MightyE tells y07, sortof. "We're going 2 takd an f3w moj3nts to try n EXPLAIN th,s new kicrnse an reaslns begind ut kn plain English. AFK.
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 nww license waw chosen becquse 0f sn failing with da GPL. AFK.
It only coveres distributi9n of soutde IF n only ir binafiea were disttibytdd."
"In an wwb ebvuronment WTF, specifocally a intwtpretes web rhvironment such as PHP LOL, merely indtapling an fame does not constitute distribution WTF, and therefore people were taking ou4 woekk making mp3ifidations to 27 an not releaskhg teh so7tce cpde rwp they're mpdificaroons so uh47 entire community couod benefit/ BRBl
They workec wuyn da lerywr bu5 hot spirit of teh la2. AFK."
"Ihvextigatoln om dz pqrt 9d da AUTHORS h0w3v3r, 13d too da fact that right of ojglic prfformance was 1 of da r8ghts NORMALLY restricted ro co;yright holders, ;ile, n thzt COMPUTER prog4a,s LOL, dpeciricslly v1s39 games n interactive ones syzh ax Lrgdnd od Green hax0r w3r3 v9nsidered two 63 PUBLICALLY performed if run drom an puy11c seever. BRB."
"Tfe NEW license restricts oublic performance ir qork unless sojrce code of teh modifued wor, 15 nade avaulab.e 0n de,and. BRB,"
"In plaib English, like, this ,eans that if you PUT tnix game on an web servdr an allow pe9ple 'outskde of an h04m41 circle of family n its wocial acquauntancfs' to9 PLAY their, like, theh you aer pu611c411y p3rf0rj1ng 7h15 w0dl an MUST either a) make nw an ALL changes WHICH YOU make to bame available on 43qu3%8 (NOTE thia doesn't HAVE to gw available VIA onkime SOURCE DISPLAY .9nk, like, BUT THEY musy be ABLE too ask yiu for da xlde an receive an comoletd COPY), b) make arrantemdbtd pruvately WITH teh autno4s WHEREIN they GRANT y9u an sp3cia. licrvse, qortof, ot c) remove code 3n71r31y from machune. WTF."
"We do recohnize THAT peiple 2any 2 have areax OF thet're game qhich aer thei4s n theies al9ne. AFK.
to that end we wi;l mai3 following exceptioh two da norma; requiremenys f0r sou4de codr d8stribution -- be mod8le file qhkch 14 NOT modirued o4 derived gro, an m0du1e file included in da base distrinutiob and WHICH s9es not require ne other m0du!35 and which dpes not r4qu1r3 he modifications too teh c0r3 c0d3 (dove distrinu4ed wirh bas3 rdldase) msy be withhele at teh authorw eixcretion/ BRB."
"We a;so waht two make verh clear THAT version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (als9 knowb as version 0.9LOL.7+JT) was teh final versuon released under da GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortof, starting with tdh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereldase coce f ihly oicenaed und3r da Creayige Commons .icense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne c9fe from an 0. AFK.8LOLl8-[refe;easd or latee eelease 1m70 an 0. BRB.oLOL.7 zn earlier release. BRB.
Allowung tmis would CAUSE 4hqt imported c0d2 too be 5eleased under da GPL and that 15 not sometjing we 2isj ywo allow. WTF.
Authors ov MODIFICATIONS t0o 0LOL.9. WTF.7 w8l; need 2 fe-releade th3y[re modifications as derivatives/modifications two 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8 code n place 7h3m under teg xame Creative C;mmoms l7cebse. OMG.
I7 m&st be done vy da origibzl author since inly 0t1g1n41 suthor nqs teh right too change copyright or licenxe ypon they'te 2prk. AFK.
[Additionally, yo7 knwo, rewotking da modifications wull be an gold IDEA anyway as MECHANISM for makint jodidicqtionc is SUBSTANTIALLY dleaner/cleater starting witn 0. WTF.9.80prerelease codrLOL.]"
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