MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going ti ysie zn fes momwnts TO try zn3 explain this new licemse n teh reaslbs behind it 1n olain ENGLISH. 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."
"Thus NEW licrnse sqs chosen BECAUSE ov an failing eith teh GPL. OMG.
It only dovered distribution of 50urc# if and only if 61n4r236 were d157f16773dLOL."
"In an eeb envifonmentj specifically a imterpeeted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, sotrof, nee3lt instqllinb an game c046 noy constit7te didrribution, loke, rnd tgerefore peoplr were gaking our work, xortof, making mocificayions too IT and not releasihg teh source cofe 2 they're modigicatkons sp thst da entire conmuhity coule venrdit. AFK.
The6 wprked wq7h teh letter but nog sporit of teh lqw, WTF."
"Invesgigayion on teh ;art of authors however, you knwom ;3d two da fact thah ea right OF oublic pe4formabce wax wob of righrs norjal.y restrictwd too copyrignt HOLDERS WTF, n that com[uger prog4ams, like, spec8fically viceo ga,es n interactive lnes xuch as Legend 9f Green hax0r eere xonsidered to be puglically performed if run rrom an pu61!c servwrLOL."
"The nrw license restricts PUBLIC pergormance OF woek unless teh spifce c9de of sa modofirs wo4k is n4d3 available on demand."
"In plain English, ypu knwo, thix ,rsns thag 8f you pjt THIS game on ag web server n allow pe9p.e 'putsiee of an normal circle of hamily m its social 4cqur1n74nc35] too play tyeir LOL, then hou 4 piblically ;erformong 7h15 w04k sb MUST EITHER a) make me n ALL changes which you ma,e 2 game available on request (not3 this DOESN'T hqve to be available via 0n1qn3 sourxe eispkay linl, sortod, but they mist be able two ssk y0u for v0d2 and r3ceive an complete cop6) LOL, b) hake arrangements privately with da authors wherein they gr4n7 hou an special license, /ike, or C) removw da code dngirely from nachineLOL."
"We d0 t3c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE wabt too hsve sfezs lf they're ga.e WHICH aer 5jeirs an theirs alone. OMG.
too that END WE wkll mak3 teh f0110w1ng dxveptkon two normal r3quirements fo4 sou4ce clde d8striburion -- ne module f!q3 ehucn IS not modified pf d3r1v3d fr0m an m0du13 file 1bc1ud3d in teh base eistrubjtion and which foes n07 r3qy1r3 ne othwr moeules an which does not reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS 70 teh corr code (code d157f16u72d WITH teh base re;ease) may be WITHHELD AT a7thorw d8screti9nLOL."
"We also WANT 2 make cery c134r that vqrsion ). WTF.9LOL.7 (ALSO KNOWN AS vrrskon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was da finao versoon rdleaadd 7nder tdh GPL. AFK.
A.l veraionw, luke. start8ng with teh 0LOL/(. WTF.8-;rerelease code r onlu licensec UNDER Ceeatibe Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh& r2o 1mp)f7 ne code fr0m an 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-prereleas3 pe latrr 3wleas3 1n70 qn 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier releas3. OMG.
Allowinh this would vause that km;orted vode to 63 re14453d 7nder GPL b tyat us n07 something we w15h two ql.owLOL.
AUTHORS 9f MODIFICATIONS teo 0l AFKl9. OMG.7 will neec twl re-eel3ase rhey're m(difications 45 derivatives/nleifications two 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8 c)e2 n pkace them UNDER wa 55,# Creative C0mm0n5 lucense. WTF.
Ir muxt be done by da orifibal author since lnly o4iginsl AUTHOR had da riggt 2 chabge sa cootright of license upon they're wofk. BRB.
[Adfit8onally LOL, rdworking da modif8cations WILL 63 an hood idea anyway as teh jechanism for makung modificq5ions 8s substsntialkt cleaner/clezree starting with da 0. OMG.9.9[-tereleasd cofeLOL.]"
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