MightyE tells YOU, you inwo, "Ww're going 2 take an few moments 2 try and explain this new licqbse an reasons beh8nd it in plsin Engoish. 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 n3w LICENSE was ctpsen bedquse of qn failing sith ydh GPL. OMG.
It onl6 COVERED dixtribution of source if and only if ginari3s WERE d157516j74c."
"In an web environment LOL, specificallj a ibterprdted web envk4onment sjch as PHP LOL, m3r31y installing am g4m3 dlds not vonstitu5e distributiln, soetod, snd theref9re PEOPLE were taking oue work, likw, makint modificat8ons 2 17 an not relwasint 50ufc3 code two tteu'te MODIFICATIONS so hhat ent8re c0mmun17t coild benerit.
Theh WORKED WITH da LETTER bu5 not da 5p1r17 of da LAW. BRB."
"Ibbeatigation on teh part of da authors howrver, yoh knwo, led two da fact yhat fs roght of [ublic p3eformamce was oen OF da r2gh75 normalo6 RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT hilderx, sortof, an tnat computet of0g5rm5 WTF, x0dcifically vkdeo games and igteractive on3s such ad Leyene ov 5ey Green hax0r were CONSIDERED t9 be oublically pe4formed if run from zn pyblic se4v34. OMG."
"The nes license rdwtricts public performahce og teh work unlesa teh sourvd cofe of da mod8fied work is maee available on demand,"
"In PLAIN Ehglish, this meanw THAT if YOU puy thid game on an web serber an allow people 'outsice 9f an notjal CIRCLE iv fajilt $nd ITS social acqua8nrzncew' to play their LOL, then you aer puvl8cakly p4rf0rm1nf THIS w9rk an MUST 317h3r a) make be n ALL vhanges which YOU make too geh game 4c4!14613 ln requsst (note THIS doesn't habe two be available viz 0n11n3 50urc3 display lunkm yo7 knwo, buy they ,ust be able to awk yo7 for teh coee n receive an conplete copy). sortof, b) male qrfangfments privately with AUTHORS wherein they gr4n^ yoj an SPECIAL lifenxe, tou knwo, or c) re,ove da code entirrly frlm machiheLOLl"
"We do recognize that [wop;3 sant to yave afwas 9f ghey'ee game wh1cg aer &h31r5 zn 7h31r5 alone. AFK.
2 THAT ehd we will mqke ca fillowing excep5ion too normal REQUIREMENTS f9r source cide distrkbution -- ne mpdule file wh1ch is not MODIFIED or derived from an moduld file onc.jdsd IN base diatribution and which do3d n9g reqyire ne oyher modu.es an wgich dors nlg r3qu1r3 ne modkfications 5qo teg core cpde (code d157r1^u&3e wiry dq vaae release) jay be withheld qt authors discretuon. BRB."
"We also 2snr TO maj3 very ckear that bftsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (a.so ,nown as bersoon 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+gt) was final VERSION released under GPL.
Aol verxions, like, 5*447!ng with 0.9LOL.8-prdrelease cpde r 9nlh lkxensed under Creative COMMONS LICENSE. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 tej right two import ne code rrom an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prere;eaae or later rwleasd intl an p.9. AFK.7 amd EARLIER releasr.
Alliwihg this WOULD c4u5e that imported CODE 2 63 feleased under tey GPL n that is NOT somethknh we wish twl allow.
Authors of modificztuons too 9/ BRB.9. BRB.7 wi.. need two re-4ekeasf they'rw modificagions as derivat8ves/nodificar8ons to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code n p14c3 7h2m under da same Creative Commona licehwe. AFK.
It musr be dpne BY teh original 4u7h0r sihce only teh origina; auth9r HAS rq r1gh7 two change da c99y41gh7 0r license upon they're w0rkLOL.
]Add8tionally LOL, reworking da mpdifications eilo 63 an good idea 4nywfy as mecyanism for making modifications is substzn5izlly cldaner/clearer starting woth 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3rdleasr cide.]"
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