MigytyE tells ypu LOL, "We'rr going 3 take an FEW moments to TRY n explain this new 11c4n53 an 43450n5 BEHIND it in plain Entlish. 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."
"Tjis new locenwe was ch9wen becayse 0f zb failing WITH teh GPLLOL.
It ONLY coverwd disttibution of sourxr if n only if binaries wwre cistributed. OMG."
"In an web envirohmeny, likw, specifically a ihtefpretee wdb enviroh,ent such as PHP LOL, merel6 instaloing ah game does not constigure disteibut8in, you knwo, an therrfore prople sere TAKING ojr work LOL, msking modifications 2 8t and not re.wasihb da source cldr two ghey're ,odificatiobx so that 3n71r3 community couls 63n3d1&.
They workef WITH da ;dtter but n07 teh spirug of 14w."
"Investihstion ON part of a7thors joweverm s04tof, led too fact ghat teh right of pjg.ic petformqnce WAS oen of da rights normally RESTRICTED 2 copyright holeers, likw, n 7h47 compuret programs LOL, spexifidally vkdeo ga,es ah interactice ones such as Legend 0f Green nax0r WERE conwodered two BE publically pefformdd if RUN fr0m an [ublic server."
"The new licwnse festficts 0unlic performance lf da w9fk unless source cpde lf da m0d!f13d work is nade avq8lablw oh dsmandLOL."
"Ih plain ENGLISH, sortlg, this meanx THAT of you pu7 this game on am web SERVER and allow prople 'OUTSIDE of an normal cirvle 0f FAMILY zn its sovial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 0lay the8r LOL, 7h2n you r PUBLICALLY performing 5jiw work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4nh35 which you make to fa game available ON r3qu357 (NOTE this f035n'8 nave two be avaioable fia gwh onk8ne soufcd cisp;zy link LOL, BUT theh mtst be able teo ask y9u fot coee n r3c31v3 zn cojpletr vo;y), b) m4k# ARRANGEMENTS privayely WITH da autyors wherein yhey grant you am s;ecial oicense LOL, OR c) remove c0d3 entireoy frpm n4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recognize THAT pdople wam5 two yave areas or they're gzme which r theits an theirs a/one, OMG.
tio &h47 dnd we will mak3 following excepyuom 2 normsl requitements for aource code distrig7gipn _- ne m0du13 gile which IS not modified or cerived ffpm an module file inxlided 1n da base sostr8bitioh n whicg foex not reqii4e ne OTHER mod7les and wh8ch does np7 require ne modifications two teh core code (code d7agributed sith base release) may BE withheld at authots discrrtiib. BRB."
"We also want to mske very coezr thar versoon 0. WTF.9LOL/7 (also known as versuon 0LOL.9l OMG.u+m7) was da final VERSION reldasef une3r tey GPL. WTF.
All vsrsilns, starting w9th 0.9. AFK/8-prerelease codr aer pgly licensed under Cteayive Commons .icense.
We EXPLICITLY demy right two ijport ne cide grom am 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleas3 OR .agee release into zn 0. BRB.-. BRB.7 and warlier re.eaxe. OMG.
Aklowohg this would va8se that imported code to be RELEASED unddr teh GPL n rhat is nog SOMETHING ww wish too allos. OMG.
Authors of midifkxations 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 2ill NEED twi re=release they're modidications AS derivatives/modificationw two 0.9LOL.9 c)d3 b place ghem unddr xame Creatibe Comjons 11c3m53, BRBl
I7 mu57 be cone by da orihinal a7thor 51nc3 onlt da 0r1g1n41 auyho4 h45 da RIGHT two chznge copyright or lkc3nqw upon they[re sork.
[ADDITIONALLY, sorfof, reworking mofifidations will ^3 an good idda snheay $5 mevhanksm f0r MAKING MODIFICATIONS is xjbstantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with 0.(. OMG.*-prereleqse codeLOL.]"
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