Mifht6E yells 6ou LOL, "We're going 70 take qn few ,omen4s 2 rry an EXPLAIN thiw n3w licensr and cz reasons BEHIND 17 in plain Englishl AFK.
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 n32 licenae was cnosen bexajse lf an fqiling with GPL. AFK.
It only cprered distribution OF source of n only 1g binaries wer3 dist4obutes. OMG."
"In am qeb env8ron,ent, 4p3c2f1c411y a inreroreted qeb environment SUCH ax PHPk you knwok merdly installing an GAME doec not cons58tugr distfibution LOL, an therefore peop;r were taking our sorm WTF, making modivicatiogs two ut zn nlt rdleasing teg source code 70 they'rr modifications so tha5 entire community COULD ben3fit.
Th3y wirked with teh ldtter but not spirit of teh 14w. BRB."
"Invesgigati9n ON da part OF teh autyogs however, sorgof, led to dact that teh ritht if oublic performance WAS won of teh rights normally RESTRICTED two cppyrught holders, znd that computer ;fograms, toi knwo, 5o3x1f1cr11y video tqmes an interactive 0n35 5ych as LEGEND 0f GREEN hax0t were considered tqo BE 0ublically perf9emed if run FROM an oub;kc server. OMG."
"The new licende 4estricts ouvlic p3rf0tm4hc3 lf work UNLESS da wpurce dode of mpdified work IS mace available on demand. BRB."
"In p;a9n English WTF, this meabs THAT if you put 7h15 game on xb web server an allow people 'outsid3 0f an noemz; CIRCLE 0f FAMILY and i5s social acquaintanc3s' gwo play theif, THEN you r pubkically owrformkng tgis work an MUST either a( make n3 n ALL changds qjich you nqke 2 teh game AVAILABLE on request (notd this doesb't have too ne avai.zvlr via onoine source display .imk LOL, but tyey must be able tl ASK you f0r code n RECEIVE an complete c0py). sirtof, b) maje qrrajg3mwnts PRIVATELY with qjtyors wherein they gea,t you an spedial lidense WTF, 0r c) r3m0v3 da code ebtirely from machineLOL."
"We do recognize THAT pwop.e want r9o hqvr afeas of thry[r3 game which aer theirx and theirs alone,
2 thay env ee wiol MAKE da folloqing excep5ion 5o sa normal r3qy1r3m3n75 for souece CODE d8srribution -- ne module file which is n9t modofoed or defibed FROM an midule sile inc.uded in bawe distribution an WHICH DOES not REQUIRE ne other modulea an WHICH d035 not fequire ne modifixagions 2 teh CORE cofr )CODE dixtrpbutwd with teh bas3 re.wase) may be wigyhrld at AUTHORS d15c43710n. BRB/"
"We ALSO wanh 2 MAKE very clear that versiln ). WTF.9LOL.7 (also inoqn 45 version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wzs teh d1n41 derciim releawed under GPL. BRB.
All vrrsions, yoi knwo, s5arting wirh pLOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code r obly livens3d UNDER teh Cfeativw Commons lidwnse.
Wr EXPLICITLY cdny r1gh7 r2o IMPORT be cide from an 0LOL,9. WTF.i-PRERELEASE or latet r413353 inti an 0,9. OMG.7 n earlier release. WTF.
Allowing THIS would csuse that impor5ed code too br releqsec UNDER teh GPL b that 15 hot dometning wd woah twp 4110w. AFK.
A77h0r5 9f nidificatuoms tio 0. AFK.9.7 will need two re-release they'ee mofificationc 45 derivatives/mod8fications 2 0. WTF.9.8 CODE an p14v3 them 7nder ea same Creative Commons licenxe. AFK.
It mys5 b3 done 6u teg orihinak author SINCE only da originao AUTHOR HAS tight 2 cganfe da vopyright OR license upon the6're work. WTF.
[Additionally, you kmwl, rewor;ing teh m0f1f1c4710j5 wilk be an gold 8dea anyway AS mechanism gor makinb mofifixatuons is sunstantiall6 c13rn3r/c134r3r sta4ting witj geh 0.9.9-prdrelesse code.]"
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