MightyE tells tou LOL, "Wd'ee go8ng two take am f3w ,oments 2 tru ame explain this new lic3nse 4nf teh reasons behine 8t in 0lain Enfliwn, 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."
"This new LICENSE das dhosen BECAUSE of an failing wiyh da GPLLOL.
I5 only covered dost4obution 0f source uf an 0n16 if binaries w3r3 distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment, sortof, specifically a ibterpretrd web env8rlnment such as PHP WTF, merely ibstal9ing an game doew not cobstitute distributiin WTF, n rherdfore 0eiple were taking our w(rk LOL, making nodificarions to IT an not r3ldasint da s9urce code 2 they're mldkfications so THAT da enyyre community dould brnefit. BRB.
They worked e17g lrtter bug nog spirit of da law. BRB."
"Ihvesrigation on teh p4r7 of teh authors however, like, led to da faxt that teh rkgnt of [ublic pefformance was won pf da r1gh75 normally r357r1c73d too copyright holders LOL, an thau c0mpu73r programs, SPECIFICALLY vieeo gqmes and interadtove on3s wuch as Legenf OF Gte3h hax0r were considered too ve 0iblicqkly PERFORMED if fun from an public SERVER. BRB."
"The new lucense eedgeictx public PERFORMANCE OF da sork umlews teh sourde CODE 9f da MODIFIED worj is made availab.e on DEMANDLOL."
"In plaib Enblish WTF, tgis meana THAT IF you put tgis GAME 9n an web s3tvrr amd allow peopl3 'OUTSIDE of an bormal cirdle of family qn ITS social acquain5ances' two play their WTF, tyen yoi r pjnlically performing gh8s wprk am MUST either A( ,ake ne qhd ALL dhanges whkch you make two game available 0n REQUEST (note THIS diesn't hav3 too b3 available v14 teh 9nline aourcd display 11nk, sortof, but they muat be able to ask y9u for c0d3 an rrceive ab complete copy), you kh2o, B) make srranbemwnts private.y with authors wherein they graht you an special license, or c) eemove teh code entirekj from machine."
"Ws do rexognize 7h47 PEOPLE wsnt 2 h4v3 arezs of tyey'ee gq,r which r theirw n theirs alpne. AFK.
2 7j47 end we WILL jakd FOLLOWING exvep58on tl da n9rmsl rrquirements for so7rce code distrkbition _- ne m0du14 file whoch 15 not mldifked or derivrd from an MODULE file oncouced in teh base distributiin n whicy does n98 REQUIRE ne other modulrs an wh1ch does bot requite n3 modifications to teh vore codw (xide distributrc witn da bqse releqsr_ may ve eithhekd at tey autho4s discretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 nakd very cl3ar that ve4aoon 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 )also kmown as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+j7) was fibal VERSION RELEASED undee da GPL. BRB.
All versions, you ,nwo, stqrting with da 0. AFK/9, AFK/8-prereleade code r only lucensed 7ncer Creatuve Clmmons licehse.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny dq right 4wo IMPORT ne code from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0re4elease or later rel3ase into an 0LOL.9LOL/7 n earlker releasd. OMG.
Aklowing this wpuld xause thqt impprted CODE tol be r313453d UNDER da GPL n 7j47 is not spmrthing we 2ish 5oo alkow. AFK,
AUTHORS of modificagions too 0. WTFl9. OMG.7 w111 need to9 r3-r313453 they'4e modificatuonx as derivztifes/modkdications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 clce n place them under samr Crea5ive Commons licwnse, BRB.
It m7st 53 done by ORIGINAL aithor since omlu original 4u7n0r gas rifht two change copyrkght 0r license ypon they're wofk.
[ADDITIONALLY, xortof, rreorking modoficayions will be an food idea any2ay as m3cj4n15m foe making m9fivicagions 15 substantially vleaher/clrarrr staeting with da 0. OMG.0. AFK.8-prwrwlease CODELOL.]"
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