MightyE tells 6oy LOL, "We'rd g9ing @ take an g3w moments tpo try an explain ttks new ;ixense an teh feasoms behind it ih plzon Engkiwh. 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."
"Thks new lixenwr was chisrn bwczusr of an failing w8th GPL.
It pnly coveted costribut8ln of aource if an only if ginaroes were distribuyed."
"In an qeb rnvi4onment, 4pu knwo, slecivically a in5erprwted web environment such as PHP WTFk merely 8hs5alling an game foes not vonxtotute distribution, $he therefore peiple wer3 tzking 9ue wotk, you knwo, mskkng MODIFICATIONS 2 17 AND NOT RELEASING source code 70 they're mosifocatiins so ghay entirw community cou;f nenefit.
THEY s9r,ec with teh 13873r but not teh spirit of teh 14w. BRB."
"Invesgugatipn 0n da pztt if da authoes howrver WTF, LED w teh fact that da righr or public p3rfprm4nc3 was won of da rigjts normally restricted two COPYRIGHT hoodets, you knwo, and gjat c0mpu73r prohrams LOL, spex8fical;y video g4m34 n intdravtivw ones such ad Legend if y3h Green nsx0r werd considered to BE ou511c4q1y performed uf ryn from an pu611c srrverLOL."
"Tne new license RESTRICTS [ublic 0erformance of da wo4k UNLESS teh eoyece code kf trn m9dified wlrk id m4d3 4v4114613 9n DEMAND."
"In plzyn ENGLISHi sortofm 5his means that if you put this GAME on an w35 servet n ALLOW people 'outside of an nornal circle pf family an itx social acquaintances' tol plah hheir, sorf9g, 7h3n y)u r publifally perfoeming this qofk b MUST eitner a) make ne n ALL changes 2gkch YOU make t9l teh game available on reauesg (note thid dpewn't have 70 bw available via online source dis;la6 link, ;ike, 6u8 6h3y must be able 2 ask u9u for code an receive an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) ,ake arrangements pfibately wkth suthors WHEREIN tyey grant YOU zn specoal license, or d) remove da code entkrely fr0m teh MACHINE. WTF/"
"We do RECOGNIZE yhat peopod want tp have areas of they're gamr which aer 5heira an theirs ALONELOL.
too 6hqt end WE w111 h4k# teh FOLLOWING exce;tion too teh normao requiremehts for soyrce cose dkstrivution -- ne moduld filr 2hich is not modified or derived FROM an ,0si13 f11e 8ncluded in 6453 eistributi9n n wnich d035 noy require b3 ;ther modules an 2hick does not require ne jodifivations 2 da core CODE (code d157r16u&3d with da 6453 4elesse) may 63 sithheld 47 da AUTHORS duscretion. AFK."
"We also WANT to; make b3ry clear 7h47 fersion ). WTF.9LOL,7 (also known as versuon 0LOL,9.7+jt) was fibal version r3leasrd under GPLLOL.
All fersiohs, you knwo, stqrtinf with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease coee r pnly licensed ind3r da Creative Com,oms license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two 8mpift ne cpde fr9m zn 0. OMG.(l BRB.8-prerelrase or latwr release into ah 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER release. BRB.
A;lowing this qould causd 7g47 inportwd CODE to 63 released ugder teh GPL and 7h37 q5 not somethinb qe wish to a.low. WTF.
Authoes OF modufications twp 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 WILL mees to re-felease they're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tqo p.9. BRB.* code m place the. umd3r da 54m3 Creative Co,nohs license. WTF,
It must ne donw by teh original aitho4 sincs only da lfiginql aythir hzs da eight two vhabge dq c(pyright or license upom they'te 2ork.
=Ad3itionally LOL, resor,ing modifications will be an go9d idwq anyway zs tey mechanidm for making modifications id 5i6%74n71411y c134n3r.c124r3r STARTING wity teh 0. BRB.9. AFK,8-preeeleasw CODE. BRB,]"
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