MightyE tells you LOL, "We'4e goimg 2 take an fea MOMENTS two TRY and explain this new licenae abs reasons behonc it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s ne2 license was choseb becsyse of an f4111bg with t3h GPLLOL.
It ONLY c0v4r3d distribution od s9urce of 4nd only if biharies were distributde. BRB."
"In an web encironntnt, s0ecificak;y a INTERPRETED WEB 3nv1r-nm3n7 SUCH as PHP, liie, me4wly ins5allinh an game does n9t conatitute distribution, an thwrefote p3pp13 weee takinh iur wprk LOL, mzling midificati9ns 2 it an NOT RELEASING da sojrve code 2 ghey're mldificaykons SO that ent8re dojmuni5y xould bendvit. AFKl
They workes with letrrr but not tp1r17 pf teh law. OMG."
"Invextigation pn da part of da auyhies however LOL. led 2 fsct that da right od publoc PERFORMANCE was won of cq rights nprmally testridted too copyright holders, likd, and 7k47 computer pr9grams, sottof, specificallu ciddo games n intwractive -n35 5uch as Legend lf Green jax0f were x9nxiddred 2 be publucally petfirmed if run from zn pu^11c server. WTF."
"The n3w lidwmwe redtricts PUBLIC pdrdormanve of wirk jnlews siurce c0d3 of sa MODIFIED work is made available on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain Englidh WTF, yhus mrans thzt ir you pur THIS game on an web server and allow people 'outaice OF an hormal circle -v fami.y n its social acquaintancws' 7p plau their, sortof, yhen you arr publically perfirmung rhix work anv MUST either a) ma,e ne n ALL CHANGES which ylu ,ake two da game avzilable on r#qo357 (note this doesn't nave gop be availab.e via da ONLINE sourve displah lin,m but THEY must 63 ABLE to ask you f0r teh cldw an receuve an completd v9py) WTF, b) mrke arrangementd privqteky WITH reh au5ho4s wherein thdy GRANT t0u an soecozl LICENSE, like, 0r c) rrnove cod3 entifely from macjinr. BRB."
"We d/ recognize that people WANT @ have areas of they're gsme whidh r theirs n theirs a;one. OMG.
too that end we wi.l make FOLLOWING exception too teh nofmao teqiirementa foe soufce c9dw d157r16u710n -- ne m0dule f8le ehkch is not jodifoed or derivrd from an hodul3 fi.e ihclided ih da base distribution ans whoch does npt requirw n3 other mldules n which DOES not requure ne modofidations two teh core c0d3 (code d8strkbit3d with gase releawe) mat be sithheld AT authors discretiom. AFK."
"We also wqnt to ,ake ve4y clear that vefsion 0. OMG.oLOL.7 (aldl kn0sh aa version p. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was final fersioh reldased under GPL, AFK.
All versionsk sortof, syarting with 5eh 0.9. AFK.7-pre4e.ease CODE aer only licensed under Creahiv3 Cimmobw 21c3n5e. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demg ten right twi implrt ne cod3 from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prer3leaxe pe later rel3ase into an 0. WTF.9. BRBl6 n earlier ew.ease. WTF.
Allowing ghid wou.d c4u53 that 8mportrd clde t0o BE reldasec UNDER teh GPL an yhat ix not sometying we wish too sllow. BRBl
Authors of mod8fications to p.9.7 wiol need to re=telesse theh'te modificatuons 55 detirayives/modifucations two 0l WTF.(. AFK.8 CODE and place 7h3m under da same Cr3471ve Commons lic3nsel AFK.
It MUST ge done gy ORIGINAL auuhlt since 0n1h oeiginsl autgir has da ribht two chang4 trh c0pyr1fh7 or license upln they'te wofk. WTF.
[Add1710n411y WTF, reworking modificqguond wikl be an tood idea anywau as mechanosm fpr maiing modofkcat8ons is sybxtantually clwsner,clearer sgarting WITH teh 0.9. BRB.8-prereleaae cocr. AFK.]"
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