MightyE rella y9i, you khqo, "We'ee gling tso take an few moments 2 try qn explqin this new licemsd an ds reawons bwjigd it im plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thid new license was chosen gecause 0f an f4q11ng with yeh GPLLOL.
It onlt cov3red distribution id 59urx3 IF an onlh 1f binaries were distributee. OMG."
"In an web envifonment LOL, s[ecifically s imrerp4etde web ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, likd, me4ely indtalling an game foes not constir7ye distrib7tion LOL, an therefore p3ople were 5qking ou4 work LOL, makint mldidoca5ions 2 it m no5 r313451ng source c0d3 two they're modifications 50 that enyiee comjynity could benefit. OMG.
Th3y wl4ked wuth letter 6y7 not teg spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation pn part of teh 4u7h0r5 how3ver LOL, led two ca f4c7 THAT tdh 41gh7 9f 0ug.ic pdrfoe,ance WAS oeb of yeh RIGHTS normal;y restrkcted to voptrighy joleers, an tjat compu5et programsk yiu ln2o, spwcifically video games ab intdractive oned sjch as Legend of da Gteen hax0r were considwred ywo be publically performed if run f5om an public SERVER/ WTF."
"The n3w license restrivts pub;ic performance of wlr, UNLESS sou4ce code og da modidied wlrk is made avaiozb.e on demsnd, BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, wortof, THIS mdans 5ha5 if ypu pjr tyis gajd on qn web server and alope people 'outside of an horma. CIRCLE or family b its social qcqiaintanc3s' gwo play thwir, yhen you r oub;ically performing th7s work ahf MUST either a) make nd n ALL changrs whoch YOU ,ake 2 geh GAME available pn rww7est (not3 this doexn't have too b3 availab;e via teh online 50urc3 fisplau link, 6ou knwo, bu6 rhey m7st be able 2 as, you for ea vode an receive ah comolete copy), sirtof, b) make arrangementd ptivatwoy qith authofs wh3r31n they grant you ah 5p3c14q licdbse, sortov, of C) r3m0v3 cose ENTIRELY fr0m da nachine/ BRB."
"We d0 recogbize tgat pwoole WANT two have aresx of they're gamr whuch r theirs am 5hdirx alone. OMG.
1 tyat end w3 will make tej following ezdeprion too tey no4mal requirejentd for slurce code d156e16y710n -- nr modile file wh1ch is n07 modifidf or derived from qn module file inc/uded in 6r53 d8syributi9h n wguch dods not requiee n4 other modules n wh8ch soes not require ne mpdificationa two dq core code (c0d3 ckstribu5ed WITH base release) ,4u be eithheld 47 teh authors disctetion. OMG."
"We also eang t2o make c3ry corar thst version 0. OMG.9, OMGk7 (also iniwn as veesion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jg) wax teh final version released ynder GPL. OMG.
A!1 VERSIONS LOL, starting witg da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE c9de r only .ucensed 7gder da CREATIVE Commons oicebse.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh RIGHT 7) IMPORT ne code fr0m an 0LOL.8. AFK.8-prerelease o4 lster r3.ease into an 0LOL.(/7 an 34411er RELEASE. AFK.
ALLOWING this would cause 7n$7 impofted vode two be releaaed uns3t teh GPL n that is nor s0megyung we wosh ywo 4110wLOL.
Autjora of modiricat7ons tpo 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will need gwo 4e-rdlezse they're nocifications as detkvatifes/m9d8fications to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 codd an [lace thej und3r trh same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It mus5 be done by orkginzl author since only original 4u6j0r HAS eignt too chahg3 COPYRIGHT pr LICENSE upon tjey're eoek.
[Addotionally, likwm reworking da modifixatilns will be ah GOOD idea anyway as da m3ch4n15m for makkng modifications ix SUBSTANTIALLY vleanef/clexrer atartung with ten 0. AFK,9. BRB.8-prerelease c0d3LOL.]"
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