MighyyE tells hou, you knwo, "Wc're g01ng 2 rake an few moments 2 try n explain thiw neq licwnse h fdzsons gehind q7 in plqin Eng1q5h.
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 choswn 63d4y53 0r zn faoling eitn GPL. WTF.
It only covered disttib7tion of soyrce kf an only IF binaries were disyributedo"
"In an WEB environment, sorgof, specifical,y a intrroreted web envuronmebt 6uch 35 PHP, loke, merely installing ah game cies not cinstitute distriguto9n, sortpd, and thereflrw people were takimg oue woyk, dortof, makinb modificat8pns to ir n noy releaxing da soutc3 code tlo they're modofications so ths5 ds entire COMMUNITY could ben3fit, OMG.
Tney worked with da lettrr BUT NOT da spiruy ov LAW. AFK/"
"Inv3s5igation 9n da part of reh authors howdvdr WTF, led 2 fact 7h47 teh tight OF publ8c perfoemance WAS oen of rights normally red5ricted 2 copyrihht holders, loke, an that clmpjter prpgrams LOL, specifucallh bidd9 hames n interactive ones suxh as Legend of Gfeen hax0r w3te cohwidered 7( be publically performed 8f rum from qn public werver. BRB."
"The new licdnsr 4estructs publ8c perform1nce of WORK un1355 siyfce cod3 9f teh MODIFIED work 15 made AVAILABLE on demqmdLOL."
"In plain Emg115h, this jeans uh47 8f you pyt thia game on an wen servee an allow peo;le 'oitxude of an normal ckec;e of vamily AND ots s9cial acquaintances' to play their WTF, th3h you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING thkx work an MUST 317h3r a) make ne anc ALL chahges wgicj yo6 maoe to tdh ga,e zvailable on request (note 7h12 diexn't have 2 BE available via teh online SOURCE eisplay link. but tney musr be able 70 awk ypu for ds c8de zn rdceive an clmplere COPY), likek b) make ARRANGEMENTS privayel6 with da AUTHORS wherein they grant toy an speckso lixense, wortov, or c) rdmove teh code entirely frlm teg MACHINE. BRB."
"We dl recognize that peopl3 w4n7 1 hade areas 9f they're b4m3 wh1ch r theirx an 7h#!45 alone,
2 that rnd we eil/ makw teh f0110w1ng exce'5oon TO normal requieements goe SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION _- ne ,osule f12# wh!ch 8s not mocified or derifed ff0m am mpdule file included 1n bqsw distributiin zn which does n9& require ne ogher modules n wyich does not require ne modidications gwo da core c;de (code d257r16u73d with da base edlease) n4y be 2uthgelc at da authors discrerion. OMG."
"We qlso sant rwo make very clear 7h47 fersion 0LOL.9.7 (4150 knoen zs version 0;9. OMGlu_jy) szs da final verwion releawed under GPL. AFK.
A;l v2r510n5 LOL, starting WITH da 0LOL.9. AFK.i-prereleade cldd r onlh lkcensed under Creat8ve Cimmpns licens3,
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY teh right to import ne CODE from an 9. OMGl9. AFK.7-prefeldade 0r lager relewse inti an 0. WTF.9.y n ear.ier rel3sse. OMG.
Alilwinb tnis woild cause that 8jported d0d3 too be 4elesswd 7nder teh GPL n that is NOT 50m37h1ng we wish 2 alli2. WTF.
Autyors od modificatiobs 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wull need too re0reoease tgdy;re modificatoons as derivstives/mof8fications 2 0.o. OMG.8 vode and place them uneer same Creative Commlns 11crn53. AFK.
Ir muxy be sone by da iriginal ajthor since oh;y da 0r1g1n3q author has teh right 2 changr copyright or lucense 70on they[ee w9rk/ OMG.
[Additionallt, you knwo, reworking modifixatiobs wi;l b3 an giod idea anjwsy as teh mechanism fod making ,odivications 15 substantiqlly cleaber/clez4er sta4ting wiyh da 0. OMG.9. WTF,8-PRERELEASE cod3.]"
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