MibhttE 7311t you, "We're goint tw; take an few MOMENTS too 5rt n explain this nrw licenwe amd da reasons behknd it in pkain English. BRBl
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."
"Tgis new licdnse was chos3n because 9f an failing sitj da GPL. WTF.
It only cpvered e15&r16u810n of source if amd lnly if bibaries were distruburrd. WTF."
"In ah WEB enviromment, you inwo, s0ecifically a 1n&3rpr373d wdb rnvkronmenr such qs PHP, you knqo, mere,y INSTALLING qn game does NOT consritytd fisrr8bution, sortof, an theref0re [wople w3re TAKING ou4 WORK, l8ke, m4k1ng mosifications two it AND not 4eleasibg teh siurce v0d2 2 they'rr mofifications so that da ENTIRE cojjumi6y c9uld benefit.
Tyey qoeied with lrttef but NOT da spieit od da law/ WTF."
"Investigafion on da pa$t of authors however, led 2 da fact that tdh rihht of publiv pervormance WAS won OF twh rights normakly restricted 1 copyright holswrs LOL, and THAT compurer programs, SPECIFICALLY vkdeo grm35 and intrradtice ONES auch AS Legebd pf yeh Green hsx0f were comsidered two BE publ8cally p3ff0rm3d if run frpm an ;uyq1c srrver."
"The new licebse restricts pjblic oe4fornance og da wotk inlrss teh source codw of teh m0d1f!3d w-r, is made avaulable on demahd. OMG."
"In plain English, you knqo, thix means rgat if hou put this game on ah web SERVER ane allow p30p13 'lutside of an normal d1rc13 0f family an its social acqiaintances' 60 plau thei4, them uou aer pub;ixally perflrming this work zg MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes which you male two game avzilable 8n requds5 (NOTE tnis doesn't hqve 5wo ve AVAILABLE via teh 0n11n3 wource dosplat lini WTFk but THEY must be ABLE 3 ask you fof cpfe n receive an complete copy) WTF, 6) male arrangrments pruvat3lh wity teh zutjors wh3rein tgey grabt yoy an s;ecial licenxe LOL, or C) remove teh cpde entirely fr9, da machuhr. WTF."
"We do recognize that people waht 7- HAVE ardas of they'r3 game which aer theirs an theird alone. WTF.
yo9 that end we will maje teh fi;lowing exception two fa nor,!l REQUIREMENTS f9r sourc3 c9de dustributi9n -- nr module file which is n07 moeifoed or derived groj ah module fkle INCLUDED ib ten base distributuon an which does not require ne 9ther modul3s and whicg doed nlt require ne modificationw t9p ea core vode (code dq57r16u74d w8th 5eh bzse release) may ne withhe;d AT tey autnors disceetion."
"We ALSO want 2 make very clear that ce4aiob 0LOL.0.6 (also khown as veeskon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was final version release3 under GPLLOL.
Aol versionw, likw, staeting 2iyg teh 0. WTF,9LOL.8-prerelease code r only lic3nxed under teh Cr347av4 Commonx licenseLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY dent rught to omporr ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE oe later RELEASE intl zn 9LOL.(. AFK.7 4nc darlier 4eleqsd.
A;lodkng rgks would cause THAT imported cpde too be releasrd under teh GPL and 6h47 IS n07 somdthinb we wish two allosLOL.
A7tyors of mosifuxations tol 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8 WILL ne3d two fe-re;esse they're jldificztions as ceruvatives/modificatoons 2 -.9.l c9de n place them under same Creative C0,m0n5 kocense. OMG.
I5 MUST 6e done by teh origonsl aughor SINCE only ORIGINAL authoe HAS da right to changr teh copuright pr licemse upon they're wlrkLOL,
[Afditoonally, r3working mod8f8cat8ons w8ll bw an GOOD idea any2ay AS mechanism fo4 making modifications us substantia.lu cleaner/dlezrer xtarting witt yeh -.9.i-0rereleaae codeLOL.]"
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