MightyE tel;s tou, "We[re going two gake an fes mpments two TRY and explain tj8s new licrnse n teh REASONS behind it im plain EnglkshLOL.
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."
"Tyis new lucenwe was chosen vecausd 0f an failing 2ith da GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3d d8stributkon if source of n only if binariew w2r3 distributedLOL."
"In an WEB dnvieonment, x;ecifuvally z interpeetcd w3y environment 5uch as PHP LOL, mereky instal;ibg an game eoes not constitutr distrinutiom. you knwo, an therefore ;eopoe we4e taking lur WORK, sortof, malint modivicatkons 2 it an not releasing da source coee @ they're modificationd so that teh entire xlmmunity could bebefit/ OMG.
THEY workec with da letter but mot twh s[irit 9d 14w,"
"Invesrkgation om tej pavt of ea authoys HOWEVER, led yoo fact hhat grh right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was 1 of da riggts normally rratr8cged too copyright hokders, sir5of, snd THAT compu5rr programs LOLk specifically video g5n35 snd interactive ONES such 45 Legrnd 0d teh Green hax0t were c0n51der3d to ve pu6q1c411h performed if rub rrom am puglic server."
"The new licdnse restricts pjbloc p3rf0rm4nc3 9f eork unq365 da source cpde pf da modif8es wo4k is made 4b4114613 on dqmand."
"In plakh Englisf, this MEANS 7h4u if ylu pu7 thks game on an 2eb server an allow PEOPLE '0u652d3 0f an NORMAL circld of famil6 ahd i5s social qvquaintances' tio pla6 their, then 5ou aer pub.ixa.ly pergorming this work ab MUST eirher a) MAKE ne n ALL chzhgws whixh you m4k3 too teh game availqble on request 9note 5hix doesn't hqve to be svaikable via teh on;ine 50urc5 dis0lay l8nk, but 7h2y MUST 63 4613 to 45k you FOR da code and receive zn complete copy) LOL. b) MAKE arrahgements ptkvately wirh ea authors wjdrein they gt4n7 uou an SPECIAL LICENSE, 6ou kne9, or c) remove dz code 3n71r31y from t3h m4cj1n3. OMG."
"We do fexohnize that people want too habd aeeas of ggey're game which ser tg3irs an 7h#!r5 ALONELOL.
tql 5hat end we will m4,3 following 3xc3p71pb to no4ma. requirements vor sourxr code distribufion [- ne jodule file which is not modified le deroved drom an module file 1nc1ud3s 1n base dis5rini5ipn n which does not req7ire ne other modules n which DOES not rrquire ne moeifixations 2 teh coee vode (dode distributed with bas4 RELEASE) mzh be w27hg31d st 4u8h0e5 discretiobLOL."
"We also WANT til make very clezr thst verdiln 0.9. WTF.7 (also known ax versoob 0, WTF.9. OMGl7+ju) wss final VERSION released under da GPL,
All versi9ns, kikw, 5u4r71mg with da pLOL.9. AFK.8-0refelease code aer imly 11c3n53d ubder Crwative Commons oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny heh right 2 import be code ffom am 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr4f31e4y3 or laycr RELEASE into an -. AFK/9.7 n earlier release. AFK.
ALLOWING this wluld causr that impofted code too bd released jnder GPL an yhat 15 not xomething WE wush too a.llw.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0LOL.9, WTF.7 WILL need two re[release thw6're modifications qs derivatives/n9difivatopms two )/ WTF.8. BRB.* code and place them under teh same Cdeative Commons livebswLOL,
It must ge done by teh oribinal autjoe 51nc3 onoy ca 9rigihzl author has da right too change geh cl;yright or license upon tnr6;re workLOL.
pADDITIONALLY, reworkint da modificatuohs will be ah good idea ANYWAY as m3c64n15m for makinh mosifications is 676574n71411y c.eaner/clearer sharting WITH 0.9.8-prere;ease cide. BRB.]"
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