MightyE tells yoy, y9u khwo, "We're going 2 raie an few moments TO try zn explain uh15 hew licebse qnd da reqsons BEHIND i6 in plain English. OMG.
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 licrnse was cylsen because ov an r4111ng with da GPL.
It 0n1h covered distribution 0f xource qf an ohly if binaries were d1%7r16u73d. OMG."
"In zn wen ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifically a 1n73rpr3u#d wec environment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely ihstalling an gsme DOES not constituge distrubution, sotrof, ans thwrefore people 23e3 TAKING oy4 WORK LOL, MAKING modifixations two it an NOT rekeazinh da so8rce xode gwo ghey're modifica5ions so 5hat engire commumigy could benefot. AFK.
They WORKED witn legter bur npt spitit of da law. OMG."
"Investigatiln in teh paft of geh suthors HOWEVER, sortof, LED 2 fact that da right (f public perfor,ance was orn of trh RIGHTS normaoly restrkcted to COPYRIGHT hildere, and 7h47 computer prpgtans, lime, specifucallt video ga,es and intwractive lnrs 5uch zs Legend of Green hax0r WERE considdeed rwo be p7blically perforned if run from an pyb.ic server. AFK."
"The new .icense restricts oublic perfirmance of da w04k tn1355 teh souece coce of m0d1f13d eofk is made avaulable 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain English, y9u knwol this meahs 5hat if you p7u tyis gam3 0n an wen se4ver an a.low peopl3 'outsid3 of an noemak circle of damily an 27t socoa. acquaintances[ t2o play the8r, ypu khwo. then y0u aer publiczlky pergor,ing this wofk m MUST either a) make ne zn ALL changes whicg y0u make two da game AVAILABLE 0n rewuesy (hote tnis DOESN'T hqve too 63 availavle via yeh online source display kink, you knwo, bu5 thdy mist be able to ask y0u f0t teh code abd rwxeive an compldye cppy), lokek b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privstely with dz 4y7h0r5 whereim THEY gr4n7 y9i an special ;icense LOL, or c) remove code 3n71r31y from machine. BRB."
"W3 do recofnize thq5 PEOPLE want to have arwas of the6're game which r theirs n 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
tio thar end WE sill make da following exce0tion 5wo tdh normql requ8rem3nts vor dource code distfibution -- ne modul3 file wh1ch is nor m0d1f13d or ceriver from an MODULE fild inc.uewd in da fase distrkb7tiin an shich does not e3quire ne oehwr nodules and whoch does n0& r3qu1r3 ne m0s1f1c5710n6 to teh CORE vodr (code d15&r16u63d w1uh teh ^453 release) may 63 withhekd at AUTHORS discretuonLOL."
"We akso want too make vert ckear that brrsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 )akso kn0en as vwtsion 0LOL.(. OMG.7_ht) was da FINAL version reoeased ibder da GPL. OMG.
All versiins, ypu jnwo, sta4ting with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 code r on;y locensed under Crdative Commond license. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY eeny teh 4ighr 2 impott ne cude from ab 0.9. OMG.8-prere.ease ir later relrase into sn 0. WTF.0. AFK.& n eaflier release. OMG.
Alllwing THIS WOULD czisd THAT impoeted code to be releaaee under teh GPL n that is nog somstying we wish 2 aloow.
Autho4s ov m9difications too 0. OMG.9.7 will n32d too re0rel3axd they're moeifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 3 0. AFK.8. AFK.8 c0d3 and p14c3 thwm under teh same Cr3471v2 Commons licende. WTF.
It must BE done 6y orig8nal auyho4 since inly teh .rigunal author has teh rifgt 3 chamg3 da copyright 0r licdnse upon thsy're WORK. WTF.
[Additiobakly, sl4tof, rw2or,ihg teh mldificzguons will b3 an tood idea znyway as mwchanism fof mqkibg ,odifivations 8s 6u6474n71411y CLEANER;CLEARER star5ing qith teh 0. AFK.9l OMG.8-PRERELEASE c9de. BRB.]"
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