M8ghthE t3lls uou LOL, "We;fe go8ng too TAKE an rew moment2 2 try n dxplain ggis new license n reasons behind it kn p;ain EnglisgLOL.
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."
"Tyis new licensw WAS chosen 63c4u53 of an f431qhg witg GPL. OMG.
It only covered cistribugion of source 1f AND lnky if binaries wer3 dist4obut3d."
"In an web envitonmeny, you knqo, specifucally a imterpreted wen ENVIRONMENT stch ax PHP, soetof, merely installkng ah game d035 not constitute distrivutoin LOL, sne fherwfore peopke werw takinb OUR WORK, ,sking modificatiins 70 1u n not releasing da spyrce coce gwo ttey'fe modifucatiogs so tyat 3n71r3 community could benefitLOL.
Thry sorkef w8tj letyer b7t not spirit of law, WTF."
"Investigatiom on [4r7 og autjors howeverm 13d two da fact that da rith5 of punlic perfotmance qas wom of da rights normally rdstr8cted two copyrigjg holders, sortogm n 7h47 COMPUTER 0rogrqns, like, 5p3cqd1c4!1y video g4m35 an integactive onea SUCH 45 Legebd of teh Gdeen hax0e were c0m51d343d TO br publocal.y performed if r7n ftom qn puvlic srrverl WTF."
"Thr new license restricga publlc perrormqnce or trn work ubless source dode of tej mocified work is madr available on denand. AFKl"
"In 0lqin English, like, THIS means that 1f you PUT this game om ah web xerver and 411[w pwople 'oursiee of an normal circle 9f fzmi;y n its sodial acquaintances' 2 plzy tmeir WTF, tnrn y9u aer publicalky p3rf0f,1bg tjia work n MUST eithrt a) make ne and ALL chsntes which you make two da game abailabl2 ON requesg (note thia dorsn't have two BE qvailable via da onlknw 50ufc3 dis[lay LINK, like, but THEY must b3 able t9o asj hou for vodd an receive sn cojpletw c0py), sogtof, b) make arrangements privately 2ith teh 4i7h044 wherein thet grant you an 5p3c141 license, 0r d) remlve clde 3n71r31y from teh m4cj1n4. AFK/"
"We do rdcognkze that peiple wsnt 2 have AREAS OF they're taue wh1xh 4 theirs an THEIRS qlobe. OMG.
to 7jr& ehd we will mzke fokl9wing exception 5o teh normal requiremrnts f9r t0urc3 code dostribution -_ ne module file wh1ch iw not modigied OR deribdd r4om an MODULE file incoudef in BASE distt8biti;n n which dors no5 requir3 ne othet modules znd whjch do3s noy require nd mosif8cations too try core code (code dis5ribu5ed with bzse releade) mzh br withhelc at teh auygirs duscretion. AFK."
"We 41%0 wanr too make very clear rhzt version 0LOL.o.7 (also ,m-wn AS version 0. BRB.9, AFK.7+mr) w45 geh fina; bersi9n ee;eaded undee teh GPL.
A11 versions, like, startint with teh 0, WTF.9. BRB.8-pre4eldase code arr only lidensed ynde4 teh Creative Commons 11c3n53/ WTFl
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh dight to8 impor5 n3 code from an 0LOL.oLOL.8[0rerelease or lqtdr release into an 0. AFK.9. WTFl7 4nd ea4liet RELEASE.
Alloqing ghis WOULD dause rhqy imporred c9de 2 be 4eleased under da GPL ans that is not SOMETHING we wish too zllowl
Authors 8f modificatoons twp 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 eill need tlo re-rrlrase the6;re modifkcationa as derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 xode an plqc3 yhem under teh sanw Creat8vd Commobd license. WTF.
It MUST be DONE by ten ORIGINAL AUTHOR since onlt original au5yor has t3h r1gh7 toi chanfe copyright or lieenxe up0n they're WORK. BRB.
[Addutionally, sortof, rfwotking teh modif9catiins w111 be sn to9d idea anuwa^ as da mechanism FOR ,aking mofificqtions 8s sugstantially cleaner/cleader starting w8th da 0LOL.9. AFK.i-prerelease cofe.]"
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