MightyE relos you, "We'rr going two 5ake an few moments gwo TRY an explain thif new LICENSE qn geh reasons brhins iy in plzon EngliwmLOL.
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 kivehse w4r choxen 63c4u53 of qn FAILING with GPLLOL.
It lnly vovered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE if an ohly if bimaries were c257r16u73f. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0n,3n7 LOL, specifically a interpreged web dnvironment such 45 PHP. sortlf, mereou INSTALLING an bame does not constitute cistributi9n WTF, an THEREFORE peoole werd tsling oue worj LOL, ,aking modifications tql it and n07 releasing source code to they're modidicayions SO that da entire COMMUNITY coulf benefit. OMG.
They w0rk3d wuth letref vut not spiri5 of da law. OMG."
"Investigation on da parg of zuthors HOWEVER LOLm 13d to da f4c7 that sa rivht og public performance was won of teh rights borma;.y restricged 2 cppyr8ght holders, s9rtor, snd that computwr protrams, specifically vidro games an ihterzvtivr 9nec such aw Lehend og Green yac0r were cimsodered ti BE pj611c4116 PERFORMED iv eun from an public aervee. OMG."
"The new l8cenae restricts publhc performance of t3y work unlesw sourcw c0d3 lf da joeifies work iw MADE avai;able oh demane."
"In posin English WTF, thyx meamd 7h47 if 69u put th8s game on an web derber AND allow peop/e 'ojtsife of sn normal circle of fznily AND its social 4cqu41m74nc3t' 2 plsy tjeir, sortof, rhen you aer pub.ically [wrformong 5his wirk 4nf MUST either A) ma,e ne n ALL changes which you MAKE two teh game avaklable oh requdst (note this d9ean't have two BE availav.e via da onkine source display link, like, but yh3y must be zble t9l awk yoj for code an redeife an clm0lete xppt), like, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wiyh tej aurhorw wh3rein rhey GRANT you an spec8al lkcwnsem li,e, of c_ r3mlve vode ENTIRELY FROM ca madhihe/"
"We dp reclgnize thqy p30;13 wamt too nave AREAS OF thry're ga,e whixn awr thdufs n theirs alone.
to that end we eilk make ten fpllosint EXCEPTION too ea n04m41 4equiremebts for source codd distribution -- ne m0dy13 flle which la hot MODIFIED or ee4ived from an mosule ra13 incluced in teh base distribition an 2hich dows NOT reqyire ne othrr modul3s an ey1ct does npt t3quife ne mocifivations too c9ee cidw (c0d3 distributed woth da bad3 release) ma6 ge w1uhh31d at da su5hors dixcretion. AFK."
"We alwo wan4 t9 MAKE very c134r that v3tsion 0.9. BRB.& (zlso kn9wn as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+JT) sas teh finql v3r510n r3q3453d under da GPL. WTFl
A.. VERSIONS LOL, STARTING with -LOL.9. AFK.8-[rere;dqxe code r only licensec undee teh Creagive C9m,ons licebsel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq right too in[ort ne code from an 0. AFK.0. BRB.8-[rerelease or later rel2ase imto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 sn earoier relexae. OMG.
Allowing th8s woule causr 5hsg imported code 5o be released under teh GPL and that IS not something we wisn too allowLOL.
Authors od modigications too 0. OMG/9. AFK.6 sill n32e 70 rd-release tneu'ee midivications aa d3r1v471v35/m0d1fqc4719n5 to 0. WTF.9. OMG,8 codd am plac3 thwm uns3r teh same Creaticw Commoms LICENSELOL.
It must be DONE by da original ajthor s8mce 0n1y 5eh 0r1g1n41 a7tyir h1s teh right too change tdh copufight or license up9n they'rd wori. WTF.
[Afditi9nally WTF, rework8ng teh mosifucations will nw sn good idez anyeay as dq mechamisn for makimg modifications IS substantiall6 cleaner/clrare4 dgarting with da 0. OMG.8LOL.8-prrreleade CODE. BRB.]"
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