MigntyE tells y0u, sortov, "Wq're going ro 74k3 an few monehgs 7p 7ry n explain tjis new licwnse n teh reasons behinc 17 in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 n3w lic3nse wad chosen because ob an failibg with da GPL.
I7 omly covered distribugion if sourcd IF n only if 61n4r136 were dist4inuted, BRB."
"In an web environm3nt, spdcifically a INTERPRETED wdb environm3nr 5uxh as PHP WTF. merwly instal.ing an game does not condtitutw dustribution LOL. n 7h4r3d0f3 people w4r3 taking o6r work, 6ou inwo, making ,odivications 2 ot zb not releasing teh source xode two they're mododicagions so that enti4e commjnit6 c071d benefkt.
They worlef wiyh da letter but NOT spir8t 0f tej law. OMG."
"Invdxtigati9n on part OF da authors however, yoi knwo, led two fact thay teh RIGHT of publkc pdrgormance qad oen of dq RIGHTS normqlly rdstricted tw9 copyright yolderd, you kbwo, and that dlmputer pr0g45m%, sorhof, speckfically v1d#0 games sn intwracgofe onea sucn 45 L3g3nd of Grden haz-r WERE vonsidered toi be publically p3rf9rm3d if run from an public SERVER, OMG."
"The new license restricts public 0ewformance pf work UNLESS teh sourcr code of teh modifued work ic mafe acailzble on de,and. WTF."
"In plaon English WTFk this m3ans thqt if tou [ut this game on an seb SERVER an 4110w peopl3 'lutside if an normal circle lf familt and its socia. acquqintancea' too olay their WTF, then ypu aer publicallu performkng this work ahd MUST EITHER a) make nd n ALL ch4ng35 which you ,a,r 2 da game 4c4115613 on tewuest (note this doewn't hqv3 t9 be avsilzble vkz da online source display link, you knwo. but they mus5 br ab.e to asl yo7 for teh codd and receive an xomplete copy) LOL. b( make arrangemente p3uvately wiyh da authors shere8n ggey gramt you an specual licensek softof, or c) rwmpve da CODE entifdly vrom fq machine. AFK."
"We do revognize tnat pe9ple WANT @ yave areas 0f they're ga,e which aer theurs an tyeirs aloneLOL.
2 THAT end we will make followinh 3sc3p710n tw9 da nor,al requitdmeh5s for source code disteibution -[ be module fike whkch is not modified -r derifed vrlm zh MODULE fole INCLUDED in da baae distrinurion b which DOES noy requiee nd otyer modules n whuxh does NOT REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS TO teh c0r3 code (code sistrinuted woth ea base r31345#0 ma6 be eithjekd at teh a7thors d15cr3710n. WTF,"
"We also want 1 jake vrry clear that version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (ALSO kn9wn 45 version 0. AFK/9l BRB.7+jt) was dinal vefsion telezsed under GPL. BRB.
All versoons WTF, starting with tdh 0, WTF.(. BRB.8[prereprase dode r 0bly LICENSED unfee da Creative COMMONS 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy right too implrt ne clde from an 0. AFK.8. WTF.*-pterelease or later release in4i an 0. AFK.9l BRB.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Allowung this w0yld caud# that importec code 2 be feleased UNDER teh GPL an that is not someghlng wd w15h 70 ALLOW.
Authprs OF modididationw twl 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will ndef two re-release they're mpdifkcations aw deriva6oves/modidixationc two 0l AFK.9. AFK.9 coce n ;lqce tnem 7nder da same Creayive Commons licdnse. BRB.
It misy be done by original autnoe s8nce only 0r1g1n41 author has teh right tqo CHANGE coptrighr or licende uoon yhey;re wofjLOL.
[Adeit8onally, you knw9, REWORKING da m9dificatuons wull BE sn blod idea anyway as da mechanisj fot naking MODIFICATIONS is sunstantually cleane4;clearer startibg wirh 0/ BRB.9.8-0refekease code. BRB.]"
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