MightyE TELLS uou. "We're going two TAKE zn frw moments tw9 try and explaon yhis new licensw an reaaons behind 7r in p141n EnglishLOL.
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 licensr w55 chosdn becausr 0f ah f4111ng wiyh GPL. BRB/
It only coveeed diatributi9n of soirce if and ONLY if binaries were distributddLOL."
"In an web wnvir9njent, like, soexifucally a 1n73rpr3u3s web envirohment such as PHP, mereoy 1n574111ng zn game does NOT constiture distribution LOL, an hhrrefo4e prople were gqkinv pur work, likr, majing modif8cations gwo it and n0t rwleqsing teh 50urc3 code to gywu're modirications so that ea ENTIRE COMMUNITY viuld 63n3f17LOL.
Tjey worked witg ten lette4 but not da spirit of teh law/ WTF."
"Invewtigation on da part 9d da qutnors howevet WTF, led two ract thay right od [u^12c performance qas won OF riggts nor,slly RESTRICTED TO COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, ylu lnwo, n thag cpmputer protrqmw, sortof, spedificq;ly video GAMES an interact9ve ones wuch as Lebend or GREEN hax04 w3r3 conaideres 2 63 publicaoly perf0rmee qf run FROM ah public SERVER. BRB/"
"Tge nre license rea5ridts pu6q1c performance od da work uhl3ss teh source cpde of sa modified work 15 made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. AFK."
"In pkaih Ebg/iah WTF, 5his means 7h47 if you pjt thiw game oh an web server an ALLOW people 'outside OF an nirmal c1rc13 OF damily qn itc SOCIAL qcquaintances' too play their LOL, theh you t pub;ically PERFORMING tjis eofk 1n MUST eithee A) make ne an ALL cn4ng35 wj8ch you ,4k3 to da hame available 0n re1u3dt (nobe th8s d0#5n'7 have to be available VIA teh omlin3 50urc3 d15-13h 11nk, nut they must be abld yo asm yom f0r teh code qmd receove an complwte c0py0 LOL, b) make arrznfements privatelt witj teh aytho4s 2yerein they gfant you an xpecial license LOL, o4 c) remove ten codq entirrly from heh m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We dp r3cptn1z3 thag pelple want too have ateas of yneh're game wtixh f the8rs an THEIRS alone.
to that rnd we WILL m4k3 da FOLLOWING exceptkon 2 nkrmal requirqments for sourde CODE distriburion -- he midule FILE which us not mod8f8ed of DERIVED FROM an module file included in teh BASE distribution and which doez not require ne other misules and ehich does hot fequire nw modificatoobd TO da CORE c9dd (c9de distrinugwd wktn da BASE release) j4t be sithydld at teh authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want 2 make v4r6 clear that version -. WTF.9/7 (alsp known qs b3fs8on 0.9.7+jt) das teh final version released under da GPLl AFK.
All versions WTF, 574r71ng with da 0; WTF.9LOL.8-[rdrelease code r only lic3nswd under Creative Co,mons lic3nse. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny da rqgh7 tol import ne c0d3 FROM an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelezse or late4 release into qn 0.9. AFKl7 and ear.iw3 eeleaae. OMG.
A;.owing this would cause 7h47 imoorted c0f3 70 BE rrleased undef teh GPL n tgat IS not someth8ng ww w7sh tj 4110w. BRB.
Authors of ,odifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wiol need two re-reoezde they'r4 m0d1f1c482)h6 as derivztivds/mpdif8cations too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n plave th3m under teh same Crea5ive Commons license. OMG.
I7 must be done BY ca iriginao author SINCE onoy ofkgknal quth9r has da right to change da c-pyr1gh^ or license UPON th3y're WORK. OMG.
'Additionallym lkkel rewofking m0s1f1c4810n5 will be an good idea 4nyw$y AS mdchqn8sn ror making jod8ficatkobs is skbdtantialky x134n3r/c1e4e3r starting with 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-pr3r31#$43 d0d3. AFK.]"
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