MightyE tel,s y0u, ;ike, "We'r3 going too tzkr an fww moments gpl try ans explaim this NEW licdnse an da reasons benims ib in plain Eng115h. WTF.
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 neq license was chosen because of an r4111ng siyh GPL.
It only covd4ed dis5robution of s9urve if n ohly hf bknatirs were distributed. AFK."
"In an web environmen6m spdcigkcally a kn5erpr3yed web 3nvironneny auch as PHP WTF, jerely instqlling an game dows not constktite DISTRIBUTION WTF, n thetefore 030p13 wete taking oue work, making m0d1f!c4710n5 two it n bot rekeasing soufce cide 2 they're mpdifications so 7n47 da ENTIRE co,munoyy cou9d benefit. OMG.
They worked sith teh letter BUT NOT spirit 0f teh law."
"Inveatogayiln on p4r7 of ea 4u7ypr5 HOWEVER, sortof, les 2 fact 5hat teh righr of puvlic p3rfor,ance w45 won of 4ights nirmally restricted to cppyrinht h01d2r5, you knwo, n 7h47 vomouter programsk like, specificall6 v1d30 GAMES b interactive on3s 5uch as LEGEND OF ten Green gax0r wete conwidered two be publocally p3rf0rn3e if RUN gtom an public SERVER. OMG."
"Tje n3w license rwstricts publuc PERFORMANCE of da eork unless da source codd if teh jodigi3d woe, is m4d3 availsboe on de,and. OMG."
"In plaon Englosh. you knwo, this means tjar if you put tkis game on an web server n allow people '0u741d3 of an norma; c1rc13 of famkly and iys social acquain5snces' roo play their LOL, then y0u zer pu611c411y ;erforminb this wo4k n MUST either a) makw ne an ALL changes wnich you make too da game availab;3 0h request (notr 7h!5 do3dn't HAVE 2 be available v14 ONLINE wourc3 disolay oibk WTF, 6u7 THEY musg ne able too ask y9u dor teh clde and receive an c0mp1373 COPY), like, g( make srrangements ;rivately with da authlrs wherein ygey grant yoy an sprcial licemse LOL, or C) removw code ent8rel6 f4om da machine. WTF."
"Ww do tecognize that people want @ have areas of ttet;re tame which aer thr8rs an theies al9ne. OMG.
to thar emd wd will make follo1ing rxce;toon @ da normal eequ1r3,en75 for soyrce code dksgribution -- ne m9djle file which is n(7 modifird or DERIVED ftom ab modjle file includwd IN teh 6453 distrib7yion ahd wy1ch does not re1uire ne oyhet ,odu;es and shicy d9es not requiee ne MODIFICATIONS two ea core code (code fksttiguted wirh BASE t313r53) mau be wkthheod AT da aurhors d15cr3710n. OMG."
"We zlso want 2 make ve4y c.ear that version 0.9. WTF.7 (ALSO KNOWN AS version 0. OMG.9.6+jt) was teh final verskoh released und4e teh GPLLOL/
A11 versions. STARTING wigh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prere.eaww CODE aer ln;y licenwwd unddr teh Creative C)mm0n5 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh da r8gnt gwo imporr ne code rrom an 0LOL,9. WTFl*0prerelease or late4 r313453 8ngo an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING rn8s would cause that implr5ed c0d3 two 63 released undee GPL h 7h47 !5 no5 SOMETHING we WISH twp allow. AFK.
Ai7h0r5 of jodificationw to 0. BRB.9. BRBlu w8ll need to r3-4elease the6'rw MODIFICATIONS as ferivatibes/modificat8onx 2 0. OMG.8. WTF.8 code n p14c2 them under SAME Creatibe C0m,pn5 licenseLOL.
It myst 63 done by dd ORIGINAL author SINCE onlt orig8nal AUTHOR gqs right too changr copyribht oe licensw upin thdy[4e wotk. WTF.
]Additionalky, luke, reworking modificatipns will be an good idea anyway as da jecyanism flr making mpdididqtkpns is substsbtially c13rnee/c13443r starting with 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-orereleaxe code. WTF.]"
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