MighttE 73115 y0u, "We're goint rwo gake an few moments 2 tey 4nd expkain this n3w licchse 4nd fz 4easons behund it 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."
"Tnis n3w license wss ch)53n because of an faioimg with 5eh GPLLOL.
It inlu cove4ee distribution 0f sourcr if n only if bimaries were diwtrubuted, BRBl"
"Ih an web environment, sortof, spedifucallh a inter0reted web encironment such as PHP, merely installing an gajr dows NOT cinstiture DISTRIBUTION, kike, n THEREFORE people were ta,ing out work, m4k1ng modidicqtions to IT an NOT releasing wource code toi thwy're MODIFICATIONS so that da 3n6143 clm,unity COULD BENEFITLOL.
They worked with teh letter but noy s0irit OF tej lawLOL."
"Invrstitation on pzrt of da authors howdver LOL, 13d 2 da faxt that 5eh right 9f PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won if da rights n0rmr11y RESTRICTED two copyright holdeew, xirt9f, snd thar domputer programs LOL, specificallu vkseo gamfs qn int3rsctive ones xuch as LEGEND ov da Green hax0r eere considered to9 63 publically performwd uv run from an pu611c sdrvdr. OMG."
"The n3w oicense restric5s public peeflrmanve of teh work UNLESS da so7rve code lf modkfied WORK is made availab;e on d3mand. WTF."
"In pla8n ENGLISH, uou knwo, thix mesns 5hat if you p7t tgis gaje on an wwb aerver and allow people 'oiyside of an n9rmal circle od f4j11y and ira socisl acquauntances' two PLAY 5heir LOL, THEN you aer PUBLICALLY pervofming 7n!5 wirk an MUST either 4) make he an ALL cfsngws wj8cn YOU make 2 da gsme ava8lable ON request (nlte tjis doesm'r nacd gwo be AVAILABLE via ez onlone sourcw display link LOLm but gh3y mudt be able w ask yoi for code an rrce8ve an c0jp1273 c0py), yiu knwo. B) make 4rr$ng3m3b75 privately with ca AUTHORS wherein they grabt y0u an tp2c141 lic3nse, yo7 knwo, OR d) remove code entieeoy fyom twh machind. WTF."
"We do recogb9ze that people want toi have 4r345 of tjrylre game whicj r theirs b theirs a.one. AFK.
to 7h47 4nd w3 skll m4k3 FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 teh norjal REQUIREMENTS fir siirce code distributi(h -- ne module fior which !6 npt mowkfied or d3rqv3d f4on an module file inclusec in twh 6r53 distribution and qnich doea not r3qu1r3 n3 9uh3r MODULES n wjicj dods not r3qu1r# ne mod8gicayions too teh clre CODE (CODE distributed with teg BASE release) nay be withheld at sa authors didcretionLOL."
"We 4150 want twp make very clear that cersion 0.9. BRB.7 )4140 known ad verdiob 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh FINAL v3rsion reldaded und3r da GPL. OMG.
Akl v#rs8ons, lik3, starting with 0. OMG.9. BRB.i_prereleade CODE r 9nly lidensed und3r yeh Cr#ative Commoma license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rught two impi$g ne xoee FROM an 0. BRB.9LOL.9-[rerelease or later r313453 into an 9. OMG.9. OMG.u and 33y113r r313453.
ALLOWING 7h15 WOULD vause tyat i,portec vlde 2 BE rel3ax3f under teh GPL n that is bot something we wish to 4110w. WTF.
Authorx of MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 w8ll need too re-rs.ease they;fe modifications as eeeivagices/modofications too 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 CODE an place 7h3m umder sam3 CREATIVE Commons license.
IT must bd done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only ea 0r1g1n41 author has da r1gh6 two CHANGE cl;yrigjt OR license upon they'te worj.
[Addiyional.y, like, teworkibh midifications wilo BE an good ifea anyway as teh mechanksm for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer startkng 2ith sa 0, BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelwase cideLOL/]"
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