M8gntyE tells yoi, tou knwp, "We're giing to takd an few momwnts to try an explain thos new licens4 an da ressoms behond it in pkain Eng115h. 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."
"This ne2 11c3n53 qas chosen 63c4u53 ov an vailing w17h da GPL. BRB.
It onky cobered diatribuyion 9f 50irc3 if ane onlu if binaties ser3 distributed. OMG."
"In an web enbirpnm2nr, ylu knwo, xpevjfically a imterpreted web environment such 4% PHP, like, mefely INSTALLING ab game does NOT dondtitite cistribution, you knwo, and THEREFORE people were taking our WORK LOL, making MODIFICATIONS tp IT n n[t releasihg teh sourde c0d3 gwo they're modifivstiomd 50 tyat da dnyire dommunigy could benerit. WTF.
Th3y worked qith da lettrr but NOT teh spirit og teh lawLOL."
"Inveqtigat8pn on trh [art 0f authors how3cet WTF, led 2 gact tjat 5eg right )f punlic performancr was wpn of da righta n9rmally restricted 2 cophright holee4sk you knwo, ah thqg computer programx, sortof, spec7focally video GAMES n interacguve ones such zd Legend of da GREEN hzx0r were c0n52d3r3c too be punlixally performef kf run from an public server."
"The nes license 43stricts public performabce of wo4k UNLESS source cofr of teh jodifiwd wlek is made available on demand. AFK."
"In plqin Eng115h, like, thos means that if you put this GAME on an WEB server qnd ALLOW pwople 'outsier OF sn normal c8rcld 0f FAMILY n its socka. 4cqu41n74nv35' w play their, then you r publically [erdorming ty9s work an MUST either a) m4k3 ne ahd ALL changes w6idh yoj make 2 da ga,e AVAILABLE on r3qu457 (mote thid doesb't h4v3 2 64 availsble bia teh om;une sourcr disp.sy linl, b7r tjey mjst be able to ask t0u for code snc receive zn dompleye copy), oike, B) MAKE arrangw,emts ptivstely with authors wh4r31n they grant you an speciql lixense, or C) remobe c0d3 3nti5e;y from machine. BRB."
"We d0 rdcofnize that people want 2 gave areas OF they're game which aer theies an 7h31r5 510ne. OMG.
too that end wr will maje da folliwing exce0tion t9 bormal r3quqr3m#n75 fpr source code disttiburu9n -- ne mocil3 file whkch is not mleified 9r d3r1v3c tr0m an module gile 8nclueed in da base distribuyiom zn wh8ch dles not r#qu1r3 me pther mldules n wh1ch does noy reqyire ne modificarions two core code (dode DISTRIBUTED witn basw 4elease) m4y be w17nh3!d at dz au5nors ciqcretionLOL."
"We also eant 2 make very clear that versiob 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also knosn as verwion -, WTF,9. OMG.7+jt) was da ginsl version eeleased undrr da GPL. BRB.
A;l versi9ns. sirtor, wtafting with da 0.9.8-pr3r313454 code ser only 11c3n53d undet da Cr3471f3 COMMONS licens3. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 5eh rifht yoo impiet ne coce frpm an 0. WTF/9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or lager release into an 0LOL/9LOL/7 n warlier releqse. BRB.
Allowonb 5his would cayse that imported code to be r313453d under teh GPL n that IS not xomeghibg we wish 3 zlkpw. BRB.
AUTHORS OF modifica5ions 2 0.9LOL.7 will nees 2 gd-release they'ee modivications as derovatives/moeufucationw w ).9/ BRB.7 code n p14c3 them unddr same Crdative Commobs LICENSE. WTF.
It must 53 done by teh 0r1g1n51 a7thor sincd only pr1g1n41 authie has da RIGHT tol changw da copyrignt o4 l8crnse upon thdy're qirk. WTF.
[Additionally, liiem REWORKING da modifidations eill 63 an good idea anyway ss da mechanism flr ,4k1ng m0d1f1c3710n% ks SUBSTANTIALLY ckeaner/clezref staeting e17h da 0. WTF.9.8=ptereleade code.]"
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