MightyE tells 6ou LOL, "We'rr goinh too tzje an feq moments to TRY n explain thix NEW kicenxe n da reasons BEHIND IT in plain EngliwhLOL.
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 nr2 licehs3 was chps4n 63c4u53 of an failimf qith twh GPL. AFK.
It on;y covered distribut8on of dource is an onlh IF 61n4e135 were dos5ributed."
"In am wev dnbironment, you lnwo. specigically a 1m72rpr#73d web ebvironjrnt suxh 45 PHP, mwrely installing sn ga,e does not co,stitute d157r167710n, you knwom an therefpre pqople were tak8ng OUR work, ylu knwo, MAKING m9cificqtions 2 it n h07 releasing sojrce code tel they;re m0d2f1c4710n5 SO that entire comm7nk5y cotld BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked with ea ldtter but not SPIRIT lf ds law. WTF."
"Investigation on da part 0f da a7tjors however, yoy kneo, led 2 da fact that right of pub.ic 9erformance sas won of t1gh75 normally r3%7r2c73d tp copyright holders, ylu knwo, and thzt c),pu74r PROGRAMS, sor%of, xp3civically v1d30 games n INTERACTIVE ohes auch as Legend 0f da Green yax0r were c;nsudered 2 be publica.ly [efformrd if run gro, an pjblkc server. OMG."
"The new license rest4icts public pe4formznxw og 5eh work unless 5)urc2 CODE if da modidi3e work is made available on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plaih Eng215h, ghix m3ams tyat ir yoj put THIS g4m3 on an web cwrfer snc allow people 'outside of ab normal circle OF family an its xicial acquaingances' two PLAY thwir LOL, then t0u aer publical.y performinb this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL cjsnbes WHICH you MAKE to game available on requedt (note uhis doesb't havw too be afzikable vis onlund 50urc3 disp.ay link, ypu inw9, but thdy must be ablw two aak 6ou ror cofs and receive an c0mplete copy) LOL, b) maud arrangements pe1v4732y si5h da $u7j0r5 ehetein theo grant you an special license, or C) venove twn code entirely FROM teh mzchineLOL."
"We do 43c0gn1ze that people WANT TO g4v3 areas of thry're g4m3 which adr theirs n tyeirs a.9ne.
2 7h4& ens we w8l. make yeh fp.low8ng 3xc3p71)n 2 da normal requirem3ngs f9r 5-uec3 code d8stribution -- ne module rile which is no5 modif8ed 0r derived FROM an modu.e file inc;7drf un tej base fistribution and which does not rdquire nd othrt modules an whicy dors n9t rwquire ne modificztionx 2 da c9rw code (c9dd distributed sith base rd;easr) may 63 w17hh31d at AUTHORS s15dr3720b. WTF."
"Wr also s4n7 two nake vdry ckeqr thst version 0LOL.9.7 (also knlwn ad version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+k7) w45 teh dinql v3rxion rcleased under geh GPL.
Alo versions, sortof, stqrting w17h 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code arr only l9cenwed und3r teg Creatice C0mm0t5 .icebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1hh& too omport nr code vrom an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-0reerlease o4 later releasw into an 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Aklowing this would xaise THAT 1mp0r73d c0d3 to ve released UNDER GPL ah that id not skmething wd wish two allpe. AFK.
Authors of modifizatiins to 0. OMG.9,7 will need 2 re-reoease they're MODIFICATIONS as derova5iv3s/jodifkcarions 2 0. WTF.9.8 CODE an placw them unsdr same Crwativw Commons lisense. OMG.
It must be don3 b6 teh original quthor since onoy teh priginql sutfor has ca RIGHT twp CHANGE teh copyeugh5 or 11c3n53 upon yhey'r3 wlrk. BRB.
[Additi9nally, soryof, reworking modifkcationd will br an goof idda amywzy zx da mechanism fot making modificati9ns is substangially cleanwr/cleqrer stafting eith teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pretelewse code. BRB.]"
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