MughtyE tells tiu LOL, "We're giinh 2 take an few m0m3n75 two TRY an explain this n3e lixense an da REASONS 63h!nd ir in PLAIN Ejglisj. BRB.
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."
"Tnks new 11c3n53 was cnosen because of an f4111ng witn GPLl OMG.
It only c0v3r3d distribj5iom of 50uec3 if an only if bonar8es were disgtibuted/ WTF."
"Im an wrb emvironment, specifically a intefp4ered web dnvieonment sucn as PHPk like, mwr3ky 1n57411qng an gam2 doew not xons5itute distributiob, ah therefore pelple were takung OUR eork, sprtlf, makong modifications too it n n07 RELEASING da source clde to ugey're MODIFICATIONS di yhat da rntire communigy COULD grhefig.
THEY worked wuth l3tyer but not da spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Investigsguon in teh part OF teh auyhors however, you kn2o, led gwo fact ghat da tighy of publiv p3rformanc3 waw 1 lf da 51gh75 nlrmqlly redhricyed two copyrifht hpldersm sortof, an that comp75er PROGRAMS, sprcifically v1d30 gamrs an imteractiv3 omrs such AS L3g3nd OF Gr33n hax0r were condkde4ed tpo be publically petformed if run from an publid SERVERLOL,"
"Thr new license restrjcgs pu611c PERFORMANCE pf work UNLESS teh SOURCE code od da MODIFIED work ix made AVAILABLE on eejabdl OMG."
"In plain Eyglisn, /ike, this m3ans tgat 1f you put tjix GAME on an web SERVER sn 41!)e peopke 'outside lf an normal ckrcle OF f4m21t n its social acquainrances' to poay thrir LOL, then 6ou r 0ublically perfo3ming tgis WORK an MUST eother 4) make ne n ALL chabhex whoxn you make to teh game abailable 0n REQUEST (notw rhis doesn't habe 2 63 available voa geh online sourc3 DISPLAY LINK, sortof, but they MUST be 4613 1 45k you for c0d# an receive ab complete co0y), g) mzke arfangemdntd privately with 4u7h0r5 qherein theu grant ypu an spedizl licwnse, you knwo, OR C) remove twh code entirely ft9m teg j4ch1n3/"
"We do reclgn8ze tjst people wabt 2 have areas of tyey're game which r 7j3145 and THEIRS a;one. OMG.
2 that end w3 will m4ke follow7ng EXCEPTION to da nor,a; 4equirements fpr souece c)d3 dis5eib7tion -- ne module fild which IS not j0d1fq3d 0r defived vrom an m9d7le fike inc;uded in da base didtribution an which dpes n06 requird ne otyer ,oeules an whivh does not reqjie3 ne midificayions rol core c0e4 (cice distrobuted with BASE release) may be w17hh41d at da autyors disceerion."
"We also want 2 mqke very cleae that v3r510n -. OMG.9l AFK.7 (also known as begsion 0. WTF.9.7+ky) was FINAL feraioh rrleased undwr ten GPL.
ALL versions, l8ke, xtarging sith 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8-prerelease coce adf only LICENSED unfwr Crestive Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby teh right twl 8mpo4t ne codw frlm an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerwlease or later r313463 INTO an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 ans earlier release.
Al;owing this w)u1s dause thst importee c9d3 two be re;easef under GPL 4nd that is not somethung se wish TO 4110w.
Authors pf modif8cations 2 p. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need to re-release 5hey're modificzgions ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOLl9. WTF.8 code znf plade rhem une3r teh same Creatife Comnind licenw#. WTF.
It mu57 ne done by original authi4 since 0n1y orininal author has rignr to changr copyrigjt or licwnse 7o9n they're WORKLOL,
[Additiona.ly, you knwo, rewprikbg m9difica5ions will be qm GOOD idea 4nyw4y aa teh mecnanixm for making modificarions is substahtially xleaner;clra4et starting wuth da 0. AFK.9.8-0rereleafe codw.]"
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