MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING too take aj few momwbtd too try and ezplaih thiz nee 1!c3n53 n geh r3550n5 behind it im plsin EnglishLOL.
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 was chosem 63v4u54 if an failung witj teh GPLLOL.
It pnly coveres distrobution of so7rce ir n only if bibaries were distributed."
"In an wev environmdn5, you knao, specifically a inyerprrtdd web 3hv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, dortof, mefelh instalkkng an game DOES not constitute DISTRIBUTION, like, n the4efore p30p13 WERE &4k1ng ou4 work, sortof, naking mldkfocations twp it an nit releasing soyrce cpde too 5hey're ,odifications SO THAT emtire c0mmjnq7y could benefit. AFK.
Tgey w9rked wkth da l3tter but not spirit 9v teh LAW."
"Inbestigation on teh part of teh authorw howeverm ldd 2 ca fact THAT fa RIGHT of publid performance 2as won of teh rightd nirmaloy rwsyficted tso cppy4ight holdqrs WTF, n *h47 COMPUTER pr0gr5m5, specufical;y video gajes an ingeractive ones such as Legend OF GREEN hax9e 2ere considerwd too be publically performed 1f run ftom an publoc server."
"The mew licrnde reatricts public performance of w0ti unless dz ^0urc3 CODE of da modkfied work IS MADE AVAILABLE on vemand. BRB."
"In plain Engluwh, sortof, rgis means tyat uf YOU put this game on an web s3rve4 an allos people 'outsife of am normal curcle of vsmkly an its docial acqiaintances' 2 play ty3ir, ypu knwo, 7h3n you aer pig.icallt pdrgo4ming thus work n MUST EITHER a) make nw an ALL changes whicj tou m4k3 TO teh g4m3 available on REQUEST (note this doesn't jage too be availab;r c8a ONLINE source dq5p24y link, ;ike, but tyey must be ABLE 70 zxk you vor teh code and receive an complete copy), slfrof, B_ MAKE qrrangemehts pf8fately with da aurhors wherwib 7h3y rraht y9u an specoal license, hou knwok ir c) remove da cide entirely ftoj m4ch!j3."
"We do recognuxe that prople want TO g4v3 areas of the6're GAME wh8ck r th3irs an THEIRS alone. AFK.
tp that ebd we 2ill make followung exception to da normal requiremwnts for source code cisrfinutiln -_ ne midule file whicg ix not modifiec or derivee from zn module fkle included in da BASE dosrribut,on n which doex NOT require n3 orh34 ,odulex an wh1ch foex not r3qu1r3 he moc8ficatioms two teh clre code (xode distributwd with ca base release) may be withheld at teh authots disceetion. OMG."
"We also wanr to[ make very coear that versuon 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (alsp knoeb az versoon 0LOL.9. OMG.7+JT) was ginal bersion releasrd under reh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, sysrt8bg with teh 0. WTF.8. WTF.8-prerel3asd code r only licensed und3r da Creative Commons licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny tej righy to ompoet ne cofd fr0m an 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-prefelease or LATER release 1n70 an 0/ BRB.9/7 an esrlier relwaseLOL.
Allowing this wiuld cs7we 5hat imporywd cose two BE released under 5ey GPL an thar is n07 xomw5hing we wiwh 2 all91LOL.
Authors if modificationd to 0. WTF.9.7 will need to re-re.ease they're mofifkcations 45 fe4icagiv3s/modufications t3o -. BRB.9l WTF.8 zode n p.qce them unddr teh same Creative Commons license. BRB.
It mudt be done by sa original 4u7h0r dincd only teh orkginzl qutno4 hzs righy 3 change da copytigut or licenwe upon rhwy'4e work. WTF.
[Acdutionall6, like, REWORKING midifkcqtilhs w11q g3 an tood 1d34 anywau as teh mechanism g)r making MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cldarer star5ing wpth teh 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-prerdlease codel OMG.]"
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