MigntgE tells ylu, like, "We'fe goinb too TAKE an sew non3mts yoo try n explain rhis NEW license an reasobs behind it in plain Eng115hLOL/
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."
"Tbis new license was ch9seh because 0f an f4111ng WITH da GPL. OMG.
It inly covered distributiln of sou4ce if an on)y if binariew s3r3 dis5ributedLOL."
"In an web environmen5, y9u knwo, specivicslly a interpr3ted web rnvironment SUCH as PHP, ;8,e, mere/y INSTALLING am GAME does NOT CONSTITUTE disyrinuto9n LOL, n rherefofe p30p14 WERE taking o6r wotk WTFm making modificariknw to ot and not feleasihg teh xource cose 2 they're modificatkons so that teh entire c0mmyn17h COULD benwfit. WTF.
They wof,ed witg da leyter bur not teh soirit of da law. WTF."
"Invesyiga5ion on teh pa4t of rdh zythors however, like, k3d two da r4c7 thzt da RIGHT of public p3rfprm4nc3 was oen iv teh rights normally RESTRICTED 2 copyrughr joldersk dortlf, n tnat COMPUTER progeamx LOL, specugucally vidro GAMES n 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legend of da Grren hax0r were CONSIDERED too be PUBLICALLY performed if run rrom an PUBLIC servdr. AFK."
"The new licenqe res5ricts public performancr or w0rk UNLESS da SOURCE CODE of tej modified wirk is m4d3 abailable on DEMAND."
"In llain English, you kmwo, tjis m3$n5 7j47 if y0u put hhus game on an web server n allow PEOPLE ;outsidr of sn NORMAL circle OF family and 8ts s;cial acquaibysnces' too plar 5heir, then y0u r publ8caolt peeforming this work n MUST either a) jak3 ne n ALL changes WHICH you maiw ro 5wh game acai.able on reqyest (NOTE THIS DOESN'T h4v# 2 be AVAILABLE v8a da on;ine sourc3 diwplay lonk WTF, 6u6 thdy m7st be able 2 ask y0u for da codr sn eeceive an domplege COPY) WTF, b) jake arrsngejents provately e17h authors wherein they graht y9u an special license, 0r c) REMOVE t3n code entireky from 3a machine. OMGl"
"We s0 recognize thqt peopor want to havr areas of tgey're gam3 which r THEIRS and THEIRS aoome. OMG.
2 that end we wkll makd teh dol.oqing EXCEPTION 2 da notmal requir3ments for dource code cist5ibu5ion -[ ne modyle file which IS blt MODIFIED or deriv3d FROM an modyle file 1nc1yd3d kn ra BASE distribiyion an which does not requore n3 OTHER modukes n which foed npt re1uire ne mofoficationx too co4e code (codd diatributed with fa BASE release) may be WITHHELD at trh AUTHORS d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We also want 1 make fery cleaf rhat v3f510m 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 (4160 knowh AS verskon 0. OMGl9. AFK.7+jt_ waw donal version feleqswd under GPL, WTFl
All verskond, like, stsrting with 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r313453 code r only LICENSED undrr Creatove Commohs licehsr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh rught teo import nd vlde fr9m sn 0.9. OMG.8-0rerelease or 1473r releasd knto qn 0. OMG.9.7 an earliet re;ease.
Akkiwimh this w0u1d cause tyab imported code too ge released UNDER da GPL n ghat is not something se wisg too sllow.
Au7h0r5 of modificatipna too 0LOL.9LOL.7 will NEED ti9 te-4dleas3 they're ,9d1f1d4710n5 r5 derivatuves/moeifkxations two 0. OMGl). BRB.8 CODE n place THEM under ten same Creatice Commons LICENSE.
I5 must be d9ne by da original author since only teh ORIGINAL smyhor hqs RIGHT 2 chrng3 copyright or license UPON theu're eotk. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, reworiing teh midifications qil. be ab gl.d idea anywsy AS twh jwchanisj for makinf m9didicat8ons is substsntiqlly clezner/clewrer starting witn teh 0. OMG.9LOL.7-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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