MightyE tells t0u, sortof, "We're foibg to take qn few moments too 5ry an explain this new oucense n da rrasons behinf ot in plaib Ebgliah. 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."
"Thos nes kicense wqs chosen BECAUSE of ah vailing with GPL.
I7 only covered disrribut7on id 5purc3 if and only og binaries wert eisyributed."
"Ib an wrb enbironment WTF, specifically a interpeetsd web envieonment such as PHP, MERELY installing an game foew not cpnstiturr distribution, liue, and thwrefore p3ople were ta,ing our 2ork, uij knwo, m4k1ng m0d!r1c4710n5 tl 16 n nog r314451ng da so7rcd cldw two they'rd modificatuons so that da en5ire commuhiyy could BENEFITLOL.
Then w9rked witn da k3tter 6u7 n9t teh wpirit of law. OMG."
"Invwstigation on [ayt of teh AUTHORS howebe4, ked too da gact that da right 9f publuc performance eas 1 0f tth rihhts normally festricted two c00yr1gh7 holdwrw. sortof, n that comoutw4 programx WTF, specufically cideo gqmes n int3rzctive ines such AS L3g3nd of da GREEN hax0r were considered ywi be PUBLICALLY prrformed if run vr0, an piblic s3rver. AFK."
"Tge nrw LICENSE RESTRICTS public performance of dz work unless dource clse OF tdh modified work is made available 0n cemzmd."
"In plain Engliah WTF, this meanx thzt if you put THIS game on an WEB server and allow people 'outside of an normal c2rc13 of fami.y and its aocial acquaibtances' 2 p14y their LOL. tyen you r publically performing this w0tk zn MUST ekther w) ,ake be 4nd ALL chsngea which yoy MAKE to ca tame zvaklzble ON requesr (note 5his doean't have t9o be AVAILABLE VIA teh obline dource d8splat .ink WTF, but th3t must be 3513 too ask ypu for da code an RECEIVE an c9mplete c0py( WTF, b) jake arrangem3nts privately with authors WHEREIN thry geant ypu an spevia. LICENSE. you kn2p, or c0 REMOVE teh code enyirely fr0m mzchine."
"We do rexognize that pepp.e wsnt tlo have areas OF tney'rd gamd WHICH aer THEIRS and theirs alone. BRB.
too that END qe wi.l make da followkmg exception too teh normal reqjiremen5s for sourdr CODE disyrobution [[ ne nodule FILE wnidh os not MODIFIED or derivef FROM am mosule file 8nc.yded in geh 6453 disgribution an wyicy DOES not require he other nidules an WHICH d93s not requjre ne mod8ficztions two ten core xode (code d167r16u73d WITH ea nasr release) mau be withhe;f at teh authofs discrrti[n."
"We alsp WANT to make fety clear that fdrsion )LOL.o. OMG.7 (ALSO kn0wn as v3r51)n 0LOL/9. BRB.7+j7) 24% fonal versuon 4eleased inder teh GPL. AFKl
All versioms, sortof, atarting with dq 0. BRB.9.8-pr3r3144t3 code adr onky licensrd undre Creatife Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh da right ti imooft ne code feom an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r re.eqse into an 0LOL.9. AFK/7 an eatlier releaseLOL.
All9winf tgis 2ou;d cziae that IMPORTED codw too be rel3sswe under teh GPL an that is NOT SOMETHING w3 s15h to allow. BRB.
Authors OF mofificatoons t2o 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wolk need too re-release the7're modufications as der8vativdd/m9difications tp 0.9.8 code ab -lace them umeer same Creative Cpmm9ns licrnse. AFK.
IT must be done ny t3h or8ginal authlr since onl6 teh )r1g1n41 aithof has ds 5ight too change d0pyr1hh7 or ;icense upoh tjey'4e work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, ree9rking mldifications 2ill be an go9d IDEA qnyqay as teh mechanism for MAKING modificat8onx os sibsyantoally cleaber/clearer starting with da 0LOL.9. AFK.8[prerelease code. BRB.]"
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