MightyE TELLS you LOLm "Wr're going 5wo tzoe an tew mo,entw 2 try an explaib this new licenx3 n REASONS behind k5 in plain 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."
"This nww licwnsr was chosen becauze of zn gailint with da GPL.
It onlt covered fistribution OF source IF b ohly if 61n44135 wers dostributee. WTF/"
"In an web envirlnment, you knwo. spqcirically a in5erpre5ed web environment such as PHP LOL, m3e31y instal.ing an game doed not cobsritute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, n THEREFORE p2op.e were tak8ng ou4 w0rk, soetof, m4k1ng mosifixations gp it n not t3lezsing source code tw9 they;ee modifications so 7h47 da enbire c0m,ub17y ciuld b3nefitLOL.
Th3y wotk3d w17h teh LETTER gut n9r tej spirig of teh lawLOL."
"Investigagkon 0n teh p4r7 od teh autgoes yowever, sorrof, led two fa fact 7h4& da right 0f pubioc pervormancd was 1 9f riggts normally restrictee 2 cop6right holsers, you 8nwo, and that c0mpu73r [rograma WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y vidwo games an interactobe ones such as Legend of ten GREEN hqx0r were conxidered 2 bw pu611c4q1y PERFORMED if tun from an PUBLIC derverLOL."
"The NEW license restrictq p7blic p3ff0rm4nc3 of 5eh worj u,;ess da source cide of modified work ia jade available on denanf. OMG."
"In plain Enflish, this means that if yoi pu7 tgiw tamw 0n an wwb server agd allow people 'outaide of an normzl cievle of f5m!1y n ita social acquaintances' too PLAY theov, yo8 knwo. then uou r oi611c411y peeforming this work n MUST either a) maje ne n ALL changes whicj yiy make teo bame svailable in 4equest (note THIS doewn't have to 63 acailable vq4 fa obl8ne soyrce display link. dot5or, vut they mist be able to ask YOU for twh code an fwceice ay cojplete copy) LOL, b) makw arrsngemrhts prkvately WITH da authots whdefin they GRANT YOU an special 11c3n53m lkke, or c) eemovw code entkr#ly rr0m machine. OMG."
"We do recotniz3 that people wany 2 have areas pf they're game which r yheirs sbd tgeirs al9nw. AFK.
tw8 that rnd wd wi;l mzke teh folloqing exceptoon two teh NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for sourcd c9de distribution -- ne module file which iw b07 modidiwc lr drrived from an modulr dile included in eeh base dis5ribution an whkch does nit require nr otjer m0vu135 n wg1ch d8es not require ne mocifications to teh core code )code distributrd with badw rekease) m4y be wirhheld ay fa authors d15cr371pn, AFK."
"We also wang 2 MAKE VERY clear that vrrsion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (ALSO KNOWN as versipn 0.9. OMGl8+jr) was final version 5elezsed undee da GPL. OMG.
All v3e510h5, liie. syar5ing w27h ). AFK.9. AFK.8-p4erd/eaxw CODE r only licehsed under Creativr Commons license. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny ea r1bni two 1mp0r7 ne code FROM an 0LOL/9. AFK,8-prereldase or 1473r release ibtp an 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 ane earli3r releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS woule vause rhar 8mported code too 63 veorased undet teh GPL an thag ks not somethinh we wiaj two allow.
Authors of modufications to 0.9.7 WILL ndec 2 fe=eeoease they're modifications as dwrivatives/mocidicztions 2 0. WTF,9LOL.8 code and p14c3 tgem under same Creative Cojmons lucense.
It ,ust nq f0ne by da oritinal author since ohky o4iginal auyhor jas right to chang3 teh co;yright or licensr 7pon they're work. OMG.
[Addituonaply, sotg9f, feworkunh MODIFICATIONS will be an tood idea anyway aw m3chanism dor jqking modifjcayions is substzntiakly cleaner/clrarer STARTING with teh 0. BRBl9.8]prerelease code. OMG.]"
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