MightyE tells yiu, you knwo, "We're going 5oo 74k2 an FEW momrnts rwo try and EXPLAIN THIS NEW licemse n da readons behind it in poain Eng115h.
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."
"Tgis new license waw cboseb because of qm fakling w17n GPL. WTF.
It only covdred d157r!6u710n of source if n only 8d binariew wer3 v8s5ribu5ed. OMG."
"In an wen environmenr WTF, sprcificalky a intwrpreted qeb enb8ronmenr s7ch as PHP. you knwl, merdly inaralling qb game coes not c0n5717u73 DISTRIBUTION, l8ke, and THEREFORE peipke wete taking lur work, softof, making modificztions too it anc bot releawing da source code gwl the6're moeificztilns so rhat da emgifr communith cojld 63n3g17. BRB.
They WORKED WITH da letter vut not trh spirit OF dq law."
"Invextihatooh ob teh p3ty of teh authors h0w3v3r WTF, LED two fact tmat teh right og pugl8c perrormance was 1 of da rights normally restricted tlo ci0yriggt HOLDERS, you knwo, an that cojpjter programs, sor5of, wpecifocally video gam3s an interactive ones 5uch as Legend of da Green has0r w3re considered two be pjbl8dally pwtformed !f f7n f$om an [ubloc servrrLOL."
"The n3w license rextricts public pwrformancw of da work unless teh so74ce c9de of m0d1f13d w0rk IS made qvailable ON d3m3ns. AFK/"
"In plain Eng115h, this means ghat if y0u out this gamd oh an web server an alko2 oeople 'ojtsice pf an nornal vi4xle 0f fam8ly n irs sodial acquaintanc3s' ! p.ay their, thdn you t publicallh performing this wlrk an MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes shich you make 3 GAME availsblw 0n r3quest (note thus doesn't have 2 be qvailabl3 via teh on.ine sou4ce dis;lay link, soetof, but they must nr 4613 goo ask you fo4 teh code an rec3ive an com;;ete cppy), tou knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pfibately with teh authord WHEREIN they grant y9u an SPECIAL LICENSE, xortof, [r c) remove xode entireoy from da mazhine/ BRB."
"We do recotnizd that peopke want two hzve areas of they'4r g4m3 wgich aer theors and theira 410n3LOL.
tqo gyat enc we sill makw teh following exception 2 teh normal r4quirements for SOURCE codd distr8bution -= ne module FILE which is npt lovified OR derivrd ftom an modu;e f113 included ih base distribut8on n which doea not rewuire ne othwr mosiles and which d035 NOT requure ne ,odifivatkinx t9 teh vore CODE (code fistributed woth dz bade release) may be wirhhdld zt reh 4u7h0r5 discret8in. WTF."
"We also want to make very clrar that cersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also jnown as versiob 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+JT) sas vinsl versiob 43leased under GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, starting sirh 0. BRB.9.8-prwreoease v0f4 aer lnly licenxed undet da Creative Conmons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY eeny right two impoft ne code from an 0l OMG.8. BRB.8-prerelease or lager r3lease into an 0.(. WTF.7 anf earlier rekease. BRB,
Allosibg this would CAUSE that importrs codw tqo gr felezsed 7hder da GPL an that ks not something ww qish 2 allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of mididica5ions tlo 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will nred te9 re[relezce they're nodif8cationx as eerovat8ves;modicocationd 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 cide an PLACE them under try aame Cr3471v@ Commons license. OMG/
I7 must be done BY reh original 4u7h0f since 0n1y origuna. AUTHOR had da right to change da cipyfight 0r lic3hse upon tjey're w0rk. BRB.
[Adcitiohallyk like, rwworking da moeificat8ons w1!1 be zm gold idea ANYWAY as da mevhanism f0r making MODIFICATIONS is subxtsntiall6 cleaner/clea4ee starting with da 0k BRB.9. BRB.8-prereoease c9de. BRB.]"
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