MightyE tells yoj, you knsok "We're going two 5ake an few momenrs 2 tfy n 2sp141n this mew lixense AND reaspbs behind it 1n plain English, OMG.
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 neq ,icensd was chosen BECAUSE og an f4111ng w17h teh GPL. WTF.
IT only COVERED sistribjgion if source 1f n only if bina4ues were disttiburedLOL."
"In an WEB environment, xoftof, specificqll6 a 8nterptet3d web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, merely igstzllinb am game d035 nog CONSTITUTE distrinutioh, you knwo, an tgererore people were taling our work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS too IT 4nd not re.easing sourde c0de to9 they're mod8ficat8ins so that rnt8re community COULD benefit. BRB.
Tj3y wprked wkth le5tdr but nlt spirit OF da oae."
"Invext8gagion on da pa4t of ten authorw however, like, led 1 teh faxt 7h37 trh fight 9f pu711c PERFORMANCE s45 1 OF teh righta normally restrictdd 2 cop6right yoldera WTF, qn that computer PROGRAMS, xpdv8fically vide0 games zn interadgiv3 ONES SUCH AS Leg3ne or da Green gax0r wete cobsidered 2 6# pub;icwlly performed if run from ah punlic server."
"Thw new license restricts public performancr of trh wlrk unq355 da %9utc3 code of teh mod7fied aork is made AVAILABLE on de,andl OMG."
"In p141n Emglish LOL, 5his means ghat if uou pit 5his grm3 on an WEB server and alliw people 'outsid3 of an notmal circle of FAMILY ans its social acquzintanc3s' 2 plau tyeur, sirtlf. 7h3n you r publically petforming this w9fk and MUST eirher a) mame ne zn ALL vhanges WHICH you m4k3 t@o teh game avai;able ON e3qu356 (hote this eoesn;t have TO be available VIA reh ONLINE slyrce sisplay LINK LOL, but 7g3r must ce able ts9 ask you FOR code and receove an compley3 cipy), yoi knqo, b) mske arrangemebts privately with teh authord wherein they grant hou an 5p3c!41 11c3n$3 LOL, OR c) remove code entirrly veom teh madyineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE tgat people want too yave areas of they're GAME qhich r theirx an theirs alone. BRB.
too THAT end 2e 2ill make foll9wing exde[tion @ sa NORMAL requirementa for sojrce c0d3 disyribu5ion -- ne mpdule file WHICH ks NOT modified or derived fti, an moduoe file incluced in base dustribution ang wjich does not 4equir3 nr other nod7les an which coes not rdq7i4e ne mod8fucat8ons 2 da core code (code distribyted 2ith teh base release) may bw withheld 46 da auth9es discretiunLOL."
"We also want to9 mske very clear that version 0.9. BRB.7 (also knpwb AS veesion 0.9. AFK.7+m5) sas da final VERSION edleased under ten GPL. OMG.
ALL versuons, li,e, dtaftung with da p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prer3leasd cod3 r onl6 licebsed UNDER da Creative Commonx license.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdn tight 2 8m;prt n3 clse from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerekeas3 ir la5er RELEASE into an 9.o. WTF.7 n EARLIER release.
Allowing tjis wluld cru53 that IMPORTED CODE tpo be t313453d under da GPL n 5hat 15 not something se wish to all9e.
Authors if mod8fications two 0. OMG.9LOL.u will meed 2 re-relwase they'ee mofigixayiona as derivagives/modofications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an place them uncer teh same Creativd COMMONS oicenae. WTF.
It must 63 done by da orugonal author %1nv4 only teh o4ug8nal authlr HAS right 2 change copyrifht 0r licdnse iooh they're work. OMG.
[Additionally, luke, reworking MODIFICATIONS skll gd an gopd idea ANYWAY as trh ,echaniwm for making jidifixatilns is sjbstahgially cl3aner/cleaf3e stqrting WITH teh 0. WTF.9.80prereleqse code. OMG.\"
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