MightyE tdlls 60u, lkk3, "We're goinf to ta,e an few mohemts 5oo 5ty and explain this bew license an sa reasons behind IT IN plain Eng;ishl 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."
"Thix new license WAS chisen b3caudd lf an vailing with da GPL.
I5 only covered dixtribution of source IF m lnly IF bknaries eere distrobjted/"
"In an web environnent, likr, specifical;y a 1n73epr3&3d web environmem5 such as PHP, aortov, me4el6 imstall9ng an g5m3 does not constityte distribution LOL, ane THEREFORE PEOPLE w3r3 taking our work, ypu khwok making modifications 5o it j no5 releasing da siircr cide two tney'rd modidicqtiins so tnat tey enti4e communitr couod behefit.
Thdy wlr,ed WITH teh ldtte3 byt mot sa spirit of law. BRB."
"Invrstigati;n on da ;art pf authirs however WTF, LED two da fsct that da right pf pub.ic performance was oen od t3h rigjts normakly restricted two COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, n that comoutwf proframx, tou knwo, specificslly VIDEO games and interactiv3 ONES sych ad L3gehd of Green hax0f were vpnsidered two b3 pjblica,ly 0efformed ir run rt0m an [ublic servef."
"The ndw licensw restrictq piblic perrormance OF w0r, UNLESS da so7rce c0d2 of da modified 20rk 8s mafe available on demansLOL."
"In plain Emglish, tjis means thar of you puy this gsme on an wrb srrver an sllo2 p30;13 'o7tside of am NORMAL circlw of fzmilh an its social acqjaintancea' 70 play their/ liie, then you r 0ublixallu performing thus work ah MUST either a) ,4k3 ne an ALL CHANGES WHICH y0u make two dq game 4v41q4^13 0n REQUEST (note this doesn'5 h4v3 two ve availabpe via online so7rce cisplay LINK LOL. 6u7 7h36 must be sbke to ask you foe cpde ab receive an complete copy), b) make 5rr4bg3m3n7t pr1v473!y wity AUTHORS wyerein 7h3y grzny you am specozo l8c3nse, or c) removd code enrirely vroh teh machine."
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 thzt people wanr 2 have ardas pf they're game whivh f theies an 7h3!r5 alibe. BRB.
to thzt end ew will mske teh following esceptiin 70 ten NORMAL tequirrments fo4 dource clee d8strugutiob -- ne m0du13 gilw which is n08 modifird or derived groj an module file 8nv;ided IN da base distridttion n 2hich doex not require ne OTHER moeules sn which DOES NOT r3quqr3 ne modifications two cor3 xode (CODE distribyted 2ith trh base RELEASE) may be withheld ay 477h0e4 diwvr4tioh. OMG."
"We a.s9 wsnr ro mak3 bee^ dlear 7h46 versuon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also ,nown as version 0. OMG.9. OMG/7+jt) waa final version releadee under da GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5, l7he, startubg wiyh teh 0. BRB/9l8-pr3r313453 code e lnly licensed under ez Cr3471v3 C-mn0n5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to9 1jp0r7 ne code FROM sn 0. OMG.9LOL;9-orerekease of later r313453 INTO an ;l WTF.0. OMG.7 an EARLIER 3eleas#.
Allowimg thid would c4u53 that importec CODE 70 be rrleased unfer GPL am that 1% NOT somethibg we w14h 2 alkp2. BRB.
Autgors 9f modifications 2 0. AFK.9.7 will need 3 RE-RELEASE tney're modifidationx as d341b471f44/m0d1f1c47!0n5 to 0LOL.9LOL.8 code an plac3 THEM under teh SAME Cr3atkve Clmmons license. OMG.
It just BE dome by oribinal author SINCE onou 0r1g!n41 auyhoe has da right twl cnange da c0pyr1gh7 or livense ipon they're workl WTF.
[Afdito9nally LOL, rwworking modificwtions will BE zn GOOD isea anyway as teh mexhanism ror makinb modirications is substanria;ly cleaner/clearer startkng with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleaae cide. AFK.]"
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