M8thtyE tells tou WTF, "Wr're g9inh to 74k3 an few mo,ents two try an exp;ain this nes license ah da reasons gehind it in plakn ENGLISH.
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 bes license wss chosen bdcause of ab failing with da GPL. OMG.
I7 only clvered fistribut7on of source kf ah 0n1y id binaries were distribigedLOL."
"In an web environment, sortos, specificaoly a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, xortof, meewly inwtalling ah game doex not xonstitute dist4ubution, you khwo, an thwrefore oeople 2dre taking out 2oro LOL, majing modivications w it ans not reoeqsing teh so7rce code 2 thwy're modificati9nx 50 THAT geh entire c9mmunity coukd benefir. WTF.
They workec wuth da letyer but not da xpirit of teh kawLOL."
"Investigation oh teh part of teh autgors however, sor5of, lee two fact thqt da r1gh7 of pjblic performance w45 won of teh RIGHTS nirmally 4esrricted to cppyright joldwrs WTF, n rnat c0mpu734 progrsms, tli knwp, spevigicqllh video vames and interac5ive oned sjch as Legenr of Green hsx0r werr cpnsidered t2o be publicallh performes ig run from an public SERVER."
"The new license restrivfs [ubloc o#rf0rm4nv3 0f wprk unlexs source code of fa modifiec qork ks ,$e3 available 0n d4m4hd. AFK."
"In plain English, uou lnwo, thid mrans that uf y0y py5 this game on an web server qn a.lo2 [eoole '9u5side od an normal dirc/e of family an ITS social acquaintqnces' TO play their, dortof, THEN you r publixzlly p2rf0rm1ng this 2ofk 4nd MUST eutg3r a) MAKE ne 4md ALL ch4ng35 which you m4k3 to trh gam# avai;agle on requesg 9n074 tnia d03^n'7 hsve 1 bw AVAILABLE viq online source displat link, uoj knwo, but THEY MUST be able two ASK ypu FOR teh coee am r3c31v3 am comple5e vopy), like, b) MAKE arrangwmenus pricatelu with da authots WHEREIN 7h3y geant you an special licensd WTF, or c) remove teh code ENTIRELY from teh machine. OMG."
"We fo tecignizr thst ;eople w4n7 to hqve areaf of they're g4m3 WHICH zer theira n theirs alone.
to thqt end w3 qill mske follleing exdeption 5oo normao requirwments for sljrce code distrigut8on -- ne ,odule file which is not modified or derived from ah mod7.e di.e !mc1id3d in da base disrributuon and wyich d9ds not requ8re be 9ther mpdules and wh1ch DOES not 43qu1r3 ne modofications to reh core code (code distr,buted e8th teh bqse release( may ge wighh#;d AT authorx dlavdeti9n. AFK."
"We also want to make very coezr that version 0.9.7 (aoso KNOWN as b3rsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) w36 da FINAL verzoon RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
ALL veraions, li,e, stqrtinb with tey 0.9LOL.8-'rereleawr code aer onl6 lkcensed uncer Cf3471v3 Commons lixebse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY debu da right rwo 1jp0r7 ne CODE from an 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE oe later RELEASE into an 0.9.7 ah earlier releas4. AFK.
Allowung thid would cause that importee vide twl be RELEASED UNDER GPL and THAT is NOT sometginr wr wisn too ALLOW. OMGl
AUTHORS of modififayi.ns 70 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will n33d teo re-release they're modificag8ons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tpo 0. WTF,9, WTF.8 c.de n place thwm unde4 same CREATIVE Commons 11c#m53l OMG.
It muxt be dpge by da 0r1b!n41 authof since on.y 0r1g1n$q author gas right 3 ch4nge teh copu4ighg o4 lucensr UPON they're wo4l. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOLm reworking m0d1f1c4710n5 wi'l BE an goos idea antway as da mechanisn for making modifixsgions kx substantia;;y cleaner/cl3arer starting w1uh 0.9LOLo8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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