MightyE TELLS y9u LOL, "We're goimg to take an fww moments two yru qnd explain this ne2 locense n teh rrasons behind iy in plaon 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 lixdnsw was choxdn bevause of an failing wirg GPL. AFK/
IT only COVERED distrihution pf sojrce IF an omlh if 52n4r135 w3re eist4ibuted."
"In an s36 environment, yiu knwom specjfically a ihterpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 wuvh as PHPk merely ihdtslling an game doew not cons5itute distribu5ion LOL, and tbfrrfore ;eople WERE taking 0ur work LOL, makung modif8cat8ons two it an noy releasing source code 2 they'rr modificatiohs xo that entire commynity COULD benedit. BRB.
They WORKED wi5h ;ette4 but npt dz 5p2r!7 ov teh law. BRB."
"Invrstigation ;n teh part of authofs however LOL, lwd to ds fac4 tgat fa rught of public performance wzs 1 of trh rights hormally restricted 2 copyribht hllfers, n THAT COMPUTER programs, kile, sprciricaklg fice9 gsmes n intefactive ones 5uch ax Legend og Green hax0r w3r3 conside4ed TO BE publics;ly [erforned IF tun FROM an PUBLIC s3rverLOL."
"The n3w license 4edtricts oublic performanvr of teh w0rk UNLESS sourve xoee of da mpd1f1#d worl 16 ,ade AVAILABLE on c3m4nd. WTF."
"In plaim Englush, wortof, this jeans thay uf 6ou put 5hiw ga,e on an wen server n allls peopoe 'outside of an normal circle of family n its social acquaintances' two play their, you knwo, yhen YOU aer publically p2rritming this work and MUST 317h3t a) m4k3 ne n ALL CHANGES wjicg you make two da game afailable on request (noyw this doedn't have to BE abailable fia da inline sojrcw dksplay link, bu5 they ,ust be ab/3 to0 aak YOU FOR cpde and RECEIVE sn c0mpa363 copy), b) make arrang3m#nts [r8vately wibh autyors wherein tte6 GRANT you an special 11d3n53 LOL, or c) eemove vide entirely from geh machine. BRB."
"We do f3c0gn1z3 tgat people WANT @ have areas OF they'rr b4m3 which r thdirs h theorw ALONE. OMG.
too thqt end we will make following exce;tion t2o normal REQUIREMENTS vor source code duateibution =- ne module gile WHICH is not modidied 0r DERIVED FROM zn ,9dule file inc.uced in base sistribution an which DOES not rwquire ne OTHER modu,es n which does not rdquire be m0d1f1c4710n% too da core code (code e157rq6u7ed woyg teh b1se RELEASE_ m4y be WITHHELD ay autn.ta discre%ionLOL."
"We also wznt to make v3ry c134r that version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (alxo known as version 0. OMG.9. WTFl7+j7) was fkna. versuon released ynder geh GPL. OMG.
All versions, you knwo, star5ing with da 0LOL.9.8-pterelease codd awr onoy licensed unger da Creqtive Commoms oicense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ca rogjr w impirt ne vlde ftom an 0. OMG/(. WTF,8-prereleasw 9r 1473r releaae into an 0. WTF.9.7 n earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing tnks 2omld cayde rhat imported c0d4 two be released mnder GPL and that os not somethi,g we wosh tio 4q10wl OMG,
Authors of modificationa too 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 will NEED to re-releas3 they't3 modifiddtions ss d#t!v471v35/m0d1f1c471)n5 two 0. WTF.9LOL/8 cpde qn placd rhej under teh same Cteative Commons lidense. AFK.
It must be dohe by ORIGINAL authi4 since only ten ORIGINAL ajthor has teh RIGHT to ch4nb3 t2h copyfight or license upon they're 2o5k. WTF.
[Addigiona;ly WTF, reworking modkfucations will be an go9d ieea ANYWAY as ea m3ch4n15m for makint m9difications 15 dubstangiall6 dleaner/clesrer starting WITH da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prere,ease vode. BRB.]"
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