MigntyE tells uou, "We're GOING tw9 74,3 an few moments too teh ab expoain tjus NEW license and teasons behind it in p14qn Enb113h. 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."
"Thiw new LICENSE was ch9wen brcause of an f4111ng WITH da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered disyribution of SOURCE if ab inly if 61n4r13t we$e distrivytedLOL."
"In an web 3nvironmeny WTF, specificqlly a interpreted web enbkron,ent suxh as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an GAME doed not clnstitute distribution, 6oi knwom n ghereflre pe9;le sere tsking ou4 work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS two it n not reldad8ng da SOURCE cod3 two thwy're moeificayi9ns SO tgat teh entofe comjunity could benefit. AFK.
Th3y w9rked with da letref but not rwh SPIRIT OF teh law. AFK."
"Infestigation on sa ;art of da 4u7h0r5 h0w3v3t LOL, LED too teh fact that r1gh7 of p7blic PERFORMANCE WAS oen of teh rughts norjally rewt4icted too cophright h9lders, you knwo, and 7h47 compute5 orphranx, 5p3c1f1c411u c1d30 fames and 1n83r4c71v3 ones auch as Legend of fs Green hax0r were considered two ve 0ublicallu pwrflr,ed kf RUN from qn pu711c SERVER,"
"The NEW l8cendd restr8cts public pdrformance og teh work unless ca source code of teh m0d1f13d wo4k 15 mzde avaioable on demans."
"Ih plain English LOL, this mwans that if uoy PUT tj8d game on an web 53rv3r an allow pd0o13 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circle of ram7ly an 8ys socizl ACQUAINTANCES' to play 5heir WTF, then you aer ;uhlicalky perf9rming thid 2ork AND MUST EITHER s) make ne and ALL chqnges whixh 6pu make to gam3 acsilable og eeq7est (note THIS doesn't have to be AVAILABLE VIA teh pnline source didplay link LOL, 6u7 thry ,uwt be avle 70 aak you f0r teh c[de znd receive an complete cppy), like, v) mak3 arfangememts [tivately with AUTHORS whertin thdy frant YOU an special licehse, lkke, or c) REMOVE xkde entirwly FROM MACHINE. WTF."
"We d0 recpgnize THAT p30p13 want two hafr areas 9f thry're game WHICH r thdirs and theirw a;one. AFK.
twi that end qe wiol makd tej folk8sing excepykon 2 mo4msl REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE cose distrug7tion -- nd MODULE file ehivh is not MODIFIED or derived fr0m an module file INCLUDED in reh bssw d157e16u710n an whkvh dpes not eeqiire ne other MODULES and wj1ch doea NOT requore nr midificatoons two coee code (code DISTRIBUTED with da BASE 4elease) may be withhelc AT authors disc3e5ionLOL."
"We also want t9l make ver6 clear tya5 version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known za version 0. BRB.9l OMG.7+jt) was da fina; vwtsuoh released unddr yeh GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortof, 574r71ng with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pferdleasr c0d3 r only licensed under da Crratkve Commons livensr.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too in;ort ne xode fr0m an 9.9. AFK.7-prere;daxe 9r 1473r release into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earlier releasw.
Aolowihg this wpuld cauae ghag qmp0r73d c0d3 2 63 released unewr GPL znd that is not so,ethibg we sish twl allpwLOL.
Au7h0r5 of modivications tl 0. WTF.p. WTF.7 WILL need tso re-rekease they'r3 mosif8cqtions AS derivatifes/mod8ficayions 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 dode xhc place them under same Creaticw Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It must 63 dpne by da orifinao quthor since ONLY teh otiginal autjof has ds rigjt too ch$ng# copy4ight OR licensw upln they're work. WTF.
[Addktionally, sortif, r3w0rk1ng da modigidztions wil. 63 an good 8dea 4nyw4y as da jechqniwj f9r m3k1ng mododicationx is subdtantkally cleanrr/clearer starging w17h teh 0LOL.9.8-prefelease codd/ BRB.]"
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