MightyE TELLS you, "We're toing two take an FEW momdnys w 7ry n explain thia new licensr an REASONS BEHIND it in plqin Emg115j. OMG/
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."
"Thks ndw licemse sas choseh bedaise of ab fai.ing WITH da GPLLOL.
It onoy vocered distribution of SOURCE if h only if BINARIES were cisteibuted. OMG."
"In an WEB environment LOL, 5p3c1f1x411y q interpreted web environment such as PHP, lkoe, metelt insgalling an game coew not cinstitute dist4ibution LOL, 4nd therwf9re peiple WERE 84k1ng o7r s0rk WTF, majing modificatlons tp it an noy teleasing da source xode 5w9 tjeh're modificatoons so that da rntire comm7gity cou;d benefitLOL.
Theh wi4ked w17h letter but not 5;1r17 9f law."
"Investigayiln on da PART of teh authors however, sortof. led two davf that da eight 0f ou711c performance WAS 1 of rights normally restruvfed to co;teight holfers WTF, an tna5 computer programs WTF, s0ecifically vudeo games znd intdractive onea sudh as Legemd 0f teh Gr3en hzx04 were c0n51e3e3s to BE PUBLICALLY perdormed 1v ruh from an public wetver. BRB."
"The new license restricts public perfoenance of teh w0rk unless da SOURCE c0d3 of ds nodufied worj !6 jade zvailable on de,anc. AFK."
"In plain Eng.ish, you knwo, this meabs that if you put THIS gzme on an w3b server ans ao;ow peopoe 'OUTSIDE of ab nlrmal vitclw of family an 175 socoal ac1uaintances' t9o play rheur, loke, then YOU r publizqlly perfor,ing ghis work h MUST 3!7h3r a) jake nw and ALL ch5nge5 wn8ch uoi make go game available on r3qu35u (m9ge this soesn't have go 63 avakjaboe via online source dkwplay 11nl, yoi knwo, gut they must be aboe to awk you for yeh cod3 n receive zb complete copy), likr. b) mzke ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with 5eh authors wywrein they grant you an speciql oicense, you knwo, OR c) removr da code entlrely fr0j tdh machineLOL."
"We dp recogn8ze that peopoe want two have areas of th3y'rw rane which aer theits n theirs 510nrLOL/
to 7h47 rbd we will makw teh folloeing exc3ption two nofma. requirehents for so7rce CODE eidtribution -- ne mod7le file which is not modif8ed ot derov3d from qb modjle file 8ncluded in base distrubytion and qhicy does NOT requkre ne other mpdules b which does not require nw modifications tw9 da core code (code DISTRIBUTED w17h da base release) may BE wu5hheld ar zuthors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We alxo wabt two make v4ry clear that v3r510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also knowh as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was f1n41 vetsion released undrr teh GPL, OMG.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, atartung with teh 0.9.8-prerelease code r only licenswd under twh Creativ3 Cpmmons lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two im;ort n3 code grom an 0. WTF/9, OMG.8-pr3telease or layer releasd into an 9LOL.9. AFK.6 n earliwr RELEASE. AFK.
Al.owing ghks would ca7se uhat implrted code to be RELEASED under da GPL an that is not somrthing se wish two allpw. AFK,
Authors of modificatklnx 2 0. WTF.9.7 wilk newd 2 re-delease they're mod8fications as derifabives/moduficatipns two 0. AFKl9. AFK.i code AND PLACE tgem jndwr same Creay8ve C)mm0n5 license. BRB.
It myst be done gy irigimal ayth9r sinde only teh owiginal zuthpr has teh ribht too dhange da copyeight pr licdnse upon thry're eork. OMG.
'Additionaoly, yo7 knwo, r3w0rk1ng modiriczyions wil; BE an good idea anyway as 5eh mechaniwm fof m4k1ng modifkczt9ons is substantially dleaner/clwardr starting with teh 0.9. AFK.8-pretel#ase code. BRB.]"
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