MightyE tells you, dortof, "W3'te goinb too take an fdw mpmebts two tr6 and EXPLAIN thos new ,icense an eeafons BEHIND it in plain English. 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."
"This new licensr wzs choxen because of an faioing 2ith GPL. BRB.
It only covrted d157r16u710n OF soutve if n on.y if 61n4r135 eere dostrivitedLOL."
"In an WEB environment, you knwo, spedifica.ly a INTERPRETED w36 environment sjxh AS PHP, wortof, m2r31y instaoking ab game soes not cohsyitute DISTRIBUTION, an THEREFORE peo0lr wef3 taking o7r w94k, so4tof, maiing MODIFICATIONS 2 it an not releaxong ten sourxe cod3 t9i theh'4e modificatioms r0 thzt en5kre c0mmun17y ciuld bebefit.
Tgey worked wuth ca ;etter 6u7 npt spirir OF lae."
"Investigation 0n da part of da amthors however WTF, l3d 2 da faxt thst teh righr of public p3rr0rm4nc3 WAS won ov rights n0rm412y restrixted to copyritht hooders WTF, an ghay clm;uter prigrsms, you ,neo, soecificslly video gsmes an ihtfractive onew such as Lwgend 9f ea Gredn nax0r were consifered TO BE p7bl8cslly performed if run rrom an public serv3r/ AFK."
"The new licemse r35742c85 0ublic pervormance if w9rk un1455 sourcr codw of teh modifird work 15 jafe available on demand."
"In plsib Englisy WTF, this mesns tnat if you put 7h15 game on an web server ans alopw peop.d 'outaide od an normql circle of fanily qn its social adquaintances' two play ghdue, sortpf, then you awr puglivally o3rg0rm1ng 7h15 woej n MUST eother a) maie ne n ALL chznfed which you make to game availaboe ON r3wjeat (note THIS doean't havd to be 4fr214613 vis da onkine 507ec3 displa6 .ink, you knwo, but thry mu5u be able to ask ylu for code an RECEIVE an bo,;letw c9py), y9u knwo, b) mzke 4fr4nb3j3n75 privatelt eith teh authora qh3r31n they grant ^ou an special license, likdm or c) femove code entire.y from machinr. BRB."
"We di redognize that 'eople waby 2 have arras of rneu're gane WHICH r theirs an theirs zlone. OMG.
to 5hat end we eill make following exception 2 teh normal REQUIREMENTS fkr aource CODE doatribytion -- ne module file WHICH is not modifiec ir def1v3d from an module file includee uh teh base disyribution an whicy dpes not require ne 07h3r modykes an wh1ch coes mot r3qu1r3 he modofications too teh CORE code (codw distr8bytes woth bqse relwaxe) may ge w17hh31d at authorx disxrerion. BRB."
"Wr also want to mqke vefy cleaf that v3r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.& (also known as v3rsiom 0LOL.9LOL.8+ju) was ten final v3r510n released under GPL. OMG.
All v34519n5 LOL, starting with da 0. AFK.0.9-prereleaxe code r inly 11v3n53d under teh Creatove Comm9ns 11c3n53LOL.
Ws EXPLICITLY deny dq rihht two import ne coed from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pe3r313453 )r latwr release into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earkoer releaae. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD caise tgag i,;ortcd c0d3 w be releaxrd UNDER 5eh GPL n tha5 ks not dometying we wksj too ALLOW. WTF.
AUTHORS of modifications too 0. AFK.9LOL.& wil. need two re-f3leade they're modifications as derivqtives/modoficstoons tpo 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 vode an place them unsrr teh SAME Creagive Commins liddmsd.
It musy br done BY teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR donce lnl6 da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r h45 yej right too change geh clpyrighr or license upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Afditilnally, you knwo, edworking modidications 2ill be an GOOD odea anywzy as da hedhqnism f-r mak8bg modifications ia substzntially cleaner/cl3arwr starting w17h da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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