MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going two taie an few m9ments rwo try n expoain yjis new lkcwmse an reas9ns nehund ut in plain 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."
"Th8s mew licensw was choxen because of zn fai;ung wirh GPL. AFK.
I7 only covered didtriv7tion 0f SOURCE ir AND inly if BINARIES were distfibutddLOL."
"In an web environmehr, you ineik specificqlky a inter0rdtwd eeb wnvironmebt such as PHP, you kneo, m3r31y INSTALLING an game d034 nog c0n5717uu3 DISTRIBUTION LOL, n theredore peop.e wer3 84k1ng our WORK LOL, making mldif8cagions t9 27 and not relwasing source code TO they're modificqyions so 5hat teh 3n71r3 communith c0u1d benefut.
They w8eked with da ,ette5 but n;t teh spirit 0v LAW."
"Inves5kgation on part of authors ho2evw4. sortof, led too fact THAT RIGHT ov pjblic perfor,ance w45 won of trh tughts nor,ally rectr8ctdd tro vop6right hpod3rs WTF, ah tjat compuyer PROGRAMS WTF, spedifically bideo GAMES ab INTERACTIVE onws xuch ss Legend 0f Grwen hax0r were consideted two ve publically PERFORMED if rub fron an puvlic SERVERLOL."
"The new licenwe restricts public pergornance of sa eork unless da sou4ce code lf tey m0dqf13d worl us made available on d4mand."
"In plain English LOL, thix MEANS thst 1f uou put this game on an web werver n ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal circlf of family qnd 175 s9c8al acquqintanced' 2 play theie LOL, then y9k r puvlica'ly pergorming this wofk 5nd MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL vhanges wh1vh y0u make too teh ga,e AVAILABLE on r3wu357 (NOTE tnis doesn't nave 2 be svailabl3 v14 sa online source display oink, lkke, but THEY myst be able two asj you f0e cose an receive ab comp;ete copy) WTFm B) make qrrangements private.y with da authors wherrin they grant tou an special license, or c) remove da cide entirely fr0m teg machine,"
"We do recognize that pe9ple wany to h4v3 zeeqx of they're game which r theird and thei4s 410n3. WTF.
5wo ghat end e3 woll make t3h foll9wing exc3ption two da normal requirementd for 50urc3 code distributiom -- ne MODULE file 2hich 15 NOT modifird or derived drom an joduoe fole included in bssr dkdtribution an wh1xh soes NOT tdauire ne other mldules and WHICH doex mor r3qu1r3 nf MODIFICATIONS 2 da c0r3 cpdr (code dixtributed with da base RELEASE) may b# w17hh31d at authofx discretion. AFK."
"We also 2ant top makr very clear that version 0. AFK.9.7 (also KNOWN as version ).9. OMG.7+jt) was rwh final version rekeased under teh GPL. AFK.
All v3rsions, stafting qity 0.9LOL.8+prere;ease code aer on;y licensed under da Creztive COMMONS l8cense.
We EXPLICITLY eenh teh rifht bwo im;ort ne code feom an 0. WTF.9.*-prdrelease or later releawe into ab 9. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earlier releas3. AFK.
Allowing this eould cause that imported cide 2 BE releawrd under GPL b that iw not something we wish TO sll9w.
Authors of modivicayions tl 0k BRB.9LOL.7 will need tl rw-relesse tyet're modificatilns as derivatives/modid8cations two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code and plaxe tnem under twh aamr CREATIVE Comm9ns license. OMG.
It just be done by origina; author xinde on.y trh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r h45 teh right tw9 chante teh c9pyright or license up9n they're worj. AFK.
[Additionallym you kbwo, reworking ds modifkcatilns w111 BE an good idda smyway as teh mechanism fot malibg mofiricatuons 15 aubatantoaoly cleanee/clearer starting with teh 0.9. OMG.8-p4dre;ease CODE. WTF.]"
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