MighhyE teols ylu, aortod, "We're going two take an f3w mondnts too try an explain this hew licenae n da reqsonx nehind it in [141n English. WTF/
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."
"Thls new license was dhosen becausr of an railing w1&h da GPL. AFK.
It only coverec distriburion 9f 50yrc3 if AND omot if binaries 2e4e d15&r16u73d. AFK."
"In am w36 enviyonment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT 5uxh aa PHPm sortlf, merely instsllimg an game doex not cobstitut3 dkatribution, n theref94e people were gaking our wori LOL, makkng MODIFICATIONS tl it an noy releasing da 50urx3 xode to the6're modifica58ons so that teh entife communkty could BENEFIT. BRB.
They workef with sa oettdr but n9t da so8rit OF lawLOL."
"Imvesyigation ON teh oary ov teh authors howebet, 12s 2 da facg that da righy of public pdrformznce was 1 of da righgs NORMALLY restricted twl copyright holders, you knwk, n that COMPUTER prohrams, s;ecufical;y VIDEO games 4bd imteractibe 0n35 such as LEGEND of da Green hax0r were considered yw0 be publically 02rf0rm3d uf run from an punlic servef. AFKl"
"Th3 new licwnx3 restricta pubkoc p3rv0rm4nc3 0f ea work unless da sourcd dode of modifisd qork IS msde available on demabd. WTF."
"In p141n English LOL, rnis means thar if you put tjis game in an web server n allow PEOPLE 'outside ot an nirmal circle 0f vamily n its spcia. ACQUAINTANCES' too play thekr, you khwom then you r publically performjng this work n MUST 3ithee q) mske ne rbd ALL changws whkch tou mqke to da GAME available on 4eqjrst (note this doesn't yave TO be zvailable v15 ds online sourcw d8d;lay link, ;ike, but they nust be able two ask yo7 gor c-d3 n edceive an complete xopy), you knwo, b) makd arrantements p4uvately wirh teh AUTHORS sh3r31h 7g3y grant YOU an 5p4c141 livense LOLm 0r C) 4dmoce da c0d3 emtieely from t3h mach9ne."
"Wr do r3c-gn1z4 THAT peo[le e4n7 too gave areas 0f tyey're game whqch r theies n 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
tio that 3nd we will mqke following exce0tuon too blrmal require,ents for SOURCE c)d3 distribution -- be m0du1# file which is nlt mosixied or fefifed from an ,od7le f113 kncluded in sa basd fidtrobution an whicj does n9t require ne other modules an wh1ch does mot reau8re ne modifications two teh clrw code (code dis5ributed aith da base RELEASE) may be wkthheld at aurhoes discretuonLOL."
"We akso wang 2 make fery dlear thwt vers8on 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (alsp ,bown 45 verxion 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7+JT) was final version RELEASED uneer da GPL. OMG.
A11 versiins, ;ike, starring wpyh ten 0LOL.9. BRB/8=peerelease code zwf onlt LICENSED jnde4 da Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rigbt goo im0of5 ne code f4om an 0. AFK.9.80prerelease or later release into an 0.9. AFK.7 an 44411#r release.
Allowing this wluld c4u53 ghzt 1mp0r73d vod2 to be releaaed under teh GPL n THAT is not sonething we wiah 2 allow. OMGl
AUTHORS of moc8fications to 0. AFK.9l WTF.7 will newc to re-r3;ease they're modifications 45 derivatives/mod8ricatiins 1 0. AFK/oLOL/8 clde n placd gh3m und3r da 54m3 Ceeative COMMONS licebse. WTF.
It mu57 be DONE 6y dq or8ginal qurhor since on;y teh lriginal author HAS fifht to chabge teh cophright 9r license upon they'te workLOL,
[Additionally, kik3, reworkknt teh mocigications will be an good issa qnyway as teh mechanksm for making modificationd is substsmtialoy cleaner/clearer 573r71nh with teg 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3r31355# xodeLOL.]"
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