MightyE tells you, /ike, "We'4e fling 5oi tale an fee ,oments too 7ry an explain thos n3w license an da reqaoms vdhind it in 0lain English.
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 bew license was cy053n beca7se if an fauling 28th GPLLOL.
IT only c;vered dis5ributkln of so7rce 1f n only if bihqries wefe disteib7teeLOL."
"In an web 3nd140nm3n& WTF, specificqlly q inter;4eted eeb envirlnment sjch zw PHP WTF, merely 8nsralling an hame does not constirute distrib7tiin LOL, n therrfore PEOPLE w3re takimg OUR 2ork, m4k1ng modificatilns to it n not releasing source code ywp they're moeifications si that emtire community dould henefitl
They worked with letgdr but not teh sputit of lswLOL."
"Investigation on pa4r )f da aughors however, tou knwo, led 2 fact that right OF pyblic p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen of tights bormalky RESTRICTED too x9pyrigyt holcers WTFm n that comoute4 orogeams LOL, speciriczlly video gamwx an qn73r4c71v3 ones a7ch as Legend of Gr33n haxpr were CONSIDERED 2 be PUBLICALLY performed if run from an public 53rc3r. WTF,"
"The mew license restricts public performance og worj uhless 50urc4 code 9f mododiwd w04k IS madr avaukabld on demanc."
"In plain English. you knwok THIS means 5hat IF you PUT th8a game oh an w35 server and allow pe90;d [ouyside of an normal circle of damily and its social axquauntanxes' too plsy thekr, sottorm th3n you r pjblically performigg this wirk n MUST either A) MAKE ne anf ALL ch4ng35 wh8ch you makr 2 game avaulafle on t3wuest (notw this doesn't h4v3 5oo be available viq online source DISPLAY link LOL, bug they muxt BE ABLE tqo ask y9y f9r da code anw 4eceibe an xonple5e cooy), likek b) nake arrangrments p4ivately WITH da authors WHEREIN they grant you an special 1qd3n53, or c) 43m0v3 da code wntirely frim da machihe. OMG."
"We do reclhnize that people w4n7 TO have areas pf tyet;re game which r 7h#1r6 n thfits alone. OMG.
s that end we wikl make fo,lowing exc3ption two nornal requirements for 5-urc3 code diwtribuguon -- nw m0du13 file 1hich is NOT modified or detived fr-m an lodile dile included in da base distribution an which dods NOT requ8re ne other mpdules snd 2hich doex NOT requ1r3 nd mpdificarions two dz core code (cod3 disgfibuted with twh baa3 RELEASE) may be w1uhh31e qt sa a7tgorx diac4etionLOL."
"Wr a.so wqnt 2 mak3 very clwar that version 0LOL.9LOL.7 (4150 kn(wn as vrrsion 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh final vefskon relwaded under da GPL. AFK,
All v3r510n5, start8ng 2ith teu 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code t 0n1y licensdd und3r teh Creative C9mm0n5 lkcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny RIGHT 2 import mw v0e3 from an 0. WTF.0.8-prere;easr or 1473r reldase into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 and ea4lier relwase. WTF.
Allosing tyis would c4u53 that 1mp0r73d vode tol be rdleased umeer GPL ahd that is not som2th8nn qd WISH two a.lowLOL.
Au7h-r5 of modif8vati9ns two 0. OMG.9/ AFK.7 w111 n3rd t9 re-telesxe they're m0d1f1d4^10n5 as derivatives/modifuvations TO -l OMG,9. AFK.8 code an place them UNDER teh xame Creqtive Commonw license. OMG.
It MUST be done by teh ofiginal author s8nce on;y teh 0r1g1m41 4u7h0r hzs righg @ change vopyright or loctnse upon th3y'rr w0rk. AFK/
[Acditionally LOL, teeorkimg teh moeificstions qill be an g00d idea anhsah as trh mecham8sm for making modifkcations is sugstantizoly xleaher/clearer sgartibg sith da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8[prerelease CODEl OMG.]"
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