MightyE tells ylu LOL, "We'rd going to take an gew moments 2 try an explain this new license an ressons fehind 17 1n ;lain ENGLISH. 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 kicense wds chosem necaise of an failint with teh GPLLOL.
It onlt covered distrubution of 50jrc3 if n only 1f binar8es WERE dostr*gytew."
"In an web environment LOL, sprcifically a interoreted wrb ebvitommsnt such aw PHP, merely ihdtallong an game d035 not cobstkrute diwtribjtion, n THEREFORE 0eople wwre TAKING our work, y0u knei, majing modifications 2 it an not reldasing so7rce code to they'fe mofif8cations so thzt ea ebrirw community coulc 63n3d17.
They worked with 5eh LETTER but npt teh spiriy of la2. AFK."
"Ibvestigation on da pa4t of da auth9rs however, you knwo, LED two ea fact 7y57 teh right of pyblid perforjance WAS 1 of teh rights normq.oy resgricted t2o vo[yrighy hildersm sortof, b that comourer prpgrqmx WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y VIDEO gznes n 1n73e4c71v3 obes such 35 L3g3nd of Green hax0r w3r4 cons7dered 2 be pibkically performee IF run from an public scrber. OMG."
"Tb3 nes ;icense 4estrocts public PERFORMANCE of da w9rk unless tey source code ov da modifued w0rk id msde avaikable on demand. BRB."
"In plaun Eng.ish, slrtof, this m34n5 thqg ir y0u put yhis fame on an eeb SERVER an 411)w p30p1e 'outsid3 of zn norusl ckrcle of fqnklu an its sockal acq7aintsndes' rwo play their, you knwo, 7h3m you aer pu511c411y pdrforming thia q0rk h MUST dityet a) make ne an ALL changrs WHICH you m4k3 2 game 4v4114613 on rewuwst (mote 7h15 DOESN'T have 3 te availzble via da online source disp;ay linkk do4tof, but 5hey mu5u be able to qsk you fof CODE an receive an c9mplete copy), like, b) makw 1rrangements pruvately with teh ai5hors wherwin THEY grant yoy an sp3dia; .icense WTF, or c) remove c0s3 entir3ly feom machine. AFK."
"We do 4ecognize that o30p13 wany two h4v3 areas of they're ga,e ehicf r rhrirs and thekrw alonw.
2 THAT end ee will make fa f0110w1ng rxcept8on 3 teh normaj reqjiremen5s for s9urce code xistrkbutioh -- ne mocul3 FILE whivh id no4 modified or derivec from qn module fil3 indluded in teh base distrpbution n WHICH d;35 mot require ne OTHER modules n which coes not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da CORE coce (cpde d157r16u73d w8th da basr releqse) may ne qitgheld a5 da aughkrs d15cr37q[n/"
"We also want too MAKE very clear that versipn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alwo known 45 veesiln ).9.u+jt) eas dq final vrrsion released under GPL. AFKl
A11 vwrsions LOL, staryihg eith teh 0. BRB.9.8-prere.ease code r 0nlt licensed undee sa Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY drn6 r2gh7 too inp9rr ne cose froj an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 or latef RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9.& and 3arlier re;ezse. WTFl
Allowing ghus qould cause THAT imporyed code too be 4eleaxes ynfer ca GPL qnd that iw not xometninb we wish too allowLOL.
Authors if MODIFICATIONS 2 -. AFK.9.7 will nedc to re-re.eaae 5hey'ee modificatoons as derivativea/modificatiins too 0LOL.oLOL.8 code n place tjen under same Creative Co,mons licwnse, AFK.
It must b3 fone by original authoe 51nc3 only dz 0r1g1n51 airhor has sa right to9 change da copyrigyt or kicense upon tney're work,
[ADDITIONALLY, sirtog, eew9tkinf modufications will BE an good idea antway ss MECHANISM for making modufivations is subsyamriak.y cleaner/clearer s5artunb w17h da 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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