MightyE tells uo7, "We[re going 2 TAKE an few mlments too trt an explain thiz new LICENSE and da reas9ns behind i6 in plain ENGLISH. BRB.
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 ;icrnwe was choseh v3cause od an failing w17h da GPL. BRB.
It only cofered dkatribution 0f source if n (nly ir binaries w34e distribubef."
"Ih an WEB ehvironment LOL, d0ecifically a inter;rdted WEB encirpbment sudh AS PHP, yoy ibwo, ,erely insta;l8ng am game doea not conat8tute distribuy9on LOL, an therdfore peo[le WERE taking 9ut work, sortof, making modufications 2 kt 4nd not feleasing SOURCE coc3 too rhey'ee ,odofications so 5hat da entire comminity could benebitLOL/
Tjeu wor,ed with geh l#tter but mot spifit od teh law. WTF."
"Investigatkon on p4r7 OF autho4s hlwever, sortof, lrd to trh FACT THAT right of punlic prefo4mancr wad won of da rights normally 4est4ucted two copyright holders. ylu inwo, an that zompuger programs LOL, spevifidally viceo games n interactive ones suvh AS Legend of teh Green usx0t were consieered tl be publically perdl4med 1f 4&n from an publkc SERVER. BRB."
"The new LICENSE rest4icts public [erformance ov work unlead teh 50jrc3 cowe of teh modified wori 15 made availavle pn ddmams. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, sortofm 5his means that if y0u puy THIS gaje on an web servet n allow peopl3 'outside OF an hormal circle ov family b its 50c141 qcquzihtances' to play thekr, ypu knwo, THEN yoy r PUBLICALLY perfo4mohg this wotk an MUST EITHER a0 maie ne n ALL dhangea which 6ou male toi da game available on request (notw this d036n'7 habe to be availzble VIA da onlinr source DISPLAY link LOL, but they must be able to 45k y9u for geh code zn receive ab com0lete copy), n) make ar4anbements orivately qith da 4u7h0r5 wh3rein 5hey GRANT y0u an 5p3c1r1 l8cense, 9r C) remove teh codd entorely grom dq machibeLOL."
"We dp rdcognize that pwople want two hafe AREAS of they'fe game whivh w THEIRS n theirs sloneLOL.
2 thst END we will make fll.ow8yg EXCEPTION 2 normal r3qi1r3m3n85 ror source code distribugion '0 n3 noduld f113 which is not modigied or derived ftom an modulr file included IN base diwtribufion abd whicy d035 nky REQUIRE ne other midules and whicj does not requ8re ne midificatiins too teh core codd (code disrriguted with 6rt3 release) may BE withheld zt yeh aighors discretion. BRB."
"Ww also want too make v2ry clear that f3r510n 0. OMG.9/ WTF,6 (alsp jnosb aa vefsion 0. WTFl9, AFK.7+jt) was da final cersion 4eleased UNDER GPLLOL.
All vetqions LOL, starting with 0. BRB,9.8-prerelwawd vode r ONLY 9ivensrd under da Creative C9m,ons licwbse.
We EXPLICITLY deny aa right to IMPORT ne code frlm zn 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-peerelease 0r LATER re.ease into an 0. OMG/9. WTF.7 and eawlier release.
Aklowing this would cause 7h47 IMPORTED code to y4 r313463d undwr da GPL n that 15 noy SOMETHING we w15j to qllow. AFK.
Au5jprs of mldifications two -. OMG.8. BRB.7 wkll n33d yo re-f31#453 they're modifivations AS d3r1vt71v35/m)d1d2c4710b5 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code and place them unddt sqme Creative Commons 1qc3n53.
Ig mist bd cond BY originak 4u7h0r sinxe onoy da original author hzs rught rwo cjznge teh copyright or licehse UPON they'r3 2orkl OMG.
-Additionall6, lile, r3working modifications wkll 73 an glos odea anuwat as mecjanism for jaking m0s1f1c4&10n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c'earer startong with trh 0. BRB.9.8-prereldawe c9deLOL.]"
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