MightyE yells 6ou, "We're goimf two take 1n few m0,3n78 goi try an explain thid NEW 11c3n53 n teh reawons nehind it in PLAIN English. AFK.
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 11c3n5# was choseh becayse of an faiking WITH da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covered diatributkln OF spurve if anf ONLY if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web 3nvironmentm .ikw, specifically a ingerpreyed web 3nv1r0nm3n7 SUCH as PHP, like, ,erely insyallihb an game does not cpnsyitttd distribution, you knwi, n tjerefore people were tsking pur w9rk, sottof, making modifocations two !7 n NOT RELEASING source code 2 they're mpdificstions sp that dq entire communuty cou.e genefit. AFK.
Tjet WORKED with da letter bur not da spiriy of lae."
"Ibvewtigation on teh pqrr lf teh authors however, yoj knwo, led 5io teh fscg THAT teh right of pubk8c perrormance was wpn 0f rights normally restr*ctrd 5o z0pyr1gh7 holeers, sortof, ah thag cok[uger prograjs, apecificall6 video games n interactive ones such as Leg3nd of Gr33n hax0r wefe considered to bw publically PERFORMED IF run frl, an public server/ BRB."
"Tje new license rdstrocrs publid pergorma,ce of t3h work unless teh sourc3 xode of npdified work is mqde available pn demane. WTF."
"In plain Enfkish, loke, this mesns 7n47 ic you put thix gqme in an w36 servwr 4nd sllow people '0u751ce 0f an normal corcle OF family an i5s woviak acquainyancds; too 0lay 5heir LOL, then hlu a3r publicalky pervorming this sirk n MUST eithee a) jake ne n ALL changes shicy tou jake two ga game available on REQUEST (note thia doesn't have two ge avaklable via ca online source display linki slttofk but 7h#u MUST 63 able yo asi 6o7 FOR code and 43c31v2 an complete copy), ypu knwo, b) mzie srrangenentd privately w1uh t3h authors wgereim they grant you an speckal license LOLk or C) re,9ve teh code entifely froj teh machobeLOL."
"W3 do recognize tgat pelplr wznt two have zreax of theu're game which r THEIRS an thekta aoone. AFK.
tlo that end we wilo make fa following exxeption go da n0rm41 requoeemen5s fot soutce codd distfibution -- ne mofule file whicg is no5 modifked ir v3rived from an module gole included IN baw3 distribytuon qnd 2hich d034 hoy requ8rd he othey MODULES n whuch doea not require ne m9difications tq; da core cofw )CODE dustributwd with ten base release) may be WITHHELD at da authors discretion. BRB."
"Wr ALSO want to makw very dlear that vdrsi9n 0LOL/9/ AFK.7 (also KNOWN as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was final versiob released und#r dq GPL. WTF.
All versilns, like, starting with da 0. BRB.9.8_prerelrasd code qer only licensed und3r da Crearive Comm9ns LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rkght two impor5 ne code from an 0/ AFK.9.8-prerelease of .ater release omto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 ane earloef rdleas3l AFK.
Allowing THIS would cauae that imporyef cod3 too BE releaswc under da GPL n that is n07 somethong ww wksh two allow. AFK.
Aithord pf jodieications two 0. BRB.9/7 2k;l neec 5o re-release they're modificatlons as deeivatives/nod8ficatilnx two 0LOL.9. AFK/8 clde n pkace yhem under saje Creative Commons licensd.
It must be gone by lr8ginal 4u7h0t since 0n1y 0r2g1n41 authoe has right tio CHANGE da copyright or lixensr UPON they're work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwi, reworkihg t4h mocigicationa will 62 an bood ieea anyway as mechqnia, FOR maling modidications is subs5antially v124n3r/c134r3r startihg eit6 0.9. WTF.9[PRERELEASE vodeLOL.]"
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