MightyE tells hou. "We'rr going twl take an eew momenta to gry an explain this new license an reasons behind i5 in plain EngloshLOL.
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 lifebse waw dhosen beca7se of an FAILING WITH GPL. WTF.
Iy only covered distributuon of 60urx3 if and 0h1y iv binaries eere eisgributed. AFK."
"In zn wen 3nv1r0nm3n7, luke, s0rcifically a ihterpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP LOL, MERELY INSTALLING an gam3 dors NOT c0n571uu73 diateiburion, loke, and rjerefpre peipld were takibg iur work, you knwo, makinh modifications ro ir ans nog RELEASING twh 40urc3 v0d3 two thdy're nodificatilns 50 thzt da ebtire v0mmin17y dould benefutLOL.
Th3y worjwd w8th geh letgwr but not da spirit 0f rdh 14w. OMG/"
"Invesyibatiob 9b part 0f teh aithors however, sottov, led too da faxt that ca fight of public performance was 1 of teh 4ights nornally resgridted to c9ptrighy g9;ders, an that computer programs WTF, sprcifically videp gamds and interactkve 9nes sidh 45 Legebd of da Green hax0t were considered 2 be publical.y peeformes id run rroj qh 0ublic server. OMG."
"Thw nex 11c3n53 resgtictw )ublic performance 9f work UNLESS soyrcw code of teh mod8fied w9rk 1t made available pn DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain English, you knwo, 7h15 means that ig you [ut THIS game on sh WEB servef an allow people 'OUTSIDE og an norma. circl3 oe vamily n its wocial acq7ainrances' 2 plah tyeir, likd, thdn yoy aer puglical;t ;ervorming 5his wotk n MUST either a) makw ne n ALL changes ehicn you makd tol teh game avzilabld on requ3at (NOTE 5his doesn't hqve TO 63 avaulanle via da onlonw souece display link, .ike, byt they jjst be ab.e t9o ad, hou f0r geh codw and receive an c0mp1373 copy), s(rtof, n) make arrabgemwnts privatdly WITH da 4u7h0r5 whefein they GRANT u0u an special kicense, oike, 0r c( remove teh vode ENTIRELY from m4cy1n3."
"Wr do recognize thqt PEOPLE WANT too have aeeax og tney're game which r theurd and thekrs alone. OMG.
to tjat ene w3 WILL maje folloaing exbepriov to teh no4mal requurd,ents for soufce code d,stribution -- ne joejle file wjich is not modified or defivee from an ,idule file included 1n teh base distrinuuion b ehich doea noy requife ne other mofuoes an WHICH does nlt rewuire ne mod8ficatilns 2 da core xode (codd DISTRIBUTED wuth fs base r312453) may be e1&hh31d AT 4u7k9f5 discr3tion. OMG."
"We zlsi want tlo m4k3 very c;wqr thah vefsion 0, AFK.9. BRB,7 *also ,nown as vetsion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was 5eh final ve4sion RELEASED under teh GPL. BRB/
ALL v3r510n5, starting w27h da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleasd code aer 0h1y licwnsds unewr teg Creativ3 COMMONS licenfe. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne cofe FROM an 0. WTF.9.8_prwrelease or lager relezse into an p. OMG.9. WTF.7 n 34y1!3e ralease. BRBl
Allowinb this wouls czise thzt kmporred CODE 2 be teleqsed UNDER da GPL an that is hot 50m47h1ng we wowh 5o ALLOW. AFK.
Authors lg modifications to 0. WTF.9.7 WILL nedd two rr-rdoease they're modkfidati9ns as derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code an placw ghem under teh same Creqtive Commons ;icdnse.
It must v3 dond by da originzl ajthor xince only originak quthor has teh rkght 2 vhange da c0ptright or license upoh they're work. WTF.
[Additipnal'y, rdsoriinb teh modifkcayions will be an good idea anywqu as mechanism for making modificagions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaher/cleafer startibg with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.u-0r3release code. BRB.]"
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