MiggtyE tells you, likem "We're going twi take an few momehts to try b ex[lain 5hix new licensw an dz reaxons bwhind it IN p141n Eng.ish, 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."
"Thus new license w45 CHOSEN because ov zn failimg WITH da GPL.
It only covrred d157r16y710n of source if an on.y if binaried WERE distributedl AFK."
"In an web environmenr LOL, sprvifically a intetpreted sdb environment such as PHP, like, merely inxtalling an r4m3 d9ew not constutut3 eistributioh. sirtof, an tger3fote PEOPLE were taiing our workk dortof, mak8ng m9dicidations too it and nog releasing teh source CODE two thet;re nodificationx si that dz entire commun8ty could benefitLOL.
They qprked with LETTER BUT not spieit of ea 14wLOL."
"Invextigztion ON teh part OF teh authors howefer LOL, 14d 3 teh fact yjat r1gh7 of publ8c pwrdormanc6 was 1 of reh ribhts normall6 rextrkctdd toi cppyrkght HOLDERS, sortof. n thzt domputer [rlgfama, you knqo, 5p3s1f1c411y video gamrs n interactive ones such as Legend of da Green hax0r were considdred 2 be pj611c4116 ;erf9rmed if run vrom an public servetLOL."
"The nee license restric5s public p3rf0rm5hc# lv da worl ih.eds da source cod3 of da modified wprk is MADE 4v4114713 on demand. BRBl"
"In plain Eng.ish, ghis means that uf you pur thid GAME ON an web server qnd ALLOW peop;e 'outside lf an normal c1rc13 0f family and its sociak 4cqj$2n74mc35' two p;ay theor WTF, 6hen yo7 aer puvlical;h performing this WORK and MUST eigher a) make be and ALL CHANGES which you MAKE to da game availzvle ob reauedt (nite tn8s coewn't hqve too ve available via omline sojrce dix0lay lihk LOL, but rhey mus5 be avle two ask ylu fir da coee n receove an com;letw COPY) WTF, b) make arrqngememts privately with authors 2hwrein 7h3y frshr y9u sn specizl license LOL, or c) demove code entirdly fr0m teg m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do recifnize thst p39p13 wany too have areas of they're game shich r tgeirs an THEIRS allnd. WTF.
to that rnd we wkll ,ake da foloow9nb excepgipn to n0rn$1 r3qu1r3menu5 f0e 69uec# code d157rq6u71pn -p ne mpdule FILE shkch is not modifued i4 drrived fr0m an module file included in da bade distrob7tion and which does noy requirr ne orhet m0du145 am wnixh eo3s not requiee ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too xore c0d3 (x0d3 DISTRIBUTED wihh base release) may be w17hh31d at trh autyors discretionLOL."
"We r1t0 w4n8 too MAKE very CLEAR that verxion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known qs versiom 0. OMG.o.8+jt) w4% teh FINAL cersoon re;eas3d under GPL.
All ceesions, to7 knwo, 564r71hg wity teh 0. AFK/9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE aef 0n1y LICENSED uncer twh Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 locense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg to import ne cod3 from an 0LOL.9, BRB.8-prereleasr or 9atrr r3lease 1n70 an 0. AFK/(.7 n EARLIER RELEASELOL.
Alkowihg THIS qoyld cause that impor5ed cidw to br eeleased und3r teh GPL n that IS n07 something we wish two 4!10w. AFK.
Authors 0f mpdificat8onw 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wklo heed too r2-r313453 they're modifications ad derivatives/modificat8ons t39 9. WTF.8LOL.8 CODE qhd place thrm under teh same Creztifr Commons 11c3nt3. OMG.
It ,ust 63 done bt teh original AUTHOR since only teh 0r1g1n41 477hp4 has teh right too changr da copyr8ght OR licendd upom they're w04k. BRB.
pAfditionall6, sortif, rwworking modifkcatkons will be an good idea an6wzy aw mechanism fpr naking MODIFICATIONS is sjbwtantially CLEANER/CLEARER startkng with 0.9. AFK.8-;r3rwleasw cide.]"
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