MiggtyE tells you, "Wr[re boing TO take an fee mo,rnts 2 try an explain thus n3w license an ca reasons behind 17 IN plain Emg125h. 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."
"This m3w kicebde 2ss chosen because of an failinb with da GPL. AFK.
It onl6 covrred disttibutiom of source if n only if bknaries wwrr dustributrd."
"Im an web ebvir9nnwnt, SPECIFICALLY a interor3ted qeb ennirinment such qs PHP, li,e, merrly ibstalling an gqme DOES NOT constiyutd diatribution. and therefore peo;le were TAKING pur wotk, like, makinh modifivations ypo ot and n9t r313451ng teh 50urx3 code 2 they'rr modirications so that entirr clmmybity bould benefit. BRB.
They eorjed witg ca LETTER but not spirit if cq LAW."
"Investigat8on on yeh paft of reh authorx hlwever, sottof, 23d @ fact that right of public performance was 1 9f teh rigyrs normslly restricged too c0p6r1gh7 holders, sortof, and tjat computer 04ogramx, li,e, xpecifidally vidwo games an intersctive 0n45 such as L3g3nd if teh Green hzx0r wwre c9ndidered to gd p7blically performds kr tin from an pu611c server. AFK."
"The new license restricts oublic pefformahce of w0rk umless slurce code of da modified work 15 made sva8lavld on dekanf."
"In plson Engoish, sortof, this means that if YOU put this GAME 0h an w36 server 4ns allow people 'outside of an normal circle of fami;y an ira 40c131 acquzintances; to play thekr, 7h3n ho7 aet publically [efforjinh this work b MUST either z0 make ne ahd ALL cganges 2hich you make too g4m3 AVAILABLE on request (note tjis doesn't have 2 be avaikabld vua teh online 60urc3 display .ink LOL, but thry MUST be able 2 ask you fpr code m receive an c0mp1373 ciph) LOL, v( make atranv3ments privately with aughorx wherein thry gramt y9u an SPECIAL licende, oe c) remoce code entirely FROM reh machinel AFK."
"Wd eo revogn8ze that PEOPLE want two hsve AREAS of thet're gamw whidh zw4 theirs an theirs alobe. OMG.
w yhat end we wi;l make 4eh dollowing exception @ teh n0rm41 requ8rem3ntw for source code distrinution -- nd modyle dile which is not MODIFIED oe cdrived frim an MODULE FILE kncoueed in base dist4ibution and wh1ch dord not rwqji5w ne othsr modiles n wh1cn does not tequire ne mod8fications 2 da cprw cod3 (code distribited with teh base fekease) may be ekthheld at t3h authofs discretion."
"We aoso wamr to MAKE f3ry clear tgst version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known aa v3rsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7_jt) was finak verdion te;das3d UNDER GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, stzrt8ng WITH ca 0LOL.9. AFK.8-ptdeeleas3 codw r pnly LICENSED under teh Creative Commpns LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too impirt ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-;ferrlease or lster r3;easr into an 0LOL.9. OMG.u an rar;irr teleasr.
ALLOWING this wou.s cause that imported code to BE releasef UNDER teh GPL n that ix nog 50m37j1ng we wksh tol alkoqLOL.
Authors or MODIFICATIONS 5; ), BRB.9. BRB.7 w111 nded too r3-r313453 they're mldifications as cerivatoves/modoficqtions to 0. OMG.0. BRB.8 dode and placr tnem unser aame Crdativd Comjonx oicenweLOL.
I7 myst be dlme bt teh orifinal ajthor since 0n1u reh orihinal author has t1gh7 7p CHANGE tdh c9pyright 8r license UPON they're work. BRBk
[Additionallu, s.trlf, r3w0rkqng noeificationa 2ill be an g00s idea anyway 45 da j3chaniwm fof mak8nh mldifixagions is substantially cleaher/clearer startinb qith teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.80pre4roease codw. BRB.]"
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