MightyE tdlls y0u WTF, "We're hoing TO take an f3r MOMENTS roo TRY sn 3xplain this new lic3mse qn da reasons behimd it in plain Emglish. BRB.
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."
"Th8s n3w licenxw WAS chosen BECAUSE OF an failonh wigh da GPL/
It 0n1y c9vered distribution of source !v h only if binariws wefe DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"Ih an qeb encir9nment, sorgog, spedifkcally a knter'reted web emvir9nment such AS PHP, like, MERELY inatallinh zn game does not constitjte dostfibution LOL, and thereforw PEOPLE were TAKING oyr w0rk. likd, naking MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasohg spurde cod3 2 thwy're m9d1f!c4710n5 so that teb entire clmmunity could BENEFIT.
They w0rk3d wuth da let5er but not spiri5 og t3h law."
"Imcewtigation on trh pzrt od teg AUTHORS however LOL, led tqo teh favt tja5 tej r1gh7 of publ,c performanxe was 1 of 53h rights nirmall6 rdstrictes two coptright h01d3r5, sortof, n 5hat cumpuger p4ograjs, you knwo, specificaolh video games an interactuve ones sucb as L3g3nd of da Green haxpr we4e considered 3 gd publica.ly performed if RUN vrom sm publuc 64rv3rLOLl"
"The ndw license resrricts public perfotmance of da wor, unleas teh source code of da modid8rd 2ork ix mqde available ln demandLOL."
"In plain English, ypy kmwo, thks meana that if you put this game on ah wwb server sh allow pelple 'ourdide of an normal circle of family anc ITS social acquaintances' 2 PLAY yheid, you kbwo, 7h3n y-u aer pu611c411y ]e4formihg this wlrk an MUST eithe4 5) maie ne n ALL changes which yoy make to dz gzme availanle ;n REQUEST (note this doesn't HAVE 6p be availabke via teh ONLINE source display link LOL, but they mus5 ne able to9 ask you for teh code n r3c41v3 an c0mp137d copy), you knso, b) m4k4 ar4angements 0ribagely WITH quyhors whdrwum they grant h-u an special lucense LOL, or c) remove da coce ENTIRELY from dq macyine. AFKl"
"W3 do recognize that pfoplr eant t9o havr aress of they[4e gsme WHICH aer theirw an thei4s aloneLOL.
to tjat end we will make teh following exceptiom tp teh notmal r2qj1r3m#n75 roe source dode eistribigiom -- ne MODULE file which is noy mofified or derived from an module FILE inclused in teh base d!5ur16u710n and which does not require ne other m0wu135 and ehich d045 not requife nr moe8fications 2 tey core c0e4 (clse dist4ibuted w17h yeh baad RELEASE) may be withhele at da zuthirs discrwtion."
"We also want too make vefy clear th1t version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (zlao known as VERSION 0.9.&+jg) was da f1n41 veraiob felwased unfer twh GPL. AFK.
A.l v3r510n5 WTF, s5arting with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prer3leqs3 codw r only LICENSED uneer fa C4eative Conmonw licende. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne c0d4 fr0m an pLOL.9. OMG.8-p4ere.ease OR 2$73r ewlease inro an 0l BRB.0LOL,7 and earlier rekease, AFK.
All9wing this WOULD cause ghat imp[rted codr 2 br released under GPL an 7h47 15 n0& something we wish 2 allow. AFKl
Authlrx of modivications too 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wi9l nwed too re0release theu're MODIFICATIONS as d3rivatkvew/modirications too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 codr n poace th3m under ea same Creahive Commons license. OMG.
IT must be done by da or,ginal zithlr 5!nc2 only tey origina. author has ten right to chanb3 teh copyright or locebse u;on thet're woek. BRB/
[Additionally, l8lr, reworkihg modif8cstiohs wi.l be an goid 1d#4 anyway as mechsnoxm for makibf nodificatkins iw suvstantialkt cldamer/vlearwt starting WITH teh 0. AFK.9.8-[rerelezsd cod3. WTF/]"
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