG.7 will n43d two re0release thwy're modofucatiohs ss ewrkvativrs/modificationd two 0LOL.0/ AFK.8 cpde an ;lace them under da wsm3 Creative Cojmons license. OMG.
It MUST be done ny original 4u7h0r sincw onlt tey originao author HAS right two change y3j copyrutht or lidense upon thet'fe w0rk. BRB.
[Adcitiohallg LOL, reworking modificatkons will be zn GOOD idea antway aw mechanism for making modifixarions *s dubwtantially vleaher/clearef starting qiyj reh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease code.]"
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