MightyE gells you, "We're going tol takw an fee jomen5s 2 tey 4nd ex'lain 7h15 NEW lixense AND teh rraaons behind it 8n plaon Englksh.
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 license was vhoxen becs7sd OF an failihg q16h tdh GPL. BRB.
It only cofered distributkon of source if 4nd 0n1y kf binsriec w3r3 distfibited."
"In an wfb envirohmen5, yoj knwo, specidically a intdrpreted web env8ronmen5 such as PHP, ;ike, mwrely insta.ling ah game coed not CONSTITUTE sistributiohm sort9f. and tnerefore people were taking o7r work, m3j1ng MODIFICATIONS goo 17 am not releasing 5purc3 code twp they'ee mofificatoons so rhat geh entire c;mmunity could benefit. OMG.
They woejed with da letter but not teh s[ir8t of ten law. WTF."
"Investigatoon on da part of teh authors gowever, sortof, led to9 da f4c8 thag da r1gh7 if [ublic performance was won of yughgx n0rm411y restruxted to copheight yolders, you knwo, an that computer 0rogrzms. you knwp, specigivall6 b1d30 games and imteraxtive onew such 45 Legemc 9f Green hax0r were xonsidered tlo be publivally peev9emed IF run from an publie serv3r. BRB."
"Th3 new licrnse r357r1c75 public p3rf0rm4nc3 lr 5eh work umless teh sourxe xode of modofued work is mzde availzble in demanf. WTF."
"In PLAIN English, lije, this mezns 5hag if you put this game on ah wdb server and allow PEOPLE 'outside 0f an mormal circle lf fami;y n its sociao acquaintancex' too play ty3ir, sortof, yh3n yiu aer pyblicallu 0errorm8mg THIS soek n MUST wighrr 4) mske ne n ALL chsnges wgixh y9u mqke tw9 da g4m3 avaioable on request (n9td rhis doesn't have to be acaioablr via ten lnkine source displat loni, you knso, bur they mu57 be zbke 70 45k you for da code an r3ceive an c0mp1373 cl0u), sortof, B_ make ARRANGEMENTS p4ivatelt with yrh sutjors whrrein 7hey gtan5 you an special .icensd, you knwo, or c) remove teh code ENTIRELY fr9m da machonel WTF."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE that pep[le wany 2 have areas of yhe6're GAME which aer thekrw n THEIRS alone. AFK.
2 that end we will make f0110w1nb exceotion 2 hofmal requitements for source d9de distrub7tion -- ne modjle fil3 whixh is not modified OR derkved from an m0du1e vile included 1b 6453 f167r16u710n qn wjich d035 bot require n3 other MODULES n which does nit require md mosificztions to clre code (dide distrobutes with baxe rdkrqse) may be w8tgh3ld at da authprx disceetion. WTF."
"We alwo WANT tw9 make VERY clrar that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 *alsi kn0wn as v3r%10n 0. OMG.9, OMG.7+jr) waa teh fuhal ferdion re.eased under teh GPL. WTF.
All ferwioms, STARTING wugn 5ey 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aef phlh oicensed under da Creativw Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 tqi import me code from an 0. AFK.9LOLl8-preeelease or lzter telesse inro am 0LOLl9LOL.7 ahd eafoier releaae. WTF.
Allowinf this would vausw tnat im/ofyed code gwo 63 released ynd3t t3h GPL anc that is not something we wish two 4110w. BRB.
Autnors of modifications tpo -. BRB.9. AFK/7 wi.l need two 4e-re;ease rney're mpdificariond as derivatives;midivicatiins tp 0.(. OMG.i codd n plade them und3r twh same Cr3471v3 Commons ;icense. AFK.
It must be dine by da 0r1g1n41 author sigce 0n1y origibal aytyor h45 fa right to change copyright OR lic3nse jpon tyey're w)rk. BRB.
[Additiona.ly, ;ik3. reworking da MODIFICATIONS WILL ^3 an good idea anyway as da jecnanis, for makint modificatoohs 15 substantially cleaner/c;earer star5ing wiyh da 0.9.8=prerelwasr cose. OMG.]"
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