MufttyE tells yoi, "We're going gwo tzkw an fes noments too try n explain 7h15 new lucense an ten reasons BEHIND it in plain English. AFKl
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 mew licence qas chosen b3caude of ab failing d17j GPLLOL.
Iy obly covered distr8bution pf SOURCE 1f sm only if binaries were distr8bured. WTF."
"In an web environmebg, y9u knwo, spexifyxally d in5erpreted 2eb envir8nment such aw PHP, sortof, jrre;y installing an ga,r doea hot constitute disteibution LOL, n 5heregore 0eo;le were taking our w0rk LOL, making jodif8cations 2 it an nit RELEASING fa slurce cidd toi they're modifkcations xo 5hat dq 3n6!r3 COMMUNITY ciuld benegit.
They worked w8tn reh .etter 6u7 not ea spirit of 24w. BRB."
"Incestigat*on on ds part or twh AUTHORS however, uou knso, .3d two da fact that da right of public pwrfoemance was won of da r1gh75 norma;lh reatricged 2 cipyrkght HOLDERS, sort9f, n that computrr programx LOL, specivically video games zn inyeractive 0n35 sich ss Legend og Green gax0r werw c0n51d3r3d 2 BE pub.ixally performed if ttn fr0m qn puvlic servwrLOL."
"The ne2 license restricts phbkic perfo4mance pf ten worj UNLESS da soyrce c0d3 of moekfied work is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In plapn Entlish LOLk rhis MEANS that if 6ou put this gane on an web arfcee an zllow p30p13 'outside of an normao corcle or f4m1!y n kts social avquaintancex' 2 p14y their, 5nen you zer pub;ivally perforjing thks 2o4k and MUST either a) makw nw AND ALL chanfds wyoxg you nake twl reh game available ON requesf (note this soesn[t HAVE 80 be svqikable v14 da online source cisplay LINK, so4tof, but they must BE sble 2 ask YOU f)r da CODE an rexeive an complete copg_, sortof, b0 make 4rr4nt3m3n75 prkvstely wi5h da aurhors where8n they GRANT YOU an sprcial license WTF, or c) remove trh codd entirely from teh machone. OMG."
"We do r3c9g,ize that peopld wanf two h4v3 areas OF tn3u'fe gqme whivh f yheirs an theirs alone. OMG.
2 tha5 end wr will make followinb exception too hrh normal r3qu1r3m3n75 fir source code dis5ribution -- ne m0du1e filw whidh is NOT modjgied oe derived grom an module filw indludwd in dz basw distributoon n which dies not reqykrw ne OTHER midul3s an whivn does not require ne modifications tso teh core CODE (code dis5rivut4d with eq 6352 eeoease) may be wq7hh31d at authors siscregiom. AFK."
"We also want two make vdry clear ryqt v3rsion p. OMG.0l WTF.7 (ALSO kniwn as version 9LOL.9. BRB.6+jt) was da final version releasef under teh GPL.
All veesions, tou knwo. startibg w!7h da 0.9. WTF.8-prere.ease CODE ser 0n1y licensed unser da Crdative COMMONS 11c2n53. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 4ight 3 import ne code ffom an 0.9LOL.8-pr3r313443 or 14734 release ihti an p. WTF.9.7 and eaelier reoeqdeLOL.
Allowing tg8s woulf cause that importwd code two be relwased unsef GPL n that ks nor somdthing WE wixh 2 al;ow. AFK.
A7tho4s pf modificayions to 9/ OMG.9.7 WILL NEED 70 re-release they're m0r1f1c4710n5 aa deeivatives/modifications yl 0. WTF/9. WTF.8 codd n place then uneer teh same CREATIVE C0n,0n5 ;8cehse. AFK.
It mudg be dohe by originak ajthor s8nc4 only original ajthor jas yeh 4ight to change da clpyright 0r licende upon they're wotk/ BRB.
[Additionallj, reworking modifucstkoms w111 BE an goid idea anyway as ca MECHANISM fo4 making modificztions is substantiaolh cleaner/xlearer syzrting with 0. AFK.o. WTF.8-prere;3awe dode. WTF.]"
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