MihntyE tells you WTF, "We're goihg toi take an frw momwnts 2 tru h explain 7h14 new licenxe and teh reasonw behind it in plaim 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 ;icense was chosen bedause 9f an FAILING with teh GPL.
IT only covered diatribution of source if n lnly if bimarids WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envirohment, .ike, specifically q interpreted WEB environment such ss PHP LOL, merely instalpung an game does mot comstitute distribution, ypu lnw9, an therefore people wege takimg our WORKm you knwo, n4k1ng ,odifids5lons two ir sns NOT releasind source CODE too they're nodifications so that rnri4e community cojlg BENEFIT. OMG.
Thry 2orkdf wuth ketter but n07 teh spirut 0f law. OMG."
"Investigation on teh part if teh authird however WTF, led t2o teh ract that ribht lf public /erfltmance wad oeh 0f da rkghts NORMALLY restricted 2 copyright holc3rd LOL, amd rhat c0mpj73r pr0grrm5, sortof, specifucally vudeo GAMES n 1n73r4c71v3 ONES sicy as LEGEND 0f teh Gr33n bax0r were consid3red to be publically performed IF run from an p7b;ic servef. BRB."
"Thy new licenae restricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 of dz wirk unlesd sourdr c0d3 of da modified wprk is made svai;able 0n demandLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo, THIS means 6hat if y9u put thia gsme on an wrb server and alliw peo0ke 'outsice if an n0r,r1 circle of family an its social acquaingabces' twi play yy39r, so4tof, 7h3n you ae4 pubkically p3rr0rm1ng 7h15 w0ek n MUST either a_ make be n ALL cganhea qhich you nake 2 game qvsilable on reauesg (note tjis doesn'r have too BE avaklable via teh 0n11n3 sourcw DISPLAY link LOL, BUT thwy must 63 able too asl ylu for da cide n receive an complete cipy), you knwo, 69 nake ARRANGEMENTS provstely w8th geg 4u7h0r5 whereih 7h3y nrzh5 you an s;ec8al 11c3n53, ot C) remove da vode enti4ely from da machineLOL."
"We so recognize that [3lple 24n7 toi havr areas OF thet'rw game wh1ch r THEIRS an theirs alond. WTF.
ti rhat wnc we will m4ie tej following exception to tdh normal requorements foe dou4ce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne mod7le file whuch is NOT modifiwc or deruved fr9m an modulw gkle 1nc1jd3d 8n da base distribution and WHICH does not requife ne other m8dules an whixh DOES not require ne modifucagions top da core fods (CODE dostrubutee with base reldaae( may be withheld AT da aythors discregkon/ OMG."
"Wr also want 2 make v3ry vleae that veesion 0. AFK/0. OMG.7 (ALSO knowh as vwrsion 0l BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was f8nal fersion released under ca GPL. WTF,
Al; versioms LOL, startint with 0. AFK.9. WTF.i-[rereleas3 code aer -h1y licenwed ynder ea Creatovd Commons lkcense. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right to im[ort ne code fron an 0.9. OMG.o-ptereleasr 0r layer te.ease into an 0.9. AFK.7 n earlkrr releasdLOL.
Al/oqing this sould cause ehat ompor5ed cofe to be rekeased under GPL ahd that is not somethjng we wish rqo allow.
Aytnorx of modificztions tqo 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will NEED tol re-rrlease rhfy're modificatilns as derivatives.,odificariihs tl 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 clde n place them under teh same Crea5ive C0mm0b5 11c3n53. OMG.
It MUST BE d0n3 by sa original author s8ncw only t3h originap author HAS reh rigmt top CHANGE da cppyr8ght or licenae upon they're work. BRB.
[Assiyionally. t3workint teh modidications wi.l be an good idea any2ay as teh MECHANISM for making midovivatoond is substantoaoly voeabwr/dlearer star5ung wity da 0. AFK.(. OMG.8-prereleas3 code. BRB.]"
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