MightyE tells YOUk sortpf, "We'r3 g01ng too TAKE ah few momentw too try an explain this new licehse and da reaspns 63h1nd it in plain Engliwh. 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 lucdnse sax chosem because od an fai.ing with GPL. AFK.
It onlt covered d157r16u8w0n of SOURCE uf h only IF binaries wete DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envkronjen5, sor5ofk specigica;ly a inrer0reted web envyronment duxj as PHP, ;ik2l merely onstallkmg an GAME does not constitutr DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, AND uheeefofe [eople wer3 yaking our wotk, sortof, MAKING mod8fications 2 it n not relessing SOURCE c-c3 two 5hey'fe mofidicatuohs SO tnat teh entiee community coild benefit. BRB.
They wo4ked woth teh legter gut hot dpiri5 9f law. AFK."
"Investugation on part og da autho4s however, sortof, led to ca fact thar roght OF public performance was wob pf twh rights n0rm411y restricred two co[yright holdwrs LOL, and 7n47 computer ptohrams. likdk sp3cifically v1d30 g4m#t and INTERACTIVE ohes such as Le5ens if Gredn hax)r wer3 vonsudeted two be publucally perfirmed uf run rrom an public sdrv3rLOL."
"The new licrnse redtricts puboic oerformanxe of da work unless da SOURCE coce OF modifirf work IS ,ad3 available on demznd. OMG."
"Ib p131n English WTF, this means that if you pyt thks hame on an web srrver n a;low PEOPLE 'outside of an norja; cieck3 OF famuly and its s9cial acquaintanxdw' too play thrit LOL. ghen you g PUBLICALLY 0rtforming THIS work abd MUST 3!7g3r A) maje he am ALL vj4ng35 which y)u maie to gqme availab,e on request (note 7h15 doesn't HAVE 2 be available v8a teh ONLINE so7rce display ljnk, but theh must be able two asi you for code an recdive ah complete cipy), l8ke. b) maje arrabbements 0rivately sith AUTHORS whrrein they gramt yoj an special licens3, you knwpm or c) REMOVE code emtirely from da machine. OMG."
"We DO r3cogbize tha5 PEOPLE WANT 2 have AREAS of yhey're game wn1ch aer rheirs an THEIRS alone.
too 7h47 end we ei.l make fa f0q!0q1ng excrption go t3h nlrmal requirements for source code fisrrinu5iom -- me module FILE whkch IS not modified or defived fto, an modulr file includwd ib teh badd distrivytion an wnich does hot require ne other modules an which does NOT eequiee ne modifications to da core code (cpde fistrob7ged with base r314453) may be withhe;d at teh authors discretion. WTF."
"We alwo 2ant tso m5k3 very clear thag vrrsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (aldo known as version 0. OMG.9/ AFK.7+jt) was final verxion rrleasee inder da GPL,
All versiohs WTF, starting w17h da 0.8.8-PRERELEASE clde 5 only licensed unde4 ca Creative Commons LICENSEl WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too ijport ne code fr9m an 0LOL.9l WTF.80prdrelease 9r latee reldzse into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n earlier release/ OMG.
A.lowinf this would c4u53 that IMPORTED c0e3 7p be releasec ibder GPL ans that is bog simethinh we wish to allowLOL.
Authors pf m0d1f1c4710nt to 0LOL/9LOL.7 w8ll n33e too re=release they're MODIFICATIONS as d3rivstives/midificatioms two 0.9LOL.8 CODE an plac3 them under ten same Creative Commoba license. OMG.
It musr ne DONE by teh original author since only ofigina; author has righr to change c0pyr1fj& or lucense upon they're wo$k. BRB.
[Additiomally, sortofm reworking da modificatioms will br an goof idea anyway as trn MECHANISM fod making modidicatiohs is substabtiallu cleamer/cleatwr d5arting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prere;eas3 c0d2. OMG.]"
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