M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "We're g01mg yo take an FEW nomdnts w try 4nf 3xplain this new ;icense n teh reasons vehinv it in pla8n Ehhl8sh. WTFl
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 ncw kicense wad chosen becquse of an failing with twh GPL. AFK.
It onoy cover4d costribytion of sourcr 1f and onoy if binaries eere dodtributed. OMG."
"In an web enviroyment, like, specificall5 a intefpreted wrb envu49nment SUCH ss PHP, you knwo, m3rely inw5alling an game dods not CONSTITUTE didtribution WTF, an 7h3r3f0re people wer3 yaking our wprk, you knwp, making modificatolns too i5 n no5 releqsing da so7rce code too the6're mod*fications so 5hat da ENTIRE community COULD benefit. AFK.
They wor,ed 2ith ldtter but nlt da 5p1417 OF .aw."
"Ihvrst8fatiin on teh part 0f dz aithors however, lkke, led to ydn fact thag fifht of PUBLIC perfotmance 2as orh of rights nofmall6 rdsteicted 2 copyr8ggt holdersk soryof, and thzt compjter ;rograms, sprtof, specifically b1d#0 GAMES n onte4acrive 0m35 5uch as Legens of da G4eeh hzx0r were comxiddred two 63 publically performes if run vrom an public server. AFK."
"The new l8cense restricts public ;3ef0rm4bc3 of da w9rk unlesx teh source code OF modified 1ork is jade 4v4114613 ln d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain English. 8h1% ,eams that 1f yoy put this game on an web server an alllw pelple 'ojtx8de of an normak c1rc13 of family and its social ac1uaintancew' 2 plqu yheir, like, tn3n yoj e oublicaloy perflrming this work an MUST 317h3f 4) MAKE ne n ALL changew wj1ch y9u maje twi tame available on REQUEST *not3 7h14 doesn't yave w be qvailable via teh online source DISPLAY lunik you knwo. 6u7 they just bw ABLE to ask hou foe da c0e3 n receive an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangemrn%s 0rivarely with geh ajyhors sherein thwy gr4n7 uou an special LICENSE WTF, or c) r3m0v3 da x9de engorely from tej MACHINE. WTF."
"We do reckgnizw thst people want two g4v3 areas or they're game whkch e 7h3!r5 n theirw 410n3. AFK/
2 that end we WILL m4l3 follosing EXCEPTION yi ds normal requirements for spurbe CODE didrributiom =- ne m0du13 FILE wh8ch IS hot modified pr der8fed from an MODULE fkle included in teh base cistributupn n which d035 n07 requi4e ne other moeulex and WHICH dles not requure ne modkfications to teh c0r2 codw (dode dkstributee with gade relczse( mzy be withh3lc at da 4u7h0r5 dkqcretion. AFK."
"We alxo want two make very cldar 7h47 version 0. OMG.9.7 (ALSO inown qs verxion 0LOL.9LOL.&+JT( was final verakon reoeased under GPL.
All c3r510n5, sortid, starting witj da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelrase dlde r on;y ;icensed undet teh Crwative Commlna license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY c3ny teb right yo i,[oft ne code feom zn 0. OMG,9l BRB.8-prerelease OR later rrlease ibto an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier eeleaweLOL.
Allowing thiw w(uld CAUSE that imported code to BE releawed under GPL n thst is not somerhong we wisn tio allow.
Auth9rs of m0d1f1x4710h5 goo 0.9. WTF.u 2il. neef 2 RE-RELEASE they're modifocations 45 d4f1v472v35/m0d1f1c4710n6 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.* CODE an placd thwm UNDER t5m3 Creqtive Co,mons livensel
It must be eone 6y 0t1g1n41 author sknce on/y original suthor HAS RIGHT tw9 chamge c9;yrighg or oicrnse u]om they'rr work. OMG.
[Additiinal.y LOL, reworking modifivations wikl ge an g00s idea anyway as mechan8sm foe ma,inf MODIFICATIONS is substant8a;ly cleaner/clear3r starting 1ith da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-;retdleasd codr/ AFK.]"
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