MightyE tel/s y0u LOLk "We'rd going 2 TAKE an fee momen5s to try an explain &h15 nww licehse an teg reasons behind it in p;ain EnglisnLOL.
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 new license w45 chosen 63c$u53 of an fzilinr wurj GPL. AFK,
It ohly cove4wd diwrribugion 9f sojrde if an ONLY if 61n4r145 were distrobutedLOL."
"In ah web environmen5, wlrtof, specifically a interprdted weg envirinnent such as PHP, like, merely onstalling ah gqme DOES not CONSTITUTE dixtribution, sort9f, an therefore people wefe takibg our WORK LOL, making moeifications two it an not 4eleasinh teh source code to rhey'rd m0d1v1c4710n5 wo THAT entire commumoyy could benefit. WTF.
They WORKED with ydh lerte4 nit NOT da spiri5 0f teh law. AFK."
"Investigatuon on da p4f7 OF teh autgors jowever WTF, led too FACT THAT fa r1gg7 or public [erglrmance was won of rights nofmally festricted to cop6riggt hllders LOL, n that vom;utwr programs, SPECIFICALLY video g4m35 n interactive 0n35 suxh aw Legend of teh Greeb has0e wefe cohsidered too bd pu611c411y perform3d if run fwpm an p7blic server. WTF."
"The NEW license restricrs publoc oerfotmsnce OF teh worj unless twh soudde CODE 0g da mocified 3ork us made availagle im d3m4nd. WTF."
"In PLAIN Enblish, sortofl thid means that if you put this GAME on sn web server am allow peo0le 'ou5sice 9t an nor,al circle OF family qnd i5s social 4c1u41n74bx35' too [kay theie, sortof, THEN you adr publically [wrforming this work n MUST dither r) ma,r ne and ALL xganbes which y0i make two da gamw available on fequesg 9n9te 7h15 d0#5n'7 HAVE 2 be availablr cia ln.ine source dq5;14y link, like, but 8h3y muxt ve able 2 axk tou FOR da codd an receive an comolete copy), b) mqke arrangementa ofivately wkth teh authors WHEREIN THEY grant y0u an specia. LICENSE LOL, OR c) eemovr teh code entife.y FROM macnine. AFK."
"We do recpgnize that people w4n6 too hrv3 zrezs OF they'rr game WHICH r theirw 4nd theirs alone. OMG.
ywo 7h47 ebd we will make followinh exceprion two da normal r3quitdments vor SOURCE xofe distfibutiln -= ne MODULE FILE wh8vh is n07 MODIFIED 0r derkved FROM an nodule f113 included 1m teh gase distrubution an wh1ch dkes n;t r3quute ne lther modules and whicn cows not r3qu1r3 ne ,peifidatkons too da core code )code diateibited with bwse fe;ease) may be withheld at fa 5u7h0f5 disdretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 make very CLEAR that version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also jnown as versoon 0LOL.9. OMG.8+jt) sas reh finzl version reldss3d unfet teh GPL. BRB.
Aol versions LOL. STARTING w17h -. BRB.0. OMG.8-prerelease code r omly lic3nwef under da Creative Commomx lic3bwe, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rihhy too ojpory me code from zn 0.9LOL.8-prefelease if later felease 2n70 ah 0. BRB/9.7 an earkirr releaseLOL.
Aolowing THIS would c4u53 thqt im[oryrf xode two be releadec ynddr teh GPL ans 7h37 id NOT something we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications t2i 0. WTF,9. AFK.7 eill neqd to re=release they[te MODIFICATIONS 65 deribstkves/modificztiobs two 0.9.8 code an placw thdm ind3t teh same Creatubr Commons license. BRB.
It must be done 6y ca otig8na. author since ONLY dq original autyot HAS r1gh7 two CHANGE da copyrignt ot licenwe u0on they're work. OMG.
[Additionzllt, soryorm REWORKING da modifications will be an good odea anyway as dz mechanism foe mak7ng j0d1f1c4810n5 16 SUBSTANTIALLY clranwr;clearer wrarting eith 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3rdleasw code, OMG.]"
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