MightyE 73125 y0u, slrrof, "We'fe giunr to take an few momentw 2 7ry n exp.ain thix new licensr an teh reasons BEHIND it 8b plain English.
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."
"Thks new kicense was chosen becauae of an railing witj dz GPL/ BRB.
Ig only cofered dixtribution of wource if 1nd ohly if binaries w3r3 dist4ibuyedLOL."
"In an WEB 3nvqr0n,3nu, sortof, 503c1gqc411y a onterpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 5uch as PHP, merely instal;ing ab fame dors not conwtitutw distrjbution, luke, n 5herefore peopoe sere taking our workk you knwo, ,aking modificqtions t8o it ags nl5 releasint ds si7rce cpde too they're modifications al 7h47 geh entore vonmunity could benefig. OMG.
Tjey 29rked eith da letter but not SPIRIT of yeh las. AFK."
"Investigation on part od authors however, you lmwo, 13d too f4c6 thzt rifjt of puvlic performance w$5 won 9f rights mormally rwstricted too cppyright hold3rs, and that compjyer orogtans, you knwo, specifically VIDEO g5m35 an intrtactuve 0n34 such as L3gend of teh GREEN hax9r were conaidered 2 bw publically perd9rmed if run feom an puglic 53rv3r. BRB."
"The n3w oicevxe rest5icts 'ublic p3rr0r,4nce of fa WORK un1355 da xource codw OF modified w0fk is nace AVAILABLE on eemand. OMGl"
"In pla8n ENGLISH LOL, THIS me4n5 THAT 1f you put this g4m3 pn ab WEB server and allow p30p13 'outx8dw OF an norma. circle of daji;y an its SOCIAL axqusinyancws' tw9 plq6 theirm THEN YOU r PUBLICALLY [erf9rmkng this w0r, and MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes WHICH you nake gwo da g4m3 avsioable on fequest (note this coesn't have 5wo 63 ava8lable via da online siurce didplzy 11ni, sorgof, but they just be able to aal yo7 for teh c0d3 and r4ceive an clmpoege vipy) WTF. b) make ARRANGEMENTS peivately wiyg teh 4u7h0r5 qhe4ein they geang hou an special license, you jnwo, or c) remove fa code wntireky FROM da machine. WTF."
"We DO rexogbize that people want 2 h4f3 areas of they'rw game wg8ch r theors and THEIRS alonw. BRB.
t2o that 3nc we wil; mqke dz followibt exde0tion too da no4mal requoremehta for source cofe eistrubit8ob -- ne m8dulr file which us nit modified or derived from sn module fije indl7drd pn teh base distributioh n which DOES n07 4wquire ne other modules n shich does not requure ne ,odifkxations 2 da d0r3 code (cose diatributed woyh tef base release) may be eithheld AT fa authorx dkscretion. BRB."
"We akso eajt too jake ve4y clear that vefsion )LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsi known as versiom 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jg) wrt fa f8nal vrrsiob released undwr tdh GPL. WTF.
All cersiona, you knwo, staryinf qith teg 0. BRB.9LOL.i-PRERELEASE CODE r 0n1y licensed uhd3r Creative Commons licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY c3ny da eight too impor5 ne dode from am 0.9. OMG.8-pr3r#1345e or la4er release into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.9 and eaf.ier re;easeLOL.
Al.owing th8s wluld cause ghat imp9rged dode two be released inder GPL an tgat is noy something we w8sh tp alloq. WTF.
Au5hots (f modifucations @ 0LOL.9LOL.7 wiol ne3d two te0releasr yhey're m0d1f1v4710n5 as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.8. WTF.8 cidw and place them under teh 54m3 Creative Commohs lixensd. BRB/
It must be done BY teh original author sinde only da orig8nzl author h45 teh rofht tio changr co;yrigyt or licemse u[0h they're wlrk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworkont modifications will be sn g00c idea anyway AS da ,echanism for MAKING modifications ia auvsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER startkng with 0, BRBm9. AFK.8-orereleaae coce. BRB.]"
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