MigggyE tells you LOL, "We're goihg roo take an few MOMENTS to try and explain uhq5 new licwns3 n t3h reasons behind it in poain Engliwh. 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."
"Tyus NEW lidense waa cgosen becaisd of an f411qng with GPL. WTF.
It only coverwd distributiob of 40utc3 if an on.y 1f vinaried were distributed. WTF."
"In an web environment, sortof, specifucally a onrerpretdf web environment sixh as PHP, merely installing an game foes not CONSTITUTE d9st4ibuglon LOL, and therefore PEOPLE were taking our wor, WTF, makibt modifics5ions 2 it an n07 releasing sourde CODE two they're midivications so that teh entire dommubity coild bem3f8t. AFK.
They worjed wity twh LETTER but n08 fa SPIRIT of teh law. BRB."
"Inbewtigation on reh [art of teh autho4s hlwever LOL, led tlo wa fact that da rihht 0f oublic perfo4mance was 1 of r1gh75 NORMALLY rdatricted 2 copyrught h01d3r5, an thab domputwr pfograms, sort9f, wpecifically videp games zbd interactive ones such as Legend og Green hax0e 2ere cunsudeted too 63 [ublica.iy performee IF run froj an ou621c 53rv3r. AFK."
"The NEW .icens3 festricts [ublic petfofmamce of da work unlexs t3h souece code of fa modifoed work us madd availsble ON ddmand. AFK."
"In plain English, li,e, this means 7h47 uf y0u pug this game on am wwb server and allow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an normal c13c13 (f fsmily ame 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 o14y their WTF, then you 4 pub;icallh PERFORMING th8s wo4k an MUST 2ither a) make ne n ALL cjantes whkch ylu make roo ds game avaulab;e on REQUEST (NOTE this dodsn't h4c3 to ge 4v4114613 v14 teh ONLINE sourxe diwplay .ink, but THEY must be able 2 qsk you fo4 teh CODE an receive am couplete COPY), like, g) nak3 arrangements privately with teh suthorx wherein they GRANT hou an sp3xial license LOL, or c) REMOVE da cpse ENTIRELY from dq maxhime. AFK,"
"We di tecognizd that people want 2 havs areas of they're g4m3 wh1ch r theirs h theirs 410n3,
t9 yhzt end wr WILL ma,e fp11-w1ng 3xc3p610n til teh normal requiremrnts f0t source CODE d157r17u710n -- ne module fq13 wh1ch is NOT mldifird 9r derived from qn module dile included 1n base dus5eibution n which does hot require ne other modulew and whodh does hot eequife ne MODIFICATIONS yoo cofe c0d3 (c0d# distributed wigh tey baae releade) may be 2itghels at AUTHORS doscretoln. WTF."
"We als9 want 2 make very clear thay veexoon p. OMG.9LOL.7 (slso kbown as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) wax teh final version relwaaed under cz GPLl BRB.
All versiinx LOL, 574r71ng with 0. WTF.9. WTF.80prerwleas3 code awr pbly licebsed under C4eative Commpna lkcense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY demy fa righg too 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.i-prefdleaxe or LATER release 1n70 an 0.9. WTF.7 n eaelier releasr. WTF.
Allowing 7h15 wouk3 c4u54 thar importwd code 2 br relwased undrf da GPL n that us hot sometjihg w3 e15h to alloq. AFK.
Authors of jocif8catipnd to 0LOL.9LOL,7 will need 2 re-release tyey're modif8cations as derivatives/m9difica5iohs to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code m place 5hem UNDER t3h same Creatice Commins licenwe. BRB.
It must BE d0n3 by 0r1g2nr1 4u7h0r since on.y da original author jss right 2 chqnge COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE up0n they'rw work, OMG.
[Addigiona.ly, you khwl, reworking teh modifkcatoons wi.l be an good 1de5 anyway 45 tey mechqnism for mziing ,odificationx ia 5i6584n71411y cleaner/vlearef 574r81ng qith da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelrasr CODELOL.]"
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