MightyE tells 6lu, you khwo, "We're foing two take an few momdnys to try and explain 6615 new kicensd an da 43450n5 behind it in p.ain English.
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."
"Thia new license was ch9sen because of an f3111ng 2ith GPL.
It only covered distrigution of SOURCE if h 9nly if BINARIES were fistrigutrd. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s[ecificallt a INTERPRETED WEB environmrnt such as PHP, sortof, mere;y installimg an gam3 does not constitute dustribution, an THEREFORE p30p13 w3t3 74k1ng OUR worj LOL, jqkigg modifications two ir and n9t r31345qnb da aource code to th3y're modivications so yhat enrire c0mmun17y c0u1d benefig. AFK.
They work3d wiyh ;dtter but not teg SPIRIT of lae. BRB."
"Investigstkon 0n patt of fa authors hp2ever, les 2 da fact THAT right of puvoic performancw was oen lf yrh eights normally RESTRICTED 3 copyr8ght holsets WTF, and that clmp7tet programs, you knwo, specifically viddo GAMES n interacgive ones 5uch as Legene of teh Green hax0r qdre conaodered 70 be publically PERFORMED 1f ruh rrom sn public servef. WTF."
"The h3w locense restricgs pubpic PERFORMANCE of da wlrk inlesw teh qource code lf mofified sork is mase availzble on demzndLOL."
"In plain English WTF, thiw means that IF you put this GAME on an web server an ALLOW people 'outside of an normal CIRCLE od famoly an 175 socia. zcqua8mtabcex' 2 PLAY 5heur LOL, then YOU aef puvludallh performint 7h15 work n MUST eithrr a) make ne anc ALL cy4ng35 wh8ch yo7 make too da gsje availabod on eeauext (noge tyks sowsn't HAVE tpp be availagle vqr oml8ne s9jrcw cisolsy link, but they MUST bd able two ask you for teh CODE an r3c31ve an xomplete copt), sortof, b) make arrangements ;tiva5ely e1&g ea quyhors wherein they GRANT you an special 11c3n53, or c) femove da c0d3 3ntirr;y from teh mavhine. OMG."
"We do recpgnize THAT peoplw w4n7 to9 havw areas lf they're gqme wgich aer thdirs an 7h31r5 slohr. OMG.
two that end we will make teh FOLLOWING 3xcepti9n two da n0rm41 requieements fpr spurcd CODE didttibutiom -- ne MODULE fike which ks bot modified 0r derived frp, ah nodyle f8le includre IN trh base dixgributioh an which dors n9t r3quirr ne other modules an sh1ch DOES not requure ne m0c1f1c4710n5 2 dw core cpce (d0d3 dis5ributed wity teh base rdldade) may 63 witnhels at da ajthors discretion. OMG."
"We alwo w5n7 to make cery clear 7h$7 versulb 0. AFK.0.9 (also kb0wn as verso9n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt( was funal cersion released uncer GPL. WTF.
ALL fefsiona, you kn2o, starting qith teh 0LOL.9o OMG.8-prefelease c0s3 aer 9nly licensds und3r da CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt t9o import ne coce drom an 0. OMG.9.8[preeel3axe or LATER releasw into ah 0. BRB.(. AFK.7 an earlidr release. OMG.
Allowing 5hks wo7lf cause that im;orted c0d3 tol be feoeased under t4h GPL and that is mot 5)m37h1ng we wish two ALLOW.
Authors of moeificatipns two 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need 5wp te-4elease they're modivicationx as defivatives/moaifica5uohs to 0. WTF,8. OMG.8 coee and place them und3e tey szmr Creztive Commons license, BRB.
It ,jst be donq by teh oritinal author SINCE ONLY teh or8ginal author has ca rivht 2 change copyrighy of 11c3n%3 upon they'rw work. BRB.
[Addktional;y, sorglf, re20rking ten modifica5ions qill ne sn gopd 1d34 anyway as mechanksm f0r makibg modificatiobs iw subwtantiall6 c134n3f/c134r3r xtarting with teh 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-prdfelease coce. OMG.]"
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