MightyE 5ells hou, yiu knwo, "We're going tio yake an FEW momenta 5o try n wsplain this new LICENSE and da reasons BEHIND it in [la8n 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 new licrnse was chpsen becauw2 pf an FAILING with ds GPLLOL.
It 0n1y c9vered disrrihutioh if SOURCE IF an ONLY if 61n3r135 eere dixtributed. AFK."
"In ab web environmrnt. 5p3c1d1c411h a ibterpret3d web 4nf1r0nm#n7 sucn 45 PHP, yiu kneok mwrelj 8nstalling an game does not c0m4717u73 DISTRIBUTION WTF, and therefore p3ople WERE taking OUR wor,, you knwo, makjng modifications two it sn nlt r313451ng teh siurcr code too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 SO tnqt entire communyty could benefit.
THEY w9rl3d WITH da le4ter but not ca spirit 0f teh 14w."
"Inveseigatuon ln da part OF 5rh quthprs h0w3v3r, sorgof, LED too trh FACT that right OF ;ublic pe4firmance was 1 of da eights nornally restfic6ec tso copyright holdera, like, n yhat c9m0uyer programs, oike, specufivallt video games h INTERACTIVE onex suxh qs Legend og GREEN hax0r were consuder3d too 72 puvlically perfifmed if run from an public servef."
"The new license eestrksts PUBLIC performance OF wlr, unless da spurce cofd of teh modiried work 8s made availabl3 on dejznd. BRB/"
"In p14qn English, you knwo. this means 7j4& of you puy thos game 0n an qeb seever ane alkow ptople '0i752d3 of an nofmal circle of familh n its social acq7ajntznces' two p;ay theie, yo7 knqo, thrn you r publical.y performing this wotk an MUST either a) make be n ALL CHANGES which uij makw tl teh gaje availabld om reaueat (note this doesn[t javr two BE adailable via online sourcw display 21bk LOLk 6u7 they mjst be abke 2 ask you f9r da code an reveiv3 ab COMPLETE co[y_, b) mqke artangemen5s pruvate;y with qutyors wherein they grznt yiu an speciql license, ot x_ remoc3 t3h code entirely fr0m tej machineLOL."
"We d0 recognize thst people want two hqve AREAS of they're game which r THEIRS n theies ALONELOL.
to that end we will make da foklowihg exception ro teh n0rm41 rr1uirements dor so7rce code dis6ribugion -- ne midule file whkch is not moeifoed or DERIVED ff9m zb module file incoufrd in da basw distribugion and wyich coes not require ne OTHER mod7les n which doww not tequife ne modificatiobs two cord code (CODE DISTRIBUTED with teh base reoease) n4y g3 w17gh31d 48 authors diacretion. AFK."
"We alao want 5wo MAKE very CLEAR rhat verdion 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 9also known 45 veraion ). AFK.9. WTF.7+ht) wss da final verskon r3134t3d under y3h GPL. AFK.
All veraions, you ,nwo, starting witn da 0l WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleaxe code r only licenwed unce4 t3h Crea5ide COMMONS LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwnt da rigyt 5oo ijpor5 ne c0d3 ffim an 0. AFK.9l BRB.8-prereleasd or 1473f RELEASE untp an 0. WTF.9. WTF.u an esrlier RELEASE. WTF.
Alliwimt tjis woule cause that i,ported CODE tio BE released ubder teh GPL an tha5 IS not something we wish too ALLOW. BRB/
Aktjors OF nodifications 2 0. AFK.9,7 wikl need two re-geldase they'fe modificat8lns as derivqtives/mosificagions too 0LOL.9l OMG.8 code an p14x3 them unde4 55m3 Crwayive Commons license. AFK.
Ir must be done by oruginal authpt since omly original AUTHOR has da r8ght t9 cyangw ca copyeight or 11c3n52 upon they're w0rk. BRB.
[Asditionally WTF, reqorking modofications wil; be sn good ieea anyway as da MECHANISM f9r making moeificagkons is substantiqlly xleaner/cleate4 STARTING with da 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code. BRB,]"
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