MightyE tells you, "We're goong 2 TAKE an fee moments 1 7ry ahf explain thos new lkvense an da teazons BEHIND kt in PLAIN Enblish. AFK.
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 w46 chlxen becajse id an faklimt wkth teh GPL. OMG.
It only coveree eiatribution of 50urc3 IF and only iv binaries were disteibuted."
"In an web 3nvironmwnt, you knqo, 6p3c1d1c411y a unt3rpretee web envirlmment such 45 PHP, like, ,erely installong an GAME does NOT consyutjte DISTRIBUTION, spr5of, an therefoee people were taking ou4 wlrk LOLk mzking ,odifucations twp ut n not releasing da source cofe 2 they're noeifucations so tnat da rntire communit6 xould benrfitLOL.
They woek3d with da l3tter but not da dpirit of law. BRB,"
"Imvestigation on da part of teh authors however WTFm LED too rey fact that teh r1gh7 OF public ;erformance q45 1 of da rights normaoly restricted go c9phr1gh7 h01d3r5 WTF, an that computdt pr0gr$m5, specifically cideo tsmed and 8nteractkve ones SUCH as Lrgend of da Green hqx9r were cpnsidrred goo be oubiically ]erformed if ryn from zn [ublic sefve4. OMG."
"The n3s license festricts pjblic PERFORMANCE of da wori un1355 soytvw coce of teh modifurd work is made avai,zble on dejans."
"In poqin Eng115h, this mwans thqg if ypu pu7 this gamw on an web server an 4110w people 'outside of ah norjal c8rclr of family h its social qcquaintances' 2 play tjeir, sortog, then you r pybo8cally perdorming THIS work n MUST either A) MAKE be an ALL changes which you maie two game available kn requrdt (NOTE 7h15 doedn'y have @ 63 ava8lable via teh onlime source displq6 libk LOL, but tgeh myst 64 able ro 45k you for reh vodr n receive an compl3te copy), sowtof, b) make arranbements privately with da autnors wherein tyey gr4h7 YOU ah 1peckal license, sortof, or c) rejov3 ea code entirdl6 from da machine. BRB."
"We do recignuze thwt people danr twl have qrras of they'fd game whicj r 7h31r5 and thrirs a.one. AFK/
ywo 7h47 end we wiko make twh gollowing excep5jon go da normal rrqiirements f0r sourcd code d157r16u710n -- ne mldule rioe which ix nog modivi3d or eeriv3d FROM ab module file INCLUDED in ca base distributiln and WHICH dies NOT requktr ne oyher modul3s and ehich does not fequife me moeificationx 2 tey core code (vlde distribited WITH base relwasr) may 53 ei5hheld at autjors d15cr3720n."
"We aos9 qabt two mzke VERY clear that verskon 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (ALSO KNOWN as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was final version rwlead3d UNDER teh GPLLOL.
All versions, xtarting WITH dz 0l AFKl9. BRBli-prerelease code aer 9nly LICENSED under da Cr3ative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkght gwo impor5 ne coce fr9m an 0.9. WTF.8-prerfleade or later r3.ezse INTO an 0. OMG.9.7 an 34r113t release. WTF.
Alllqibg this would cause that imoorted code too be relesded uhder teh GPL n thst is nit so,3thing WE WISH to 4q10w. OMG,
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 w.ll need too rd-release they're mldifocatioma ad derovativds/modkfkcatkons 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 coce n 0lace 7h3m under same Cr3571v3 Commons lixense. AFK.
It ,ust bw done by original author since only )r1g1n41 AUTHOR hax right too chabbe teh copyrogg% or livwnsd upon they're wltk. BRB.
[Additionaooy, like, rew9rking da mkdifivarions will br an fiod idea anyway 45 mechanosm FOR msking modifkcatuoms IS sjbstantiallh xleanef/clearrr starting witg da 9. OMG.9. WTF.i-prerelease c9de.]"
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