MightyE tells 6pu LOLk "We;r3 goihg too TAKE an FEW m0m3n66 too tru 4nd explain thia new licehse n reasons behinc it 1h plz8n English. 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."
"This new license qas chosen because od an failkbg woth GPL. OMG/
It onlh cocered distribution of sourc3 8f n only 1g binaries were dustributed. AFK."
"In an WEB environmebt, specif8cally a interpretrd web envirobmebt sych as PHP, you knwo, merely 1n56r111ng an game does nou conshitutd DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, n therefore pr0p13 were ta,ing 0jr WORK WTF, ,aking MODIFICATIONS two it an not r313451ng wa SOURCE codd to9 tyey're modificat8ons wo that ca 2n71e3 COMMUNITY could benevit. WTF.
Tney woekef with da letter but nit teh spirit pr ea 14w. WTF."
"Investkgati9n on teh parr of ajtho4s however WTF, led yoo fact that r1gh8 of PUBLIC perrormance was win of da rights nptm411t restricted too co0yright nolcerw, sottodm n that c0,pu73r ptograms LOL, specifically vid3o gamex qn interactive ones such 4y Legend of Gr3en yaz0r were considered 2 be publkcally performed IF rum from an publib aerver. AFK."
"The new license r357r1c75 0iblic perf9rmance OF da wprk inlrsa slufce CODE 0f teh m0d1f12d WORK IS made AVAILABLE ON semand. OMG."
"Ib llain Emglish, yo7 knwo, this MEANS ghat if you puy 7h15 game ON an web SERVER and allow people 'ougside 0f an normql circle of famoly an ITS spcial acqiaintancrs' tlo play their, yiu knaoj THEN y0u ae4 ;ybkivqlly oerforminf this w0rk n MUST either a) MAKE h3 4nd ALL CHANGES WHICH ylu m4k3 2 game available in r3wuest (note this dlesn't have to; 63 available VIA da online sourcd DISPLAY 11nk, like, bur they must b2 able to qsk you for code anc receivr an completw cppy_, you knwo, b) make arrantfments pruva5rly with authoes wnerein they grant ylu am speciak license LOL, i4 c) remove da CODE entirely ffom da m4chqn#. WTF."
"We do r3c0gm1z3 that people want to have rr345 of 5hey'fe tame WHICH r rheiea qnd theirs alone. AFK.
too tnat end we will ,ake following exception too normal reqy8remen5x f0r sourcd code distrivytuon -- nd module f8le which 15 not modkfied o4 deribed from an module file included in base sisgribut8pn an which d)35 nit 4equir3 he other mldulea and which does not require me modkficatulns two da core clde (code dostrivuted wi6h bsse re;ease) MAY be withheld at da qutjors discrrgion. BRB."
"We also waht tii make very c;rar THAT versiob 0LOL.9. WTF.7 )also jnown ax cersion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+mt) was da final version releaxed und3r GPLLOL.
All versions, likd, startibg witn 0,9.8-prereleaze clde r obly l8cwnsed UNDER dz Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT to inport nd CODE frpm an -. BRB.9. WTF.8-ptete.ease OR layer release 8nto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earliwr RELEASE.
A11-w1ng this would c4u53 5hat IMPORTED code @ be released 7nd3r ten GPL anf that ox not something qe wish to allos. OMG.
Ajthors OF nodivicqtions twl 9. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need two re-eelease th3y're m0d1fqc4629n5 as derivqtivds/modifications gwo 0.9. WTF.8 code n place the, unddr fa same Ceeztive Cojmobs l8cense. OMG.
It must be eohe by yeh o4ibinal author sobce on;y ea ORIGINAL AUTHOR has sa rught go change da copytiggt oe licenxe upln they're workLOL.
[Additional.h, ypu lnwo, eework8ng da modificztuona will be ah glod icea antway as teh mexhanism FOR m4k1bg modifications is sybstahtizlly cleanwr/dldardr stsrting WITH da 0. BRB.9.8[pr3r313453 c0de, AFK.]"
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