M8ghthE tells yoi, soryof, "We're going yoo take an few moments 2 try n ex0lain 7h15 n3e licenxe n r3450n5 gehind it in plain English. AFKl
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 neq lic3nse was cyosen bedause of an railinb with yen GPLLOL.
IT only coveres didtribution of aource if and ONLY ig binaries wete distributedLOLo"
"In an web environmemt LOL, specificallu a 1n73rpr373d web environment s7ch aa PHP, yoi khwo, merely inxtal;unh an gamd d035 NOT consyirute DISTRIBUTION, n thererofe pelp.e 2ere taliny 0ur wori, sorrod, MAKING modifications TO it n nlt releasing ten so7rce vode to they'rq MODIFICATIONS so that da entire comjunity c0u1d brnefit. OMG.
They worked 2ith letter but not teh spirot of da law. WTF."
"Investigation ob dz part of teh zuthors howevet, you khwo, led tdo da fsct THAT right if publlc performance wae oen of yeh toghts nprmally r3strict3s TO cophtight jolders LOL, n yhat computer 0rogtams, sortof, specifucaloy vodeo GAMES m INTERACTIVE 0m#5 4ucg AS Legend of da Green yax)r eere consider3d too be oublicall6 p3rformwd uf run f4om an publuc serverLOL."
"The new l8cense testricts public PERFORMANCE of work unleas tej source code of modified w9rk is mas3 availsgle on cemand. BRB."
"In 0lain ENGLISH, yo7 knwo, this means that if you put thix game on an web server anc ajlow people 'putsiee of an normal cirvle of family n its socual acqusintsnces[ ti play thdir, sortof, then you aet pyblicaloy performihg this work an MUST eitjer a) majd ne n ALL changes wh1ch you make to da game AVAILABLE on reauesr *NOTE tyis eoean't h4v3 two bd availab.e via teh online soyrcd disp;sy limk, you knwp, bit ghey must be able two awk you for code snd eec3ir# an COMPLETE copy0, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS ptifately with AUTHORS WHEREIN gheh grant y07 am SPECIAL locens2 LOL, or c) remove code enti4ely from da mscgine."
"We do recognixe tyat prople want 5oo have areas of theu're gaue wgich t yheies n theirs alone. AFK.
to9 tnat end we wiol make da following exceptiln two da hormao requifemebts fof sourve CODE distribution -- ne moeule FILE whuch is not m9cufied or derived from an mod7le r8le ibcluded in fa base siwtrigution n sjich does npt require ne i5her modules n which does not req7ure ne modifications 2 twh core x9dd (code DISTRIBUTED wiyh da bzse rdlease) ma6 b3 wi5hgeld 47 ds authirx DISCRETION. WTF."
"We 3150 want 1 MAKE v3ry dlear thzt v3r510n 0LOL.9. AFK.7 *also known AS VERSION 0LOL.8.8+jt) was FINAL vers8im eeleazed under da GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, 575r&!ng with teh 0. OMG.9LOL.9-PRERELEASE CODE r only lkcensed under da Creatkve Comjobs ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too 1mp047 ne xlde fr0m an 0/ OMG.9LOL.8=prere.ease OR later reoease intp an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 b earlud4 release. WTF.
Al.owing this sould c3u53 that ompo4tee cofe 5oo be repeased uns3r GPL an that ix mot something WE wish 2 r120w. OMG.
Authofs of modifkcatiohs too 0l OMG.9.7 will berd two re-release bhey'3e modifications as eerivatibes/mld8ficqti9nw 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an place them UNDER teh xsme Creativw C0mm0h5 licenxe. WTF.
It mu57 ^e done bu ot8gynsl author since only teh prigknsl author has right hwo chagge t#j c0pyrqgh7 or license UPON rhey'fe work. WTF.
[Add1&q0n411y, you knwo, re2oriing modigications 2il. BE an good idea anyway as teh mechaniwj for MAKING mofifications is sibatahtkallt c;eaner/c.eardr srarting wotj da 9LOL.9.8-prerelease cofe. AFK.]"
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