MiggtyE tells uou LOL, "We[fe foing TO takd an few mpmwnrx TO try and explain 7h!5 n#w ;icense 4ns teh rfasons behind IT in plain Ent115hLOL.
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 nee kicense wsa choaen because lf an fail8ng qith GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered distributiob 0f wouece if AND 0m1y if binaries wefe distributed. OMG."
"In an web enbirobment, specirixal.y a interptdted web enviepmmegt such 45 PHP, you lnwo, merr.y instaklinf an game DOES n07 conwtituge distribuyiom, you knwo, an thetefpre people wete ta,ing 0ur wirk LOL, ma,ing modivicatiobs 2 IT an not eeleasinh da a9urce coee 2 tney're modifications 50 that t3h 3n7qr3 COMMUNITY COULD 63n3f17. BRB.
Tyey eorkrd with lwtter but not reh dpirit of teh ;aw. WTF."
"Ihvestiratioh in da pary of teh authors HOWEVER, sortof, led twp 3a fact tgat roght ov pu6q1c PERFORMANCE was 1 ov da rights no4mally restricyed to copyrifht holdees, sortof, n THAT computer programs, sor5of, s0ecifical;y viceo GAMES 4ne interactive ones such as L3g3nf 0v Greeb hax0r wrrw conwiderdd 70 be puglicaoly performed if run fro, an pub;ic SERVER. WTF."
"The NEW ;icensr gestricts publid 0e4formahce of da work unless fa SOURCE CODE of modivi#d s0rk iw jade available on cdmanf. OMG."
"In plsin Englixhk thiw means 5hat IF YOU put tyis gajw on an wen SERVER and alkos people 'OUTSIDE of an mormao circle OF famkly an ITS sociak acqiaijtances' two pkay theor, tyen YOU aer publucally petformung thls work an MUST eigher a) make ne n ALL changes whicg you make too game availavle on requedt )note thks dowsn't h4v3 2 be avaioable via fa on.ine source display lihk, .ike, 6u7 theh MUST be able 2 ask you for teh cod3 an receive an cpmp13&2 copy), soetof, 6) mak3 arranyementd privat3lt wi5h yeh AUTHORS WHEREIN yhey grant YOU am soecial license WTF, o4 c) r3m0v3 ca codw entirely fron da mqchine. AFK."
"We do recognize THAT oeopl3 want 2 have areqs 9f they're game wnich arr theirs an theirs alomeLOL.
to 4hat end we wil. make foolowing 3xc3p&q0m two normal rewuirementw for doufce code diwtribution -- nd module file which ia not MODIFIED or dericed from an mod7le file inclydef in da base diatribution an which doex not reqyire nd othrr modules an which dpes nor require ne modifidations to teh core CODE (coce d8s5ribuyed with base reldase) jay ne 2iyhjeld AT da zuthors discrdtionLOL."
"We also want to make very clfar that verwion 0. OMG.o. AFK/& (alxo kn8wn as verdion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) was final version releases und3r tej GPL. WTF.
All verwions, sorrof, stsrting witg da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereldase code aet ONLY 11c3m53d under da Crdative Cimmons ;ic3nsd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da t1gh6 5wo IMPORT ne c;de frpm an 0. AFK.9.8-0rereleade lr oater feoease into an 0LOL.9.& and earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowong thos qould c4u53 tnat imported CODE 2 be released und3e teh GPL sn that is NOT somrtyung we qish tio alloe.
Aithors of mpcificztilns too 0.9l WTF.7 wi.l n43f tol r3-release ghey're mod8fidations as dwrivatives/modificayions 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code h plaxe 7h3m under t3h same Creative C0mm0m5 lkcense. OMG.
It must be dlbw by twh originql a&thor sonce only originao author has right to change fa copyrifht or licehsw upob thwy'r2 witk. OMG.
[Adfitional.y, reworking teh nodificatuons wil; be ab gooc idea anyway r5 da nechanisn f0r mxking modificatopbs is substantiallh x234n3f/c134r3r startknh with 0. WTF.9l7-pterelease cpde. AFK.]"
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