MighyyE tells you, l8le, "We're goinh rwl 74ke an cew MOMENTS too try n EXPLAIN thix new license and da tessons behind it IN PLAIN Ennlish. 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."
"Thow nes license was chosem bevauae of an failkhg with teh GPL. OMG.
Ig onl5 covered distribuyion of source if an only if binarkes sere distributwd. AFK."
"In an web wnvironment, specifically a 1n&3rpr373d web environnent such as PHP, merrky 1n%741q1ng ah game d035 not constitute dkst4ibutionk like, anf therefore peoplr ser4 takimg our work LOL, majinh modifications two it an not feleasibg slurce c0d2 two they're MODIFICATIONS so thst enyire communitt could bebefit. AFK.
Th36 wirked with lrtter 577 not teh spirit of teh law. WTFl"
"Investkgatiin ob part of twh ai5hors hosever, LED too da facy that da r1gy& 0f pub;ic ;erformabce was 1 of rirhts hotmally res5ricted 2 doptright holders, sortof, and that com9uter prohrams, y9u ,nwo, specifivally VIDEO g4m35 n interactife ones xucg as Letend of Green hax04 were cobskdered t9o BE puglicqllh [erformed if run from an public server. WTF."
"Tge NEW licenxe restricts pyblic p3rf0rm3nc3 of WORK unlrss t3h SOURCE c0d3 0f da mofified work is mafe avsi;able on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, THIS means thar if yoj pyr th8w game on an web setver an allow pelple '0u751d3 of sn normal circle of family am its 50c14! acquqintancrs' twp play their, sortor, then y9u aer publkcally [3rf0rj1ny this work AND MUST eirher z) MAKE ne n ALL chsmg3s wh1dh you mske 2 gaje abailavle on rdquest (note th8s doesn't h4v3 tpo be ava8lable fia ONLINE 50urc3 display oink, sortof, nut 7h3y m7wt be able 70 axi you for r3g code an receive an c0mp1373 c9py), li,w, b) makf arrangementw ptivately si5j da autyors eherein they grant yly an SPECIAL lic3nse. or d) rwmove da c-d2 entirely fr9m j4ch1n3l OMG."
"We do recognize that people wanr 5o nsve at3aq of the6're GAME wjich aer thdirs n theirs alpne. AFK.
2 5hat END we will makd da roklowkng 3xc3p&10n ro try mormal REQUIREMENTS f)r 50urc# cide d147r16y&10n -- ne mosuke FILE whqch IS not modkfied or derived vrom an module fule INCLUDED on da BASE distribution and which does not require n$ other modulex v 2hish does mlt requ8re ne m0d1f1ct7![n5 tpl da dore code (code distrib7ted wkth teh base release) m4y be withhels at teh AUTHORS discrwtion. WTF."
"Wd also wsn5 two make VERY c134r THAT v3r610n 0. WTF.9.7 (alsi known as version 0.9. OMG.u+jt_ was da FINAL version feleased und3r da GPL.
All versions, sortof, wtarying with ds 0. OMG.9/ OMGl8-pr3r313453 code r only LICENSED under teh Creatofe C9mmons license. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny da right too import be codr frlm sn 0. OMG.9. AFK.8[prerelease of latwr release INTO an ).9. BRB.7 n earlier releasw. BRB.
Al.9wkng this wpuld csuse tgqt inported coce t9 be eelessed under GPL and that is not something we wish two qolow. AFK.
A7thord of jodifixatiobs to9 p. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL nedd to rw-release they'r3 MODIFICATIONS as deeivqtpves/modifivations 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an place thrj under ea sqmw Creative Commons licensek
It ju57 be done ny original author sonce 0h1y ofig8nal author yas right to chante cooyrifht or .kcensd upon they'fe wori. OMG.
[Additiomzlly, reworkong modifications will ve an tooe 1d34 anyway as da mechanism foe makumg modificarions is substantiqlly clraner/cleqre4 startong w17h da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-or3relrawe xode, WTF.]"
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