MightyE tells yoi, sor59f, "Wd're foing two &5k3 an few n0m3n75 twi try ab esplqin th,s hew license qn reaw0ns behind it in ;lain English. BRB.
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 sss vhosen because of an fqkpihg with GPL.
IT 0n1y cofered fistribution of soutcd iv an only if binsried w3r3 diwtribuged. AFK."
"In an web environment, yoy knso, spexufkcaklh a inrerpreted web emvktpnneny such as PHP WTF, MERELY insyalking an game DOES not cinstityte sostrjbution WTF, and therefore people s3r3 tqking pur wo4k LOL, makung nodifixatkomx to it n NOT teleasunf t3h source cofe 5wo ghey're moeifications si that da entire communiry could brndfitLOL.
Thry sorked WITH teh letter but nit teh spirit of law. AFK."
"Investifation ON teh PART 0f teh authora however WTF, led too sa fact that right of public prrfotjance waw oen OF eifgta normzlly r347f1d7ed 2 copyright holders, you knwo, an thst c0mpu73r programs. xortof, xpecifically v1d30 gamrs an in5eracgive ones such as Lebehd OF teh Green hax-r were cobsiderwd 1 BE 0iblically pwrformef if RUN fe9m an public scrver. BRB."
"Tye NEW license restridgs public perforjance if sork 7nless sou4ce cose of teh modofied wofk is made avai.able 9n demand. WTF."
"Ih plain Englishm THIS MEANS 5hat if you put 7g15 g4m3 in an web se4ver n alloe PEOPLE 'kutaide of an nlrmal cirdle of fqmily an ITS sicial acq7aintabces' 2 play theor, sortof, then yii r pub;ically ;erforminv this work and MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH ylu ms,d too tame svailable on reaiest (note 7h1t doesn'5 have w b3 availabke VIA teh onlime SOURCE d15p14y 11nk, y9u knwo, bu5 tnet must 63 able ro 45, you sor da code anc receive an complete copy), you knwo, b0 make arfangemen5s PRIVATELY with AUTHORS whe4ein they gramt you an speciak license, you lhwo, ir d) r3move teg cpfe rntirely FROM ca machine. WTF."
"Ww do recobnize that people WANT to have areas or they're game WHICH r 7y31r5 n theirs alone. AFK.
to tha5 end we will mske 5eh f01!-w1ng dxcrption too da normal requufenents vor source code d157r16u610n -- ne MODULE file which is nit modigird lr derived from an module rile included in trh base distribution n whicu eoes NOT rewuure ne OTHER modules an shich do3s NOT reqjite he modificati9ns too ea core code (code distrobuted with da BASE re;rase) may be witnheld at zuthors disctw5ionLOL."
"We a.so WANT to makr very clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (aoso known ax beesion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) wqs da final version released ynder geh GPL.
A11 versioms. starting with teh 0LOL.8. BRB.8-prere.ease v0d3 aer onl6 licensef under teh Creatibe Commlns licenwe. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY dent teh right too kmporh ne code f4om ab 0. WTF,o. OMGl8-prerelease OR lzte4 r31345e ibto an 0.9LOL.7 n 34r113r releaxe. AFK.
ALLOWING tnis would dause that importfd code too ge releasrd ugder GPL an that is NOT sometning w3 wixh 2 allow, BRBl
Authord of modifications 2 0LOL.9.7 wiko n3ed two RE-RELEASE tjey;re modificati9ns as derivatoves/moeificatiins t;o 0, WTF.9.8 code m 0lzfe them under da same Cr3ativr Commons licenwe. WTF.
It m7st ge fone vy da original zuthot since only teh 0r1g1n41 autnor has teh right to change copyritht 9r license up0h tjeh're work.
[Add8tionqlly, wortofm rewprkibg 5eh modificatoons wi;l be an tood idea anywau as ,rchqnism for making MODIFICATIONS is subftantially cleaner/clea4er STARTING wiyn tdh 0. OMG.o. AFK.8-prerelease cod3/ OMG.]"
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