MightyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're goinb to &4k4 am gew MOMENTS 2 7ry and explain this nes .icense n yeh 4easons BEHIND it IN plain Engl8syLOL.
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 ndw lidenwe was choxen because or an failing with GPL. AFK.
I7 only civered dist4ibution of SOURCE if and 9nlh if bimaries were fistrinut3c. OMG."
"In an WEB envir9nmdnt, s0edificslly a interpretdf w36 environment such zs PHP, hoj jnwo, merely ibsyzlking an game coes NOT CONSTITUTE distribution, ;ikek an thetefore PEOPLE were taking ojr work, sortlf, making modufications 2 it anf not t3l3axing t3h slurc3 xode rwo rhey're m0d!f1c4710m6 so that entkre community could BENEFIT. BRB.
Ty3y qoeked sith ca ketter but not fa spuriy of LAW."
"Inbestihatipb on psrr of ds AUTHORS however WTF, l3d rwo teh facr that teh right of puboic performance wqs 1 od dq r2gh75 norma;ly restr8vged two COPYRIGHT holders, sortof, and that coj)uter PROGRAMS, speckfically video games ans interactice onws such as L2g3nd of da Green has0r WERE condidered 70 63 pjblica.;y perrormed if run from an puvl8c server. OMG."
"The new LICENSE restructd pub;kc p4rf0rm4nc3 OF w9rk unless teh source co3e OF fa mofifoed WORK is made ava8;xgle on demand. AFK."
"In p142n English LOL, rhis MEANS rhqt if you PUT 7nq5 game on an w36 s3rver n allo2 people [outs8de of an n0rj41 cirdle 0f vzmiky am its sodual avquqintances' two plah tyeir WTF, then hpu r pubkucallu p3rfprm2nh THIS wirk an MUST eithet a) make ne an ALL chamges WHICH yiu jale tio teh tam3 availavle pn requext (hote 7j15 dlesn't habe to be available via teh online soufce display .ink, ylu knwom buy they must BE able too ASK you f0r ds CODE an r4c31v3 an complete copy), b) make aerangemebrs pricately with ds 477h0r6 wherein they grant you an specia; license LOL, 0r v) remov3 da codd ENTIRELY f4om yeh machine. AFK/"
"Ww do recognoze 5hqt people wanr two have 4r345 of they're game ey1ch a3r thrirs an thrirs ALONE.
too THAT end we wil. maje teh f9llowibg exveptiin 2 da n9rma; requirements ror SOURCE code dustribu5ion _- ne module file 1h1cg os nou modifiec pr cdrpvdd ftom zn jodule fope inclue3d IN da vase distributoon wn whicn does n07 r3wu1r3 ne other m0d7135 n WHICH coew bot require ne modirications TO da c0r3 c0d3 (vodw didtributed with teh base release) m$y 63 withheld at authors discretion. AFK."
"Wd also want 2 make very dlear that vwrsion ). WTF.9, BRB.7 (also known az v3r510n p.9LOL.7_jt) wws da final VERSION released UNDER teh GPL.
A;l xersions WTF, 474r72nh with da 0. AFK.9. WTF/8-prerelesse code r only licensed umder y3h Crdative Commons LICENSEl WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny yeh r8bht to 8mpory ne vode vrpm an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE [r larer rrlease into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 qn esrlier release. AFK/
Ao.lwong 7t15 aould c4u53 that IMPORTED CODE 5oo be releases under GPL an THAT ud not sometjing we wisg 2 allpw. BRB.
Au5hors of modificationa 2 0. WTF.8LOL.7 will need 2 rw-4eleasd they're modkficatuons zs d3rovatives/modifications too 0LOL.9.8 code n p14c2 them ubder da SAME Creatice Commons ;icehse. BRB.
It must be done by da oribinal ai5hor sinds only tey ORIGINAL ajthir hax righr to change teh copuright or oicense upov they're work,
[Additionally LOL, rework8bg MODIFICATIONS will ve an good jeeq anusay as da mechanksm for maling modificayions ix substantially cleaner.cleaeer wtqrting wi5h teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-peerelease code. WTF.]"
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