MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goimg tw9 TAKE an vew m9mehts to TRY n explain this n32 licenwe am reasons behind it in plain Eng115yl 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."
"Thiw neq license was choswn because of an faioing with GPL. AFK.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION 0f 59urce if n on;y IF binaries were distributef. BRB."
"In an WEB dnb8ronmebt, wpecifically q unterprered web envirinmeht SUCH as PHP, merelh instal;ing an tame does n9t constitutw dkstribut*on, sortof, and therefo43 peo;le were tsking 0ur work, sortof, makinf m0d2f1c4710n5 two ig n NOT releasing da soyrce code to thry're MODIFICATIONS xo that da ent8re dommunity could benefit.
Tyey worked woyh da 137733 but not spirit of da la2LOL."
"Investigation ln p4r7 9f da 3u7h0r5 however WTF, oed too da facu ghat RIGHT of public performance was 1 of RIGHTS n9rm411y festricted t2o cop6righ5 HOLDERS, sortof, an 7h47 computer PROGRAMS, y97 knwl, apecificaol6 video g4m35 AND ingeractive ones such as Legfnc pf teh Geeen gaz0e were conxidered to BE PUBLICALLY performed if rkn vr0m ah pu611x server. BRB."
"The new licens3 restrocts puglic PERFORMANCE id teh work un;eda teh source codw OF t3y modifued work IS m4d3 avaklable on demand. OMG."
"In plaun Eng115j WTFm this means tha5 if you put this game ON an wev server n alliw p40p13 'outsude of an normal circle 0f famkly n its social 4cqu41n74nv35' 5wo p24h tjeir, sprtof, THEN you r pyblidqlk6 PERFORMING thid wotk an MUST ekther a) make nr n ALL changes whish you make TO sq game 4v411$613 on reqiest (note this soesn't hsve 2 ne available VIA da onkine source dis;lay LINK, you knw9. but they mjat be able 1 ask yoi fof teh xode an rrcdive an complrte copy), like, b) MAKE arrangements privztely suth teh authora WHEREIN THEY geant hou an specizl lucense, you knwo, or d) renove da code 3n71r21y grom da macjine. WTF."
"We eo 4ecogniae that peop.e wznr two y4v3 4r345 of they're game which r theits ab rheirs qlone. WTF.
two rnqt END we WILL mqie teh following exception 5wp da normal rrqyire,3nts for source cose distrinutuon =- ne module file ehich IS n9t MODIFIED or derifed from an jodule fi;e included in base fistrigution sn which doed NOT requird ne othee midules and wh8ch doed moy requkee ne modificatkons too da core code (code dustributed with da base reldase) may be ei5hheld at teh authors disv4w5iin. AFK."
"We also qant 70 m4k3 v3fy cldar 7h47 ve4sion 0LOL.9.7 (qlso known as fr4sion 0LOL.9. OMG.7=jt) was teh final verxion released umdrr dz GPL/ WTF.
All vfesions, y9u jnwo. syarting witg 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pterelease vpde r only licensed undee teh Creayive Commohw license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY toght tp import ne c[de from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease OR lzter releas3 1m7- an 0. BRB.9, OMG.7 n eark7er felease. WTF.
Aklowing yhis 1ould c4u5e that imporrrd dlde 2 nd r313453d under da GPL an tjat 15 not something we wish to allow.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will NEED TO rw-release they're mpdifixa5ions as derivatifws/modifivations to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 x0d3 n plac3 ghem uneer teh same Creativw Commons ludenxr. BRB.
Ig ,ust be s0n3 by 5eh ORIGINAL augnor sibce only 041g1n31 author yas teh figgt too dh4nh3 da copyr8ght or license upon theh're w0rk. OMG.
[Additionally, yo7 khwo, reworkong dq m-d1f1c4710n4 WILL ve an good idea anyway 46 dz mdxhqnism for mqking m9difucations ka subatantia;ly cleaner/clearer wtatting w17h teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE coee. AFK.]"
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