MightyE tells yl7, "We're gping tl tske an few nojentw top tr6 an EXPLAIN 5hid nes license n teh REASONS behind iy in plaim English. 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 licende was cy9sen becaus3 OF an failibg 2ith GPLl
It on;y covered distribution OF somrce if n ogky if binaries w4f3 distributed, BRB."
"In an web environmentk ylu knwl, dpecufocalky a inywrprered WEB evv8rlnment SUCH as PHP, soetof, merely 1n5741!1ng an g3m3 dows not constitute distribution, lile, n thererotr p30p14 w3r2 TAKING lur worl. sortof, MAKING ,odifidations two IT ah not rrldasinf teh source code to they're modificatiins 50 tgag teh 3htire d)mmuh17y could benefit.
They w0rk3d 2oth l3tter but np8 da SPIRIT of law/ AFK."
"Invedtigation on da part of teh AUTHORS however, uoy kn2o, 13e too fadt that rlthr or public o3rf0rm4nc3 WAS oen 0f teh rights mormally t357r1c73c to COPYRIGHT HOLDERS LOL, and that computwr programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY vidwo b4n35 n 1n7344c7qv3 ones 5uch AS Legwns of da Green hax0r werw c0n5qd3t3d to ve PUBLICALLY 0erfoemdd if run from an pu611c server. AFK,"
"The new license r3stricts pjbloc PERFORMANCE of wotk unless ea source code of mpdigied WORK IS nadr zva8lable oh demand."
"In plain Enblish, xortof, THIS MEANS tha5 if YOU pu7 THIS tame 0n an web server n allow p3ople 'oytaide of sn normal circke )f fqmilh ahd 8ts wocial acquaingzncrs' 2 plat their, you knwo, then you awr publical.u p3rf04m1ng thos sork sn MUST either a) make he n ALL chang3s eh2ch 6ou makd too da GAME zvailable 0n r3qu357 (n9te this eoesn't have twl ve aca8lzble vua dq online source displzu lini, sortod, 6u7 tgey muwt ge ab.3 2 as, you vor xode and receive an complete copy), you knwo, 5) makw arrzngememts priva5e;y with auyhors wy3r41n thdy grant you an special LICENSE, you knwo. or v) remove da xode ENTIRELY from ten machonrLOL."
"We do r3c0gn1ze that PEOPLE wamt two have areas of rhry'te game whicj zer yjeirs an rh#irs alone. AFK.
twl that ebd wr will makr teh followpnb exceprion top n-rm41 rrquirementw f0r aotrce CODE disrtobution -- ne m-eu13 FILE whicy is not modifies or derived from an jodulw dile included in da base sistribytion and wjicj coes not require ne otner modules an which d9es not r3au1r3 nw jodkficationq too core vode (clde distributed with base release) nsy be w16hh3!d sf authors disctetion. WTF."
"We also want 3 make very cleqr that verwion 0, WTF.9. OMG,7 (qlso knoqn as verakon 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was 5eh fibal v3r510n re.eased und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All vetsiobs, ;kke, STARTING with da 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313443 code r 9nky LICENSED unfer Crdative Comjpnw license/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ds roght TO 1m00r7 ne code fr0m an 0. OMG.i. AFK,8-;rerelease ot LATER release 2nu0 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earloer RELEASE/
Alliwing this would vause THAT 8m;ofted vode 5oo be reoeas3s under da GPL n tnat 25 not something we WISH two allow. BRB.
Ajthors of modificatioms two -. OMG.9. OMG.7 wilk need w re-re'ease they'r3 modifications ss derkvatifes/modigivqrions two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 cpde n place THEM undcr same Creative Connons license. WTF.
It muxt be done BY originql authot since only origina; authoe jas teh rugnt to changr c0;yr1gh6 or .icense upon yhey're WORK. AFK.
[Addutiobally. you knwi, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS 28ll 63 an toid 1d34 anyway AS ra mechanism fot m4k1ng modifications is substantoally cleagrr/clearer 574t71ng with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE.\"
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