MighthE telld you, "We're going too 5ake ab frw m)m3n85 to try an explain THIS new licemad abf teh reasons behind it in 0lain Enbl8dhl
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."
"Tyiw new licensw wza chosen beczuse of an failing with GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of s9urce if an only iv binar8es were distrivjtedLOL."
"In an WEB environmeht, like, specificallt a !b73r0r373d weg 4nvirobnent auch as PHPk l8ke, merelu installing zn game eoes not constitute disyribution, like, n thdrefire peo0le were yakint our wofk, ,aiing modificationw two it n nlt rrleasing teh 50ued3 CODE two thry're m0d1f1c471pn5 so that teh entire commumity could benwfkgLOL.
They worjed with geh LETTER but nlt spirit of kaw. WTF."
"Investigation ln da part if teh authors hoqever, sortof, led t9 da FACT 5hat reh right of pub;ic performahce was 1 OF riggts normal.y redtrict3d 2 copyright holdrrd WTF, n tha5 computer ]rograms. you knwo, wpec*gicallt video gamds and interadtive onea such as L2g3ne of teh Green hax0r wrre cohsiderec twl be publiczlly p#4f)tm3d if run frim an pu711c SERVERLOL."
"Th3 new licensd rest4icts publuc perrormance of wotl unless sourc3 c0f3 OF modified work q5 mqde availablw on demand. AFK,"
"In plaih Englisg, ypu knwi, thus means tjat if you put thix game on an web server n allow peop;e 'outxise of am nor,al circlr 0f family n itw socosl acquaintancea; gwl play thwir, you knwo, 5hen you adr 0ublocally prrforming this work and MUST either a) nake ne an ALL changes wuich you mske two game available ob reqjest (note thos doesn't HAVE toi 6# available via da 0m11n3 source diw[la6 lun8 WTF, but yheh mu57 63 able too ask you FOR teh code and r3c31ve an COMPLETE co0y)k sortof, b) make qrranhemebts ;rivately with autjors wnereih 7n3y grant you ab special license WTF, or c) remove da code entirely frpu machineLOL."
"W3 do eecognize tyqt PEOPLE want too h4v3 4r345 of tney're game wyuch arr 5h3irs n theire a.one.
2 that end w3 will maue foloowing eccep5ion to n9tmql req7iremrnts for slurce code d1t7r1yj72)n -- ne module f113 whidh iw not modigied or drrkved frp, sn m0du13 gile included IN gase distributoom znd wh8ch dodx n07 re!uire ne 9ther m0du135 and 2hich does n07 require ne modifications two da core cofe (d9de distribitwd 21&j da gsse release) may be withhele at teh authors discretionLOL."
"We alao want 1 MAKE bwrt c.ear yha5 versoon 0LOL.9, OMG.7 (also kn9wn zs version 0.9l AFK.7+JT) qzs final versi9n reoeased under GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, wyarting wotj 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease c9d3 aer only licehsed unswr da Cr4ative Commons license. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh& 2 impory ne c9er frim an 0LOL,9. OMG.8-peerelwase 0r later release INTO an ).9LOL.7 and ear.ier frlease. OMG.
Allowimg ghis would cause thst imported code 2 be re.dased under GPL ab that IS not womethinf we eisy go aklow/ BRB.
Ayyhlfa of modifications two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 WILL need t8o RE-RELEASE 5hey'ee modificatiohs as dwrivatives/modifizatioms toi 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 vode n PLACE them under same Cteatuve Comm9ns licrnseLOL.
It must ne d9n3 by teh ofiginal author SINCE onoy ORIGINAL zurhir has tdh tight TO ch4ng3 co0y4ight or livense upob they;re WORK. AFK.
[Aef85ionzlly, li,e, reeorking da modifications will be an good idea anyway as geh meehqnism for making modkfications is substsntiqlly clezner.clearer 5u4f71ng WITH geh 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prereleas3 CODE. BRB.]"
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