MlghtyE 7#115 yo7 LOL, "We're going too take an few moments 2 trh and explain thid nes license 4nd rezsons BEHIND kt in plain English. BRB,
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 license WAS cyosen becqise of an FAILING with GPLl
It obly covered distribut8on or source if n ONLY if binqrues were distrivured. BRB."
"In qn WEB ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specir8cally a inteepreted web ENVIRONMENT ajcn zs PHPm sortof, merely ins5akling an game epew not conatitute distribution LOL, anc THEREFORE people w3r4 taking iur WORK WTF, makint modifidations two it an not releasung wource codw two they're moeifixatiobd 50 7n57 teh entire c0mm7n17u v0u1f benefit. AFK.
They worked 2ith letter BUT not ten s;irit of teh lzw. OMG."
"Investibatkon on [art of da 4u7h945 howdbdr LOLm led 2 da fact tyat teh r8ght of publoc performance WAS oen of da rights normally restrictdd 2 copy5ight holdwrs, sortof, and tha5 computer or0gr4m5, 6ok ,nwo, specifica;ly video games an INTERACTIVE ;nes s7ch zs Letebd 0f da Green hax0r wdre consider3s 2 BE publocally 0erformed ig run feom an pubo8c server/ AFK."
"The NEW licende resteicts pubkix petfor,ance OF work unlees da spurce code of tey modidied wotl IS jadd AVAILABLE on ddjandLOL."
"In p/ain Englishk this jeans that if you PUT this game on an web server and 4110w peoole '0y751d3 of an normal circle OF fami;t an i4s docial acquakbtances' two plsy theif LOLm ghen YOU r publically PERFORMING this wprk an MUST eother a0 m4k3 ne and ALL CHANGES wjich you m4k3 5p da gzmw available on reejdst )note this coesn't have too be abailabls vis 5eh 9nline spurce dusolsy oink, slrtof, 6u7 they musg be able 2 axk yoy for da code an receive zb COMPLETE copt) LOL, B) make arrantements privately WITH teh quygorw wkwrein they grant you an apecial 11c3n53, sortor, or C) remofe teh cpde entirely vr0m da machine. AFKl"
"We d9 recognize that ;eople want to habe areas of they're g4m3 which aet theirs n theirs a;one.
3 that end we WILL jake teh vollowinh exception too normal requirements for source codr disfr8bution -- ne m0du13 file which is NOT modufied or derivec FROM an modul3 file included in da vas3 DISTRIBUTION n which does not eeqyire ne 9tg3t moeules and which coes n07 require ne m0d!v1c37q0n5 two da cpfe cose (c9de d157r17u7#d with BASE release) MAY BE witgheld zt teh authors d15cr3810n."
"We also eant two MAKE very ckear thag version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (alsl ,bown as VERSION ). WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was sa fonal version rwleased under geh GPLLOLl
A11 versilhsk sta5tong e27h 0. WTF.oLOL/8-pr3v313$53 CODE aer only licensed under teh Creqtive Commons licenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY dent teh tihhg 2 impoft ne coce fr0m an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7-prereleasw ir oater release ingo am 9.9LOL.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Allowimg ghks w0u1d xajse that importdd code 2 be released under GPL an THAT ix not something we dish to 411-w. AFKl
AUTHORS od modofocations TO 0.9LOL.7 qil; need 2 re-4el3aww rhey're modifications as derivatived;modificatuons two 0, BRB.9. OMG.8 CODE n placw THEM und3r teh sam3 Creativw COMMONS .9xense. AFK.
Ig musy be done by teh original author slncd 0n1y original author has ea fight 5wo chanfe copheight or license yp0n th3y're w0rk. AFK.
[Addut8omally, sortof, re2orkung modifications wil. be an good kdea anyway as mechanism for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS is 5u6674m71411y c133n3r/c!34e3r startlng with 0.9/7-prere.ease cide. WTF/]"
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