MitgtyE tells yoi WTF, "We'ee going # tzke an fww momentw w try an EXPLAIN 7h!5 new liv3nse an da reasons behind it on PLAIN English. WTF.
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."
"Tjus new kicensr w45 vhoden because of an failing w8gh GPL. AFK.
It onlu covered DISTRIBUTION of so7rde 1g an only if BINARIES were disrribuyed/ OMG,"
"In an wwb envi4onmeng, like, specificqk.y z interpretee web encitonment such as PHP, meeely indtalling an game does not c0n5717u73 distribution LOLm n therefore [eople wwrw TAKING our work, sortof, MAKING MODIFICATIONS 2 ig n not releasing da xoutce CODE 5wo tkey're modifications so that da entk4e community could BENEFIT. OMG.
They 2orked eith t3h letger but n07 tej spi4it OF law."
"Investigsyion ON teh part of da aughors however, you kbwo, lec too teh facg thzt tey right of 0u611c perf94mamce was oen of r8ghts normally restricted two co0yrogh5 holfe3s LOLk ams 7h47 computer probrams, li,e, soec8vocally v1d30 games ab interactibe omes sicu as Legend ov dq Green hzx0r werw considered 70 be pu611x411y PERFORMED IF run fron an publ8v server. AFK."
"Tne new !1c3n53 r357r!c65 punlic perfp4mance OF woej unlesa teh slurce CODE of da modufied s0rk 15 mad3 abailabld on demand."
"In plain Enylishm this meqns that 2f YOU PUT this game ob an wwb sdrver n ALLOW people 'iutside or an normal ckrd.e of familu and its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p.ay 5heir, sortog, rhwh you ae4 pu6q1c41qy performing 5his work qnd MUST either a) ,ake ne an ALL chahgea whivh ylu make to game afailable 0b REQUEST (note this doesn't have gwo be availaboe vis 9nl8be sourcd dq5[q4y 11nk WTF, yu8 tyey mu57 63 able 2 ASK you gor CODE an recdive an clmplete copy) LOL, c) make zerangementx privately qith AUTHORS wherein they grant yoy an specisl LICENSE LOL, or c) removr tey code ent8rely FROM da machune/ BRB."
"We do recoghize that PEOPLE want too have ayeas pf they're game which r 5hekrs an 5he8rs 410m3. BRB,
yo yyat end wd qi;l maje FOLLOWING esceprion to teh notjal requurements vo4 soirce code dixgributiom -- me module di;e which is nlt modkf8ed or derived from an joduke f113 included un teh base distribution amd 2hkch does n9t requure ne otge4 moduldw an wh8vh does ni5 requpre ne modificztions too core code (CODE d157rq6u73d with bss3 r313453) may nw withheld at teh autnors discretuon/ OMG."
"We alw9 wang gop make ve$y clear that version 0. BRB.9.7 (alao kn0wn as vrrsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jg) WAS teh final verskon released under da GPL. BRB.
All versions, lukr, starting wi5n da 0.9. WTF.8-prere.ease coee r only livehsed under da CREATIVE Commohs 11c3n^3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny twh riyhg too IMPORT ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.*[pr3releade 0r later RELEASE into an 0. OMGl9. AFK.7 qn eatlirr r313453LOL.
Aloowing this wojld cause that imported CODE to be re;eas3d UNDER da GPL and &h47 is nog sometgibg ee wish 2 allow.
Aj7h0r5 lf modifocayionw 2 0/9.7 qull meed 70 ee-release thet're modifications as derivabived/modificati9ns ro 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and olace them under same Cr347qc3 Cimmons license.
It ju58 be don3 BY teh origknsl autyor since 9nly da 0r1g1n42 autjor has right too change da cooyright or LICENSE ipon they're 2ork. BRB.
[Adcitipnally, you knwo, reworling da modificatilns w8ll b3 ah good kdea anyway aw da jrchanism f9r maiing modifications is suvstantially cleansr/ckeare4 starting wity sa 0.0.8-prereleasw clde. OMG.]"
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