MightyE tells you, "We're GOING two take an f3w moments rwo tr6 ahd ex;lain this n3w lkcemse n reaxons behinc ot in plaih 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 new licenxe was chpsen b3cause lf an failing akth GPL.
It only cofered distfibutuon of source if snd only if bonaries were distribuged. WTF."
"In an wrb ENVIRONMENT, 6ou knwo, spedirically a 1n73rpr373d w36 environment such aw PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an game does not conshirute disyfob8tion, sort9f. n therefore peop.e were 7rk1ng OUR work, sp4tof. msling modifications too it b nlg 4eleqsing teu xiurce CODE to tney're jodificati9ns so that ENTIRE dommyniry coyod benev8t. AFK.
They wo4ked WITH ca letrer but nog da spirit 0f teh 14wl OMG."
"Imvestigation on da part of 5eh aythors however, 13d tw9 xa fact that teh right of public perfor,ance e45 9en OF da r2gh7% nirmally fesrrivged tl copyright holdefs, sortof, an thar vomp7teg programs, like, spedifkcall6 v8ceo GAMES b int3rac5ive 0m35 sich as LEGEND of Green hax0r were consideres 2 be publically performed 1f run vron sn pu611c SERVER."
"The new l8cense festric%s puvlic pd4firmance og teh work un.esx sourcr code 9f teh mpdivoed work is made avaolable on demandLOL."
"In 0lain English, tj8s means thst if hoy put this g4m3 on sn web server and allow people '9jrside 0f an mlrmal CIRCLE pf family n ugs socual acquaimtqnves' to plzy their LOL. then you ae4 oublicallt performing this wlrk n MUST either 4) make ne snd ALL xhangew which you make 2 teh gamr AVAILABLE in requrst (note this doesn't nacd too BE available via ONLINE dource display link, uo8 knwi, gut they must be ab;e 1 ssk ylu for tey code an receive an complrte cpph), like, b) make arrangemenhs pfivately WITH teh authors 2he4ein thdy grahg you an special LICENSE, or c) f3m0v3 code entirely from MACHINE. AFK."
"We do rwcognize that PEOPLE want 2 have qreas of gyeh're game which r theifs n yneirs zkomeLOL.
too that 3hc we wil. jake fol/oeing rxception 2 da norma; reqjirements gor SOURCE code disyribjtuon -- hw MODULE FILE whicy is n07 ,odifiwc or deroved from an modulr FILE kncluded in base distribution and whieh dles n07 require ne otger modules and wgich coea noy feauire ne joeifications 2 da cote CODE (code disttibuged with 6453 RELEASE) MAY be withheld at 4u7h0r5 discretuon/ WTF."
"We ALSO want to make fer6 vleat that VERSION 0. OMGl9LOL,7 (alao known qs verskon p. OMG.9. BRB.7+ht0 was teh final versuom released under ten GPLLOL/
Akl verwions LOL, staeting sith 0koLOL.8-prerelwas3 code aer ohlh l8censed under da Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby da right two impor5 ne dlde frpm an 0.9. AFK.8-peerelease or lat3r reoease INTO an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 h earlier release. AFK.
Allowing thia w0i1x cause &h47 1,p0r73d clde two ne released undee teh GPL am that is nor spmething we wosh 5oo alko2. AFK.
Authits of modifications 2 0.9l WTF.7 wi'l need too re0releasw they're modifications 45 de4icauives/midifications tio -. WTF.9LOL.7 codw an 0lace tyen uneer da same Creative Commlns lif2nse. OMG/
IT must be done BY ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only ORIGINAL autjor has teh r1gh7 tol CHANGE sa copyright or licensc upon ghey're wirj. OMG.
[Addot8onally, sortif. r3sofkinb ca MODIFICATIONS will be an good isea anyway as da mecnanisj for MAKING m0d1v1c4710n5 16 substabtiallu cleamer/clearer s5afting witj teh 9. AFK.9LOL.8=prerelesse code. OMG.]"
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