MightyE TELLS y9uk sprtof, "We'r3 g9ung 2 TAKE an few moments go 7e6 znd explain tnie new lic3nse an da reasond behind it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 w45 dhosen necauxe 0f sb failing with teh GPL.
Iy only coveeed d157e16u7!0n 0f source if an lnly if bimafies w3re d8stribuged. AFK."
"In an web envieonmebt WTF, spwcifically a in5erpreted web envoronm3nt such as PHP, merely instaloint an game eoes not constitite distribut8ob LOL, n therrfore p3ople w3re gaking our work LOL, MAKING modificztions twi i5 wn not re.eqspng tej sourxr e9dr 5o they're modifications 50 that entire commubity could benevit. WTF.
THEY worked with lertwr but not tey s[irit pf da law, AFK."
"Inved4igation 0n PART of da authors how3ver WTF, 13d two fact thar da righ5 of pjblic petformanct was won of rights hormally restricted to c0ptr1bh6 h01d3r6 LOL, an THAT computer pr0gt4mt WTF, specifically v1e3o ta,ea an inyeractofe ONES suvh AS Legend od Green hax)r eete consideted to be pjvlicslly pefformee if RUN from an publuv server. OMG."
"The new licens3 resyrocts PUBLIC performancd 0f wotk UNLESS source code of MODIFIED work is made afailagle 0h d3m4bd. AFK."
"In plaun English, like, this meahs thzt iv ypu [7r 7h15 game 9n an WEB SERVER and r110w oeople 'outsode of zn normal circle of fzmily and its aocial acquaintances' 2 play their, yo7 jnwo, then YOU ser pu611c411y p3rg-em1ng thiw work n MUST either 4) nak3 ne an ALL changes which u0u make too ea game available om requeat (n073 this doesn't have 2 be available v14 yey online soyrde diwplat libk, sortof, 6u7 THEY muxt be able tl ask you fof da CODE an receive an complete c0py), like, b) make rrr4ng3j3n75 pribagely skth authors wherein they grant 69u an xpwcial licensek or c) 4emove code 3m5qt31y f50m teh machin3."
"Wd e- r3cogbize 5hat pdpple w4n7 2 have areas of rhey're GAME which r THEIRS an theirs alone.
tol that end we WILL male foklowimg exce[gi9n to teh normal requirements for SOURCE code distrivition -_ n3 module file wnich iw nor modifiec or de48ved from an modu;e file INCLUDED ib da bas3 d8s%ribugion n which does not requiee ne 9yher modulfs an which does not reqjire ne m0d1d1c471pn5 to core cod3 (c9de diwt4ibutef with da BASE rel3ase) jay ve wi5hheld at ajthlrs dixcretion. BRB."
"We alwo wqn5 tpo make vrry cleaf that vetsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.u (qoso kh0wn as VERSION 0LOL/9l WTF.7+jt( was da f1n41 version relraswd under da GPL. WTF.
Aol verwions LOL, starting wiyh teh 0, WTF.9.*-;re4elease cpd3 r onlh lucwbsed under Cr3471v3 C-mm0n5 licenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY deny sa r8ght 2 import ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pverelezse 9r lzter 4eleaae ingo an 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 n earli3r r3leaaeLOL.
Allowing tyis qould eause THAT 8mported c0d3 two be rdleased und3r teh GPL and thar is not something s3 wish gwo aklowLOL.
Authora of modificatiins two 0.9. WTF.7 wiol nerd 2 re-rekease tyey[ed m0f1f1x461)n4 as derivatives.nidificayions 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n place 7h3m und3r teh same Ctestive Com,lns licemseLOL.
It must BE done by ofiginal authof since onlt geh original AUTHOR has da RIGHT to dnabgr copyright OR lucense UPON theu're workl AFK.
[Acsitiona;l5, loke, edw9rking modidications will be an g0-d 8dea anyway as jexhanixm for making moduficztions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqner/clearer starting w*th da 0. OMG.(. OMG.8-prerelease x9dwl BRB/]"
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