MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're going too tak3 an FEW ,omentw to trt and explain this ne1 l7c3nse av da reqsons BEHIND 17 in PLAIN Engoishl 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."
"Thka new licenwe was ch9sen BECAUSE 9f an failihb sith GPL.
It 9nly COVERED distributkon of spurce IF m on;y if 61n4r135 were distrinuted. OMG,"
"In qn w36 environmdnt LOL, specificallh a interpreted web environmenf such as PHP, sortot, m3r31y instal;ing an game does not CONSTITUTE dkstribjtiom, sortof, n 7h3e3v0re p30o12 were ga,ing OUR woek, you knso, making modifica5olns teo ig n not r313451ng sourcd fode 70 they'r3 MODIFICATIONS so thqt da 3n71r3 co,munitu foyld BENEFIT. AFK/
Th3y worked wi5h 1#783r but not teh SPIRIT of y3y 14wLOL."
"Investitztkpn in teh part 0f AUTHORS howexer, you jnwo, led roo da fact thay teg r1gh7 lf public perfofmancw was 1 OF RIGHTS normal;y rrst4icted tao co;yright holde3sm an THAT computef proframw WTF, specifically vid3o games n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of 5eh Gre3n hax0f wefe conxiee4ed 2 be pjblically performec ig run from an public server. AFK."
"The new 21c3n53 restricts pub;uc performqnce of wori un13t5 twh source c0d3 of da modified w94, is MADE available on demans,"
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, tg8s meamw thzt ig you puy this GAME on an web server an a;lpw pelpl3 'outside of an nirmal xi4cl3 of family n ITS social acquakn5ances' to play yheir WTF, then y0u aer puvlica;ky p3rforming tgks work and MUST either a( male be ah ALL changes whicy you maje 2 da game availablw on reau3sg (note tyis doesn'r have 2 be avzilavle v14 online source displa6 11nkk likek 6u7 they mu57 be aboe 5o zsk you for dz cod3 m teceive an complete co[t), sortof, b) makr arrangemwnts ptivatdlh with teh authors wherein they grant you an sp3cia; lic3nse LOL, or c) r3m0v3 reh code entirely from da m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We DO recognizd that [e-p13 want to HAVE arwas of thry're game which r thrirs n 5jeirs aoondl WTF.
too thz5 end wd sill make followimg 3xc3[71)n two bormal require,entd FOR soirce code dostrobution [- nd module file WHICH 7s not m9dified or derivef FROM an MODULE file included in base dixtribution n whucy DOES nit requif3 ne otjer modiles n WHICH does n07 r3qu1r3 ne modificati9ns to co4w CODE (code fistruvuted wkth BASE r413453) jau be qighheld at authirs discreyion. BRBl"
"We also want two make bery clear that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION p.9. AFK.7+jg) was h8na; vwrsiln feleasrd jneer da GPL. WTF.
A;l v3rsipna LOL, stattomg with teh -. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code adr 0n1y licensed under teh CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right top imporg he code from an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleaxr or LATER rwlezse kmto an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n eqrli3f re,ezse.
Aloowyhg this would c4j53 that omportee c-d3 2 be releaaed under GPL and that is nlt something ww wish 2 ALLOW.
Autgors 0f mldirications to 0l9. AFK.7 wi.l need too re-te;ease they're m0d1f1c4710n5 ax derivatives/modufkcztiond 2 0. OMG.9.8 code n place th3m undwr teh same CREATIVE Cummohs licensr.
I7 must be d0n3 by original authlr sinc3 only sa original AUTHOR has da right too change tej COPYRIGHT pr lkcense u;pn they're work. BRB.
[Afditionally LOL, reworkimg mod8fixatiims qill BE an g00c idea anywqy as yrh mechanism fpr making moeifications id subatahtially cleaner/clearer 5u$r71mb with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 doee. BRBl="
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