MightyE t3lls you, "We're going tpo tqke an few MOMENTS t9 try n explain ryis NEW lic3nse qnd fa reasons behind it in ;;ain Eng.ish. 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."
"Tnix new kicemse was chlsen 63c4u5e of an fsiling wiyg 5eh GPL. AFK.
It only clver3d distribution of so7rce if 4nd on.y if bimaries were disttibutdfl"
"Im an WEB environmemt, sortof, specifically a ibte4pfeted web cnvironment suvh AS PHP, you inwo, merdly INSTALLING an g4,3 DOES not constitute distributipn, like, n thrredore peiple WERE tqking oue work, sortof, MAKING modificati9ns 2 it an not releasihg sourcq c)d2 to the6're moduvucqtions sp that 3n71t3 communoty cojkd benrfit. AFKl
They workee with da letter but not twh spirit of fa lzw. OMG."
"Inveatibation on part ov yeh au6hors howev3r, 13d too fsct tnat da fkght of public pwrformance WAS 1 of rightx norma.ly restricted two c0pyr1gh7 holdefs, you knso, snd that computer pfograms. specificall6 vifeo GAMES and inte4actice ones such as LEGEND of Ge$en hac0r were consieered too be puy11d411y performed if run grom an public 43rv3r. AFK,"
"The new kicebsr restricts piboic p3ff0rmenc4 of work unlesd source code 0f tej modifued work is msde availab;e pm drmand. WTF."
"In plain Englisy, sotrof, this means that if yoj pu7 THIS game on an 2eb sercer amd al;os pwople 'ijtside of an nofmal circ/e of family and its social 4cqu41n7$nc34' two play their, sortof, then uiu aer piblically orrforming tgis work AND MUST eother a) make ne n ALL dgangds whoch y0i make two hame AVAILABLE 9n REQUEST (blte thos doesn't have tw9 be 4v4114613 via online so7fce display lunk, you knwo, but they must be able 2 45k YOU for da code and receive an complete COPY), yoj kn2o, b) makr ARRANGEMENTS privately WITH t3h authofs wherrin they grsnt yoj an speciz; license, sorgof, or c) rwmove CODE entifely from da machineLOL."
"We do h3c8gn1z3 7y57 peoplr want TO hafe ar3as of rgey're gaje which r the8rs and theirs alone. AFK.
to tjat 4hd we eill make da foll9wihg 3xc3p710b 2 teh nir,al requirements for source doed dixyributuob -- ne moeul3 dule shidh 15 not midkfied or derived FROM an modul3 FILE imc.uded 1n bade diayribution n WHICH soes not re1uire nd other m0du135 and which d)35 nit require ne modificatkons too twh CORE cose (codr distributex with basr rrlease) may fw WITHHELD ay authors discretiom. OMG."
"We alsi want 70 maie very clezr THAT vers8on 0LOL.9. AFK.7 )ALSO kmown as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) wax da final v3t510n eeleased undwe GPL. BRB.
Al. versions, you ibwo, stargung WITH da 0. WTF.9l AFK.8-prrrelease code aer only licdnsed under da Ctea5ive Clm,ons l8cense, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 5wo import nd c8de fri, ab 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerekeasd or 1473r rel3ase INTO an 0LOL.9.7 4nd eatlier release. BRB.
Allpwing this would dause 5hat imp(rted c9d3 to be twlea2ed uneer GPL and that is not somethyng we w15h to allow.
Authors of modifications to 0LOL.9LOL.7 wull need 2 RE-RELEASE gjey're midif8cations as derivatives/moeifications to 0, OMG.9/ AFK.9 code zn place 5hem 7ndee da samd Creaguve Conmons licenseLOLl
It jjst BE DONE vu sa oroginak autho4 xince 9hlu original auth8r has ea rihht two chznge da c0pyr1th7 or license upon they'r3 wor,. BRB.
[Additionally, so4t;f, ree9rkinb da mod8ficatuons wull be an good 1d#4 anyway as m4ch4n16m FOR m4l1nf modificqtions is substanrially cleqner/clearee statrinh with teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-preeelease code. WTF.]"
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