MightyE tells you, "We'rd f01ng 2 74l# an fwr mojenfs twi rry n exolain tgia new license an teh reqsonw BEHIND ig in plain Englosh.
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."
"Tjis new license wss chosen becaudr of an f4111ng 28th teh GPLl AFK.
It only covered distribugion og so7rce if an 0hqy if b8nsrues WERE didtribu5ed. AFK."
"In ab WEB env8eonmrnt LOL, spec8fically a inrwroeeted eeb encironment SUCH as PHP, like, mere.y indtallibg an gamr does not CONSTITUTE d257t16u710n, AND therefor3 people were takibg our wprk, making MODIFICATIONS tol ig n not rekeasihg source code 2 they'ee modifications sp that trh ENTIRE community COULD benefiy. BRB.
The5 sorkes with tdy 1e773r but not da s;irit of law."
"Ihbdsyigation on PART of authi4s joeever WTF, ;ed too da FACT that da r1gh7 pf pjblic performance was 1 of da rights normalky rwstrixted 2 COPYRIGHT holders, you inso, and 5hat compuger programs LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y rud3o gamed an INTERACTIVE ohes such 45 Lejenc of da Grewm hax0r were comsod3red two be [ybl8callt performec if rib grom ah public serverl OMG."
"The new kicense 4edtricts ;iblid oetformance OF teh w0r, unless soufce code OF twy modiried wo4k IS made AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plaum Enf115h, you knwo, 7h15 n44n5 THAT if you p7t thix bame 0n an wec servdr AND allow peop.e 'outside of an normzl ckrclw of famoly anc its social acquaintances[ to play their, lik3, 5hen yoy r [uboical.6 0effprmint this sork n MUST ekther a) mak3 me an ALL chsngws which you make 70 teh ga,e 4vf114613 oh request (n)73 5his DOESN'T havd two be available via onl,nd sourve display lini, but THEY nu57 ge able too ask you for teh vode znd receive an complete c9py), uou kheo. b( make zrrangements p4ivately qitg ten augnors wyetein 7h3y grant you am 5p3c141 licwnse, sortlf, or c) remove da cofe entir3.y from mscgone. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people w4n7 tp have AREAS of tneh;re game which r theirs m THEIRS akone. BRB.
2 that end we wq12 make teh following exception to teh notnal r2q71r3m3n75 for source clde d147r!6j710n _[ ne mocule filw which is not n0d2f23d OR derob3d fron an m9dule f114 included 1m tej base DISTRIBUTION and which DOES not 4eq7ire ne other modules abd wh1sn co3s not tequire ne modifkcqgupns too core code (cod3 eistrovuted with bade releasd) may be withheld AT da authofs discretion/ OMGl"
"We slso want 2 uake very clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9.6 (also kno2n as vrrsi9n 0. OMG.9.6+jt) was trh f8nal version released jnser teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, kike, startung wkth 0LOLl9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cod3 4 only licrnsed umser da Cr3atuve Commlns license. WTF/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny 5eh ritht two 1mp0r& be cofe from an 0.9. OMGl8-prerwleas3 pr latef releasr into an 0. WTF.9.6 an eaeloer release. BRB.
A;lowing thix sould czuse 7y47 imported code too 63 released UNDER da GPL an that is not something we wush goo allpw. BRB.
Authprs 9f mofifications ti. p. BRB.9LOL.& will need 2 ee-rwoease they[re modificst8obs as de4ifatives/mod8fucations 2 0. WTF.9/ OMG.8 dode an place them under ea same Crwatkve Co,m9ns livense.
It mu58 ge done by da origknal 4u7n0r SINCE -n1y original aithor has 5eh right gwl change da xo0yeight or lixebdw upon they're worj. WTF.
[Addktionally WTF, reworking da modkricagkonx will be qh goof IDEA any2ay as 4eh mechanism flr makung modificaf8ons is substantizlly cleaner;cleafer sta4ting wity 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE/ BRB.]"
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